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Feb 3, 2019 • 29min

Emma John

This week, Emma John discusses with Ivan her six choices which should be better known. The town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina https://vacationidea.com/destinations/best-things-to-do-in-chapel-hill-nc.html Tom Selleck’s Jesse Stone movies https://mommybearmedia.com/correct-order-jesse-stone-movies/ The Lord Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers https://robertarood.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/dorothy-l-sayers-and-the-lord-peter-wimsey-novels/ The musicals of Jason Robert Brown https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8486801/jason-robert-brown-interview-broadway-composer Bluegrass music http://www.lonelyheartstringband.com/ Nate DiMeo’s podcast The Memory Palace http://thememorypalace.us/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Jan 27, 2019 • 29min

Imogen Russell Williams

This week, Imogen Russell Williams talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-hounds-of-the-morrigan/ Carpe diem www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxFTmBbrIk Knightmare www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Knightmare Susan Price’s Sterkarm Trilogy www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview31 The role of libraries and librarians in schools www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/77275-the-importance-of-school-librarians.html Dyslexia and its impact www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2015/08/the-lifelong-social-and-emotional-effects-of-dyslexia/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Jan 20, 2019 • 30min

Andy Reid

This week, Andy Reid talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. The Kingdom https://film.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-lars-von-triers-the-kingdom-1798214674 Nestle milk boycott http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree Nuts in May www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/mike-leigh-nuts-may-alison-steadman The Hare with Amber Eyes www.edmunddewaal.com/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/about The Greasy Strangler www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/04/greasy-strangler-jim-hosking Necrotising enterocolitis www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-information/search-medical-conditions/necrotising-enterocolitis This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Jan 13, 2019 • 28min

Will Eaves

This week, Will Eaves discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known. The Gigue from Handel’s Suite No 1 in A major, for Harpsichord www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUAspawKf2w The Walled Garden in Brockwell Park https://plewsgardendesign.co.uk/garden-visits-brockwell-park-walled-garden/ The paintings and drawings of Danny Markey www.redfern-gallery.com/artists/41-danny-markey/#/works/ The kindness and wisdom of my friend Bridget https://philosophynow.org/issues/126/Aristotle_on_Forming_Friendships Erwin Schrodinger‘s Tanner lectures on Mind and Matter (1956) http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/schrodinger-what-is-life-mind-matter-auto-sketches.pdf The novels Moon’s Ottery by Patricia Beer’s Moon’s Ottery and Sophie and the Sibyl by her niece Patricia Duncker www.theguardian.com/news/1999/aug/19/guardianobituaries.johnmullan This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Jan 6, 2019 • 30min

Henry Hitchings

This week, Henry Hitchings discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Theatre 503 www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/Theatre503 Germany as a tourist destination www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/germany/articles/reasons-why-we-love-germany/ Etivaz cheese www.cheesesfromswitzerland.com/cheese-assortment/letivaz-aop.html Fanny Burney www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjk OV Wright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmS2Te06do Hans Baldung Grien https://art.famsf.org/hans-baldung-hans-baldung-grien This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Dec 17, 2018 • 30min

Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

This week, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Blackwing Pencils https://palominobrands.com/blackwing/ The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930 www.distillerytrail.com/blog/10-classic-cocktails-savoy-cocktail-book-infographic/ Marfa, Texas www.vogue.com/article/city-dwellers-guide-to-marfa-texas Clay Felker, New York Magazine & the School of New Journalism https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/clayfelker.html The Films of Hal Ashby https://variety.com/2018/film/news/hal-ashby-documentary-director-amy-scott-harold-and-maude-being-there-1202925246/ Edith Wharton’s Glimpses of the Moon https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-glimpses-of-the-moon-edith-wharton-1922/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Dec 9, 2018 • 30min

Dave Pickering

This week, Dave Pickering talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Churchill’s crimes of empire https://crimesofbritain.com/2016/09/13/the-trial-of-winston-churchill/ Walking in London www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/Londons-best-walks/ The Moomin Books by Tove Jansson www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review The Will to Change: Men, masculinity and love by bell hooks https://endofcapitalism.com/2009/01/20/review-of-the-will-to-change-men-masculinity-and-love/ The Expanse www.netflix.com/gb/title/80029822 The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived podcast www.theboywhohasntlived.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Dec 2, 2018 • 28min

Alice Thwaite

This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want diversity of thought? https://echochamber.club/why-we-should-sometimes-silence-others/ Our actions do not necessarily define our character www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html Our reality doesn't just come from Facebook http://theconversation.com/the-myth-of-the-echo-chamber-92544 Jaco Pistorius www.thestacksreader.com/who-killed-jaco-pastorius/ Travel isn't just about going to the amazing places that everyone has been to before www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/6d4eo0/travelling_is_overrated/ This Country www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09twr53/episodes/player This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Nov 25, 2018 • 29min

James Deacon

This week, James Deacon discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. How it Feels to be Attacked by a Shark by Michelle Hamer www.goodreads.com/book/show/1954299.How_it_Feels_to_Be_Attcked_by_a_Shark Simon Lyons https://simonlyonsauthor.com/ Neighbourhood Bakes https://www.neighbourhoodbakes.com/ Nice and Nicely Done by The Spinto Band https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7829-nice-and-nicely-done/ Club 85 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire http://www.club-85.co.uk/ Desert Island Dicks Podcast www.acast.com/desert-island-dicks-podcast This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Nov 18, 2018 • 31min

Ben Schott

This week, Ben Schott discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known. Stud cufflinks www.trendhim.co.uk/articles/the-cufflinks-your-ultimate-guide Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari The photomontage artist John Heartfield www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/393 The graphic design of movie poster billing blocks https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/24/opinion/sunday/ben-schott-movies-billing-blocks.html?hp The "Celestial Empire of Benevolent Knowledge” https://garagemca.org/en/event/lecture-by-andrey-velikanov-jorge-luis-borges-the-garden-of-forking-paths-the-analytical-language-of-john-wilkins-chora-the-archaeology-of-knowledge The secret codes of calling cards http://www.faena.com/aleph/articles/on-victorian-cards-for-secret-flirtations/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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