Series 3, Episode 5 - Charles Darwin

Join Kennardley as he speaks with Charles Darwin, the man behind the theory of evolution and natural selection, who changed our understanding of the evolution of species.

References

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/charles-darwin/

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Series 3, Episode 3 - Albert Einstein

In this episode Kennardley learns about the man considered the greatest physicist in history, Albert Einstein. We hear about his work, his life and his loves, becoming his Nobel prize, and becoming a refugee from the Nazis in WWII.

References

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/4QWRAvk1sh4A8A?hl=en

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/einstein-relativity-thought-experiment-train-lightning-genius#:~:text=If%20he%20were%20to%20run,him%2C%20seemingly%20stationary%20in%20space.

https://history.aip.org/exhibits/einstein/early2.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein

Episode Highlights

00.00 Intro

02:10 -Einstein birthplace and date

03:01 - Einstein family moves to Italy, Albert left behind at school (Luitpold Gymnasium). His resistance toward authority.

03:47 - Einstein views on education. He teaches himself with the help of a friend.

05:26 - Problems at the Luitpold Gymnasium and running away to join family in Italy.

06:34 - Einstein fails entrance exam to Swiss Federal Polytechnic, finishes high school in Switzerland. Meets first love.

07:28 - Einstein renounces German Citizenship to dodge draft.

08:31 - Einstein enrols in the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, meets future wife Mileva Maric. Clashes with teachers.

09:29 - He has trouble finding academic employment due to lack of references from teachers. Mileva falls pregnant out of wedlock, baby is adopted out.

10:21 -Einstein finds employment at the Swiss patent office, marries Mileva, works on the light beam thought experiment.

12:46 - Einsteins thoughts on Mileva receiving more credit for his work.

13:59 - 1905 and his “Miracle Year” publishing papers that led to Nobel prize.

15:58 - The rise of anti-semitism in Germany.

16:17 - Einsteins marriage problems and his attitude towards his infidelity.

18:28 - General relativity and overthrowing Newton. He embarks on a world tour and escapes the rise of the Nazi’s

20:35 - Einstein escapes to America.

21:17 - Einsteins son diagnosed with Schizophrenia and 2nd wife Elsa dies.

21:48 - Einsteins involvement in the Atomic bomb.

22:58 - Einstein struggles to develop a unified field theory and is offered the post of President of Israel.

23:26 - Einsteins death.

24:01 - Outro

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Series 3 Episode 3 - Marie Curie

In this episode Kennardley speaks with Marie Curie about her extraordinary life and achievements. While combatting endemic sexual discrimination and prejudice, she became the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the first person, male or female to win two Nobel prizes in two different fields, Physics and Chemistry.

References

https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/trag1.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

https://daily.jstor.org/marie-curie-and-polish-resistance/

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Series 3, Episode 2 - Galileo Galilei

Kennardley speaks with Galileo Galilei about his work on the telescope, astronomy, the heliocentric model of the universe and his clash with the Catholic Church over heresy charges.

References

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-biographies/galileo#:~:text=Personal%20Traits.,a%20teacher%20are%20beyond%20question.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

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Episode Highlights

00.00 - Intro

01.11 - Galileo’s Birth and parents.Studying Medicine.

02.33 - Early Education/Studying Mathematics

04.46 -The Mathematics chair at Pisa University.

05.15 - Proving Aristotle wrong. Work on motion and kinetics

06.38 - Fathers death, financial burden and the University of Padua

07.53 - First interest in Astronomy and Copernicanism/Heliocentrism

09.32 - Children with mistress Maria Gamba.

10.28 - Diurnal parallax, more evidence backing Heliocentrism.

11.23 - The Telescope and astronomy.

13.19 - Mathematician and Philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

14.00 - Discovering the phases of Venus and Jupiters Moons.

14.17 - First problems with the Catholic Church.

