5x15
676 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratings"A pleasingly simple concept... one of the best things I've come upon in the last six months" (The Telegraph - 'Best Podcasts')
5 speakers, 15 minutes each. Script free and against a less-than-precise clock, some of the world's leading figures in the arts and sciences deliver talks about their enduring achievements, wildest moments or deepest passions. It's inspiring, informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining. Based in London but making forays to Sydney, New York and Milan, 5x15 has featured Joanna Lumley, Brian Eno, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jung Chang, Ruby Wax and Alain de Botton.
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American Overdose- the opioid crisis in three acts - Chris McGreal
March 14, 2019 16:46 - 16.2 MBChris McGreal is a reporter for The Guardian and the author of American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts. He is a former correspondent for The Guardian in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Washington DC, and now writes from across the US. He has won several awards, including for his reporting of the genocide in Rwanda, coverage of Israel/Palestine, and for writing on the impact of economic recession in modern America. Recorded live at the Tabernacle in London's Notting Hill on 25th Febru...
Why we need slow news - James Harding
March 10, 2019 12:35 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBJames Harding is the Co-founder and Editor of Tortoise Media, and prior to this was Director of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, the world’s largest news organisation. He was the Editor of The Times from 2007-2012, winning the Newspaper of the Year in two of the five years he edited the paper. He was previously The Times Business Editor, having joined from The Financial Times, where he worked as Washington Bureau Chief, Media Editor and China correspondent opening the paper's bureau in Sh...
Eve was Shamed - why British justice is failing women - Helena Kennedy
March 08, 2019 08:30 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBBaroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power within the system, championing civil liberties and promoting human rights. She has used many public platforms – including the House of Lords to argue with passion, wit and humanity for social justice. She has also written and broadcast on a wide range of issues, from medical negligence to terrorism to the rights of women and children. Her lates...
How to Be Right (in a world gone wrong) - James O'Brien
March 03, 2019 14:09 - 16.4 MBJames O’Brien is a writer and LBC radio presenter. He has written for the Times Literary Supplement and is a regular columnist for the Daily Mirror. He has presented BBC Two’s Newsnight and his own daytime talk show O’Brien on ITV. His daily current affairs phone-in show on LBC has a million weekly listeners and his Unfiltered podcast has been downloaded three million times. How To Be Right is his first book. Recorded live at the Tabernacle in London's Notting Hill on 25th February 2019. 5x...
How to Be Right (in a world gone wrong - James O'Brien
March 03, 2019 14:09 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBJames O’Brien is a writer and LBC radio presenter. He has written for the Times Literary Supplement and is a regular columnist for the Daily Mirror. He has presented BBC Two’s Newsnight and his own daytime talk show O’Brien on ITV. His daily current affairs phone-in show on LBC has a million weekly listeners and his Unfiltered podcast has been downloaded three million times. How To Be Right is his first book. Recorded live at the Tabernacle in London's Notting Hill on 25th February 2019. 5x...
Surveillance Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff and Misha Glenny
February 06, 2019 11:31 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBPodcast from the sold out event hosted by 5x15 with Shoshana Zuboff, Misha Glenny and Profile books on 5th February 2019. Shoshana Zuboff joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1981, as one of the institutions first tenured women, and in 2014 and 2015 she was a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. She is one of the world’s most provocative and prescient thinkers – and has devoted her career to studying the rise of the digital. Her bo...
Happy Ever After - Giving up the Myth of the Perfect Life - Professor Paul Dolan
February 05, 2019 10:04 - 14.7 MBProfessor Paul Dolan is currently Professor of Behavioural Science at the LSE. He is Head of Department in Psychological and Behavioural Science and Director of the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science. There are two main themes to Paul’s work: developing measures of happiness and subjective wellbeing that can be used in policy and by individuals looking to be happier; and considering ways in which the lessons from the behavioural sciences can be used to understand and change individual behav...
The poetry pharmacy - William Sieghart
January 31, 2019 09:57 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBThe Poetry Pharmacy is William Sieghart's best-selling book bringing together tried-and-true prescriptions for the heart, mind and soul. He has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television. His pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary: those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work, whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbrea...
Rosamund Pike & Rosie Boycott - A Private War
January 28, 2019 19:24 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBRosamund Pike is an Academy Award and BAFTA nominee who has earned international acclaim for both her stage and film roles. Here she discusses her latest role, playing the legendary war reporter Marie Colvin who was killed in Homs in 2012, in A Private War directed by Matt Heineman. Rosamund was nominated for a Golden Globe in the ‘Best Actress, Drama’ category for her performance in A Private War. She is in conversation with Rosie Boycott co-founder of 5x15. Rosamund Pike is perhaps best kn...
