The Kennardley Talkstraight Show

Series 3, Episode 5 - Charles DarwinJoin Kennardley as he speaks with Charles Darwin, the man behind the theory of evolution and natural selection, who changed our understanding of the evolution of species.Referenceshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwinhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwinhttps://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/charles-darwin/

Series 3, Episode 3 - Albert EinsteinIn this episode Kennardley learns about the man considered the greatest physicist in history, Albert Einstein. We hear about his work, his life and his loves, becoming his Nobel prize, and becoming a refugee from the Nazis in WWII.Referenceshttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/4QWRAvk1sh4A8A?hl=enhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/einstein-relativity-thought-experiment-train-lightning-genius#:~:text=If%20he%20were%20to%20run,him%2C%20seemingly%20stationary%20in%20space.https://history.aip.org/exhibits/einstein/early2.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einsteinhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-EinsteinEpisode Highlights00.00 Intro02:10 -Einstein birthplace and date03:01 - Einstein family moves to Italy, Albert left behind at school (Luitpold Gymnasium). His resistance toward authority.03:47 - Einstein views on education. He teaches himself with the help of a friend.05:26 - Problems at the Luitpold Gymnasium and running away to join family in Italy.06:34 - Einstein fails entrance exam to Swiss Federal Polytechnic, finishes high school in Switzerland. Meets first love.07:28 - Einstein renounces German Citizenship to dodge draft.08:31 - Einstein enrols in the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, meets future wife Mileva Maric. Clashes with teachers.09:29 - He has trouble finding academic employment due to lack of references from teachers. Mileva falls pregnant out of wedlock, baby is adopted out.10:21 -Einstein finds employment at the Swiss patent office, marries Mileva, works on the light beam thought experiment.12:46 - Einsteins thoughts on Mileva receiving more credit for his work.13:59 - 1905 and his “Miracle Year” publishing papers that led to Nobel prize.15:58 - The rise of anti-semitism in Germany.16:17 - Einsteins marriage problems and his attitude towards his infidelity.18:28 - General relativity and overthrowing Newton. He embarks on a world tour and escapes the rise of the Nazi’s20:35 - Einstein escapes to America.21:17 - Einsteins son diagnosed with Schizophrenia and 2nd wife Elsa dies.21:48 - Einsteins involvement in the Atomic bomb.22:58 - Einstein struggles to develop a unified field theory and is offered the post of President of Israel.23:26 - Einsteins death.24:01 - Outro

Series 3 Episode 3 - Marie CurieIn this episode Kennardley speaks with Marie Curie about her extraordinary life and achievements. While combatting endemic sexual discrimination and prejudice, she became the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the first person, male or female to win two Nobel prizes in two different fields, Physics and Chemistry.Referenceshttps://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/trag1.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curiehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/https://daily.jstor.org/marie-curie-and-polish-resistance/

Series 3, Episode 2 - Galileo GalileiKennardley speaks with Galileo Galilei about his work on the telescope, astronomy, the heliocentric model of the universe and his clash with the Catholic Church over heresy charges.Referenceshttps://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-biographies/galileo#:~:text=Personal%20Traits.,a%20teacher%20are%20beyond%20question.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galileihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_GalileiGot to https://www.talkstraightproductions.com to find out more about all of Kennardleys Guests.Episode Highlights 00.00 - Intro01.11 - Galileo’s Birth and parents.Studying Medicine.02.33 - Early Education/Studying Mathematics04.46 -The Mathematics chair at Pisa University.05.15 - Proving Aristotle wrong. Work on motion and kinetics06.38 - Fathers death, financial burden and the University of Padua07.53 - First interest in Astronomy and Copernicanism/Heliocentrism09.32 - Children with mistress Maria Gamba.10.28 - Diurnal parallax, more evidence backing Heliocentrism.11.23 - The Telescope and astronomy.13.19 - Mathematician and Philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.14.00 - Discovering the phases of Venus and Jupiters Moons.14.17 - First problems with the Catholic Church.16.15 Attempt to solve the longitude problem.16.50 Argument with Orazio Grass and the jesuits. Writing Il Sagiottore (The assayer)18.04 Writing “The Dialogue Concerning two World Systems” and heresy charges.20.12 Sentenced to house arrest.21.09 - Writing “Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Concerning Two New Sciences”22.03 - Death in 1642 aged 7722.26 - Outro.

Series 3 Episode 1 - Sir Isaac NewtonIn the first episode of Series 3, Kennardley speaks to Sir Isaac Newton about his Theory of Gravity, his studies of Alchemy and writings on the bible. he also lets slip how he wrote the hits of Pink Floyd among others by "connecting" to the subconscious of Roger Waters!A must listen.Referenceshttps://physicsworld.com/a/newton-egomaniac-or-troubled-genius/https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/isaac-newtonhttps://www.astronomy.com/science/isaac-newton-a-vindictive-secretive-paranoid-genius/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_NewtonFind out more about all of our guests at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/Episode Highlights00.00 - Intro02.42 - Birth date and place04.42 -Academic Career beginnings06.34 - Calculus, Optics and Gravity09.36 - Abrasive personality and controversy with Gottfried Leibniz over Calculus11.11 - Controversy with Robert Hooke over gravity12.36 - Writings on Religious study and Alchemy13.42- Effects of working with heavy metals like Mercury.14.27 - Member of parliament15.04 - Warden and Master of the Royal Mint16.14 - Knighthood17.17 - Death in 1727 aged 8418.12 - CTA/Outro

Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul CezanneIn our final episode of Season 2 Kennardley interviews Paul Cezanne, the brilliant 19th and early 20th century artist who had a profound influence on modern art, inspiring the likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Mattise and Vincent Van Gogh as well as having a reputation of being the shy, asocial, moody, oversensitive and even rude. Take the journey back in time and find out more about this great artist.Referenceshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne/Development-of-his-mature-stylehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zannehttps://www.vqronline.org/essay/c%C3%A9zanne-and-his-temperamentFind out more at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/great-artists-in-historyPaul Cezanne - Episode Highlights00.00 - Episode Intro01.44 - Birthdate and Place03.03 - Cezanne’s difficult temperament. Education and friendship with Emile Zola04.37 - First Art classes in Aix04.57 - Move to Paris05.46 - Rejection from Academia des Beaux Arts, the Academie Suisse and meeting Camille Pissaro07.34 - Exhibiting at the Salon des Refusés08.38 - Meeting future wife Marie-Hortense Ficault and escaping the Franco Prussian War.09.39 - Working with Camille Pissaro and birth of son Paul11.25 - Exhibiting with the Impressionists12.16 - Father cuts allowance after finding out about illegitimate son.13.18 - A move back to Aix en Provence. Marriage of convenience to Hortense. Fathers death and inheritance.14.53 - First One man show and finally selling paintings.15.47 - Mothers death and withdrawal into isolation.17.23 - Salon D’Automne exhibition.17.48 - Death in 1906 aged 6718.45 - Outro

Claude Monet.Kennardleys guest this episode is the principal painter from the impressionist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century Claude Monet. They chat about his bouts with depression, an unconventional home life, early struggles and late success as an artist and his extraordinary garden in Givenchy.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monethttps://www.claude-monet.com/You can find more information at www.talkstraightproductions.comClaude Monet - Episode Highlights0.00 - Episode Intro01.14 - Birthdate and place01.58 - Becoming an artist04.05 - Paris art school/military service in Algeria/Charles Gleyre's Studio and the Anate Guards07.15 - Accepted into The Salon/Camille Doncieux, future wife/Poverty/ Suicide Attempt.09.09 - Fleeing France and Conscription to the Franco Prussian war.10.18 - Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and The naming of “The Impressionists”12.16 - A different direction.12.57 - Evading creditors and an affair with Alice Hoschede, future 2nd wife.14.17. - The death of Camille/ depression/climbing out of poverty.16.36 - Giverny, the garden and a move away from impressionism.19.18 - Death of 2nd wife Alice and son Jean.19.50 - Failing eyesight.21.12 - Monet’s Death

Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioKennardley speaks with a slightly paranoid Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio about his extraordinary double life, that of a master painter, at one time “the most famous painter in Rome”, and his life of street fighting, sword fighting and duelling and trying to stay one step ahead of the law.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggiohttps://www.britannica.com/biography/CaravaggioYou can find more information at www.talkstraightproductions.comCaravaggio Episode Highlights00.00 - Episode Intro0.05 - Birthplace/Family04.20 - Apprenticeship in Milan at 12 years of age04.56 - Escape to Rome07.16 - Early studios/early paintings10.25 - Patronage of Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte11.55 - Prostitute Models and Underworld figures 14.06 - First Church Commissions16.42 - The death of Rannucio Tomassoni and flight from Rome.17.42 - The Colonna/Sforza connection and a plan for a pardon.18.40 - Hiding in Naples and becoming a Knight of Malta.20.29 - Imprisoned by the knights of Malta and dramatic escape.21.54 - Sicily and back to Naples23.17 - Negotiating forgiveness and a pardon.23.51 - Death and intrigue25.56 - Outro/CTA