Phil Abel studied biology at university. After reading Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he underwent a radical change in direction, becoming one of the country's leading letterpress printers and establishing Hand & Eye Letterpress. More recently he has been Master of the Art Workers Guild. In this conversation we discuss similarities and differences between our experiences and explore issues of craftsmanship and embodied knowing.

Phil Abel studied biology at university. After reading Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he underwent a radical change in direction, becoming one of the country's leading letterpress printers and establishing Hand & Eye Letterpress. More recently he has been Master of the Art Workers Guild. In this conversation we discuss similarities and differences between our experiences and explore issues of craftsmanship and embodied knowing.

Phil Abel studied biology at university. After reading Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he underwent a radical change in direction, becoming one of the country's leading letterpress printers and establishing Hand &amp; Eye Letterpress. More recently he has been Master of the Art Workers Guild. In this conversation we discuss similarities and differences between our experiences and explore issues of craftsmanship and embodied knowing.

Phil Abel in conversation with Roger Kneebone

A podcast for people who like the unexpected. Join the surgeon and academic Professor Roger Kneebone in conversation with unorthodox people whose careers defy traditional boundaries and who swim against the tide.

Technical support by Justin Margovan - with my thanks

My personal website www.rogerkneebone.co.uk
Many of the people in Countercurrent feature in my book Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Penguin Viking, 2020)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/313/313248/expert/9780241392058.html

Society & Culture

Science

A podcast for people who like the unexpected. Join the surgeon and academic Professor Roger Kneebone in conversation with unorthodox people whose careers defy traditional boundaries and who swim against the tide. Technical support by Justin Margovan - with my thanks My personal website www.rogerkneebone.co.uk Many of the people in Countercurrent feature in my book Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Penguin Viking, 2020) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/313/313248/expert/9780241392058.html

Share Phil Abel in conversation with Roger Kneebone

Sign up to save your podcasts

Phil Abel in conversation with Roger Kneebone

Phil Abel in conversation with Roger Kneebone

More shows like Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone

Desert Island Discs

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

Private Passions

Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Today in Focus

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

The Story

The Rest Is Politics

The News Agents

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

The News Agents - USA

Young Again

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth