In episode 4, we talk about creativity, equality and ancient civilisation. Our three figures are Alexander McQueen, 25 Nationalities are represented in the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Niaux cave paintings.

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#JusticeForNoura Petition

https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-noura-maritalrape-deathsentence-sudan

Shame(less) Love Island:

http://www.itv.com/loveisland

Sikh soldier becomes first to wear turban for trooping the colour, Nadia Khomami

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trooping-the-colour-coldstream-guards-sikh-charanpreet-singh-lall-first-turban-a8390806.html

Sugar Tax explained by the BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43659124

Figure 1: Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty becomes the V&A's most popular exhibition ever, Bibby Sowray

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/events/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-breaks-ticket-records-at-v-and-a/

“When I am dead and gone people will know that the 21st century was started by Alexander McQueen” - Review of the V&A Exhibition ‘Savage Beauty,’ Charlotte Lorimer

https://mapmemories.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/alexander-mcqueen/

McQueen, directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6510332/

Alexander McQueen's Successor Sarah Burton on Taking the Brand Beyond Its Dark Past

https://www.vogue.com/article/designer-sarah-burton-alexander-mcqueen-history-future-of-brand

The Business of Fashion Podcast: Inside the Alexander McQueen Documentary

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/podcasts/the-bof-podcast-inside-the-alexander-mcqueen-documentary

Genius, Beauty & Perversity: The Alexander McQueen Film Is No Fashion Puff Piece, Charlotte Gush

https://www.refinery29.uk/alexander-mcqueen-film

Alexander McQueen, Designer, Dead at 40.

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/fashion/12mcqueen.html

Figure 2: 25 Nationalities are represented in the London Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC presenter Andrew McGregor interviews Vladimir Jurowski, conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/LP1010.pdf

The Benefits And Shortcomings Of Blind Hiring In The Recruitment Process, John Feldmann

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/04/03/the-benefits-and-shortcomings-of-blind-hiring-in-the-recruitment-process/#57e430df38a3

How blind auditions help orchestras to eliminate gender bias, Curt Rice

https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2013/oct/14/blind-auditions-orchestras-gender-bias

Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell

https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669

Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds, Malcolm Gladwell

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_book_club/features/2005/blink_and_the_wisdom_of_crowds/the_biases_and_delusions_of_experts.html?via=gdpr-consent

The Musicians of the LPO:

https://www.lpo.org.uk/about/musician-biographies/

TED talk: Your body language shapes who you are, Amy Cuddy

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are

Figure 3: Niaux cave paintings

The Palaeolithic Rock Art in France

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/niaux/

The Oldest Art ever discovered: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/925

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In episode 3, we talk about football, proportion and celebrity politics. Our three figures are Didier Drogba, the golden ratio (1:1.618) and Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump in the oval office.

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Here’s the Thing: Julie Andrews, presented by Alec Baldwin

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/julie-andrews/

Desert Island Discs: Julie Andrews, presented by Sue Lawley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0093xk3

Woman’s Hour: Queens of Industry, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Northern Ireland and abortion, presented by Jane Garvey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b4yzvm

The High Low, presented by Pandora Sykes & Dolly Alderton

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-high-low/id1211338187?mt=2

Happy Mum, Happy Baby: Jo Malone, presented by Giovanna Fletcher

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/happy-mum-happy-baby/id1277078956?mt=2

The Daily, presented by Michael Barbaro

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?mt=2

Caliphate by The New York Times

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/caliphate/id1357657583?mt=2

Couples Therapy, presented by Casey and Candice Neistat

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/couples-therapy-with-candice-and-casey/id1380252026?mt=2

Figure 1: Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba, Dominic Bliss

https://talksport.com/features/didier-drogba-its-passion-passion-3221?amp

Best Feet Forward, Austin Merrill

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/07/ivorycoast200707

UN Goodwill Ambassadors and Advocates

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/goodwill-ambassadors/didier_drogba.html

