A GLT with me CG - Ep35: Timandra Harkness - Writer, BBC R4 Broadcaster & Goat Borrower!

Welcome to another Episode of "The Good Listening To Podcast" with me Chris Grimes!

And please welcome to the GLT "Clearing" today, Timandra Harkness: Writer, BBC R4 Broadcaster & Presenter, Lapsed Comedian & Goat Borrower! 

("Goat Borrower?!" All will be explained!)

Timandra is BBC Radio 4 Author & Presenter of many series - including currently "Steelmanning" and Timandra continues on an energetic life quest - ingrained from an early age - of always questioning "WHY?"

Inspired too by Lucien Freud's Mantra: " Astonish - Disturb - Seduce - Convince "

Timandra and I have HISTORY!  We go way back! Starting with (but not only!) being Comedy Improvisers together in the Bristol based and highly acclaimed Comedy Improvisation Company, INSTANT WIT.

A lovely conversation with many highlights - including Philosophy, Micro-Lite Flying, Icarus, Motorbikes, Trapeze, Windows of Opportunity, Ginger Cake & more!

In Timandra's own words:

"I present BBC Radio 4 documentaries including Divided Nation and the Future Proofing series. Five Knots is back on BBC Radio 4 in January 2021, followed by new series Steelmanning.

Since winning the Independent newspaper's column-writing competition (this is where the "Goat Borrowing" comes in!) I've written for many print and online publications, including BBC Science Focus and Unherd.

My book, Big Data: Size Does Matter was published by Bloomsbury Sigma in June 2016. 

I am a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and a member of their Data Ethics and Governance section. 

In my spare time I enjoy opera, motorcycles, and talking to strangers".

See also www.timandraharkness.com 

Enjoy!

A "GLT with me CG!"

The Podcast series that features "The Clearing":  Where all good Questions come to be asked and all good Stories come to be told!

With some lovely juicy storytelling metaphors to also enjoy along the way:

The Clearing itself - A Tree (where we get to "shake your tree to see which storytelling apples fall out, in the form of a lovely storytelling exercise called "5-4-3-2-1") - some Alchemy - some Gold - and finally a Cake with a Cherry on Top!

Think "Desert Island Discs" but in a Clearing! 

Also think about William Shakespeare - and about Jaques in "As You Like It" in particular:

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages..."

Jaques: Act II Scene VII

And as my Guest in the Podcast:  Now is your 'moment in the sunshine' to share your story!

Who are you? What's your story? And what 'life-lessons-learned-along-the-way' would you like to share with us? And just to get bit "existential on yo ass" too (!) what would you like your legacy to be?  How would you most like to be remembered?

And all my guests have at least 2 things in common: They are all Creative individuals  - and all with an interesting story to be told!

If you'd like to find out more, then please do check out my websites www.secondcurve.uk + www.instantwit.co.uk - and there's also a dedicated "Good Listening To" Facebook Group c/o the link above.

Plus if you'd be interested in the experience of being given "a damn good listening to" yourself, or you'd like to explore the idea of some Personal Impact Coaching from me CG - to help level-up your confidence, communication, and personal impact c/o my online Coaching proposition: The Second Curve "Zoom Room" - then, by all means, do get in touch via any of the usual social media channels (see above) or you can email me at [email protected] 

(The Second Curve "Zoom Room": Coaching to help you 'level up' your IMPACT - or to get Clarity on how to get to "where next?")