Imagine trying to rebuild the world one business at a time. That's what PO BRONSON AND ARVIND GUPTA are attempting at IndieBio, the science accelerator that Arvind founded in 2014 and where Po is now Managing Director. In their book, DECODING THE WORLD, A ROADMAP FOR THE QUESTIONER , they tackle the big science stories of today and tomorrow by questioning every aspect of modern life and industry....
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with The No.1 New York Times best-selling author who specialises in the science of sports and performance, but wants us all to explore the wider benefits of generalisation if we are to become the very best at whatever we do in life and work. Get a copy of David's book RANGE HERE...
In this episode Richard Kilgarriff meets George Dyson, the science historian who presents human evolution and technology in the context of the natural world. In his latest book, ANALOGIA, The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines , George challenges the assumption that digital technology, made by human code, is naturally superior and separate to analogue design, and that the machines we imagine as our own today, may not be the machines that nature intends for tomorrow…...
In this episode we meet the carbon footprint connoisseur who wants us to hone our instincts for measuring the production of harmful greenhouse gases before, during and after everything we make, eat, live and love to do… from sending an email to flying round the world…it all adds up to tonnes of trouble for life on earth as we know it today. Get a copy of Mike's book HERE...
In this episode Rachel Schofield challenges you to consider how much of your behaviour is influenced by your unconscious self. On the surface you may think you are the embodiment of rational decision-making, but behavioural insights expert Elspeth Kirkman thinks otherwise. Get a copy of Elspeth's book HERE
We celebrate our 50th episode with Richard Ovenden, the director of the world famous Bodleian Library in Oxford. He reveals how knowledge has been attacked (and preserved) through the ages, telling us a great deal about culture, society and civilisation in every century, including our own. Get your Copy of Burning The Books from Primrose Hill Books HERE...
In this episode, Richard Kilgarriff meets Bloomberg journalist Sarah Frier, whose job it is to explain how social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram have changed how society sees itself; looking at the future through their lens so we can understand where we are (and who we are) today… Get your copy of Sarah's book NO FILTER - THE INSIDE STORY OF INSTAGRAM HERE...
Richard Kilgarriff meets the Telegraph, Economist and New York Times writer who looks deep into the business and science behind performance at the very top of professional sport. Get your copy of Tim's book HERE
In this episode Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with social anthropologist James Suzman, digging deep into the “evolutionary legacy” behind our need to work. James Suzman has lived with the Bushmen of Botswana’s eastern Kalahari for more than 25 years. He is the author of Affluence Without Abundance and heads the Cambridge-based research and support organisation Anthropos. Get a copy fo James Suzman's new book WORK: A HISTORY OF HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME HERE...
Richard Kilgarriff meets the theoretical physicist, screenwriter and best-selling author who spent two decades collaborating with the world’s most popular scientist, Stephen Hawking - orbiting the genius and the tragedy of a man set high on a pedestal by his peers and the public, but physically diminished by a disease that left him “at the mercy of everyone around him…” Get your copy of STEPHEN HAWKING, A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP AND PHYSICS HERE...
Physician turned Atlantic staff writer James Hamblin went without a shower or a bath for five years - The experiment caused outrage and disgust in some people who see cleanliness as a social responsibility, but for many he offered a vision of liberation from dependency on hygiene products that, if over-used, may do more harm than good. In his latest book, Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less, James examines the tension at the heart of our current Covid-concerned society, “...
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with the nurse who became an Costa award-winning, Sunday Times best-selling novelist, non-fiction writer and Professor of Medical and Health Humanities. Her memoir is a whirlwind of pain, love, life and death from the frontline of nursing, up to and including the current pandemic. Get Your copy of Christie's book COURAGE TO CARE HERE And you can support the Fair Pay for Nursing Campaign HERE...
In this episode Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Cass Sunstein - the former White House advisor to Barak Obama and now Chair of the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights. He wants us to re-think the way we demand, consume and generate information and knowledge about ourselves and the world around us. Get your copy of TOO MUCH INFORMATION from our independent bookshop partner Primrose Hill books HERE...
'Today I woke up on Earth. And I will fall asleep in space.' This is the story of Samantha Cristoforetti's incredible journey, from aspiring student to record-breaking astronaut: How she excelled through thousands of applicants to share a tiny cabin with her crew on the international space station for 200 days. Get a copy of The Diary of An Apprentice Astronaut HERE...
He may have a PHD in tropical ecology from Cambridge University, but Merlin Sheldrake’s talents as a musician, writer brewer of and eater of his own words, literally, bring the fungal universe to a wider audience of people who might never have recognised the life growing beneath their feet, floating through the air and living on their skin. Get your copy of Entangled Life from our independent bookshop partner Primrose Hill Books HERE...
In this episode Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Noreena Hertz, the influential economist, strategist and best-selling author whose vision for the future cuts through the change and division tearing society apart today – it’s time, she says, for us to come together and fight the forces that divide us to rule… Get Your Copy of The Lonely Century HERE
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with world-famous neuroscientist David Eagleman, including an entirely new concept on why we dream. In his latest book LIVEWIRED - THE INSIDE STORY OF YOUR EVER CHANGING BRAIN, he takes us on a fantastic voyage under the cortex and into the neural networks that shape who we are from the day we’re born to the end of life. Why do babies pay attention to everything, only to lose interest in adult life and how can we recreate that curiosity? How has lockdown affected ou...
