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Booked and BusyHow to change the world?On "Booked and Busy," Cloe and Matt discuss How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff. This episode empowers you to make a positive impact, showing that even small actions matter. Learn about non-violent action, finding your passion, and connecting with others to create lasting change. Discover practical steps to become an effective agent of change in your community and beyond. #ChangeTheWorld #SocialJustice #Activism #CommunityAction #PersonalGrowth #EmpowermentMind Map Linkhttps://shorturl.at/4sWWU2025-03-2113 min
The Writers’ Gym PodcastConnection Through ImperfectionInternationally best-selling author, artist, journalist and speaker John-Paul Flintoff trained in improvisation with Keith Johnstone. He designs today's word-count workout alongside Rachel Knightley as they discuss the benefits of stagecraft on communication, and how performance provides 'factory conditions' for understanding your own character motivation offstage as much as on it.John-Paul's books include the internationally bestselling How to Change the World, and A Modest Book on How to Make an Adequate Speech. John-Paul will also be joining the Writer's Gym's Green Ink Sponsored Write for Macmillan Cancer Support on 14 October 2023. To receive your world-exclusive anthology of new w...2023-06-0355 min
The Writers’ Gym PodcastConnection Through ImperfectionInternationally best-selling author, artist, journalist and speaker John-Paul Flintoff trained in improvisation with Keith Johnstone. He designs today's word-count workout alongside Rachel Knightley as they discuss the benefits of stagecraft on communication, and how performance provides 'factory conditions' for understanding your own character motivation offstage as much as on it.
John-Paul's books include the internationally bestselling How to Change the World, and A Modest Book on How to Make an Adequate Speech. John-Paul will also be joining the Writer's Gym's Green Ink Sponsored Write for Macmillan Cancer Support on 14 October 2023. To receive your world-exclusive anthology of new w...2023-06-0351 min
Table TalkWith John-Paul FlintoffJohn-Paul Flintoff is a journalist, writer and artist who has written a number of books including his most recent, Psalms for the City: Original poetry inspired by the places we call home. On the podcast they discuss John-Paul's early aversion to peas, memories of his mother's experimental cooking and how food aided his recovery from a mental breakdown. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: po...2022-12-0625 min
Best of the SpectatorTable Talk: John-Paul FlintoffJohn-Paul Flintoff is a journalist, writer and artist who has written a number of books including his most recent, Psalms for the City: Original poetry inspired by the places we call home.
On the podcast they discuss John-Paul’s early aversion to peas, memories of his mother’s experimental cooking and how food aided his recovery from a mental breakdown. 2022-12-0525 min
Inner Life, Talks and ThoughtsAgainst Moral Tales! Jesus’s Parables. A thought from Owen Barfield. A poem from John-Paul FlintoffFor more on John-Paul Flintoff - https://flintoff.org. And his latest book - https://spckpublishing.co.uk/london-psalms.For more on Mark Vernon & Owen Barfield - https://www.markvernon.com/consciousness.2022-11-2108 min
RemakeJohn-Paul Flintoff: Creativity and Connection TODAY'S GUEST John-Paul Flintoff is a writer, performer, and illustrator, and the author of books like How to Change the World and A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech. He worked for 15 years as a writer and associate editor on the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, and other papers in magazines, and has been involved with The School of Life in London as a lecturer and writer. Today, he runs a subscription service called Adequate Projects, which provides moral support and a bit of financial freedom in return for discounts and exclusive ac...2022-08-111h 08
The Future Talent Learning PodcastJohn-Paul Flintoff - How do I give an (adequate) presentation?How do I give an (adequate) presentation? How should I think about structuring my presentations? And are there any differences to presenting online versus offline? To answer these questions, Ross G and Nathalie Nahai are joined by writer, performer and illustrator John-Paul Flintoff, a former writer and associate editor on the Financial Times, the Sunday Times and other papers and magazines. He’s also the author of six books, in 16 languages, including: A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech We discuss: Why only an ‘adequate’ speech is required The ‘Invention, Arrangement, Style, M...2022-05-2039 min
Digital Habit LabPlayful Experiments with Digital Tools—John-Paul FlintoffHow can we be more playful in our relationship with digital tools? In this episode host Menka Sanghvi explores creative practices with the prolific writer and artist John-Paul Flintoff.
We all get the sense sometimes that we’re working on our digital devices in unintentional ways. John-Paul describes this, for him, as a “free floating, disembodied, frenetic quality and a sense of urgency and impatience”.
Listening to John-Paul reflecting on his personal journey, it is clear that he has become really self-aware about how he feels when he is using technology. And he’s found a whole...2021-11-2331 min
Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming TraumaThe Work of Byron Katie - is it miraculous, dangerous or somewhere between and can you use it with narcissistic abuseWe take a dive into Byron Katie, her four-question format for living in the present and the criticisms. Is 'the work' dangerous - is it traumatising victim-blaming? Could it persuade abused people to take responsibility for the abuse they have experienced (or are experiencing)?We discuss Jude's experience of working with Byron Katie on a live call and our joint experience of trying to do the process together. Loving What Is https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/9762.Loving_What_Iswww.thework.com: the Byron Katie website where you can download worksheets, g...2021-11-1458 min
an ADEQUATE podcastEpic: Dark Arts of Politics + Heroic VictoryHow Keir Starmer engineered (?) a standing ovation.
