Caroline Eden discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Caroline Eden is a writer and critic contributing to the Guardian, Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement. In 2020, she was awarded the prestigious Art of Eating Prize. She is the author of two food and travel books, Samarkand (2016) and Black Sea (2018). Her new book, Red Sands, looking at the food and culture of Central Asia, will be out in November 2020. You can follow her @edentravels on Twitter and Instagram.

1. Kazakhstan as a destination https://www.journalofnomads.com/places-to-visit-in-kazakhstan/

2. Cornucopia magazine http://www.cornucopia.net

3. Sea buckthorn as an ingredient http://www.missfoodwise.com/2018/10/sea-buckthorn-berries-various-ways-kitchen.html/

4. Sanmao https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/stories-of-the-sahara-9781408881880/

5. Roz Chast https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/roz-chast

6. Gaye Su Akyol https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/02/gaye-su-akyol-istikrarli-hayal-hakikattir-review-turkish-star-deserves-big-things

Adam Hart-Davis discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance writer and lecturer – former presenter on television of Local Heroes, Tomorrow’s World, What the Romans (and others) Did for Us, How London was Built, and many other series. He has collected various awards for both television and radio, as well as four medals and 14 honorary doctorates.

He has read several books, and written about 35, most of them about science and history.He spends a lot of time hacking at green wood, making chairs, tables, bowls, and spoons

He is a member of many associations, including the Association of Pole-lathe Turners, and the British Toilet Association.

He lectures on diverse subjects, from Toilets and history to Are we alone in the universe? and has given more than 100 talks, to audiences ranging from The Royal Society, The Royal Institution, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to schools, small local history groups, and the captive audiences on cruise ships.

He lives in south Devon with his wife Sue Blackmore, two cats, and four chickens.

1. Sandy Bain and the fax machine https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/fax/history-of-fax.htm

2. Colin Pullinger and his mousetrap https://www.inventricity.com/local-heroes-colin-pullinger

3. The skating stones of Racetrack Playa https://www.livescience.com/37492-sailing-stones-death-valley-moving-rocks.html

4. The short stories of Somerset Maugham https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v31/n24/miranda-carter/no-more-alimony-tra-la-la

5. Fibonacci’s rabbits https://plus.maths.org/content/fibonacci-sequence-brief-introduction

6. If you haven’t tested it, it doesn’t work https://www.kguttag.com/2013/08/10/if-you-havent-tested-it-it-doesnt-work/

Author Jini Reddy discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Jini Reddy’s most recent book Wanderland has been shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize. The prize celebrates the best in UK travel and nature writing. Her first book Wild Times was published in 2016. It won the book prize at the British Guild of Travel Writers Awards 2017. You can follow her @Jini_Reddy on Twitter and @jinireddy20 on Instagram.

1. Time Travel novels https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Octavia-E-Butler/Kindred–The-ground-breaking-masterpiece/21900895
2. Slow cycling https://canalrivertrustwaterfront.org.uk/nature/slow-cycling/
3. Inspiring ways to support refugees and asylum seekers https://www.fencesandfrontiers.org/, https://justbreadlondon.com/, www.journeysfestival.com, www.choose.love and https://www.migrateful.org/
4. ASMR www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2jytrd?xtor
5. The unconventional journey https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wanderland-9781472951939/
6. The view from Richmond Hill https://www.gardenvisit.com/gardens/terrace_gardens_richmond

As a bonus episode, in a surprising turn of events, Ivan gets invited to an office summer party via Zoom and is asked to provide some entertainment for the benefit of a group of bewildered colleagues. He discusses with Jacob Cunningham, Angharad Hopkinson and Ezekiel Jacob three things which they think should be better known.

This episode was recorded in front a live audience, but unfortunately they were all on mute.

1. Fidel Castro’s milk obsession https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fidel-castro-s-bizarre-obsession-with-milk-27ce5c258de2

2. The joy of walking around cemeteries https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/5-cemeteries-you-should-visit-in-london/

3. Folk metal https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/12/18/the-10-best-folk-metal-bands/

Kris Hollington discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Kris Hollington is a bestselling non-fiction author and ghost-writer of over twenty books, mostly covering crime, several of which have been adapted for TV dramas and documentaries and nominated for various awards. In 2017 he won the People’s Book Prize for non-fiction and his latest book, Corrupt Bodies, written with Peter Everett, is currently long-listed for the Crime Writers’ Association prize for non-fiction. Kris is also a dedicated street photographer (www.shootitagain.com and @krishollington) and freestyle BMX-er.

