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How can we live chivalrously?
Season 2, Ep. 1
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In a change of format, we talk to Jason Kingsley, CBE, himself. We dig deep into what chivalry means, why Jason is fascinated with mediaeval history, and how is affects his life and the way he runs his business.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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5. HIGHLIGHTS EPISODE
44:18||Season 2, Ep. 5We've had a lot of new listeners over the summer - so we thought we'd look back at some of the highlights of some of our older episodes.Presenter: Jason Kingsley, CBEProducer: Natt Tapley4. Did people in the Middle Ages believe in fairies?
47:29||Season 2, Ep. 4Did people in the Middle Ages believe in fairies? Jason talks to Dr Francis Young about mediaeval beliefs in non-Christian entities and his book, Twilight of the Godlings.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis3. How many seasons were there in the mediaeval year? (The answer may surprise you!)
35:13||Season 2, Ep. 3In this episode, Jason talks to Eleanor Parker about her book Winters In The World: A Journey Through The Anglo-Saxon Year.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis2. How did people in the Middle Ages think about sex?
44:35||Season 2, Ep. 2Dr Eleanor Janega comes back to the podcast to talk to Jason Kingsley, CBE, about sex and gender in the Middle Ages and her new book The Once and Future Sex.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis33. How can we fix our oceans?
50:01||Season 1, Ep. 33Professor Guy Standing is an economist who has a radical way to fix the problems in our oceans, one from the past. He wants to see them held in common, as mediaeval resources often were. He talks to Jason about how this would work.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis32. What does genetic engineering mean for our futures?
53:32||Season 1, Ep. 32Gene editing therapies are just starting to be used to treat conditions. In this episode, Jason talks to Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester about how we got here, and what it could mean for each of us in the future.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis31. How did gift-giving work in the past?
44:19||Season 1, Ep. 31When European settlers arrived in the Americas they found many economies based on gift-giving. Jason talks to Brian Owensby about how this worked, how it didn't work, and how this could have led to conflict between the Old World and the New.Producer: Natt TapleySound: Pete Dennis30. What is the digital mediaeval?
37:34||Season 1, Ep. 30Jeremy Silver is the CEO of Digital Capital, and he believes that we are living in our 'digital mediaeval period'. He joins Jason today explain what he means by that, what problems it poses, and what we need to do to move to a 'digital renaissance'.Producer - Natt TapleySound - Pete DennisPhoto by Bingqian Li: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-near-castle-and-scaffolding-16105790/