16.15 Attempt to solve the longitude problem.

16.50 Argument with Orazio Grass and the jesuits. Writing Il Sagiottore (The assayer)

18.04 Writing “The Dialogue Concerning two World Systems” and heresy charges.

20.12 Sentenced to house arrest.

21.09 - Writing “Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Concerning Two New Sciences”

22.03 - Death in 1642 aged 77

22.26 - Outro.

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Series 3 Episode 1 - Sir Isaac Newton

In the first episode of Series 3, Kennardley speaks to Sir Isaac Newton about his Theory of Gravity, his studies of Alchemy and writings on the bible. he also lets slip how he wrote the hits of Pink Floyd among others by "connecting" to the subconscious of Roger Waters!

A must listen.

References

https://physicsworld.com/a/newton-egomaniac-or-troubled-genius/

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/isaac-newton

https://www.astronomy.com/science/isaac-newton-a-vindictive-secretive-paranoid-genius/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

Find out more about all of our guests at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/

Episode Highlights

00.00 - Intro

02.42 - Birth date and place

04.42 -Academic Career beginnings

06.34 - Calculus, Optics and Gravity

09.36 - Abrasive personality and controversy with Gottfried Leibniz over Calculus

11.11 - Controversy with Robert Hooke over gravity

12.36 - Writings on Religious study and Alchemy

13.42- Effects of working with heavy metals like Mercury.

14.27 - Member of parliament

15.04 - Warden and Master of the Royal Mint

16.14 - Knighthood

17.17 - Death in 1727 aged 84

18.12 - CTA/Outro

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Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul Cezanne

In our final episode of Season 2 Kennardley interviews Paul Cezanne, the brilliant 19th and early 20th century artist who had a profound influence on modern art, inspiring the likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Mattise and Vincent Van Gogh as well as having a reputation of being the shy, asocial, moody, oversensitive and even rude. Take the journey back in time and find out more about this great artist.

References

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne/Development-of-his-mature-style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne

https://www.vqronline.org/essay/c%C3%A9zanne-and-his-temperament

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Paul Cezanne - Episode Highlights

00.00 - Episode Intro

01.44 - Birthdate and Place

03.03 - Cezanne’s difficult temperament. Education and friendship with Emile Zola

04.37 - First Art classes in Aix

04.57 - Move to Paris

05.46 - Rejection from Academia des Beaux Arts, the Academie Suisse and meeting Camille Pissaro

07.34 - Exhibiting at the Salon des Refusés

08.38 - Meeting future wife Marie-Hortense Ficault and escaping the Franco Prussian War.

09.39 - Working with Camille Pissaro and birth of son Paul

11.25 - Exhibiting with the Impressionists

12.16 - Father cuts allowance after finding out about illegitimate son.

13.18 - A move back to Aix en Provence. Marriage of convenience to Hortense. Fathers death and inheritance.

14.53 - First One man show and finally selling paintings.

15.47 - Mothers death and withdrawal into isolation.

17.23 - Salon D’Automne exhibition.

17.48 - Death in 1906 aged 67

18.45 - Outro

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Series 2, Episode 7 - Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Kennardley speaks with Painter, Diplomat, Impresario, Spy, Scholar, Antiquarian, Architect, Humanist and Knight in both the English and Spanish courts, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. His remarkable life as Habsburg court painter in the Spanish Netherlands under Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella took Rubens from European court to court with his work as an artist and diplomat gathering information for the Infanta Isabella. His skills as a diplomat had him taking the lead in brokering a peace between Spain and England.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Paul-Rubens

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/peter-paul-rubens

You can find more information about Sir Peter Paul Rubens and all our guest artists at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/great-artists-in-history

Sir Peter Paul Rubens - Episode Highlights

00.00 Episode Intro

02.24 Birthdate and Place

05.20 Fathers death and move to Antwerp/ First job at 13y/o

05.23 Art Studies

07.02 Travels to Italy to study the masters. Works for Duke of Mantua

07.50 Early diplomatic career. Suggestions of spying.

09.47 Art Collector and dealer and crowning commission in The Chiesa Nuova

10.23 Mothers Death and move back to Antwerp.

11.04 Court painter for the Habsburg Court under Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella. Marriage to Isabella Brandt.

