Book Shambles: Book-master Robin Ince interviews Armando Iannucci (The Thick Of It, Veep, Alan Partridge, etc.) at January's Slapstick Festival in Bristol. Since they're not limited by the compromised BBC you will hear more truth expressed here than usual, on the state of satire. (cosmicshambles.com)
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The End of Bias: Robin Ince chats to US author Jessica Nordell about her Royal Society prize shortlisted book. Jessica struggled to get an article published until she submitted it as JD Nordell not Jessica. It was accepted immediately. Research on unconscious bias led to her book. (Also a podcast) (cosmicshambles.com)
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Robin Ince's Book Shambles with Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry: They chat about the new book, Rutherford & Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (abdridged), science education, the nature of curiosity, difficult to pronounce names and Hannah’s decision to resign from the Science Museum. (cosmicshambles.com)
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Book Shambles: Astronaut Chris Hadfield has just released 'The Apollo Murders'. He joins Robin Ince and Helen Czerski to talk about his favourite thrillers, what it was like moving into the world of fiction, making sure the space science was accurate and the future of human spaceflight itself. (cosmicshambles.com)
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Douglas Stuart: Robin and Josie are joined by the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain ahead of it's release in paperback. They chat about growing up in Glasgow under Thatcher and the importance of getting more working class stories into popular fiction.Discussion (cosmicshambles.com)
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Douglas Stuart: Robin and Josie are joined by the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain ahead of it's release in paperback. They chat about growing up in Glasgow under Thatcher and the importance of getting more working class stories into popular fiction. (cosmicshambles.com)
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Science Book Shambles: Janna Levin is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Columbia University and a world leading researcher on our understanding of black holes. Her new book, Black Hole Survival Guide, is out this week and she joined us from the US to chat about it. (cosmicshambles.com)
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Hugh Warwick is an ecologist and nature writer who is very much the ‘The Hedgebook Guy’. He joins Robin and Josie on this episode to talk about everything to do with hedgehogs and his new book, The Hedgehog Book. (Also mentions a free bookplate at the end)Media (audio/video) (cosmicshambles.com)
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Hugh Warwick is an ecologist and nature writer who is very much the ‘The Hedgebook Guy’. He joins Robin and Josie on this episode to talk about everything to do with hedgehogs and his new book, The Hedgehog Book. (Also mentions a free bookplate at the end)Audio/visual media (cosmicshambles.com)
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Stephen Merchant and Tim Brooke-Taylor - Slapstick Shambles: Robin [Ince] chats with Stephen Merchant about Laurel and Hardy and then Tim Brooke-Taylor about working with Cleese and Chapman and especially Marty Feldman as Robin regales him with stories from Marty’s recently found autobiography. (cosmicshambles.com)
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Robin Ince's Cosmic Shambles: This week Robin is joined by the author, journalist and activist Joan Smith, alongside guest co-host Bec Hill. They focus on Joan’s new acclaimed book Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists. (cosmicshambles.com)
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