With a BA in philosophy and a PHD in cognitive neuroscience Sam Harris is the wildly popular podcaster, meditation app creator, entrepreneur, journalist and NY Times bestselling author who helps millions of people make sense of the world and their place within it. In his latest book, MAKING SENSE ..CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS, MORALITY AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY – he has transcribed and edited 12 of his most powerful podcast encounters with brilliant thinkers on matters that shape our past, p...
Alastair Campbell - one of the most influential political strategists and communicators of his generation - has written love letter to the people and the places that have shaped who he is today…from his childhood growing up as the son of vet in Yorkshire, to the friends, family and colleagues who helped him to face his demons and make a difference to the way we look at mental health today. Get a copy of Living Better, How I Learned to Survive Depression HERE...
At a time when complex issues of politics, race, gender and pandemic are bombarding our brains on a daily basis, perhaps we can be forgiven for thinking in terms of black and white. But we do so at our peril. Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with the man who sees between the light and shade of living in a world packed with categories so numerous that they force us to paddle in the binary shallows of our brain, rather than diving into the open seas of opportunity. Get a Copy of Kevin Dutton's book, ...
The multi-award winning investigative journalist James Ball shares OMI with Rachel Schofield on the way the Internet runs and rules our lives, seen from the perspective of its inventors, investors, custodians, and innovators. You'll reconsider why and how you connect with the rest of the world once you've heard this Bookomi podcast. Get a copy of James Ball's book The System, Who Owns The Internet and How it Owns Us HERE...
We know the universe had a beginning, but what happens at the end of the story? In this episode, Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Katie Mack - one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics - considering five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important ideas in cosmology today. Get your copy of Katie Mack's book, The End of Everything, (Astrophysically Speaking) HERE...
Growing up in Brixton, South London, Jeremiah Emmanuel experienced homelessness, violence, racism and poverty. Despite this, he continued to dream of making a difference to his life and his community. In 2011 he was elected to the UK Youth Parliament and later became a young mayor within London. At fifteen, he founded the BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Youth council, creating a youth consultancy enterprise, EMNL, which has worked with organisations including Rolls-Royce, Nike and the Queens Commonwealth ...
In this episode, the columnist and Sunday Times best-selling author Bryony Gordon shares her OMI with Richard Kilgarriff on her rise, fall and ongoing recovery from addiction to alcohol In Glorious Rock Bottom, Bryony’s story will be familiar to anyone who has ever looked forward to a drink at the end of the day, but what happens when relaxation and fun turns to dependency - and if we do hit the lowest low, how do we get back up again? "Alcohol is a depressant masquerading as a relaxant" Get a c...
In this episode we meet the world-renowned writer, Booker prize nominee, political scientist, campaigner, speaker, literary judge, and multiculturalist Elif Shafak, who wants us to rebuild our “polarised and troubled world” with humanity and respect for stories beyond our own mental and physical borders… How do we stop fear and anxiety about the future turning into disillusion and bewilderment when, even without the pandemic, domestic politics and wealth inequality are building walls between us ...
In this episode we meet the man who left a successful career in silicon-valley at places like Apple and Electronic Arts to help us all design a better life… Dave Evans is the co-founder of the Stanford Life Design Lab, along with his co-author Bill Burnett, he’s written a follow up to the massive 2017 hit Designing Your Life by adding one word to the orginal title… Designing your Work life reframes the meaning and the purpose we see in our day jobs to build a way forward in your current job or p...
In this episode Richard Kilgarriff meets the philosopher/mechanic Matthew Crawford, who sees freedom and democracy - reflected in the twin headlights of travel and technology - threatened by automation and bureaucracy. " What we are talking about is remaking the infrastructure, not just of moving about, but of everything that goes on in a city, and handing it over to a cartel of tech firms - It's quite possible they will make the trains run on time but at the cost of our political sovereignty ov...
Dr Amanda Brown’s fifteen year prison career spans young offenders institutions, the notorious wormwood scrubs and now Her Majesty’s prison Bronzefield with 572 female inmates. She has seen and heard violence, drugs, abuse and self-harm. And now she is sharing her personal stories in a memoir ‘The Prison Doctor: Women Inside’; Go deeper into the OMI with a copy of the book HERE
As the world desperately searches for a Covid-19 vaccine, Dr Stuart Ritchie claims the scientific machine is dangerous and broken. Horror stories of negligence are no less troubling than the more widespread misinformation and self-delusion that results from the way scientific research is funded reviewed and published. It is time, he says for some serious soul searching in the scientific community. Hosted by Rachel Schofield. Go deeper into Dr Stuart's OMI, get his book HERE...
In this episode, Richard Kilgarriff meets Susie Pearl; PR guru and celebrity manager turned psychologist, writer and coach who wants us all to unleash the creative artist lurking inside our mind and body. Having recently survived cancer, she writes from the heart and soul of someone who appreciates the value of creative expression. Get a copy of Susie's book, The Art of Creativity, 7 Powerful Habits to Unlock Your Full Potential HERE.
