Better Known

25/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Bruce Omar Yates discusses six things which should be Better Known, including English milk punch, sickle cell disease and The Gulag Archipelago. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/08/25/bruce-omar-yates/

18/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: AI scientist Pedro Domingos discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Moravec's Paradox, why automation creates more jobs than it destroys and Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/08/18/pedro-domingos/

11/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Harriet Constable discusses six things which should be Better Known, including musician Anna Maria della Pietà, the and Spaghetti Aglio Olio. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/08/11/harriet-constable/

05/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist C Michelle Lindley discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the pie scene from David Lowery's film A Ghost Story, the remake of Irma Vep and the island of Naxos. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/08/05/c-michelle-lindley/

29/07/2024

NEW EPISODE: Historian Richard Davenport-Hines discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the bird-watching Merlin app, Feedback - Feeding People, Backing the Planet and Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/07/28/richard-davenport-hines/

21/07/2024

NEW EPISODE: Susanna Rustin discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Winifred Holtby, the gender gap in higher education and the Reform firm, a group of women's rights campaigners. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/07/21/susanna-rustin/

15/07/2024

NEW EPISODE: AJ Jacobs discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the World Jigsaw Championship, the MIT Mystery Hunt and padel. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/07/14/aj-jacobs/

07/07/2024

NEW EPISODE: Biographer Katherine Bucknell discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Christopher Isherwood's novel Prater Violet, how scallops move and Nucleo. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/07/07/katherine-bucknell/

30/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Journalist Tom Newton Dunn discusses six things about mountaineer George Mallory which should be better known. Find out more about his book Letters from Everest and have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/06/30/tom-newton-dunn/

23/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance, Alex Edmans talks about six ideas and beliefs which should be less well known in our discussion his new book May Contain Lies. Have a listen to the latest episode of the Better Known podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/06/23/alex-edmans/

16/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Jonn Elledge discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the TV show Babylon 5, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and The Truth About Markets by John Kay. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/06/16/jonn-elledge/

09/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Writer Henry Oliver discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Izaak Walton, the city of Lichfield and Elizabeth Jenkins. Have a listen to the podcast at

Henry Oliver discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Henry Oliver is a writer, speaker, and brand consultant. He writes regularly for outlets like the New Statesman, The Critic…

02/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Writer Jamaica Kincaid discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Ervartung, Let Love Come Between Us by James and Bobby Purify and how The seed packet was invented by The Shakers. Listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/06/02/jamaica-kincaid/

26/05/2024

NEW EPISODE: Travel writer Caroline Eden discusses six examples of central Asian and eastern European food discussed in her book Cold Kitchen which should be Better Known, including Ukrainian borsch, Polish pierogi and Armenian lavash. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/05/26/caroline-eden-returns/

19/05/2024

NEW EPISODE: Caroline Crampton discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the novels of Eva Ibbotson, the Powell-Pressburger film A Canterbury Tale and clumber spaniels. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/05/19/caroline-crampton/

12/05/2024

NEW EPISODE: Kathryn Hughes discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the Heart of Wales railway line, The Gas Man Cometh by Flanders and Swann and the proper use of the word "disinterested". Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/05/12/kathryn-hughes/

05/05/2024

NEW EPISODE: Elaine Lin Hering discusses six things which should be Better Known - including the babble hypothesis of leadership, in which we turn for our leaders to people who speak loudest - regardless of what they say. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/05/05/elaine-lin-hering/

28/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: Journalist Andrew Finkel discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Cornucopia Magazine, Big Green Egg UK and the plight of Turkish journalism. Have a listen to the podcast and subscribe at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/04/28/andrew-finkel/

21/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir discusses six things which should be Better Known about climate change and his new book Life as we know it (can be). Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/04/21/bill-weir/

14/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Chioma Okereke discusses six things which she thinks should be Better Known, including Jamaica Kincaid, the singer RAYE and platelet rich plasma. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/04/

07/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: Travel writer Ash Bhardwaj discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the Great Polynesian Migration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and psychogeography. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/04/07/ash-bhardwaj/

31/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: Anthony Daniels discusses six things which should be Better Known, including A Mother Peeling Apples by Pieter de H***h, The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch and that Le Corbusier was a fascist. Listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/03/31/anthony-daniels/

24/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: Historian Leah Redmond Chang discusses six things which should be Better Known, including Elisabeth de Valois, Sofonisba Anguissola and letter-locking. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/03/24/leah-redmond-chang/

17/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: Alice Loxton discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the The Landmark Trust, James Gillray and the French House. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/03/17/alice-loxton/

10/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: Charlie Russell from Mischief discusses six things which should be Better Known, including F***y Mendelssohn, A Short History of Q***r Women by Kirsty Loehr and https://www.facebook.com/groups/2074795452542346/. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/03/10/charlie-russell/

03/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: This week's guest on Better Known is Sunny Singh who discusses six things which she thinks should be Better Known - including intersectionality, Bollywood movies and Senegal. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/03/03/sunny-singh/

25/02/2024

NEW EPISODE: Traveller and author Alexandra Tolstoy discusses six things which should be Better Known, including nineteenth century European novels, Kyrgyzstan, the art of Ivan Bilbin and the novelist Ronald Welch. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/02/25/alexandra-tolstoy/

18/02/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Julius Taranto discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the film Polite Society, the musician Jon Brion and the writer Cynthia Ozick. Have a listen to the podcast at

Novelist Julius Taranto discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Julius Taranto is the author of a novel, How I Won a Nobel Prize. His other writing has appeared in the Washingt…

11/02/2024

NEW EPISODE: Dr Faye Begeti The Brain Doctor discusses six aspects of her work that should be Better Known. She discusses how our phones are not addictive and talks about her new book The Phone Fix. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/02/11/faye-begeti/

04/02/2024

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Kelly Link discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the band Winterpills, microloans with Kiva and publishing press Dorothy Project. Have a listen to the podcast at https://betterknown.co.uk/2024/02/04/kelly-link/