Future Imperfect

Dec 03 2024 47 ep. 43 mins 58
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Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK's most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He's also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields about what we the future might hold, and what we should do to prepare for it.
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What is Jason's new book about?

Dec 03 2024 72 mins  
In this episode, Jason talks about his new book, out now on Kickstarter with the host of Legends and Lectures, Michelle Franklin.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to get someone to fall in love with you (in the Middle Ages)

Nov 20 2024 30 mins  
We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See ac

Can mediaeval knowledge save the world?

Nov 07 2024 46 mins  
In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

Oct 22 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you make a mediaeval book?

Oct 14 2024 40 mins  
Sara Charles is a researched into books and manuscripts, who has learned all of the processes that went into making books in the Middle Ages. She joins Jason to talk about manuscripts books, and all thinks ink and vellum!Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was mediaeval armour for defence or for show?

Oct 04 2024 43 mins  
Jason Kingsley, CBE, talks to armourer Toby Capwell about their time spent jousting against each other, how you know when to give up jousting and how armour worked in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What was the best Old English word?

Sep 29 2024 39 mins  
In this episode, Jason is joined by Dr Hana Videen, who has been collecting early mediaeval words and their meanings. She talks about what we can learn about the way people in the early mediaeval period dealt with animals from the way they wrote and talked about them.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the oldest pub in England?

Sep 14 2024 57 mins  
On this episode, Jason is joined by James Wright a buildings archaeologist who specialises in mediaeval myth-busting. He talks us through the legends about a lot of England's old buildings, and what the truth actually is.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HIGHLIGHTS EPISODE

Sep 07 2024 44 mins  
We'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 Tapley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did people in the Middle Ages believe in fairies?

Aug 19 2024 47 mins  
Did 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 Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.