Future Imperfect

By Jason KingsleyScience History Natural Sciences

Future Imperfect episodes

October 22, 2024 Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.

Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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43 min
October 14, 2024 How do you make a mediaeval book?
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 Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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41 min
October 04, 2024 Was mediaeval armour for defence or for show?
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 Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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44 min
September 29, 2024 What was the best Old English word?
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 Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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40 min
September 14, 2024 What's the oldest pub in England?
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 Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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58 min
September 07, 2024 HIGHLIGHTS EPISODE
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, CBE
Producer: Natt Tapley
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45 min
August 19, 2024 Did people in the Middle Ages believe in fairies?
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 Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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48 min
August 09, 2024 How many seasons were there in the mediaeval year? (The answer may surprise you!)
In this episode, Jason talks to Eleanor Parker about her book Winters In The World: A Journey Through The Anglo-Saxon Year.

Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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36 min
August 02, 2024 How did people in the Middle Ages think about sex?
Dr Eleanor Janega comes back to the podcast to talk to Jason Kingsley, CBE, about sex and gender in the Middle Ages and her new book The Once and Future Sex.

Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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45 min
July 24, 2024 How can we live chivalrously?
In a change of format, we talk to Jason Kingsley, CBE, himself. We dig deep into what chivalry means, why Jason is fascinated with mediaeval history, and how is affects his life and the way he runs his business.

Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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43 min

About Future Imperfect

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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…