Heroic Failure- Brexit and the politics of pain- Fintan O'Toole and Misha Glenny chaired by Jon Snow
January 24, 2019 15:18 - 1 hour - 72.7 MB5x15 hosted a special discussion with Fintan O'Toole and Misha Glenny chaired by Jon Snow at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster to discuss Brexit and Fintan's new book Heroic Failure. It's a fierce, funny and smart book about the delusions of Brexit, the threat it poses to economic prosperity, peace in Ireland and the tradition of British democracy. England's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling’s 'If', says that triumph and disaster are the same thing. It enjoins the English to “lose, and start...
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
January 13, 2019 16:20 - 15 minutes - 54.2 MBJudith Kerr was born in Berlin, but came to England with her family when she was twelve after escaping the Nazis and travelling through Switzerland and France as a young girl. She wrote about her early life in her autobiographical trilogy Out of the Hitler Time. Judith studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. She married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954, and left the BBC to look after their two children Matthew and Tacy, who inspired...
Why we must seize the opportunity to take on climate change - Sony Kapoor
January 06, 2019 06:32 - 672 MBSony Kapoor is an influential macroeconomist with the Think Tank Re-Define. This talk was recorded at the Royal Institution in London on the 29th November at the Talanoa Dialogue at a special event with 5x15. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Why we have to use technology to tackle climate change - Baroness Martha Lane Fox
January 04, 2019 14:43 - 8 minutes - 620 MBBaroness Martha Lane Fox, founder of DotEveryone, talks about why we need to harness the full potential of technology to tackle climate change. Recorded at the Royal Institution in London on the 29th November at the Talanoa Dialogue. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Why we need to act on Climate Change - Ellie Goulding at 5x15
January 03, 2019 22:54 - 4 minutes - 345 MBThe singer song writer Ellie Goulding talks about her passion for tackling climate change at 5x15. Recorded at the Royal Institution in London on the 29th November at the Talanoa Dialogue. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Why our health depends on tackling climate change- Dr Maria Neira
January 03, 2019 21:33 - 7 minutes - 573 MBDr Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, talks about the links between health and climate change at this special edition of the Talanoa talks organised by the COP23 and 5x15 at London at the Royal Institution. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter...
A poetry reading by Ralph Fiennes
January 03, 2019 20:49 - 5 minutes - 428 MBAt special event hosted with 5x15 and the Talanoa Dialogue- actor Ralph Fiennes reads poetry to inspire action on climate change. Recorded live at the Royal Institution on the 29th November 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
In Therapy - the unfolding story - Susie Orbach
December 31, 2018 12:32 - 14 minutes - 57.4 MBSusie Orbach is the founder of the Women's Therapy Centre of London; a former columnist for The Guardian; a visiting professor at the London School of Economics; and the author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, which has sold over a million copies. She is probably the most famous psychotherapist to have set up couch in Britain since Sigmund Freud. She lives in London, near to Freud's last address. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. ...
A look at politics and food - Yotam Ottolenghi
December 09, 2018 14:48 - 16 minutes - 121 MBYotam Ottolenghi, Israeli-born chef and writer, at 5x15. He takes us on a fascinating journey into the formative experiences that have inspired the food he cooks. And, through a series of anecdotes, he explores the ways food and politics are linked. Having completed a Master's degree in philosophy and literature, he moved to London in 1997 to study at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school. He then went on to work as an assistant pastry chef at Capital, before working at Kensington Place, Launceston ...
A story of technology and health - Suzanne O'Sullivan
November 28, 2018 00:35 - 19.6 MBDr Suzanne O’Sullivan has been a consultant in neurology since 2004, first working at The Royal London Hospital and now as a consultant in clinical neurophysiology and neurology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and for a specialist unit based at the Epilepsy Society. She specialises in the investigation of complex epilepsy and also has an active interest in psychogenic disorders. Suzanne’s book about psychosomatic illness, It's All in Your Head, won both the Wellcome...
Microbes, diet myths and why you'll never eat alone again - Tim Spector
November 22, 2018 23:21 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBTim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Director of the TwinsUK Registry and Head of the Department of Twin Research at Kings College London. His twin Registry of 13,000 twins, is the richest collection of genotypic and phenotypic information worldwide. His current work focuses on personalised medicine and the microbiome and directs the crowdfunded British Gut microbiome project. He has published over 900 research articles and is ranked as being in the top 1% of the world’s most c...