And how Emma Raducanu fell over, and got up again.
Plus, an assortment of unexpected rhymes.
If you read this after listening, you may like to know that you can get your own fix of Gavin Ewart.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-09-2917 min
an ADEQUATE podcastSo So So So So BeautifulHow To Write. In this episode, I bring you the sound of three authors writing - Tony McGowan, Jay Heinrichs and Ian Sansom - then bring them together with the two you may already have heard in what I call A Symphony For Five Writers.
Then there's a message from one of my sponsors (as we say on podcasts).
And finally, a chunk from work in progress on a new book proposal, looking back ten years to when I wrote my most successful book (so far, fingers crossed).
If the last...2021-08-2027 minan ADEQUATE podcastPilita Clark Writing Her Column For The Financial TimesPilita Clark is a columnist at The Financial Times. I used to sit next to Pilita when we both worked on the FT's Saturday magazine.
I don't suppose it's really possible that the sound of her typing, which you hear in this episode, can really have reminded me of that time - because one person's typing isn't all that different from another's, surely. But listening to it did take me right back, as I pictured Pilita "typing up a storm" (a phrase she used to use herself sometimes).
As you listen, you can hear...2021-08-0424 minan ADEQUATE podcastType Along With... Times Columnist XIn this episode, you can hear X writing one of his weekly columns for The Times.
You can download the published column, and and "feel" the writing as you read it, on this page:
flintoff.org/columnist-what-it-feels-like
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-07-3021 minan ADEQUATE podcastThe Sound of BloggingM.S. said, why not record yourself typing? I did.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-07-2223 min
an ADEQUATE podcastWedding Speech: Real-Life Coaching ExampleA confident writer. Even fairly confident at speaking. But this is the first wedding speech.
In this short conversation, you'll hear us take on the key areas of concern, and find a way forward.
As ever, I hope it's useful. Take what you like, and leave the rest.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-06-0322 minan ADEQUATE podcastInterview With My Psychiatrist, Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBEI first met Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE at the Nightingale Psychiatric Hospital, where I came to see her as a patient.
As you will hear in this conversation, I had previously seen her website, https://henriettabowdenjones.com/media/, and I had listened to her on Private Passions, BBC Radio 3.
I'm not aware of any other podcast in which somebody interviews his own psychiatrist - mind you, I haven't actually looked very hard. The main point to make is: I think this is a very interesting conversation, and I hope you find it engaging / useful...2021-05-2432 minan ADEQUATE podcastShow Your Process 4/5Feedback, and what I did with it. Plus, why I’m wearing an orange bracelet with today’s date on it.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-05-2212 minan ADEQUATE podcastShow Your Process 3/5The Best Man Speech idea takes shape. The pop-up newsletter gets interest from Whizzers. Plus: What Jeff Walker did to sustain energy and impact.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-05-2013 minan ADEQUATE podcastShow The Process When You Launch 2/5In this mini-series, I talk about how much I have gained by showing my work in progress.
Part 2 of 5. You should listen to part 1 first, if you haven't already.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-05-1918 minan ADEQUATE podcastShow The Process When You Launch. Part 1 of 5Putting something into the world can be a lot easier if you share the process, even or especially when it’s a bit messy. In this episode, I share the process of launching something new, but related to my latest book. The episode is interrupted by a schnauzer, followed by a rainstorm. More tomorrow.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-05-1808 minan ADEQUATE podcastFinding Your Own Style, and Sticking With It | Interview with James MayhewIn this episode, James Mayhew talks about the process of finding his own style as a young man - initially, by copying others. If you're a regular listener, you'll know this is a regular theme: there's a real liberation in setting constraints for your artistic practice.
In this particular case, the practice is visual art, but what James describes is relevant to any other kind of creative work, including writing.
I first came across James's art as a parent, reading picture books before bedtime. We loved the Katie books. The first of these was...2021-05-1039 minan ADEQUATE podcastHow to pull off a month-long creative project.I failed to do it last year. I was determined to do it this year. In this episode I look back on it, in hope that it might inspire you to do something like it - or even not obviously like it. You can find out more about this particular project here: https://flintoff.org/dp21-day-1
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-05-0213 minan ADEQUATE podcast26. "Everybody needs a good listening to". Author Wendy Jones on putting other people's voices firstWhy would a writer put themselves into the background? Wendy Jones has written many kinds of books - fiction, and for children - but in this episode we focus on how and why she likes to tell people's stories in their own words. She did this in her biography of Grayson Perry, and in The Sex Lives Of English Women. In this conversation, we talk about what drew her to use this technique, and how she actually goes about it - the hard work, like the figure of the writer, can sometimes seem invisible. We also talk about...2021-04-2742 minan ADEQUATE podcast25. Step inside: 10 Downing StreetStorytelling, companionship, holy places...
