Podcasts by The Slow Revolution

The Slow Revolution

The podcast that explores the pros and cons of slowing down in a fast, impatient world. In each episode, Carl Honoré, leading advocate of the Slow Movement, interviews someone who is putting Slow into action. Topics range from work, medicine and education to food, sports and design to relationships, travel and technology. And more.

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Finding the Tempo Giusto from 2017-04-25T07:55:09

Carl chats with David Pearl, innovator, musician and maestro of corporate creativity. A free-wheeling and wide-ranging conversation. 

(Recorded March 3, 2017 in London, UK)

 

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Teaching, Fast and Slow from 2016-10-25T12:56:41

Carl travels to Blackburn, England to visit St. Silas Primary School, a jewel in the Slow Education crown. He interviews Hillary Hinchliff, then the headteacher, and Chris Boyce, the architect w...

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To Buddhify, or not to Buddhify from 2016-09-06T16:00

Carl speaks to Rohan Gunatillake, a modern maven of mindfulness. His company created the bestselling meditation app buddhify and Wired magazine put him on its Smart List of 50 People Who Will Ch...

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European Vacation 2.0 from 2016-07-21T09:28:09

Carl talks to Vincent Dupin, founder of Into The Tribe, an online travel agency that organises smartphone-free holidays in tranquil corners of Europe. 

 

(Recorded July 20, 2016 vi...

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Slow Furniture in a Fast World from 2016-04-08T11:21:38

Carl speaks to Oona Bannon and Russell Pinch, the couple behind PINCH, a London design studio famous for making furniture and lighting that combine the finest craftsmanship with a quiet aestheti...

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You Have Mail, almost from 2016-03-03T16:41:29

Carl speaks to Michel Tombroff, CEO of Jack, an app that lets you send messages that arrive instantly but can only be opened at a later time that you decide. You can send a Jack (text, audio, vi...

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Come Dine With Me, Slowly from 2016-01-22T10:20:17

Carl speaks to Guy Michlin, the founder of EatWith, which brings people together to dine in the homes of professional chefs and amateur cooks around the world.

(Recorded in San Francisco ...

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Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing from 2016-01-07T15:32:38

Carl speaks to David Bond, who made Project Wild Thing, the film that helped spark a worldwide movement to get children back outside and reconnecting with nature. 

(Recorded in L...

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Welcome to New Slow City from 2015-12-01T09:06:13

Carl speaks to William Powers about New Slow City, the book he wrote about living Slow in New York

(Recorded via Skype on October 6, 2015)

 

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Slow Education from 2015-11-04T21:30:11

Carl speaks to Mike Grenier, an English teacher and housemaster at Eton College and co-founder of the Slow Education movement.

(Recorded in London on July 1, 2015)

 

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The Slow Journalism movement from 2015-09-18T16:53:44

Carl speaks to Rob Orchard, founder and editor of Delayed Gr...

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A Slow Phone? from 2015-09-14T16:16:34

Carl interviews Petter Neby of Punkt, which makes "thoughtful electronics." In London Design Week (September 2015), the company will launch its brand-new MP 01, a mobile phone with no Internet c...

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The Slow Reading club from 2015-08-31T07:21:15

Carl pays a visit to the first "Slow Reading" club in Europe. He reads "Infinity Jest" by David Foster Wallace and chats to the club's founder, Annabel Quiroga-Rivera, about text, toast and taki...

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