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Danell Jones discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Danell Jones is a writer with a PhD in literature from Columbia University. She is the author of The Virginia Woolf Writers Workshop; the poetry collection Desert Elegy; and An African in Imperial London, which won the High Plains Book Award for Nonfiction. Her newest book is The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race, and the Dreadnought Hoax. Julia Margaret Cameron’s Photographs of Alamayou, Prince of Abyssinia https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1394113/d%C3%A8jatch-al%C3%A1mayou--b%C3%A1sha-f%C3%A9lika-photograph-cameron-julia-margaret/ Britons Through Negro Spectacles, by A.B.C. Merriman-Labor https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/447069/britons-through-negro-spectacles-by-merriman-labor-abc/9780241559741 Public libraries https://www.neh.gov/article/complicated-role-modern-public-library Sophie Stone performing All the World’s A Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIOZZy54EM California Highway 395 https://californiathroughmylens.com/highway-395-roadtrip/ London Calling by Una Marson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6xyJxC_yl4 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Angus Jackson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Angus Jackson is a screen and stage director and writer. For the screen he has directed the feature length film Elmina’s Kitchen for the BBC for which he was nominated for a BAFTA as best new director. For The Royal Shakespeare Company he has directed Oppenheimer, Don Quixote, Coriolanus and Julius Caesar. He wrote and directed Secret Cinema Presents Casino Royale in London and Shanghai in collaboration with Eon Productions. Changing Lanes https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/changing-lanes-2002 Shostakovich’s 2nd piano concerto https://www.bso.org/works/piano-concerto-no-2-shostakovich Coriolanus https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/22/politicians-people-coriolanus-rsc-shakespeare Special v general relativity http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-general-relativity-and-special-relativity/ Movies based on ancient myths https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/aug/31/features.review87 Drawing on the right side of the brain by Betty Edwards https://www.drawright.com/theory This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Cathi Unsworth discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Cathi Unsworth is a novelist, writer and editor who lives and works in London. She began her career on the legendary music weekly Sounds at the age of 19. Her novels include The Not Knowing, Weirdo and That Old Black Magic. She is currently teaching novel writing for Curtis Brown Creative's online platform. Her latest book is Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth. The magazine Fortean Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-fortean-times.html Discovering London's secrets by going for long walks https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/introduction.htm The noir writer Derek Raymond https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/doors-closing-slowly-derek-raymonds-factory-novels/ The pop artist Pauline Boty https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/obituaries/pauline-boty-overlooked.html The publishers London Books https://www.london-books.co.uk/ The musician Tim Smith https://thequietus.com/articles/31719-tim-smith-cardiacs-strange-world This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Doreen Cunningham is an Irish-British writer born in Wales. After studying engineering she worked briefly in climate related research at NERC and in storm modelling at Newcastle University, before turning to journalism. She worked for the BBC World Service as a international news presenter, editor, producer and reporter, for twenty years. She won the RSL Giles St Aubyn Award 2020, was shortlisted for the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writers Award 2021, and longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for writing on Global Conservation, for Soundings, her first book. Composting toilets https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/09/no-flush-movement-composting-toilet-clean-water-waste-fertiliser-eco-revolution Earhart the grey whale https://www.pugetsoundexpress.com/10-gray-whale-sounders-have-returned/ Indigenous languages https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-1/indigenous-languages-knowledge-and-hope Travel-sickness remedy https://www.rivieratravel.co.uk/blog/12-ways-banish-seasickness Regrowing spring onions https://www.allrecipes.com/article/save-money-diy-fresh-green-onions/ Take Me To Church by Sinéad O'Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzY_KQIKjU&pp=ygUlVGFrZSBNZSBUbyBDaHVyY2ggYnkgU2luw6lhZCBPJ0Nvbm5vcg%3D%3D This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Becky Smethurst discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dr Becky Smethurst is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She is the star of astronomy-themed You Tube channel Dr Becky. Her current research is trying to answer the question, “How do galaxies and black holes evolve together?” Her latest book is A Brief History of Black Holes. Black holes are neither “black” nor “holes” https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/dr-becky-smethurst/a-brief-history-of-black-holes/9781529086706 Annie Jump Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon The same algorithm that identifies stars also identifies individual whale sharks https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/star-mapping-algorithms-track-endangered-animals The dark sky sights of the UK https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/best-dark-sky-sites-uk You can measure the speed of light with a microwave https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/physics-and-astronomy/physics/measure-the-speed-light-your-microwave The "black hole of Calcutta" prison is where black holes get their name from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

DanRam discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. DanRam travels the globe as an Event MC & Speaker at over 100 events a year. Hosting changemakers like President Barack Obama, billionaire founders Sir Richard Branson and Reid Hoffman, F1 champion Nico Rosberg, Grammy-winning artists and celebrities, he works on 4 continents from college campuses to parliaments to in-house corporate innovation days for Fortune 500 companies to the biggest tech conferences in the world. His passion is to inspire people with his motto “Start Now Start Simple” in building a future we all want to live in. How to survive a charging wild lion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829YuVH1dg8 Why introverts make better professional speakers https://www.givepowerfulpresentations.com/blog/3-reasons-why-introverts-make-great-public-speakers-pt-1 A superpower I can give you – adaptability https://blog.lumen.com/adaptability-embracing-the-new-superpower/ My 5G morning routine https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/18/psychologists-morning-habits-to-help-you-be-happier-more-productive.html Why MCs are more important to an event than speakers https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-reasons-hire-professional-emcee-mc-event-host-amy-mcwhirter/ The soul stirring music of Gospel Music legend Kirk Franklin https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article272178398.