It is Not Just My Story – Robin Ince
“I’ve been thinking about my mother a lot recently. Today would have been her birthday”. Robin Ince reflects on reading from his book for the first time.
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Sofie Hagen & Martin Mor – Book Shambles Live
Another of our live shows from the Edinburgh Fringe and this time Robin is chatting to Sofie Hagen and Martin Mor. This episode contains discussions about dinosaur erotica and counter culture magazines.
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What is WEIRD? – Ginny Smith
Too often psychology experiments fail to take basic demographics of their participants into consideration.
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The ‘Must Read’ Pile of Books You Haven’t Actually Read
Book Shambles co-host Robin Ince is a well known bibliophile. The problem with this is it means his house is in danger of collapsing under the weight of books. So he set about trying to part with 1000 books he’s never going to get round to reading. Which got us thinking.
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Robin Ince’s 1000 Book Purge
Robin Ince attempts to give away 1000 books before his house collapses.
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Can the Teenage Brain Ever Know ‘True’ Love? – Dean Burnett
A recent reddit post argued that brains that aren’t fully formed can’t know what love really is. This is, according to all evidence, nonsense.
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Alex Edelman & Jen Brister – Book Shambles Live at the Edinburgh Fringe
Another episode recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, this time Robin is joined by comedians Jen Brister and mere hours after finding out he was nominated for the Comedy Award, Alex Edelman.
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Evolving into a Village – Dr Helen Czerski
Life on Oden has taken a different turn in the past ten days, and it seems to be a very natural evolutionary step from where we were at the halfway point. The ship has a completely different feel about it, and I didn’t really see it coming at all. We are evolving into a village.
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The Tenth Anniversary of ‘Big Bang Day’ – Jon Butterworth
Ten years ago it was Wednesday, and at 10:28 in the morning Geneva time the first protons had just made the 27 km journey through the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Prof Jon Butterworth on the tenth anniversary of switching the LHC on.
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The Necessity of Exploration – Chris Hadfield
Col. Chris Hadfield on why it is human nature to continue to explore the Earth and what lies beyond.
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You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Enjoying Your Smartphone
Yet again, people in the mainstream media are chastising the use of smartphones in public. But it’s fine to ignore them, you’re doing nothing wrong.
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Bats in the… Cloisters – Ginny Smith
We’re all scared of different things. Ginny Smith investigates why she loves bats and hates spiders by visiting a cathedral.
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