Six Things Podcast

Six Things, Episode 5 – Mark Diacono The Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the fifth episode, I talk to Mark Diacono, award-winning food and gardening writer. 6.30 Woodpeckers 17.15 Balls 27.10 James Jamerson 37.20 Stem Ginger 43.15 The Jerk 49.30 Propelling Pencils The podcast’s music was written and recorded by Oliver Parikian . Read the Six Th...

Six Things, Episode 4 – Isabel Rogers The Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the third episode, I talk to Isabel Rogers , poet, novelist, cake-baker, occasional cello-practiser, and nearly full-time coal-tit-whisperer . 2.50 Coal tits 10.10 Victoria Wood 17.35 Gardening 21.00 Theorbos 28.40 Loos In Space 33.25 ORGAN2/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) Is...

Six Things, Episode 3 – Matt Brown The Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the third episode, I talk to Matt Brown , London explorer and main contributor to Londonist’s excellent Time Machine newsletter , which provides a weekly look at London’s history from unusual angles. 3.50 Tube station smells 8.55 Parakeets 16.45 Wetherspoons carpets 21.50 Wa...

Six Things, Episode 2 – Chris Coates The Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the second episode, I talk to (in his words) full time social science writer in higher education, part-time idiot, and regular purveyor of niche drivel, Chris Coates. 4.30 Portsmouth Sinfonia 11.50 Japan’s Master of Restoration 18.30 Julian & Sandy 27.00 The Hunt for the G...

Six Things, Episode 1 – Jo Wyld The Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the first episode, I talk to writer, musician, composer, librettist and adiminstrator Jo Wyld. 4.20 Thing 1 – Carnyx 10.35 Thing 2 – Kohlosseum 14.15 Thing 3 – Midsomer Murders 19.25 Thing 4 – Post Office Tower 25.00 Thing 5 – Digesting Duck 29.25 Thing 6 – Small Local Museums...