Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone
Professor Roger Kneebone
A podcast for people who like the unexpected. Join the surgeon and academic Professor Roger Kneebone in conversation with unorthodox people whose careers defy traditional boundaries and who swim against the tide.
Technical support by Justin Margovan - with my thanks
My personal website www.rogerkneebone.co.uk
Many of the people in Countercurrent feature in my book Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Penguin Viking, 2020)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/313/313248/expert/9780241392058.html
Technical support by Justin Margovan - with my thanks
My personal website www.rogerkneebone.co.uk
Many of the people in Countercurrent feature in my book Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Penguin Viking, 2020)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/313/313248/expert/9780241392058.html
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 1, 2017 • 45min
Magdalene Bak-Maier in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Magdalena Bak-Maier is a neuroscientist, educator, writer and coach. In our conversation we explore the idea of coaching and discuss its parallels with the clinical consultation and other forms of encounter.
Apr 17, 2017 • 47min
Liam Noble in conversation with Roger Kneebone
The jazz pianist Liam Noble and I explore how improvisation and creativity are as important in the operating theatre and the medical consulting room as on the stage of a jazz venue.
Apr 3, 2017 • 44min
Piers Plowright in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Piers Plowright was a highly respected BBC radio producer between 1968 and 1997. A pioneer of radio drama and documentary, Piers has won numerous plaudits and awards. In this podcast we explore the idea of conversation.
Mar 19, 2017 • 46min
Daniel Glaser in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist and the Director of Science Gallery London. Before moving to King's College he was Director of Engaging Science at the Wellcome Trust. He writes widely, has a regular column in The Guardian and was one of the judges for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Mar 6, 2017 • 44min
Sophie Yates in conversation with Roger Kneebone
The distinguished harpsichordist Sophie Yates is well known for her interpretations of early keyboard music, through live performances, radio and recordings. Sophie combines an explorer's fascination for finding new repertoire with a passion for teaching and for performance. In this conversation we find unexpected similarities between music and medicine.
Feb 19, 2017 • 44min
Alex Julyan in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Alex Julyan is a visual artist and creative producer, responsible amongst many things for the official opening event of the Crick Institute. She's also a Welcome Trust Engagement Fellow. I first encountered her work through Lost in Translation, a collaboration with a musician in Zurich which explored how two people in different places negotiated issues of drawing and description.
Feb 6, 2017 • 45min
Bill Badley in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Plucked string instruments run through Bill Badley's career. As a lutenist he founded and toured with the Dufay Collective, a mediaeval ensemble. Fascinated by the music and cultures of the Arab world - especially the oud, forerunner of the European lute - he travelled extensively in the countries of the Middle East. Bill has worked in theatre, film and television as a documentary maker and producer. In a further career switch, he is now teaching children and young people.
Jan 23, 2017 • 48min
Fleur Oakes in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Fleur Oakes is one of the UK's leading needle lace makers. We discuss her path from art school to fashion design, and from being a bespoke corset-maker to becoming entranced by the beauty and precision of lace. Fleur's work is inspired by natural forms, and now she is lace-maker in residence in the vascular surgery unit at St Mary's Hospital in London.
Jan 11, 2017 • 43min
Ian Lush in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Ian Lush trained as a musician, spending several years as a professional viola player before moving to arts management. After being marketing director at the Barbican he managed the London Mozart Players before taking up his present role as Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare Charity. In our conversation we explore similarities and differences between our careers and the changes in direction we have both experienced.
Dec 26, 2016 • 44min
Barry Smith in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Barry Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of London's School of Advanced Study and Leadership Fellow at the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Barry is a philosopher of language and mind who now works mainly on the multi sensory perception of flavour. A wine connoisseur himself, he is also a wine columnist and has been a 'super taster' on BBC 1's Masterchef.
