The 10 Best Conversations Podcast Episodes
1) The hunt for Hitler's horses
Art detective Arthur Brand met neo-Nazis, billionaire collectors and underground art dealers on his hunt for the two enormous bronze horse sculptures once owned by Hitler. It was all part of his quest...Show More
2) Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Megan Phelps-Roper grew up inside the notorious Westboro Baptist Church family. In 2012 she left the church, and her family, to live in the world she once reviled
aninatd recommended:
Fascinating!
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Myth and Legend — Kate Forsyth on the dark origins of beloved fairytales
The stories which preceded modern iterations of Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood were often much more disturbing (R)
hutchman recommended:
This was a really fascinating bunch of stories. The gruesome history of the old tales. Omg. And that Tamlin Scottish tale is really beautifu...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Tom Tilley: losing my religion
Tom Tilley was raised in a loving Pentecostal family, but as he grew up he began to question the church's teachings, especially when it came to speaking in tongues
5) The pigment whisperer
One of the world's only master paint-makers, David Coles on how he found a life creating colours like Lapis Blue and Rose Madder (R)
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Jon Ronson: what it's like to be publicly shamed
Jon Ronson on public shaming in the digital age (R)
jspinelle recommended:
Jon Ronson’s book is great. This interview is a nice companion to it.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Kanye and me — why John Safran squatted in Ye's Hollyweird mansion
Australian Gonzo author and documentary filmmaker John Safran has made a career out of getting into places he probably shouldn't be. He put his sanity on the line in his latest escapade — breaking int...Show More
8) How Tolstoy and Chekhov schooled George Saunders on life's great lessons
Writer George Saunders on how famous short stories by writers like Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gogol are like miniature models of the world and how they can teach us to transcend our own limitation...Show More
9) The strange true tale of the tattooed arm regurgitated by a shark
Phil Roope with a true crime saga from 1930s Sydney involving a tiger shark, a severed arm, a Gladstone bag, smuggled cocaine, and a wronged man (CW: graphic descriptions)
10) David Wengrow: everything we know about the human story is wrong
Archaeologist David Wengrow has discovered an entirely new way to think about the history of humanity, from the origins of farming, cities, democracy and slavery to civilisation itself