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Helen Batten discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Helen Batten is an author and psychotherapist. Her non-fiction books delve into the historical worlds of circuses, nuns, a family of redheaded sisters and Victorian music hall and opera. After reading history at Cambridge, she trained as a journalist, and worked in television producing and directing documentaries for the BBC. She now works as an integrative psychotherapist and couples counsellor in private practice in London. Helen is currently working on a book about a murder, magic and sacred music in Renaissance Italy. Her books are Confessions of a Showman, Sisters of the East End, The Scarlet Sisters, and The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene. Carlo Gesualdo https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/prince-of-darkness The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Relationships https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/ Emily Soldene https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/emily-soldene-who-was-life-facts-actress-writer-rebel/ How to have a good death https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sisters-East-End-Helen-Batten Homing by Jon Day https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/07/homing-jon-day-review-pigeons The Gladstone Arms https://www.thegladpub.co.uk/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Andrew Pontzen discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Andrew Pontzen is a cosmologist and a Professor at University College London. He is currently principal investigator on the ERC-funded GMGalaxies project, and co-director of UCL's Cosmoparticle Initiative. Previously he held a Royal Society University Research fellowship and, before that, junior fellowships in Oxford and Cambridge. His latest book is The Universe in a Box. Simulations and the role they play in science and society https://original.newsbreak.com/@massachusetts-updates-1665615/3107758662878-decoding-the-universe-the-role-of-computer-simulations-in-cosmology Beatrice Hill Tinsley https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/obituaries/overlooked-beatrice-tinsley-astronomer.html Hugh Everett https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/ There are in the order of 200 billion terrestrial planets in our galaxy https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/what-is-an-exoplanet/planet-types/terrestrial/ Bayesian probability https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/06/bayesian-statistics-beginners-simple-english/ Sierpinski triangle https://fractalfoundation.org/OFC/OFC-2-1.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Jonathan Sayer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jonathan Sayer is an award-winning comedy playwright and screenwriter; he is the co-author of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, and many more. He is a writer, performer and Creative Director of Mischief Comedy. His work has been performed internationally in forty-six territories including The West End and Broadway. His new book is Nowhere to Run: The ridiculous life of a semi-professional football club chairman. More information is at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455269/nowhere-to-run-by-sayer-jonathan/9781787636897 Ashton United and non-league football https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/10/non-league-football-season-ticket-sales-ashton-united-jonathan-sayer The virtues of growing your own veg https://urbanrootsgardenmarket.ca/the-top-5-benefits-of-growing-your-own-vegetables/ JG Farrell https://www.bookforum.com/print/1203/at-his-death-1979-j-g-farrell-was-called-his-generation-s-greatest-historical-novelist-does-the-claim-hold-up-2017 Dunning Kruger effect https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/dunning-kruger-effect Twisted Wheel https://www.fredperry.com/subculture/articles/twisted-wheel-pl Al Lubel https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/a/34098/al_lubel/review This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Thomas Curran discsses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Thomas Curran is a professor of psychology at the London School of Economics and author of a landmark study that the BBC hailed as “the first to compare perfectionism across generations.” His TED Talk on perfectionism has received more than three million views. His research has been featured in media ranging from the Harvard Business Review to New Scientist to CNN and he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. His new book is The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough, which is available at https://www.amazon.com/Perfection-Trap-Embracing-Power-Enough/dp/1982149531/. Perfectionism is not high standards https://www.thementalfitnesscompany.com/perfectionism-or-high-standards/ It does not make us more successful https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-successful-people-rarely-perfectionists-john-mclachlan-2f Perfectionism has many faces https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/manyfaces It is rising rapidly among young people https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/01/perfectionism-young-people Perfectionism is nature and nurture https://thedaily.case.edu/perfectionism-is-a-mix-of-nature-nurture-says-psychologys-amy-przeworski/ The antidote to perfectionism is self-acceptance https://www.kindfulbody.com/blog/self-compassion-antidote-perfectionism This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Anna Katharina Schaffner discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Anna Katharina Schaffner is a cultural historian and professional burnout coach. Her books include The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths, Exhaustion: A History and the novel The Truth about Julia. Anna writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and Psychology Today. Feelings of exhaustion are nothing new https://aeon.co/ideas/why-exhaustion-is-not-unique-to-our-overstimulated-age We are not our thoughts https://www.the-exhaustion-coach.com/post/what-s-so-great-about-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy Mind metaphors matter https://psyche.co/ideas/youre-not-a-computer-youre-a-tiny-stone-in-a-beautiful-mosaic We are profoundly shaped by stories about ourselves https://ideas.ted.com/the-two-kinds-of-stories-we-tell-about-ourselves/ ‘Dead man’s goals’ are not enough for creating sustainable behavioural change https://joshuanhook.com/2018/02/04/turn-around-your-dead-mans-goals/ Only Lovers Left Alive https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/20/only-lovers-left-alive-review This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ivan Wise adopts six quiz show formats and asks himself some searching questions. He uses Family Friends to try and work out if we all think of the same extinct bird, American prison and canyon, He adopts Uiversity Challenge to try and answer the text of Padgett Powell's The Interrogative Mood - A Novel? in which every sentence is a question. He employs Who Wants to be a Millionaire to consider the exact wording of King Henry II's request about Thomas Beckett. Wilhelm Gustloff https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadliest-disaster-sea-happened-75-years-ago-yet-its-barely-known-why-180974077/ Charlton Athletic v Huddersfield, 1957 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C._7%E2%80%936_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C. Ignaz Semmelweis https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives Manuscripts destroyed by fire https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/ralph-ellisons-slow-burning-art Spanish flu https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic Charborough Wall http://www.charborough.co.uk/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

David Robson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. David Robson is an award-winning science writer based in London. His latest book, The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life (Canongate/Henry Holt), was a Financial Times Best Book of 2022 and won the British Psychological Society Book Award in 2023. His was previously a features editor at New Scientist and a senior journalist at the BBC, and he writes regularly for the Guardian, the Observer, and the Psychologist. Find out more at www.davidrobson.me. How the nocebo effect makes us sick https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150210-can-you-think-yourself-to-death Why speaking in the third person makes us smarter https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230411-illeism-the-ancient-trick-to-help-you-think-more-wisely How to escape the illusion of knowledge: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220812-the-illusion-of-knowledge-that-makes-people-overconfident Reframing fatigue can boost your workouts: https://psyche.co/ideas/physical-fatigue-is-in-the-brain-as-much-as-in-the-body Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/hiding-in-plain-sight-natalia-ginzburgs-masterpiece Love Soup https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/12/love-soup-box-set-review This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Hana Ayoob discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Hana Ayoob is a science communicator and illustrator using art and events to explore the world around us. She speaks at a range of events from science festivals to comedy nights, produces illustrations for books and other projects, and provides training and consulting for universities and other organisations. Honey badgers https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63407/11-fierce-facts-about-honey-badger Leonardo Da Vinci (the man rather than the myth) https://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/08/world/europe/leonardo-da-vinci-life/index.html Singapore https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/9-hidden-gems-you-never-knew-existed-in-singapore How to draw anything by Scriberia https://info.scriberia.com/free-chapter-howtodrawanything How useless the human sinuses are https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-sinuses-the-mysterious-holes-in-our-heads-2006jul16-story.html