12.14 Studio work in Antwerp

14.52 Commission for Marie de Medici in Paris and morse spying.

16.29 Tapestry Cycle The Triumph of the Eucharist.

17.01 Death of wife Isabella and more diplomatic assignments, brokering a truce between Spain and England.

18.50 Painting the Allegory of War and peace and two knighthoods.

19.32 Second Marriage to 16 year old Helene Ferment

20.19 The purchase of country estate Het Steen

20.54 Death from Heart Attack

21.26 Outro

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Claude Monet.

Kennardleys guest this episode is the principal painter from the impressionist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century Claude Monet. They chat about his bouts with depression, an unconventional home life, early struggles and late success as an artist and his extraordinary garden in Givenchy.

Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

https://www.claude-monet.com/

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Claude Monet - Episode Highlights

0.00 - Episode Intro

01.14 - Birthdate and place

01.58 - Becoming an artist

04.05 - Paris art school/military service in Algeria/Charles Gleyre's Studio and the Anate Guards

07.15 - Accepted into The Salon/Camille Doncieux, future wife/Poverty/ Suicide Attempt.

09.09 - Fleeing France and Conscription to the Franco Prussian war.

10.18 - Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and The naming of “The Impressionists”

12.16 - A different direction.

12.57 - Evading creditors and an affair with Alice Hoschede, future 2nd wife.

14.17. - The death of Camille/ depression/climbing out of poverty.

16.36 - Giverny, the garden and a move away from impressionism.

19.18 - Death of 2nd wife Alice and son Jean.

19.50 - Failing eyesight.

21.12 - Monet’s Death

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Kennardley speaks with a slightly paranoid Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio about his extraordinary double life, that of a master painter, at one time “the most famous painter in Rome”, and his life of street fighting, sword fighting and duelling and trying to stay one step ahead of the law.

Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caravaggio

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Caravaggio Episode Highlights

00.00 - Episode Intro

0.05 - Birthplace/Family

04.20 - Apprenticeship in Milan at 12 years of age

04.56 - Escape to Rome

07.16 - Early studios/early paintings

10.25 - Patronage of Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte

11.55 - Prostitute Models and Underworld figures 

14.06 - First Church Commissions

16.42 - The death of Rannucio Tomassoni and flight from Rome.

17.42 - The Colonna/Sforza connection and a plan for a pardon.

18.40 - Hiding in Naples and becoming a Knight of Malta.

20.29 - Imprisoned by the knights of Malta and dramatic escape.

21.54 - Sicily and back to Naples

23.17 - Negotiating forgiveness and a pardon.

23.51 - Death and intrigue

25.56 - Outro/CTA

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Pablo Picasso - Series 2, episode 4.

In this episode Kennardley debates love, life, and art with one of the most prolific artists in history, the Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist and theatre designer, Pablo Picasso.

Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-Picasso

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pica/hd_pica.htm

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Picasso Episode Highlights

00.00 - Episode Intro

01.30 - Birthplace and date.

03.00 - First Art School

04.20 - Heading to Paris

05.30 - The death of friend and compatriot Carlos Casagemas and the “blue period” of works

06.40 - A new muse, and Gertrude and Leo Stein, Matisse and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

08.54 - The theft of the Mona Lisa

09.43 - The beginning of Cubism.

11.12 - The First World War, the ballet and Picasso’s first wife.

11.34 - A new Muse

14.31 - Guernica and Dora Maar

15.21. - The Second World War 

15.50 - Joining the Communist Party and new muse Francoise Gilot

17.22 - 2nd wife Jacqueline Rocque

17.52. - Picasso’s death.

18.50 - Outro

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