Episodes
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Episode 74: Tim Hayward
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Tim Hayward is a writer, broadcaster, restaurateur and unrepentant food geek. He writes a column and criticises restaurants for the Financial Times and his features have appeared in the FT, Guardian, Observer Food Monthly, Delicious, Olive, Waitrose Food Illustrated and Saveur, amongst others.
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Episode 73: Maria Bustillos
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Maria Bustillos is the founding editor of Popula, an alternative news and culture magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Guardian.
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Episode 72: Leon Gast
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Leon Gast was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
This film would go on to win the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award.
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Episode 71: Tom Vitale
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Tom Vitale is a producer and director, known for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Episode 70: Kevin Draper
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Kevin Draper is a sports business reporter for The New York Times, covering the leagues, federations, owners, unions, stadiums and media companies behind the games.
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Episode 69: Randy Roberts
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Randy Roberts is the distinguished professor of history at Purdue University and an award-winning author. He has written thirteen books on sports history, the most recent of which is Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Episode 68: Ken Burns
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films.
His widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019). He was also executive producer of both The West (1996), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015).
Burns's documentaries have earned two Academy Award nominations (for 1981's Brooklyn Bridge and 1985's The Statue of Liberty) and have won several Emmy Awards, among other honors.
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Episode 67: Patrick Connor
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Patrick Connor is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the International Boxing Research Organization and author of 'Shot at a Brothel: The Spectacular Demise of Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena'
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Episode 66: Lance Oppenheim
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Lance Oppenheim is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and producer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His debut feature Some Kind of Heaven (2020) was an Official Selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Episode 65: Frank Brady
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Frank Brady is an American writer, editor, biographer and educator. Chairman of the Department of Mass Communications, Journalism, Television and Film at St. John's University, New York, he is founding editor of Chess Life magazine.