Henna https://stepfeed.com/8-things-you-didn-t-know-about-henna-4526 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Lewis Dartnell discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Professor Lewis Dartnell is a research scientist, presenter and author based in London. He graduated from Oxford University with a First Class degree in Biological Sciences and completed his PhD at University College London in 2007. He now holds the Professorship in Science Communication at the University of Westminster. His research is in the field of astrobiology and the search for microbial life on Mars. He has also held a STFC Science in Society Fellowship and is very active in delivering live events at schools and science festivals, working as a scientific consultant for the media, and have appeared in numerous TV documentaries and radio shows. He has won several awards for his science writing and outreach work and regularly freelances for newspapers and magazine articles. He has also published five books: The Knowledge was the Sunday Times ‘New Thinking’ Book of the Year and international bestseller, and Origins: How the Earth Made Us is a Sunday Times top History book of 2019. Being Human: How our Biology shaped World History is now out. Dave Gingery and his lathe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Gingery SODIS https://www.sodis.ch/methode/index_EN.html How voting in the US southern states follows a 75-million-year-old seafloor https://www.history.co.uk/article/how-earth-shaped-human-history-interview-with-lewis-dartnell-about-origins Link between a defunct gene in human DNA and the emergence of the Mafia https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/199-being-human-lewis-dartnell-on-how-our-biology-shapes-our-actions/ How tropical diseases helped bring about the union between England and Scotland https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/scotland-and-darien/ Titan and possibility of two biospheres https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/28jun_titanocean This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Oliver Burkeman discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, about embracing limitation and finally getting round to what counts, along with The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done. For many years he wrote a popular column for the Guardian, 'This Column Will Change Your Life'. In his email newsletter The Imperfectionist, he writes about productivity, mortality, the power of limits and building a meaningful life in an age of distraction. He lives in the North York Moors. The Zettelkasten https://zenkit.com/en/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-the-zettelkasten-method/ Death: The End of Self-Improvement by Joan Tollifson https://www.joantollifson.com/book-death-the-end-of-self-improvement.html The fact that everyone is just winging it https://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2014/may/21/everyone-is-totally-just-winging-it Rosedale Chimney Bank and Spaunton Moor https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-1921-description "Ought implies can" https://platofootnote.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/ought-implies-can-or-does-it/ This Jungian Life https://thisjungianlife.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Rachel Nuwer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Rachel Nuwer is an award-winning freelance science journalist and author who regularly contributes to the New York Times, Scientific American and National Geographic. Her first book, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, took her to a dozen countries to investigate the multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife trade. Her new book, I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World, delves into the history, science, politics and culture of MDMA. She lives in Brooklyn. MDMA has been used by therapists since the 1970s https://www.amazon.com/Feel-Love-Quest-Connection-Fractured/dp/1635579570/ Most health problems and deaths attributed to MDMA are the result of prohibition https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61734334 Composting is a really easy way to support the environment https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/compost-new-york-city-zero-waste/ Trophy hunting contributes to conservation in Africa https://www.biographic.com/africas-conservation-conundrum/ Arresting poachers won't solve the problem of illegal wildlife trade https://www.amazon.com/Poached-Inside-World-Wildlife-Trafficking/dp/0306825503 Rabbits are incredible pets and should be kept indoors http://allaboutrabbitsrescue.org/rabbits-101/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Jack Ashby discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jack Ashby is the Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. His zoological focus is on the mammals of Australia, but his work more broadly centres on engaging people with the natural world, chiefly through museums, and exploring the colonial biases that museums often exhibit. His books, Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals and Animal Kingdon: A Natural History in 100 Objects combine these scientific and social stories. From 2022-23 he was an Art Fund Headley Fellow. He is a trustee of the Natural Sciences Collections Association, an Honorary Research Fellow in UCL Science and Technology Studies, and formerly sat on the Council of the Society for the History of Natural History. Platypuses https://www.amazon.co.uk/Platypus-Matters-Extraordinary-Australian-Mammals/dp/0008431477/ Ali from Sarawak https://theconversation.com/i-am-ali-wallace-the-malay-assistant-of-alfred-russel-wallace-an-excerpt-85738 Biases in natural history museum displays https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/october/more-male-than-female-specimens-in-natural-history-collections.html Stockholm’s Biologiskamuseet https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/biologiska-museet Tasmanian devils https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/tasmanian-devil Gran Paradiso National Park https://www.cicerone.co.uk/five-ways-to-enjoy-italys-gran-paradiso-national-park This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Christian Donlan discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Chris Donlan is a writer and journalist. He was born in Los Angeles and now lives in Brighton with his family. His first book, The Unmapped Mind, was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley prize. Ellen Raskin https://www.eurogamer.net/something-solid-in-a-world-of-liars-the-tattooed-potato-and-the-most-haunted-address-in-new-york-city HP https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/minds-behind-the-brain-stanley-finger/1101398997 William Marlow https://artuk.org/discover/artists/marlow-william-17401813 I and My Chimney, a short story by Herman Melville https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2694/2694-h/2694-h.htm LA Dept of Water and Power building https://waterandpower.org/museum/Construction_of_the_GOB.html Hubert Julian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-black-eagle-of-harlem-95208344/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Kate Harford discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Rev. Kate Harford serves as University Chaplain at Oxford Brookes University, and the European vocations adviser for the Metropolitan Community Churches as well as a recovering bookseller and keen amateur flautist. She's currently studying for a master's degree at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education and has a particular interest in queer and disabled theologies with an emphasis on mental health and neurodiversity. Metropolitan Community Church https://www.mccchurch.org/ Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch https://www.denofgeek.com/books/an-introduction-to-the-rivers-of-london-series/ The Story Museum, Oxford https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/ ADHD in girls and women https://chadd.org/for-adults/women-and-girls/ Valerie Coleman https://www.vcolemanmusic.com/ The Anchoress https://iamtheanchoress.bandcamp.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Jeremy Musson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jeremy Musson is an author of many books on the country house and historic buildings and related subjects, How to Read A Country House, English Ruins, The Drawing Room, Up and Down: Stairs the history of the country house servant, and a contributor or contributing editor to many more, including with Prof Sir David Cannadine, The Country House: Past, Present and Future. Born in London in 1965, he grew up in London and Surrey, and after a law degree, at University College, London, and an M Phil in renaissance history, at the Warburg Institute, he worked for the Victorian Society as an architectural adviser, before moving to the National Trust, in East Anglia, as a junior curator. From 1995, he worked for Country Life magazine, as architectural writer and then architectural editor. Since 2007, he has been an independent author, expert and consultant, advising on the care of numerous historic buildings, including St Paul’s Cathedral, Bevis Marks Synagogue, Red House, Chartwell - Churchill’s country home - and Oxburgh Hall and Hardwick Hall, as well as advising on a number of new architectural projects in sensitive contexts. An occasional television presenter on architectural subjects, he was the presenter and co-writer of the two BBC 2 series of The Curious House Guest. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he also teaches for the University of Cambridge, the University of Buckingham and New York University (London programmes). He sits on the FAC for Ely Cathedral, is a trustee of the Historic Houses Foundation, and is chair of the Hall Bequest Trust. He is also a former Trustee of the Stowe House Preservation Trust and the Pevsner Book Trust. He is married with two grown up daughters, has lived in Cambridge since 1993, and is an active member of the Champion of the Thames Rowing Club in Cambridge. Stanway https://www.stanwayfountain.co.uk/ The Dennis Severs House https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/25/dennis-severs-house-recreates-his-eccentric-tours-based-on-found-tapes The churchyard garden, Little St Mary’s Church in Cambridge https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/little-st-marys-churchyard The Compton Mortuary Chapel https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/visit/explore-our-site/watts-cemetery-chapel Homes Sweet Homes by Osbert Lancaster https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/osbert-lancaster Friendships by Mark Girouard https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-writer-who-goes-where-historians-dont-dare/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Richard Fisher discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Richard Fisher is the author of The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time, a senior journalist for BBC.com and an honorary research associate at University College London. He tweets @rifish and writes the newsletter The Long View: A Field Guide. Kent Cochrane https://slate.com/technology/2014/04/amnesia-patient-kc-was-kent-cochrane-the-hippocampus-makes-memories-personal.html Hutton’s Unconformity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esqxYO5vsEI The Future Library https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220630-the-norwegian-library-with-unreadable-books The sublime https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221205-the-upsides-of-feeling-small Google Earthview https://earth.google.com/web/ The U-shaped happiness curve https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-020-00797-z This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Fiona Bae discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Fiona Bae is the author of a book Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-style by Thames & Hudson, which was featured in the Financial Times, Guardian, Monocle Radio, Wallpaper magazine, British Vogue, and Le Figaro among others. Fiona was born and raised in Korea and is proud of her heritage and passionate about promoting her country and culture. Following graduation from Seoul’s Yonsei University, she has lived around the world, including stints at the UN in New York and four years in Hong Kong, and now resides in London. Fiona has her own consultancy that looks to bridge Korean culture and the rest of the world by supporting multinational companies and brands to enter Korea and promoting Korean artists, designers and architects internationally. She handles communications for Frieze Seoul, represented the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and worked with museum M+ in Hong Kong. She is now also helping Thames & Hudson to discover more book ideas related to Korea. When not evangelising about Korea, she spends her time with her husband George, a twelfth-generation gin distiller, and her son Jun. Fiona and George are developing a Korean gin together. Rise of the K-style https://www.wallpaper.com/art/make-break-remix-korean-culture-book Korean aesthetics https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/mak-and-bium-imperfection-and-emptiness-in-korean-aethetics Illegality of getting a tattoo in Korea https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb5dd/why-does-south-korea-ban-tattooing Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/1163341684/south-korea-fertility-rate The history of gin-making https://www.masterofmalt.com/distilleries/thames-distillers-branded-gin-distillery/ Coronet Theatre https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Historian Mark Jones discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Mark William Jones is Assistant Professor in History at University College Dublin. He is among the leading English language historians of modern Germany and a recognized authority on the history of the Weimar Republic. He has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time and Irish radio’s Talking History. Mark was educated at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Tübingen, and Cambridge University. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and has held visiting fellowships at the Free University of Berlin and Bielefeld University. He will speak at the Hay Festival in 2023. Advance praise for his book, 1923. The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Beerhall Putsch describes it as ‘gripping’ (Alexander Watson), ‘fascinating’ (Katja Hoyer), ‘masterful’ (Robert Kershaw), and ‘scary’ (Peter Fritzsche). The deportation of Jews from Munich in Autumn 1923 https://www.jta.org/archive/jews-deported-from-bavaria-by-hundreds Model Railway Museum in Hamburg https://mechtraveller.com/2019/11/review-miniatur-wunderland-in-hamburg/ Rommel in 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportpalast_speech German grunge rock bands https://www.annenmaykantereit.com/ The island of Rügen https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-rugen-islands-germany/ Victor Klemperer’s book the Language of the Third Reich https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1998/12/03/destiny-in-any-case/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Peggy Orenstein discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Peggy Orenstein is the author of the national bestseller Unraveling: What I Learned While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater. Her other books include the New York Times bestsellers Boys & Sex, Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy and the classic Schoolgirls. How (and why) to Shear Sheep https://www.iamcountryside.com/sheep/how-to-shear-a-sheep/ That you can tell the history of the world through color https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-colourful-history-behind-the-science-of-colour/ Women’s needlework is radically political https://medium.com/the-establishment/crafts-long-history-in-radical-protest-movements-8300f59a3e54 The two questions that undermine creativity https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210513-the-anxiety-that-limits-your-creative-genius Sing to your elders https://gospelmusichymnsing.com/operation-sing-again/ The Jewish homesteading movement of North Dakota https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/188059776.pdf This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

David Pickard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. David Pickard studied Music at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, before starting his career as Company Manager of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Following this, David worked at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park and was the Assistant Director for the Japan Festival (1991) before becoming Sir John Drummond’s deputy at the European Arts Festival. In 1993 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment where he significantly increased the orchestra’s artistic reputation and international profile, helping to establish the OAE as the pre-eminent period-instrument orchestra in the world. In 2001 he was made General Director of Glyndebourne Festival where during his tenure he created an extensive digital programme including online streaming, big-screen and cinema relays and broadened the company’s audience base through specially priced performances for young people and a pioneering education programme. In November 2015, David took up the role of Director of the BBC Proms. Since then he has introduced a number of initiatives, all in support of the Proms’ central mission: to bring ‘the best of classical music to the widest possible audience.’ These have included an innovative series called ‘Proms at…’ exploring music in new spaces, both in London and around the UK. He has introduced greater diversity among the composers, conductors and soloists showcased by the Proms - both in gender and ethnicity - and has also made youth music-making and youth audiences a major focus. He has expanded the range of genres explored in the festival to include gaming music, contemporary jazz, world music and, in 2018, a twenty minute animated light show projected onto the external and internal façades of the Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by a new work for orchestra and chorus by Anna Meredith. Women composers https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/great-women-composers/ Lorenz Hart https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2002/08/15/he-took-manhattan/ Digital meat thermometer https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/importance-of-meat-thermometers.html I, An Actor by Nigel Planer and Christopher Douglas http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/10/1p-book-review-i-an-actor-by-nicholas-craig/ Franconian Switzerland https://www.thecrowdedplanet.com/visit-franconian-switzerland/ Piano duets https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/06/arts/the-ins-and-outs-of-piano-duets.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Simon Parkin discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Simon Parkin is a contributing writer for the New Yorker, and a critic for the Observer newspaper. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and the author of three books. His most recent, The Island of Extraordinary Captives, about the Hutchinson internment camp on the Isle of Man, is a New York Times recommended read, and winner of the 2023 Wingate Literary Prize. He previously wrote A Game of Birds and Wolves and Death by Video Game. Bertha Bracey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DF0zeuFXM A cure for insomnia https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/14/finally-a-cure-for-insomnia Webster’s Second Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary Mikado arcade https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/30/inside-game-center-mikado-one-of-the-best-arcades-in-japan Fact checkers https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-art-of-fact-checking War games https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-deadly-war-game-of-the-battle-of-the-atlantic/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Dale Salwak discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dale Salwak is Professor of English and American literature at Southern California’s Citrus College. He was educated at Purdue University (B.A.) and the University of Southern California (M.A., Ph.D.) under a National Defense Education Act competitive fellowship program. His 28 books include Living with a Writer (2004), Teaching Life: Letters from a Life in Literature (2008), Writers and Their Mothers (2018), The Life of the Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne (2023), as well as studies of Kingsley Amis, John Braine, A. J. Cronin, Philip Larkin, Barbara Pym, Carl Sandburg, Anne Tyler, and John Wain, and the forthcoming Writers and Their Teachers (2023). He is a recipient of Purdue University’s Distinguished Alumni Award as well as a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is also a frequent contributor to the (London) Times Higher Education Magazine and the Times Educational Supplement. The writer’s secret life https://nicolebianchi.com/hobbies-of-famous-writers/ Importance of solitude https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2017/08/05/7-science-backed-reasons-you-should-spend-more-time-alone/?sh=351850f81b7e The spirit of place https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/23/biography The value of teachers https://online.merrimack.edu/importance-of-teachers/ The natural world https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40228457.html The importance of the classics of literature https://joseardila93.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/literature-other-aspects-of-society-i-find-interesting/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Naoíse Mac Sweeney discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Naoíse Mac Sweeney is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna. She previously held posts at Cambridge and Leicester Universities, and has won numerous academic awards for her work on classical antiquity and myths both in the UK and the EU. Her previous book was shortlisted for major awards, and she has appeared on Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4 and was a reporter on BBC4's Digging for Britain TV series with Alice Roberts. Her new book is The West: A New History of an Old Idea, which is available at https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/285724/naoise-mac-sweeney. Al-Kindi https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/al-kind/ Tullia D’Aragona https://projectvox.org/tullia-daragona-c-1505-1556/ Phyllis Wheatley https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-phillis-wheatley-was-recovered-through-history Mary Fisher https://www.friendsjournal.org/mary-fisher/ Juan Latino https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/latino-juan-c-1518-c-1594/ Hans Joachim Winkelmann https://www.theflorentine.net/2015/06/25/johann-joachim-winckelmann/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Amit Katwala discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Amit Katwala is a journalist and author, based in London. He is a writer and editor at WIRED magazine, and has written three books. The latest, Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector blends true crime, science and history in 1920s San Francisco and 1930s Chicago. He also co-hosts the All Consuming podcast on BBC Radio 4. Planet X https://www.wired.co.uk/article/search-for-planet-nine-planet-x-solar-system The truth about the lie detector https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720693/tremors-in-the-blood-by-amit-katwala/ Katalin Kariko https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-biontech Fritesauce https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/desert-island-dips/id1303459662 WIRED magazine https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Pre-Columbian America https://www.amazon.co.uk/1491-Revelations-Americas-Columbus-Vintage/dp/1400032059 Blocksite https://blocksite.co/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Dillie Keane discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dillie Keane is a performer and songwriter best known as one third of the satirical trio, Fascinating Aïda. Of late, she has taken to blogging about ecological issues having been a doom-mongering greenie for many decades. Her ecoblog, shityoudontneed.blog, aims to persuade people to change their planet-damaging habits in an entertaining way. Dillie has been awarded two doctorates for her contribution to the gaiety of nations. Well, the citations didn’t exactly say that, but she can’t think why else she might have got them. And in spite of all efforts to kill it off several times, Fascinating Aïda is still going after 40 years. The indomitable trio are planning yet another tour which starts in September this year. https://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk/tour-dates/ Greta Keller https://der-bussard.de/en/2021/05/15/greta-keller-the-viennese-diseuse/ Hester Street https://themovieisle.com/2021/09/30/film-review-hester-street-1975/ The Silver Vaults https://silvervaultslondon.com/ Christine Bovill https://christinebovill.com/index.html The Wimbledon Poisoner by Nigel Williams https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/27/wimbledon-poisoner-book-changed-me-suburbia André Devambez https://www.apollo-magazine.com/andre-devambez-petit-palais-paris/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Tim Richardson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tim Richardson is an historian and critic specialising in landscape design and art. He is the author of more than 20 books on landscape and garden subjects including Arcadian Friends: The Invention of the English Landscape Garden, The New English Garden and Sissinghurst: The Dream Garden. He began his career at Country Life magazine as gardens editor (where he was also theatre critic for 23 years), was subsequently editor of the award-winning (but short-lived) New Eden magazine and landscape editor at Wallpaper. He is a garden columnist on the Daily Telegraph and is currently art critic at The Idler. He lectures at institutions around the world and has taught landscape history at post-graduate level for several years; his course on English landscape history is currently available online via Oxford University. Tim is a published poet and founder-director (from 2012) of the Chelsea Fringe Festival, the independent not-for-profit alternative gardens