The Language of Kindness - Christie Watson
November 20, 2018 21:31 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBChristie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. She worked in a variety of healthcare settings, but spent most of her career in paediatric intensive care in large NHS hospitals before becoming a resuscitation nurse. Christie now teaches and writes and advocates for nursing. Her first novel, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, won the Costa First Novel Award and her second novel, Where Women Are Kings, was also published to international critical acclaim. Her works have been translated into eighteen languag...
Dear Cancer, Love Victoria - Victoria Derbyshire
November 19, 2018 20:26 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBVictoria Derbyshire is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. In 2015 she went on to host a daily news and current affairs show that airs on BBC 2 and BBC News. The same year, Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer. Faced with this diagnosis, she made the decision to share her experiences in a series of video diaries in an effort to help demystify cancer treatment. To date, these videos have amassed over 13 million views. Victoria has kept a diary since she was nine years old and in...
The art of transformation - Jude Kelly
November 17, 2018 15:51 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBJude Kelly talks about the arts and transformation - recorded at the strawditorium at Bold Tendencies in Peckham, a space transformed from a multi-storey car park into one of the largest the largest sculpture park in Europe. Jude Kelly is a creative director and was Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre from 2006-2018, where she created Festivals including: Being A Man, Unlimited, The Rest is Noise, Changing Britain, the Festival of Death, (B)old, as well as WOW- Women of the World.
The idea of the between - Siri Hustvedt
November 09, 2018 15:10 - 13 minutes - 42.5 MBSiri Hustvedt is a highly unusual writer—an internationally acclaimed and bestselling novelist and an intellectual with voracious interests. Siri is as well-respected in literary circles for her bestselling novels (including The Sorrows of an American and What I Loved), as she is in the artistic community for her lectures at museums around the world and her book of essays on visual art (Mysteries of the Rectangle), and by neuroscientists for her interdisciplinary memoir The Shaking Woman or A...
Horror in the hills - northern gothic - Andrew Michael Hurley
November 02, 2018 01:33 - 16.3 MBAndrew Michael Hurley has lived in Manchester and London, and is now based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards in 2016, and is in development as a feature film. Devil's Day is his second novel, which was a 2017 book of the year in the Sunday...
The Other Side - Mark Haddon
November 01, 2018 23:30 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBMark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, Mark Haddon comes to the 5x15 Halloween special to tell a story of the other side. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award and has also been adapted for the stage. His poetry collection,The Talking Horse a...
Four Times When I have Been Truly Afraid - Sarah Perry
November 01, 2018 23:15 - 20.4 MBBest selling writer of the gothic novel Melmoth, Sarah Perry, comes to 5x15 to tell the true stories of when she has been truly afraid. Sarah Perry was born in Essex in 1979 and now lives in Norwich. She has a PhD in creative writing from Royal Holloway and has been a writer-in-residence at the Gladstone Library. From January-February 2016 she was the UNESCO World City of Literature Writer in Residence in Prague. Her first novel, After Me Comes the Flood, was longlisted for the Guardian Fir...
Unexplained - Richard MacLean Smith
November 01, 2018 22:41 - 13.2 MBRichard MacLean Smith presenter of the Unexplained podcast talks about the mystery of the Hexham Heads. Part Scottish, part English and proud citizen of nowhere, Richard Maclean Smith researches, writes and produces the podcast Unexplained, described by the Guardian as the ‘spookiest podcast ever.’ An international success, Unexplained has been #2 in the US, UK and Canadian iTunes chart. Unexplained is The Examined Life meets The X Files. Stories from the 5x15 Halloween special recorded a...
Your Life in My Hands - Dr Rachel Clarke
October 26, 2018 09:11 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBJournalist- turned-junior doctor Dr Rachel Clarke's talk about her first book, Your Life in My Hands, which documents the realities of life as a junior doctor, in this incredibly moving speech. Recorded at 5x15 at The Tabernacle in London, November 2017. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x1...
Born Lippy: Jo Brand and Rosie Boycott in conversation
October 23, 2018 17:32 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBJo Brand and Rosie Boycott at 5x15 on October 22nd 2018 discussing Jo's new book Born Lippy: how to do female. The Last Tango in Paris, Dennis and the Dog Baskets, and Jo's advice for life is all up for discussion in this wide ranging and hilarious conversation with one of the UK best loved comedians and writers. Long established as one of the UK’s best loved comics, Jo Brand has numerous TV appearances, acting and writing credits to her name. She was the star and writer of Getting On, the B...
