Stephen Fry

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  1. Stephen Fry and Troy

    01/07/2021

    Stephen Fry and Troy

    Stephen Fry is our guest on The Rest is History as he tells Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook about his enduring fascination with the Greek myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 3m
  2. Frederick the Great of Prussia

    06/10/2022

    Frederick the Great of Prussia

    Greg Jenner is joined by special guests Stephen Fry and Dr Bodie Ashton as they travel back to 18th-century Prussia to meet Frederick the Great. Widely known for making Prussia a military power while modernising and liberalising culture, Frederick was a complicated character, shaped by a tragic childhood ruled by his cruel father. We uncover why he wasn’t the greatest ally to neighbouring countries, and why forks enraged his father - and answer the crucial question of whether it's King of Prussia or King in Prussia. Written and produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Research by Claudia Treacher Project Management: Siefe Miyo Audio Producer: Abi Paterson The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4

    1h 2m
  3. No Such Thing As A Fishman

    11/23/2018

    No Such Thing As A Fishman

    Dan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest Stephen Fry discuss frogs with regional accents, Canada's official tagline, and streaking in museums.

    1h 15m
  4. Best of Thanksgiving 2021

    11/27/2021

    Best of Thanksgiving 2021

    Stephen Fry, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jen Psaki, and Chris Bosh are featured along with some never-before-heard moments with our panelists. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
  5. S2 EP1 - Introduction

    01/13/2020

    S2 EP1 - Introduction

    An exploration of the human heart. In this new series I will take each one of the Seven Sins in turn, lay them out on the surgical table and poke, prod, pry and provoke in an attempt to try to anatomise and understand them; I hope and believe it will be, if nothing else, delicious fun and something of a change from the usual run of podcastery. Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry. Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  6. S2 EP2 - Pride

    01/20/2020

    S2 EP2 - Pride

    For two thousand years Pride has stood at the very top of the list of the Seven Deadly Sins. Perhaps no longer. Perhaps a new sin is rising to replace it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min
  7. S9 EP28: Stephen Fry

    JUL 20

    S9 EP28: Stephen Fry

    Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant British actor, comedian, presenter, author, director and broadcasting legend - Stephen Fry. What a pleasure it is to welcome him onto the show. Enjoy! Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    49 min
  8. S2 EP3 - Greed

    01/27/2020

    S2 EP3 - Greed

    Avarice, or Greed as we would call it today, now there’s a proper vice, one we can all surely identify with, claim and confess to. One of the defining quotations of the materialistic 1980s came from the fictional character Gordon Gecko, the junk bond pirate played by Michael Douglas in the Oliver Stone film, Wall Street. “Greed,” he tells a dinner of fellow financiers, “for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works”. It’s easy to dismiss this. Your instinct might be to shake your head sadly, or scoff angrily. Yet... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
  9. In Conversation | Greek myths in the Middle Ages- with Stephen Fry

    10/29/2024

    In Conversation | Greek myths in the Middle Ages- with Stephen Fry

    Stephen Fry joins Dan to discuss his latest book, Odyssey, and how Greek myths have delighted people for thousands of years, right through the Middle Ages to the current day. Plus, Britain’s secret origins as “a new Troy”. Image Credit - Billie Charity and Haye Festival A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted by Dan Jones and Stephen Fry Producer - Georgia Mills Assistant Producer - David Pearce Executive Producer - Louisa Field Production Manager - Eric Ryan Marketing - Kieran Lancini Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    36 min
  10. S2 EP4 - Lust

    02/03/2020

    S2 EP4 - Lust

    You know you want it. You know you do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
  11. Stephen Fry, one-pot cod with peppers, tomatoes & potatoes and a pinot noir

    12/04/2024

    Stephen Fry, one-pot cod with peppers, tomatoes & potatoes and a pinot noir

    Nick and Angela welcome the legendary Stephen Fry, a true polymath whose career spans acting, writing, comedy, and broadcasting. From his early days at Cambridge with Hugh Laurie to his iconic roles in Blackadder and QI, Stephen has captivated audiences for decades. He is here to discuss Odyssey, the final book in his Greek mythology series. Nick serves Stephen some gildas, and his favourite drink, a vodka and soda. While Angela prepares ricotta filled peppers with salsa verde and crab, avocado sriracha cucumber boats, followed by a delicious one pot-cod with peppers, tomatoes and potatoes. The experts at Waitrose pair this with a Calmel Joseph organic pinot noir. Stephen shares fascinating stories and facts (of course), including a heartwarming tale involving his dear friend Nigella Lawson. This is a fun conversation with great food talk, and insights into life in the spotlight. Stephen Fry is exquisite company and this episode is a warm and entertaining way to kick off December. Find Angela's Christmas menu with Dishpatch, the restaurant quality meal kit experts, on Waitrose Entertaining. You can now watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube  All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish We can’t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Dish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min
  12. S2 EP5 - Envy