Ebola Epidemiology and Virology:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440555/

Champion League Final 2012: Didier Drogba Goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3BVw18F4dA

Figure 2: The Golden Ratio - 1:1.618…

What is the Golden Ratio?, Elaine J. Hom

https://www.livescience.com/37704-phi-golden-ratio.html

The Divine Proportion, H. E. Huntley

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Divine-Proportion-Dover-Books-Mathematics-ebook/dp/B00FAUEAXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528358491&sr=1-1&keywords=h+e+huntley

The Truth Behind the Golden Ratio, Skillshare Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ZiDsOf2z0

Facial Analysis and the Beauty Mask, Gary Meisner

https://www.goldennumber.net/beauty/

Math and the Mona Lisa, Bulent Ataley

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004ZZMBKS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

What is the Golden Ratio? What you need to know and how to use it, Rebecca Gross

https://www.canva.com/learn/what-is-the-golden-ratio/

Figure 3: Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump in the oval office

Who is Alice Marie Johnson? Kim Kardashian Visited the White House to Discuss Her Case, Amy Mackelden

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a20968667/who-is-alice-marie-johnson-kim-kardashian-prison-reform/

Black Mirror

www.netflix.com/blackmirror

The black/white marijuana arrest gap, in nine charts, Dylan Matthews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2fnews%2fwonk%2fwp%2f2013%2f06%2f04%2fthe-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts%2f%3f&utm_term=.661732fcaa0b

Celebrity politicians are a sign of our political decline, Cas Mudde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/10/celebrity-politicians-political-decline-oprah-winfrey

The Daily Show: Kim Kardashian goes to the White House, & Trump Pardons Dinesh D'Souza | Cynthia Nixon, presented by Trevor Noah

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ears-edition/id1334878780?mt=2

Here's What You Need to Know About Cynthia Nixon's History of Political Activism, Sarah Gray

http://time.com/5206095/cynthia-nixon-politics/

Trump goes it alone: running the White House not like a president, but a CEO, David Smith

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/03/donald-trump-gut-feeli...

In episode 2, we talk about politicians, the Irish abortion referendum and plastic in relation to 4Ocean, our charity of the month. Our three figures are Tessa Jowell, 66.4% voted Yes to repeal the 8th amendment and Rich Horner diving in a sea of plastic.

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#JusticeForNoura Petition

https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-noura-maritalrape-deathsentence-sudan

The Bold Type

https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bold-Type-Trailer/dp/B078XM8BDW

Love Stories: Vanessa Kirby, presented by Dolly Alderton

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/love-stories/id1343714594?mt=2

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288619/the-kite-runner-by-khaled-hosseini/9781594631931/

Me Before You Series, Jojo Moyes

https://www.jojomoyes.com/

Figure 1: Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jowell obituary: The ‘people politician’, Julia Langdon https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/13/the-people-politician-tessa-jowell-obituary

Tessa Jowell Speech on brain cancer diagnosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82hJ9CwJh0

Tessa Jowell: ‘I’m most proud of setting up Sure Start’, Joanne O’Connor

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/26/tessa-jowell-proud-setting-up-sure-start

Remembering Tessa Jowell with Alastair Campbell, presented by Jonny Dymond

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2gs7s

Inspiring Purpose (previously Inspire > Aspire)

http://inspiringpurpose.org.uk/

How children around the world are exposed to cigarette advertising, Sarah Boseley, Dan Collyns, Kate Lamb and Amrit Dhillon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/how-children-around-the-world-are-exposed-to-cigarette-advertising

Figure 2: 66.4% voted Yes to repeal the 8th amendment

Ireland has changed utterly: the cruel eighth amendment is history, Ivana Bacik

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/26/ireland-has-changed-utterly-the-cruel-eighth-amendment-is-history

How the death of Savita Halappanavar revolutionised Ireland, Kitty Holland

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/how-the-death-of-savita-halappanavar-revolutionised-ireland-1.3510387