festival. He lives in London. Little Sparta https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/little-sparta-ian-hamilton-finlays-garden-one-scotlands-best-kept-secrets-1414642 Boiled sweets https://www.walesartsreview.org/dahl100-a-storyteller-in-the-golden-age-of-sweets/ Hackfall Gorge https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/hackfall/ Guided by Voices https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/universal-truths-and-cycles-an-appreciation-of-robert-pollard-and-gbv Andrea del Sarto’s Last Supper https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-museums/last-supper-in-san-salvi.html Cigars https://trulyexperiences.com/blog/brief-history-cigars/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Kate Mosse is the author of nine novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles, The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears – as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy – Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel – and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist’s Daughter, which she adapted for the stage for 2022. Her books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries. Her latest book, part detective story, part family history and part dictionary of 1000 women missing from history - Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World - will publish in October 2022. She has also written three others works of non-fiction – including An Extra Pair of Hands (Wellcome Collection, 2021) – four plays, contributed essays and introductions to classic novels and collections. Her novel for Quick Reads, The Black Mountain, came out in April 2022 and she’s one of twelve writers contributing a story to a new Miss Marple Collection of Short Stories – Marple – publishing in September 2022. Kate is currently preparing a theatre tour for Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries for Spring 2023 and working on the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles, a historical crime thriller set in 17th century France, Tenerife and South Africa for publication in July 2023. Eunice Newton Foote https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer The first ever statue to a female football player https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55884099 There are more statues in Edinburgh to animals than to women https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/campaign-seeks-change-fact-edinburgh-statues-animals-women-58867 Josephine Cochrane https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/time-saving-patent-paved-way-modern-dishwasher-180967656/ 14% of blue plaques are to women https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/women-pioneers/ Women were only allowed to receive degrees in 1919 https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/womens-history/visible-in-stone/university/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Devoney Looser discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Devoney Looser, Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, is the author or editor of ten books, including Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës, The Making of Jane Austen, and The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes. Looser, a Guggenheim Fellow and an NEH Public Scholar, has published essays in The Atlantic, New York Times, Salon, Slate, TLS, and The Washington Post. Her series of 24 30-minute lectures on Austen is available through The Great Courses and Audible. In addition to being a quirky Janeite book nerd, she’s played roller derby under the name Stone Cold Jane Austen. Find out more at http://Devoney.com. The Porter sisters https://sisternovelists.com Love on the Spectrum https://www.netflix.com/title/81265493 The Church of Stop Shopping and Reverend Billy https://revbilly.com/ The Ring Theory https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407-story.html Roller Derby https://www.wired.com/story/womens-roller-derby-has-a-plan-for-covid-and-it-kicks-ass/ Jane Austen’s Lady Susan https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/05/27/love-and-friendship-unserious-austen/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Kevin Jared Hosein discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Kevin Jared Hosein is a Caribbean novelist. He has also worked as a secondary school Biology teacher for over a decade. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018, and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He has published two books: The Repenters and The Beast of Kukuyo. The latter received a CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and both had been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His writings, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, have been published in numerous anthologies and outlets including Granta.com, Lightspeed Magazine, Moko, Wasafiri and adda. He lives in Trinidad and Tobago. His new novel is Hungry Ghosts, which is available at https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hungry-ghosts-kevin-jared-hosein/7073687?ean=9781526644480. The origin story of the inflatable tube man http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/12/03/roman_mars_99_invisible_the_origin_story_of_the_inflatable_man.html The man who built a temple in the sea https://www.guardian.co.tt/article/sewdass-sadhu-the-man-who-built-the-temple-in-the-sea-6.2.1129526.60ba2c4ac5 Alternate reality games (ARGs) and transmedia storytelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game The Scenic Simpsons Instagram gallery https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/25/any-self-respecting-simpsons-fan-needs-to-follow-this-beautiful-instagram-feed-scenic-simpsons-6405954/ 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and videogames as a storytelling medium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b35MVzhr7K8 Doubles https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210526-doubles-trinidads-favourite-street-food This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Rosie Andrews discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Rosie Andrews was born and grew up in Liverpool, the third of twelve children. She studied history at Cambridge before becoming an English teacher. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and daughter. The Leviathan is her debut novel. The Mentalist https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/09/mentalist-box-set-review Haggis https://www.historytoday.com/archive/historians-cookbook/history-haggis Visiting cathedrals https://britishheritage.com/travel/best-cathedrals-england Natural History Museum in Tring https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/leisure-culture/shopping-and-town-centres/tring/natural-history-museum-at-tring CS Lewis Space Trilogy https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/cs-lewiss-space-trilogy/ Elder Futhark runes http://www.shieldmaidenssanctum.com/blog/2019/3/12/the-elder-futhark-runes-and-their-meanings This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Raymond Baker discusses with Ivan six aspects of financial secrecy which should be better known. Raymond Baker is the Founding President of Global Financial Integrity and the author of Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System, published by John Wiley & Sons and cited by the Financial Times as one of the “best business books of 2005.” He has for many years been an internationally respected authority on corruption, money laundering, growth, and foreign policy issues, particularly as they concern emerging market and developing countries and impact western economic and foreign interests. He has written and spoken extensively, testified often before legislative committees in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, been quoted worldwide, and has commented frequently on television and radio in the the United States, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia on legislative matters and policy questions, including appearances on ABC News’ Nightline, Al Jazeera, BBC, Bloomberg TV, the CBS Evening News, CNN, NPR, PBS, and Four Corners (ABC1 in Australia), among others. His latest book is Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System, which you can buy at https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Trillions-Imperiling-Capitalism-Democracyand-ebook/dp/B09YDT98PY This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Steve Cross discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dr Steve Cross helps experts to become the most fun, engaging and effective versions of themselves. He's a comedian and trainer and has previously failed at careers in science, museums, charities, education and universities. Steve runs Science Showoff events across the country and can be heard on his messy Dungeons and Dragons podcast, Chaotic Adequate. His website is drstevecross.com. NBA Basketball https://www.smallerearth.com/uk/blog/basketball-explained Tales of the Beanworld https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TalesOfTheBeanworld Road House https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/09/an-undeniable-action-classic-road-house/ Plumbing https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/plumbing/plumbing-basics-ga.htm Kinnie Zest https://www.finewinesellers.co.uk/kinnie-zest.html McMansionhell.com https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2022/10/1/kate-wagner This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Kia Abdullah discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back, a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and won the Diverse Book Awards in 2022. Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club. Her latest novel is Those People Next Door. Kia has written for The New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors. For more information about Kia and her writing, visit her website at kiaabdullah.com, or follow her at @KiaAbdullah on Instagram and Twitter. Yellowjackets https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-12-09/yellowjackets-showtime-juliette-lewis-christina-ricci-melanie-lynskey Danakil Depression https://www.brilliant-ethiopia.com/regions/danakil-depression Cultural Muslims https://theconversation.com/cultural-muslims-like-cultural-christians-are-a-silent-majority-32097 Small Kindnesses http://www.danushalameris.com/poems.html Plain English campaign https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/ London Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpyg2Ig7wRo This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Do you ever have trouble remembering PIN numbers? Ivan Wise teaches you how: all you have to do is remember a hundred facts about the twentieth century and the exact year in which they happened. Dolly the sheep https://dolly.roslin.ed.ac.uk/facts/the-life-of-dolly/index.html Bob Beamon's long jump https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/10/28/the-long-long-jump The climbing of Mount Everest https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/conquering-everest-22118304/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Alexandra Popoff is a former Moscow journalist and Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow. She is an expert on Russian literature and cultural history and the author of five literary biographies, including the award-winning Sophia Tolstoy and Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century. Her book The Wives became a Wall Street Journal best non-fiction title for 2012. Popoff’s biography of Vasily Grossman won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for biography, Saskatchewan Nonfiction Award, became a finalist in the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards, and was long-listed for the 2019 Cundill History Prize. Her new book, a biography of Ayn Rand, will be published by Yale University Press (Jewish Lives) in 2024. Popoff has written articles and reviews for The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Literary Hub, The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Tablet Magazine. You can find out more at http://russianliteratureandbiography.com/. Immigration as an opportunity for a new beginning https://hbr.org/2021/08/research-why-immigrants-are-more-likely-to-become-entrepreneurs Moving to Saskatoon https://www.britannica.com/place/Saskatoon-Saskatchewan Biographies of lesser-known people https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alexandra-popoff/wives/ The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia by Tim Tzouliadis https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Nonfiction-review-Tzouliadis-The-Forsaken-3197333.php The idea of outlawing war https://wagingnonviolence.org/2018/07/hidden-success-kellogg-briand-peace-pact/ The Parable of Talents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_talents_or_minas This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ivan Wise discusses Christmas music that should be better known. Christmas is our most sturdily conservative tradition, and this December you will hear once again the same music that you have heard every other Christmas. The usual suspects dominate playlists in shopping malls, on radio stations and at parties. But how did we end up with this apparently immovable canon of Christmas songs? And what other Christmas music is out there that we should be listening to instead? George Ratcliffe Woodward, lyricist of Ding Dong Merrily on High, gets a rap makeover, Nikolai Gogol’s short story Christmas Eve inspired operas by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and Tom Lehrer arrives to throw some cynical scorn over the Christmas schmaltz. Past Three O’Clock https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/past_three_a_clock.htm A Night in Bethlehem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=047wQ3vgFos Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxJRmhiOx80 December - Tchaikovsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRtTRUz6XA Vakula the Smith - Tchaikovsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC5GQdslXmw Christmas Eve – Rimsky-Korsakov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpJmUBkXyM Weihnachtsbaum – Franz Lizst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56v4vlGUPxA March of the gnomes – Vladimir Rebikov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmvDaclogK4 Werther – Jules Massenet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LQi1BBF2c A Christmas Song – Tom Lehrer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw Christmas Presents in Heaven – Solomon Burke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0DUCV-09RI Second Christmas Concerto - Michele Corette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9yygcNIIWI This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Francis Hamel discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Francis Hamel is a British painter based in the UK with studios in Oxfordshire and Le Marche, Italy. He is known for landscapes and portraits as well as finely structured paintings of trees and flowers, paintings of the circus and theatre. In 2019 the V&A held an exhibition of his portraits, a monograph of his work was published in the same year. Born in 1963 and trained at The Ruskin School, Oxford Francis Hamel has lived and worked in the William Kent designed gardens of Rousham in Oxfordshire for more than twenty years. The house, gardens and wider landscape are a constant source of inspiration. His work is held in public and private collections all over the world. Find out more at https://www.jmlondon.com/artists/francis-hamel/ and https://francishamel.com. Drawing as a form of therapy https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/drawing-as-therapy/ Jane Dowling http://www.chappelgalleries.co.uk/exhibitions/jane-dowling/jane-dowling.htm John Cowper Powys https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1985/03/28/life-in-the-head/ Le Marche https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/top-experiences-italy-le-marche Bitter Cherries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_cerasus Rousham Gardens in the winter https://rousham.org/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Louise Hare discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Louise Hare is a London-based writer and has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Originally from Warrington, the capital is the inspiration for much of her work, including This Lovely City and Miss Aldridge Regrets. This Lovely City was featured on the inaugural BBC TWO TV book club show, Between the Covers, and was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Louise was selected for the Observer Top 10 Best Debut Novelists list in 2020, securing her place as an author to watch. Miss Aldridge Regrets is her second novel. English National Opera www.eno.org The Friends by Rosa Guy - https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-friends/9780440226673 Flamenco https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/complicated-history-flamenco-spain-180973398/ Sambourne House https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/sambourne-house Clapham South deep level shelter https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/hidden-london/clapham-south Local libraries https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/research-and-data/health-and-wellbeing-benefits-public-libraries This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

