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The Slow Revolution

The Slow Revolution explores the pros and cons of slowing down in a fast, impatient world. In each episode, Carl Honoré 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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Now displaying: January, 2016
Jan 22, 2016

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 on June 1, 2015)

 

Topics covered include:

1. Eating well and convivially in more than 150 cities

2. What it means to "disrupt" the restaurant industry

3. How food brings us together

4. Smartphone etiquette at the table

5. Making "social dining" available to all social groups

6. How food culture varies across nations

7. Curating the social mix round the dinner table

 

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Visit the EatWith website

Jan 7, 2016

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 London on May 19, 2015)

 

Topics covered include:

1. Benefits of playing outdoors

2. How to persuade children to unplug and go outside

3. The right balance of technology in childhood

4. How Silicon Valley parents handle screen time with their own kids

5. Why so many successful entrepreneurs climbed trees as children 

6. How Nature reduces racism and other forms of prejudice 

7. Whether games like Minecraft can ever rival the natural world

8. Differences (and similarities) between urban and rural children

 

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Visit the The Wild Network website 

 

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