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Brierly Hill 90210

Brierly Hill 90210

By: Podcast hosted by Jon Miller
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 Previously an occasional podcast of new, good and/or interesting music. But, starting in 2020, a change of format with each episode telling the story of a different year through music and "found sounds". 70+ episodes cover the years 1953 to present day.All rights reserved Music
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  • Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2025

    Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2025
    Dec 6 2025
    Time continues to pass in the Miller household. It doesn't seem very long ago I was introducing episodes about impending parenthood, kids being born, sleeping habits of babies and interactions with other parents. But here we are with one son studying engineering in his second year of college and another in his last year of high-school with plans of becoming a doctor. I do now find myself considering the world that will be left to them. Conflicts first covered in this series 70 years ago are still raging and political machinations from the past are being repeated, with similar outcomes seemingly inevitable. Meanwhile, the planet burns or is under water. I wanted this series to be a journey through our collective past and a celebration of human achievement. Is it fast becoming an obituary or a lengthy epitaph? Am I the voice of wisdom or is this just the negative, cynical ramblings of an old fool? Welcome to the next tick of a clock, the next beat of a heart, the next rising of the sun.
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    56 mins
  • Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2024

    Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2024
    Dec 28 2024
    There's not much to laugh at in 2024. It was a year dominated by an escalating conflict in the Middle East, the continuing war in Ukraine and extreme weather events across the globe. Also, while I tend to focus on events in the US and UK, there were elections in over 80 counties around the world. Probably as an escape from reality, 2024 features some quite upbeat songs. There are some contrasting emotions in this episode. I hope you enjoy the ride.
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    56 mins
  • Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2008 v2

    Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2008 v2
    Nov 30 2024
    As a youngster, on the way to my grandparents, there was a hill completely covered with trees except a small clearing in the middle and down one side. I remember thinking that it would be an ideal place to build a perfect house, white and overlooking the valley below. I only realized relatively recently that childhood memory stayed with me and subconsciously resurfaced when we saw a Victorian gothic revival house for sale in Pennsylvania. It was white, perched on a hill with a view of a creek in the small valley below. As 2008 began, our second child was born and our offer on the house was accepted. The high-school drop-out from the Cotswolds, survivor of Cheltenham's drug-fueled excesses of the 1980s and 90s, was happily married with two kids, working in Silicon Valley with more stock options than he new what to do with and, by April was living in his dream house with beautiful views of the Pennsylvania countryside. The job in California still meant traveling out there once a month and the first monthly trip after we moved wasn't timed well. Leaving a wife with a baby and a two-year-old in a run-down house with no phone or running water did not go down well! Like a lot of people at that time, we thought we were financially indestructible. We'd bought the new house without selling our old one, thinking that would inevitably happen soon after. The global financial situation had other ideas. While Americans are focused on the campaigns for a presidential election in November, there are major red flags being waved in the automotive, insurance and financial industries. Get ready for a fall. Welcome to 2008.
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    56 mins
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