
Sketchplanations - The Podcast
Big Ideas explored through Little Pictures. It's certainly not a self-help podcast, but you might take something away that helps you notice or even enjoy the world around you a little more.Explaining the world, one sketch at a time. This is an explainer podcast for the curious-minded. Topics covered include science, behavioural economics, wellbeing, nature, psychology frameworks, business models, cognitive biases, and even domestic life-hacks. A podcast to accompany the popular series of simple explanations of stuff through a weekly sketch at sketchplanations.com.Sketchplanations illustrator and author Jono Hey joins lifelong friends Tom Pellereau (2011 Apprentice Winner) and Rob Bell (Engineer & Broadcaster) to share ideas and stories catalysed by each week's sketch. The 3 of us have been friends for over 20 years and have always enjoyed delving into all sorts of conversation topics - usually with some silliness along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Aug 17, 2023 • 41min
The Peak-End Rule
When it comes to holidays, or nights out, or relationships even; it can often be the peak moments of emotional intensity and the very end of an experience that we filter in our memories to form our lasting impressions. It's called The Peak-End Rule. And guess what - Jono's done a sketch on it. The experience or event that we remember through the Peak-End filter can be short or long, it can be good or bad. Our brains are very good at dropping a lot of the detail and focussing on Peaks and Ends. You can see Jono's sketch on it here. Can you think of times in your life where your memory might be affected by this? Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.This is our final episode of Series 1, but we'll be back in the Autumn with a second series. In the meantime, you can find all three of us on Social Media here: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 2023 • 55min
5 Ways to Wellbeing
This week, we invite expert, Nancy Hey to talk us through the 5 simple, evidence-based ways to actively improve our mental wellbeing. Suggestions for actions we can all integrate into our lives to try and take a holistic approach to improving our mental capacity and wellbeing. Do you have any additional suggestions or things that work for you? Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.See Jono's sketch here: https://sketchplanations.com/5-ways-to-wellbeingYou can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 3, 2023 • 1h 13min
QUICKFIRE ROUND - Words and Language
What's your relationship with language? If you're interested in quirky words, linguistic devices and grammar, then there'll be lots in this week's episode for you. It's another BUMPER PACK QuickFire Round. Every day's a school day! But we promise you won't get told off if you haven't done your homework. In order of appearance:1/. Kaffikok2/. Advise vs Advice3/. Affect vs Effect4/. Pleonasm5/. Amateur vs Professional6/. Pyrrhic Victory7/. Flotsam & Jetsam8/. Contranym9/. NATO Phonetic Alphabet10/. Compliment vs Complement11/. Less vs Fewer12/. TsundokuEmail us at hello@sketchplanations.com with your takes on these sketches or you can leave us comments and messages for this episode on Social Media.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.All Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 27, 2023 • 45min
The Cost of Being Late
It’s easy to think “it’s just a few minutes.” But as the number of people that you hold up increases, the true cost of being late scales rapidly.This week we discuss our relationships with time-keeping and explore how the impacts can be much bigger than you might first think. What's your relationship with punctuality? We'd love to hear from you. Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 20, 2023 • 45min
Crossmodal Perception
It was a surprise to me to learn that our senses interact with each other a lot more than I thought to give our perception of the world around us and in particular the things we eat and drink. So many fascinating examples and intriguing research conducted in this area.See Jono's sketch of Crossmodal Perception here.We also mentioned Jono's proprioception sketch.Here's the YouTube video of the McGurk Effect.And here's that silly but quite funny police dashcam video of the driver getting caught out being drunk. We do not condone this behaviour. Any specific examples of crossmodal perception that you're aware of? We'd love to hear from you. Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 13, 2023 • 44min
Goodhart's Law
When it comes to the crunch, if there's something important at stake we'd all be tempted to consider gaming the system to hit our targets, wouldn't we?We explore the phenomenon of Goodhart's Law; which says that as soon as a measure of something becomes a target determining success or failure, it ceases to be a good measure of performance - because there's a high chance we'll find cheeky ways to get there... won't we?See Jono's sketch of Goodhart's Law here.Jono mentions his sketch covering The Cobra Effect. Have you ever played the system to hit a target or have you been frustrated when it's been done to you? Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 6, 2023 • 55min
QUICKFIRE ROUND - Surprising Sketches
Are you a fan of fun facts, startling figures and handy life hacks?Then this is the episode for you.This week we try out a new format - The BUMPER PACK QuickFire Round of our favourite Sketches that we've found to be remarkably surprising.In order of appearance:1/. Moonpool2/. Twit-Twoo3/. Better To Be Interested Than Interesting4/. Ordering Adjectives5/. Ablaut Reduplication6/. Bright Light to Free Your Sneeze7/. Keep Your Night Vision8/. 1.5 Billion Heartbeats9/. Stack Shirts Vertically10/. Wayne's World Pizza11/. Enjoy Your Hotel Room More12/. Use Both Sides of the TowelEmail us at hello@sketchplanations.com with your takes on these sketches or you can leave us comments and messages for this episode on Social Media.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.All Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 29, 2023 • 41min
Life as Theatre: Front Stage v Back Stage Behaviour
Do scenario and surroundings affect the way you behave?We stretch the metaphor of Life As Theatre about as far as we can in this episode to explore just how different we act when the spotlight is either on or off of us.If not already visible as the artwork for this episode, check out Jono's sketch here: https://sketchplanations.com/front-stage-back-stageLet us know how your stories of Front and Back stage at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.comkBuZijCa7dxKruZRdxGH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 22, 2023 • 48min
The Accountability Ladder
We discuss that in order to be powerful and in control of a situation, it first helps to be accountable. Behaviours like blame, or making excuses only leave you with a victim mindset - which isn't usually very productive. Jono references another of his sketches: Reasons Stop MatteringHave you had experiences of when being accountable, no matter how difficult the situation, have resulted in positive outcomes? Let us know at hello@sketchplanations.com or by leaving comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 15, 2023 • 41min
Fungible v Non-Fungible Goods
We discuss what the term Fungible means and discover that the difference between fungible and non-fungible isn't always black and white.Is there perhaps something you deem fungible that other don't; or vice versa? Let us know by emailing hello@sketchplanations.com or leave us comments and messages for this episode on Instagram or Twitter.You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.Find many more sketches at Sketchplanations.comAll Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.