All My Puny Sorrows - Miriam Toews
October 19, 2018 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBMiriam Toews tells a story of shared suffering between sisters from the Canadian Mennonite community, in a story that is darkly tragicomic, irresistible and poignant. Miriam Toews (pronounced tâves) was born in 1964 in the small Mennonite town of Steinbach, Manitoba, in Canada. She has published six novels - including A Boy of Good Breeding, A Complicated Kindness, The Flying Troutmans, Irma Voth and All My Puny Sorrows - and a memoir of her father, Swing Low. Toews is the recipient of nume...
Adventures in consciousness - Hannah Critchlow
October 18, 2018 08:00 - 15 minutes - 11.5 MBHannah Critchlow investigates the human brain and surprises the 5x15 audience with insights into consciousness- in plants, animals and humans. Dr Hannah Critchlow is a neuroscientist with a grounding in neuropsychiatry. She is a Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and demystifies the human brain using Radio, TV and Festival platforms. Hannah's first book Consciousness: A LadyBird Expert, was published this summer. She has been part of the 2018 Wellcome Trus...
Forgotten Women - Zing Tsjeng
October 17, 2018 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.81 MBZing Tsjeng talks about the forgotten women in history... and rewriting the story once and for all. Zing Tsjeng is a journalist from London, where she currently works as the UK editor of Broadly, VICE’s channel for millennial women. She has also written about feminism, arts and culture, politics, race and LGBTQ identity for publications like the Guardian, Buzzfeed, Dazed, i-D magazine and the Debrief. Zing is also a presenter for VICE, and her most recent documentary (Britain First vs Antifa...
Radicals - Jamie Bartlett
October 16, 2018 09:42 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBJamie Bartlett talks about the importance of listening radicals. Jamie Bartlett is an author and tech blogger for The Spectator and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media for Demos in conjunction with The University of Sussex. In 2013 he covered the rise of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy for Demos, chronicling the new political force's emergence and use of social media. In 2014 he released a book entitled The Dark Net, discussing the darknet and dark web in broa...
Bodies of Light - Sarah Moss
October 12, 2018 06:00 - 14.4 MBSarah Moss, talks about Bodies, the story of a family of artists and social reformers in Victorian Manchester. Sarah Moss was educated at Oxford University and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. She is the author of two novels: Cold Earth (2010) and Night Waking (2011), which was selected for the Fiction Uncovered Award in 2011, as well as Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland (2012), which was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2013. ...
Ajanta Cave Ten - William Dalrymple
October 12, 2018 06:00 - 15.8 MBHistorian William Dalrymple talks about a wonder of India: the Ajanta caves. William Dalrymple is a Scottish historian and writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent broadcaster and critic. The Ajanta Caves are 30 (approximately) rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India.The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient...
The Long Now - Brian Eno in conversation with Rosie Boycott
October 08, 2018 15:22 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBBrian Eno is in conversation with Rosie Boycott. Brian Eno is a musician, composer, singer and record producer. He is widely credited as being a forunner in the 'Ambient Music' movement in the 1970s, and has been part of numerous innovative projects during his career, including th Microsoft Sound, the six-second start-up music for the Windows 95 operating system. A sometime columnist for 'The Observer', Brian is politically active, particularly with regard to nuclear weapins. Along with Ste...
Sex By Numbers - David Spiegelhalter
October 05, 2018 06:00 - 15.3 MBWhat statistics can tell you about sexual behaviour with David Spiegelhalter. David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, and Professor of Biostatistics, at the University of Cambridge. He presented the BBC4 documentary ‘Tails you Win: the Science of Chance', and in 2011 competed in Winter Wipeout on BBC1. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Risk Management, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005 and awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to ...
The ignorant Maestro - Itay Talgam
September 28, 2018 06:00 - 18 MBHow Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable Brilliance? Itay Talgam sees himself as a disciple of his great teacher, Leonard Bernstein, and has conducted many orchestras around the world, including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Leipzig Opera House. Talgam now teaches leadership to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and universities, and at conferences around the world, including TED, Google’s Zeitgeist, and the World Economic Forum at Davos. He also founded the...
Dark data, dark money and Putin's Russia - Carole Cadwalladr, Luke Harding & Oliver Bullough
September 27, 2018 11:21 - 108 MBDark data, dark money & Putin's Russia: how British democracy is under assault. An unmissable evening with Carole Cadwalladr and Luke Harding, two prize winning investigative journalists, whose recent work has dominated news headlines across the world. The evening was hosted by journalist and writer Oliver Bullough. In a series of articles for the Observer, Cadwalladr exposed the 'fake news ecosystem' of the right wing press. Through her investigations into Cambridge Analytica, she exposed ...
