Podcast Episodes

Twentieth Century In Reverse

Do you ever have trouble remembering PIN numbers? Ivan Wise teaches you how: all you have to do is remember a hundred facts about the twentieth centu…

3 years, 9 months ago

Alexandra Popoff

Alexandra Popoff is a former Moscow journalist and Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow. She is an expert on Russian literature and cultural history…

3 years, 9 months ago

Christmas Music

Ivan Wise discusses Christmas music that should be better known.

Christmas is our most sturdily conservative tradition, and this December you will he…

3 years, 9 months ago

Francis Hamel

Francis Hamel discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Francis Hamel is a British painter based in the UK with studios …

3 years, 9 months ago

Louise Hare

Louise Hare discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Louise Hare is a London-based writer and has an MA in Creative Writing from …

3 years, 10 months ago

250th episode: Alan Rusbridger

For the 250th episode, Alan Rusbridger discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Alan Rusbridger was Editor in Chief of the Guardi…

3 years, 10 months ago

Dean Jobb

True crime writer Dean Jobb discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Dean Jobb is award-winning true crime writer and a professor…

3 years, 10 months ago

Duncan Larkin

Duncan Larkin discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Duncan Larkin has covered the sport of running for more than a decade. He’…

3 years, 10 months ago

Tim Hannigan

Travel writer Tim Hannigan discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Tim Hannigan was born and brought up in the far west of Cornw…

3 years, 10 months ago

Dan Schreiber

Dan Schreiber discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Dan Schreiber is a writer, stand-up comedian, TV presenter, producer and p…

3 years, 11 months ago