Sketchplanations - The Podcast
1) Tsundoku: Do you buy books faster than you can read them? 📚🤔
How big is that pile of books next to your bed?Tsundoku is a Japanese word for buying books and letting them pile up unread. It’s a familiar habit to book lovers everywhere — that growing stack of boo...Show More
2) Family Tree Explainer
Do you know who your second cousins are or if you even have any? And what does "once removed" mean anyway?Tune in to this episode as we unravel the mysteries of family relations—which we figured would...Show More
3) Continuous Partial Attention
Coined in the 1990s by Linda Stone, Continuous Partial Attention describes the state of being constantly connected; trying to do multiple things at once, which often leads to an ever-present, low-leve...Show More
4) Microlives & The Art of Uncertainty with Sir David Spiegelhalter
What's your life expectancy trade-off for enjoying a crispy bacon sandwich? 🥓Sir David Spiegelhalter is a celebrated Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge; widely accepted as one of ...Show More
5) The Pomodoro Technique
This genius time management hack was conceived by Francesco Cirillo. The technique involves working for 25 minutes followed by a mandatory 5-minute break, repeating this cycle three to four times befo...Show More
6) Canal Locks with David Macauley
In this episode, Jono meets one os his heroes, as we engage in a conversation with acclaimed author, illustrator and explainer, David Macaulay.We talk about David's journey from architecture to creati...Show More
7) Ordering Adjectives with Author Mark Forsyth
When describing something with numerous adjectives (eg. the big brown dog, the heavy square steel door) there's a natural order we all instinctively follow as english speakers. I don't remember ever b...Show More
8) Jevon's Paradox
This time we discuss Jevons' Paradox, the counterintuitive concept that improvements in fuel efficiency can lead to increased overall fuel use. We explore the origin of this idea, dating back to 1865 ...Show More
9) Words of Wonder: Apricity - with Grant Snider
Do you like using interesting words in your conversations? We do. And there's one that's a tip top favourite...You're guaranteed* to learn loads of interesting words from this episode.Special guest Gr...Show More
10) How to Instantly Feel Better
As we return from our summer break we discuss various ways to instantly feel better - timely perhaps for the Big Back to Work / School / Normality of September. We explore eight emotions—anger, burnou...Show More