    02/10/2020

    S2 EP5 - Envy

    I confess. I’ve been guilty of envy. It’s not a pretty vice. And now I envy YOU - all the pleasure of this fresh new podisode ahead of you. You lucky lucky people... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  13. Six Degrees

    06/06/2011

    Six Degrees

    The Infinite Monkeys, Brian Cox and Robin Ince, are joined on stage by special guest Stephen Fry and science writer Simon Singh to find out whether we really are only 6 degrees of separation from anyone else? What started as an interesting psychology experiment in connectedness, back in the 1960's, has not only taken on a life of its own in popular culture, but in the last 10 years has begun to influence everything from mathematics, to engineering and even biology. Brian and Robin look at how the concept of 6 degrees has influenced a whole new field of science and whether, in this age of social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook, we are in fact, far more connected than ever before. We also find out what Robin's "Bacon" number is. Whether Brian has an "Erdos" number, and whether, like Russell Crowe, any of the panel have successfully managed to combine the two. Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

    31 min
  14. S2 EP6 - Gluttony

    02/17/2020

    S2 EP6 - Gluttony

    Loosen your waistbands and gorge with me until you gasp. It’s Gluttony - the devil that drives us to all kinds of addiction and excess *burp*. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
  15. S2 EP9 - Wrapping Up

    03/09/2020

    S2 EP9 - Wrapping Up

    I have been charmed and delighted to find that the comments that have come in for this series have been sound, friendly, helpful and informed. In this final episode for this series, I’ve singled out one or two. Thank you for your questioning, your listening — go on searching, asking and wondering. Wondering in both senses: wondering by wanting to know and wondering by marvelling. And here’s to madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and sceptics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
  16. S2 EP7 - Wrath

    02/24/2020

    S2 EP7 - Wrath

    Mister ANGRY has been unleashed from his rage cage. Let’s drink together some of the wine from his grapes of wrath. Furious to know more? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min
  17. S1 EP1 - Great Leap Years - When We Were Very Young

    04/09/2018

    S1 EP1 - Great Leap Years - When We Were Very Young

    Far out in the ocean of discovery huge swells have been gathering and combining to create the great tsunami that will soon engulf us, We look back at how innovation in technology has, from the first, changed our ways of living, our sense of who we are and what we are to expect from life. Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry. Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley with The Chamber Orchestra of London.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  18. Stephen Fry's Identity Crisis

    11/08/2019

    Stephen Fry's Identity Crisis

    Stephen Fry (no relation) asks Adam and Hannah to investigate the following question: "All my life I have been mildly plagued by the fact that I have a quite appalling ability to remember faces. I cut people I should know well dead in the street, or at least fail to recognise them in a way which must often be hurtful. At a party I can talk to someone for ten minutes and then see them again twenty later and have no idea who they are unless I’ve made an effort to fix some accessory or item of their dress in my mind. If I see them the next day in another context I’ll have no idea who they are. It’s distressing for me in as much as I hate the idea that people might think I am blanking them, or think little of them, don’t consider them significant and so forth. I’d be very grateful if my sister-in-surname and her eximious partner Adam could investigate prosopagnosia for me and offer any hint add to as to its cause or even possible – I won’t say “cure” as I am sure it’s chronic and untreatable – but at least any interesting ways of relieving it." Hannah and Adam call in the experts, neuroscientists Sophie Scott and Brad Duchaine. Why is it that some people struggle with prosopagnosia, whilst others never forget a face? You can find out more about Face Blindness, who it affects and how to cope with it by visiting www.faceblind.org.uk/ Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford Producer: Michelle Martin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.

    36 min
  19. S2 EP8 - Sloth

    03/02/2020

    S2 EP8 - Sloth

    Yes, we’ve come to the seventh of the seven deadly sins. Sloth. Is it sloth as in both, or sloth as in moth? Whichever, sloth lives inside us all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min
  20. Stephen Fry: “Lost, alone and I wanted to take my life”

    12/05/2022

    Stephen Fry: “Lost, alone and I wanted to take my life”

    To call Stephen Fry a national treasure would be underselling him. One of the hardest working names in British media, you name it and Stephen has done it; writer, actor, director and comedian. The size of his contribution to British culture in over four decades as a public figure is staggering. However, behind this mountain of work and out of the spotlight is a side of Stephen Fry that many people will be completely unaware of, from a childhood of crime and loneliness, to severe mental health struggles and attempts at suicide. In this honest and revealing conversation Stephen discusses the scars he carries within him and which affect him to this day. But despite this he is constantly reinventing himself and striving to find joy in the smaller things in life, all the while spreading happiness and wonder with his work. Stephen: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3un1E3d Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 35m
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