BenCast Ben Molyneaux

After an extremely long incubation period (between 90 years and 42 months, depending on how you measure it), BenCast presents an interview with Roger Goodenough (1927-2017).
Roger was a banker, farmer, charity trustee and church warden. I met him first in 2007 in his capacity as my girlfriend's maternal grandfather. 
This episode features Roger's incredible historical knowledge and stories of his family history, spanning 250 years and touching on the lives of bishops, botanists, merchants, admirals, bankers and chairmen of charities. 
Roger's voice was also deeper than Darth Vader's, so good-quality headphones/speakers are recommended.

In this special Olympic episode, Ben interviews 2x Gold medal winner Tom James, from Team GB's mens' coxless four in 2008 and 2012.
Learn what it takes to train for an win an Olympic medal, how to prepare yourself mentally for victory and how it feels to cross that finish line as the world watches.

Ben takes on a solo challenge: climbing the tallest mountain in England - Scafell Pike! Featuring extracts from Wainwright's pictoral guides, and yet another compelling reason why one should always listen to one's mother.

BenCast veteran Anthony Ashmore (of the Theoretical Physics department, Imperial College London) returns to navigate us through black holes, the mysterious and massive ultra-dense objects that sit at the centre (literally) of Astrophysics. Featuring discussion of the mixed physics of Interstellar (some excellent, some awful) and whether black holes hold the key to discovering the ultimate theory of the universe.

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Ben puts his broadcasting hat on for a whistle-stop tour of the sights and sounds of central Tokyo.

Starting from Shinjuku on the West side of the city, this tour follows an anti-clockwise loop via the yummy mummy hills of Daikanyama, through the traditional and pungent Tsukiji fish market and into the schoolgirl anime madness of Akihabara.

 

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Ben invites three friends over for coffee, pastries, and a debate about the current state of Feminism in the UK. Covering a broad array of issues on work, life, family, education and the media, Sian Edmonds, Cat Long and Emma Horn bring their perspective on this essential topic.