India's daughter - Leslee Udwin
September 21, 2018 06:00 - 21.1 MBLeslee Udwin talks about her documentary India's Daughter. Leslee is the director and producer of the ground breaking documentary India's Daughter. The film told the story of the brutal gang rape in 2012 of a 23 year old medical student on a Delhi bus. The student later died from her injuries. India's Daughter made international headlines and ignited protests. It is an impassioned plea for change and a tribute to a remarkable and inspiring young woman. In 1986, Leslee faced a life- and home...
The Jazz Baroness - Hannah Rothschild
September 14, 2018 08:00 - 12.7 MBHannah Rothschild tells her aunt Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey – from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to the creative ferment of the New York jazz scene. Hannah Rothschild is a writer, a filmmaker and a company director. She also serves on boards of various philanthropic trusts and museums. Her biography, 'The Baroness', was published in the UK, USA and seven other territories. Her first novel, 'The Impro...
Gloria Steinem & Emma Watson in conversation
September 07, 2018 07:00 - 77.2 MBEmma Watson interviews Gloria Steinem for her online book club: Our Shared Shelf. They discuss Gloria's book My Life of the Road... "When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel. Taking to the road—by which I mean letting the road take you—changed who I thought I was. The road is messy in the way that real life is messy. It leads us out of denial and into reality, out of theory and into practice, out of caution and into action, out...
Instrumental - James Rhodes
August 31, 2018 06:00 - 15.7 MBJames Rhodes about the power of music. Until the age of 14, James had no formal academic musical education or dedicated mentoring. Aged 18 he stopped playing the piano entirely for a decade. Since returning to the piano, he has released five albums, all of which have topped the iTunes classical charts. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 eve...
The post human future - Martin Rees
August 30, 2018 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBHow posthuman evolution will be the outcome of technological changes with Martin Rees. Martin Rees is a cosmologist and space scientist. He is currently on the Board of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and has served on many bodies connected with education, space research, arms control and international collaboration in science. He lectures, writes and broadcasts widely for general audiences. Ever since his book 'Our Final Century?' was published , he has been concerned with the t...
Skipper and Ocean Advocate - Emily Penn - Wilderness Festival
August 27, 2018 06:00 - 22.3 MBEmily Penn talks about the future of our oceans. Emily Penn is an ocean advocate, skipper and international public speaker and advisor on issues relating to our ocean, shifting mindsets and future society. Emily’s career as an architect took a change of course when she rounded the globe on the record-breaking bio-fuelled boat, Earthrace. What she encountered on this trip changed everything. Emily has since been driving change, organising the world record community-led waste clean-up scheme ...
A new map of wonders - Caspar Henderson - Wilderness Festival
August 26, 2018 06:00 - 19.1 MBWhy we should Always cultivate wonder and awe at the world around us in our everyday life with Caspar Henderson. Caspar Henderson is a writer and journalist. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Independent, New Scientist, the New York Review of Books, and other publications. From 2002 to 2005 he was a senior editor at OpenDemocracy. He received the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors in 2009 and the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award in 2010. He...
Wildfire in the wilderness: fire, ecology and us - Melissa Sterry - Wilderness festival
August 25, 2018 06:00 - 16 MBMelissa Sterry talks about wildfires and why they are not quite as bad as they seem. Design scientist and systems theorist Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help build a brighter future. A design practice graduate, her career has been spent exploring the potentialities inherent in new and emerging ideas and innovations in fields including architecture, utilities, manufacturing, communications, media, publishing, eve...
The People Vs. Tech - Jamie Bartlett - Wilderness Festival
August 23, 2018 06:00 - 13.2 MBJamie Bartlett about privacy and technology and how to deal with it. Jamie Bartlett is an author and tech blogger for The Spectator and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media for Demos in conjunction with The University of Sussex. In 2013 he covered the rise of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy for Demos, chronicling the new political force's emergence and use of social media. In 2014 he released a book entitled The Dark Net, discussing the darknet and dark web in b...
The ethical dilemmas of devastating brain trauma - Cathy Rentzenbrink
August 10, 2018 07:00 - 14.2 MBCathy Rentzenbrink tells a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changed. Cathy Rentzenbrink grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in London. A former Waterstones bookseller, she is now Project Director of the charity Quick Reads and Associate Editor of The Bookseller magazine. She is also Book Editor at Prima and does a book club with Nikki Bedi on her BBC Radio London show on the first Friday of ...