1. The Essays of David Foster Wallace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI and https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf
2. The joy of extreme sports in middle age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28nJEevCZw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NcOSK6q8Oc
3. The assassinations of Alfred Herrhausen and Detlev Rohwedder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Herrhausen and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlev_Karsten_Rohwedder
4. The Anti-snore backpack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/silent-night-ordered-as-army-attacks-snorers-1120249.html
5. Hawksley Workman http://hawksleyworkman.com/
6. Harold Feinstein https://www.haroldfinstein.com/documentary/

Author Dorian Lynskey discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Dorian Lynskey is an author and journalist who writes about music, politics, film and books for publications including the Guardian, the Observer, GQ, Billboard and the New Statesman. He is the author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs (Faber, 2011) and The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984 (Picador, 2019). He also hosts the Remainiacs and Bunker podcasts. Find out more at http://www.dorianlynskey.com.

1. EL Doctorow https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/05/24/faulkner-as-i-lay-dying/

2. Regina Spektor https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/regina-spektor

3. Quiz Show https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/dec/14/quiz-show-robert-redford

4. The 1910s magazine The Masses https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=themasses

5. Broad City https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/apr/14/broad-city-comedy-genius

6. Hiroshima as a destination https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/hiroshima-jpn-cg-hiro.htm

Actor Jack Gilpin discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Jack Gilpin is an American actor and Episcopal priest. He currently stars in television drama series Billions and has previously performed in Succession and Law & Order. He has acted in many films including Quiz Show, Mulan and Adventureland.

1. The Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_and_the_Goats
2. Modern poetry https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/152025/an-introduction-to-modernism
3. The importance of diet https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthyliving/healthydiet/healthybalanceddiet.html
4. The plays of Lanford Wilson https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/theater/lanford-wilson-a-playwright-with-compassion-for-his-characters.html
5. The music of Arvo Pärt https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2012/jun/18/arvo-part-contemporary-music-guide
6. Guidelines for Mutuality https://www.episcopalct.org/Beliefs-and-Practices/guidelines-for-mutuality/

Author Richard Askwith discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Richard Askwith is author of six books, including the award-winning Feet in the Clouds (about fell-running); Today We Die A Little (an acclaimed biography of the Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek); and, most recently, Unbreakable: The Countess, the Nazis and the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race, which won Biography of the Year at the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards. A former executive editor of The Independent, he has been a journalist for forty years and continues to earn much of his living from freelance feature-writing.

1. Milada Horáková https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/milada-horakova-czech-republic-communist-era-show-trial-a9517401.html
2. La Commune https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/movies/film-review-it-s-paris-in-1871-and-you-are-there.html
3. The rich recreational potential of mud https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Free-Runners-Journey-Nature/dp/0224091964
4. Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
5. Frances Horovitz https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/frances-horovitz
6. Lata Brandisová https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2019/03/03/greatest-sports-story-never-told-woman-defied-nazis-win-toughest/

Bubbling under: Charles Webb https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/charles-webb-obituary

Journalist and author Louise Gray discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Louise Gray is the author of The Ethical Carnivore which discusses the ethics of meat by only eating animals she had killed herself. She was previously environment correspondent of The Daily Telegraph.

1. Squirrel Kebabs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ethical-Carnivore-Year-Killing-Eat/dp/1472933109/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
2. Climate change acronyms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/7572765/UN-process-under-fire-at-climate-change-talks.html and https://www.ukcop26.org
3. Corbetts www.bendamph.com
4. Blue Bananas https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-pandemic-threatening-bananas.html
5. The Gastronomical Me by MFK Fisher https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/25/gastronomical-me-mfk-fisher-review
6. Canntaireachd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_b1hNtbsdI

Bubbling under: The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Castle

Psychologist Stuart Ritchie discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Stuart Ritchie is a Lecturer in the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London. His new book, Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science, is available now. More details are at http://sciencefictions.org.

1. Bach’s cantatas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHtwSyxMsU
2. Katakana https://www.dartmouth.edu/~introjpn/text/katakana.html
3. Limmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg
4. Data Sleuths https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/eye-for-manipulation–a-profile-of-elisabeth-bik-65839
5. Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
6. Irn-Bru https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/irn-bru-things-what-is-didnt-know-recipe-change-ag-barr-scotland-favourite-soft-drink-can-a8143301.html

Bubbling under: Replication crisis https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/27/17761466/psychology-replication-crisis-nature-social-science