For the 250th episode, Alan Rusbridger discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Alan Rusbridger was Editor in Chief of the Guardian from 1995-2015. He is currently editor of Prospect Magazine and Chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Until 2021 he was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. During his time at the Guardian, both he and the paper won numerous awards, including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Journalism. The Guardian grew from a printed paper with a circulation of 400,000 to a leading digital news organisation with 150m browsers a month around the world. He launched now-profitable editions in Australia and the US as well as a membership scheme which now has 1m Guardian readers paying for content. He was born in Zambia, was educated at Cambridge and lives in London. He is the co-author of the BBC drama, Fields of Gold. He is a keen amateur musician and the author of Play it Again. His memoir of journalism and its future, Breaking News, was published in 2018. He is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board. His latest book, News and How to Use it, was published in 2020. Bone-conducting headphones https://www.soundguys.com/bone-conduction-headphones-20580/ Audio sleep masks https://www.headphonesty.com/2021/02/best-sleep-mask-with-headphones/ The music of Billy Mayerl http://www.perfessorbill.com/comps/wmayerl.shtml Electric bikes https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/electric-bikes/article/best-electric-bikes-aJMUp0P2yY0r Why free speech matters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/26/free-speech-bigots-no-platform Prospect magazine www.prospectmagazine.co.uk This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

True crime writer Dean Jobb discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dean Jobb is award-winning true crime writer and a professor in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King’s College in Halifax, where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program. His latest book, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer (Algonquin Books), won the inaugural CrimeCon Clue Award for True Crime Book of the Year in 2022 and was longlisted for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. His previous book, Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books), was the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year, won the Crime Writers of Canada Award for best true crime book, and was a finalist for Canada's Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for nonfiction. Learn more about his work at https://www.deanjobb.com. Jakob Dylan https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/a-wounded-jakob-dylan-bares-his-scars-in-a-new-album-20210718-p58any.html How to pronounce Newfoundland https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/the-crime-scene/stranger-than-fiction-september-2022/ Joseph Bell https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/josephbell.html Where the Cajuns came from https://www.nps.gov/jela/learn/historyculture/from-acadian-to-cajun.htm How to tell a pearl is fake https://www.worldsultimate.net/arthur-barry.htm The first Ponzi https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-opinion-flashback-leo-koretz-ponzi-scheme-20210305-bsqzjlztlrbg5afozquk6ccksm-story.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Duncan Larkin discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Duncan Larkin has covered the sport of running for more than a decade. He’s a certified Army Master Fitness Trainer and was a top-300 American marathoner back in 2006. He has won the Himalayan 100-Mile Stage Race and the Mohawk-Hudson Marathon. His first books include Run Simple and The Thirty-Minute Runner. Duncan writes about fitness for Outside Magazine, Competitor Magazine, Runner’s World, ESPN, and Running Times. Find out more at https://roadsmillslaps.tumblr.com/ and at https://www.instagram.com/dunlar/. How the last-place finisher of the NYC Marathon feels in the last mile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YrlVSOB4-s Silas Soule and Mochi https://www.colorado.com/life-chronicles-sand-creek-massacre The concept of cognitive dissonance https://www.healthline.com/health/cognitive-dissonance-examples Time will Reveal by DeBarge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_988-cpiG94 Keith Douglas’ poem Vergissmeinnicht https://interestingliterature.com/2017/08/a-short-analysis-of-keith-douglass-vergissmeinnicht/ The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/05/10/ambrose-bierce-one-americas-best/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Travel writer Tim Hannigan discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tim Hannigan was born and brought up in the far west of Cornwall, but he now lives in Ireland. After leaving school he trained as a chef. He later studied journalism and began his writing career as a journalist and guidebook writer, based in Indonesia. He is the author of a number of nonfiction books, including Murder in the Hindu Kush, which was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize, and Raffles and the British Invasion of Java, which won the John Brooks Award. His most recent book is The Travel Writing Tribe, about a quest to answer the trickiest questions about the travel genre. His next book, The Granite Kingdom, is an exploration of his own homeland, Cornwall, and is due out in May 2023. Find out more at https://timhannigan.com/. Indonesia https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1966/05/26/in-search-of-indonesia/ The 1811 British invasion of Java https://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=30029 Cornwall is one of the poorest regions in western Europe https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/02/real-cornwall-county-poorer-lithuania-and-hungary The Cornish language https://omniglot.com/writing/cornish.htm The public footpaths of England and Wales https://footpathmap.co.uk/ Eland Books https://www.travelbooks.co.uk/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Dan Schreiber discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dan Schreiber is a writer, stand-up comedian, TV presenter, producer and podcaster. He is co-host of the UK’s most streamed podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish, which has had over 350 million downloads and has played to sell-out audiences in iconic venues such as the London Palladium and the Sydney Opera House. Dan is also a member of the 'QI Elves' and co-creator of the Rose d’Or award-winning BBC Radio 4 panel show The Museum of Curiosity. His new book, The Theory of Everything Else, is available at https://harpercollins.co.uk/pages/thetheoryofeverythingelse The science writer Ann Druyan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFebYBARdPs The front cover of Jim Carrey’s novel https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/books/jim-carrey-memoirs-and-misinformation.html The Cantonese word Aiyah http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/814/ Watkins Bookshop https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/watkins-books-soho-london The power of monks https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/29/football/leicester-city-buddha-monks-karma/index.html Neil Armstrong’s favourite footstep https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/neil-armstrong-walks-on-jerusalem This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Five years after the first episode of Better Known, Ivan Wise talks again to previous guests Richard Elwes, Wasfi Kani and Kerry Shale. They discuss previous choices that they agree (and disagree with) and new choices which they think should be better known. Richard Elwes is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, where he has taught courses on Geometry, Number Theory, Algebraic Topology, Combinatorics, Logic, History of Maths and Computational Mathematics. Find out more at www.richardelwes.co.uk. Wasfi Kani is the founder of Grange Park Opera. Wasfi Kani is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She received a CBE in the 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to music. She received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List 2002 for her work in bringing her second opera company, Pimlico Opera, into prisons. Find out more at www.grangeparkopera.co.uk. Kerry Shale’s theatre appearances include Frost/Nixon, His Girl Friday, The Normal Heart and six self-written solo shows. Television work includes The Sandman, Dr. Who and The Trip. Films include Batgirl and Angel Has Fallen. For BBC radio, he has won three Sony Awards for acting and writing. His latest play, an adaptation of Yentl The Yeshiva Boy, will be broadcast early in 2023. He co-presents the podcast Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669. Find out more at www.kerryshale.com. Mark Sykes and the exhumed coffin http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7617968.stm The Minoan civilisation https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/08/13/knossos-fakes-facts-and-mystery/ Steven Appleby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Appleby This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm