The Things That Make Us
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The Things That Make Us
A podcast about people and the objects that have shaped them. Each week, a guest is invited to pick 5 things that have inspired, delighted, provoked or influenced them. They then talk about these items ‘on tape’ at a time and place of their choosing - ideally with as many of the things present as po...
Recent Episodes
11 episodes
Henry Dimbleby
Co-founder of the fast food chain Leon, Henry Dimbleby is a chef and food writer who promotes and practices naturally fast food in all its forms, from...
Roja Dove - Live!
Master perfumer maker, Roja Dove, can identify whilst blindfold, over 800 scents. He makes extraordinary perfumes that contain the worlds finest ingre...
Zandra Rhodes
Dame Zandra Rhodes is one of fashion’s most recognisable faces and enduring talents. A true icon of our age, her designs for clothes, textiles and jew...
Richard Wentworth
The influential artist and material-object investigator, Richard Wentworth makes work that brings into focus the relationship between found objects, m...
Tim Hunkin
Inventor, engineer and cartoonist, Tim Hunkin makes contraptions that delight all who come into contact with them. In this episode Zoe visits Tim at...
Robert Llewellyn
Familiar to many as the actor who plays Kryten in the hit BBC TV series Red Dwaf and the presenter of Scrapheap Challenge, Robert Llewellyn also write...
Uta Frith
Dame Professor Uta Frith is a fellow of The Royal Society and one of the most highly regraded and decorated psychologist of her generation. Her ground...
Ranj Singh
A practicing NHS doctor, Ranj Singh specialises in the treatment of children and young adults. Working a punishing regime of shifts, Ranj is at the co...
Dallas Campbell
Television presenter, Dallas Campbell, originally trained as an actor but applied his eye for magic and ability to tell a good story to the task of co...
Cornelia Parker
Someone whose work often involves finding things, grinding things, squashing things and blowing things up, artist Cornelia Parker has a self confessed...
Jay Rayner
Writer, broadcaster, man about town, TV and radio, Jay Rayner is currently best known for writing and talking about food. He hosts the BBC Radio 4 pan...