What I Learned By Flying to England From Ireland to Get an Abortion, Kate Norris

http://time.com/5290955/abortion-ireland-repeal-eighth-amendment/

Abortion has left us a disunited Kingdom, Janice Turner

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/abortion-has-left-us-a-disunited-kingdom-c3g82dcsr

‘A Divided Ireland’, interview of a couple sharing their story of anencephaly pregnancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUJF5EBb-A

The Guilty Feminist: Repeal the Eighth with Helen Linehan

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-guilty-feminist/id1068940771?mt=2

Woman’s Hour: Coverage of Repeal the 8th, presented by Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2gsgp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0lzc2

Figure 3: Rich Horner diving in a sea of plastic

Charity of the Month: 4Ocean

https://4ocean.com/

British diver films video showing sea of plastic rubbish off Bali, Shehab Khan

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/british-diver-video-sea-of-plastic-pollution-bali-indonesia-rich-horner-a8242716.html

The Ocean Plastic Problem, Harry Carr

https://news.sky.com/story/the-ocean-plastic-problem-10-key-statistics-10740033

A plastic tax would slow the tide of poison, Jenni Russell

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-plastic-tax-would-slow-the-tide-of-poison-lqgpg0cgj

Our week living without plastic, Damien Whitworth

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/our-week-living-withoutplastic-kv076gpx6

Plastic debris found in the deepest part of the ocean, Matt Warren

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/plastic-debris-found-deepest-part-ocean

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In episode 1, we talk about feminism, capital punishment and sculpture. Our three figures are Helena Morissey, that 58 countries have the death penalty and 'The Kiss' by Auguste Rodin.

The Figure is a weekly podcast in which we figure out people, numbers and images of the past, present and future, exploring each with an open mind. Hosted by Georgia Parkin and Charlotte Lorimer.

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#JusticeForNoura Petition

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Figure 1: Helena Morrissey

A Good Time to be a Girl

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Time-be-Girl/dp/0008241600/ref=sr_1_1/257-2789614-6599860?ie=UTF8&qid=1526415154&sr=8-1&keywords=good+time+to+be+a+girl

Women's Hour: Helena Morrissey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qb08c

The Business RTE: Helena Morrissey

https://www.rte.ie/radio1/the-business/programmes/2018/0310/946422-the-business-saturday-10-march-2018/

A History of Britain in 21 Women, Jenni Murray

https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Britain-21-Women-Selection/dp/1780749902

Figure 2: 58 countries have the death penalty

About Noura Hussein

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2018/5/10/justicefornoura-death-sentence-girl-who-killed-rapist-husband

The Guilty Feminist: Things we think are normal with Gina Martin and Yassmin Abdel Magied

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-guilty-feminist/id1068940771?mt=2#

The Why Factor: The Death Penalty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02lzmh5

Wildlife poachers in Kenya ‘to face death penalty,’ Jane Dalton

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/poachers-kenya-wildlife-death-penalty-capital-punishment-najib-balala-a8349966.html

Lessons from death row inmates, David R. Dow

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_r_dow_lessons_from_death_row_inmates

“The question is, how much can you include other women who aren’t as included as you?” - Pandora Sykes interviewing Deborah Francis-White

http://www.pandorasykes.com/comedian-deborah-frances-white-guilty-feminists-vogue-australia/

Figure 3: 'The Kiss' (Auguste Rodin, 1882)

The Tate

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rodin-the-kiss-n06228

The Shocking Story of The Kiss, Alastair Sooke

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151119-the-shocking-story-of-the-kiss

Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece, British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/rodin-1.aspx?cmpid=ppc|mktg|1034624065|e|rodin%20british%20museum&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8e3r5JeN2wIV5BXTCh0lLwjCEAAYAiAAEgLrj_D_BwE

The Mind’s Mirror, Lea Winerman

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct05/mirror.aspx

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