It's all happening in this year's virtual, online pilgrimage from North London (where I live) to Canterbury.
It takes place entirely on Google Streetview, with Zoom, so you can join from anywhere.
2.30pm to 3.15pm, every weekday in April 2021.
As the first week ends, we're in London.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-04-1014 min
an ADEQUATE podcast24. "I Thought I Didn't Need Supervision" | Interview with Jenny RogersJenny Rogers stumbled into it, years ago. She didn't even know it had a name - not till she found a handful of others were doing it too. It's not therapy. It's not being a priest. But it's got something in common with them both. It's coaching.
I discovered coaching after many years as a journalist, and saw many similarities. I found it helpful myself to have a coach, and I trained to coach others. But when I hit a bad time, the coaching became too much, and I gave it up.
Jenny is one of the greatest exponents of c...2021-04-0636 minan ADEQUATE podcast23. On being a journalist x blogs, podcasts and broadsheetsI met some journalists who fled their homeland, and it got me thinking.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-04-0112 min
不成气候No Such ClimateE7：“熊孩子”拯救世界？从“气候少女”看气候公正在观看了讲述瑞典气候变化活动家格蕾塔·通贝里的纪录片《我是格蕾塔》之后，我们试图对一些常见的围绕着她的争议进行探讨，进而从空间和时间两个维度分享了我们对气候公正的认识与思考。
【本期剧透】
谁是格蕾塔
05:21 家庭和早年经历
10:43 从为气候罢课到全球活动
26:52 年轻人和女性的声量正在增强
32:22 搭帆船横渡大洋的意义何在
气候公正的空间维度：对气候变化责任最小的人却在承受最严重的后果
50:10 不同国家面对气候变化的脆弱性与韧性
53:12 各国的历史累积温室气体排放，以及对这些数据的局限性的讨论
63:49 一个国家内部可能存在的和新产生的不公平
68:26 环境库兹涅茨曲线是无可争辩的吗
气候公正的时间维度：格蕾塔们所面临的未来
73:55 气候移民和气候难民的规模
77:05 碳移除、碳捕集与封存技术的潜力与局限
81:38 气候临界点：难以预测，不可逆转且影响深远
【延伸阅读】
Sir Ken Robinson：改变教育范式
John-Paul Flintoff / The School of Life：如何改变世界？
圣母大学：ND-GAIN Country Index
欧盟灾害风险管理知识中心：INFORM Risk Index
Climate Watch
Gütschow等：PRIMAP-hist 国家历史排放时间序列
世界银行：巨浪：准备应对气候移民
经济与和平研究所：生态威胁报告
政府间气候变化专门委员会：全球升温1.5ºC特别报告
全球碳捕集与封存研究院：全球碳捕集与封存现状2020
Lenton等：气候临界点——“赌不起”的风险
《不成气候No Such Climate》是一档两只不成气候的“科研狗”记录和分享我们在大气科学领域的学习和思考的播客。
【收听方式】
欢迎通过苹果播客、小宇宙、Spotify、Pocket Casts等泛用型播客客户端订阅我们的节目。我们也会在喜马拉雅、网易云音乐、荔枝等平台同步更新。
【联系我们】
新浪微博@不成气候NoSuchClimate
nosuchclimate@gmail.com2021-03-211h 29an ADEQUATE podcast22. How playing with formats creates entirely new contentIn one hand you have content, and in the other hand you have formats. Mix them up!
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an ADEQUATE podcast21. "When I'm On My Deathbed, I'll Remember This."This episode covers so much, in one interview. Dr Nic Hooper talks to me about what it's like to prepare to publish his first book; about mental health (good and bad, his own, mine, other people's); about how illustrations can complement words, without being cheap; about the physiological effect of watching Tom Cruise hanging off a skyscraper with one glove; what Nic will remember when he's dying; whether to keep video recordings to put on a website he doesn't even have (yet), and why I needed to trim this interview.
Finally, I'd like to draw your attention to...2021-03-1231 min
an ADEQUATE podcast20. On the pleasure of copying out great writing by handEvery great writer learns by copying the great writers of the past. For centuries, this involved collecting verbal wonders in a “commonplace book“. In this episode I share something I’ve written for The Idler about my own commonplace book.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-03-1009 minan ADEQUATE podcast19. What Happened to Joel's Artwork?In which we hear again from Joel Levack, who featured in episode 11.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-03-0806 min
an ADEQUATE podcast17. My First Wedding Speech: blow by blow, by Rebecca TwomeyRebecca Twomey is good with words. As a journalist, she knows a lot about dating, having written about it for several years. As an interviewer, she’s used to being recorded. But until recently she had never given a wedding speech – and felt all the pressure that comes with it.
In this interview, recorded as research when I was writing A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech, Rebecca remembers in detail how she approached it, what worked (and what didn’t), and explains how she came to be giving what was, in effect, the “father of the bride” spe...2021-03-0328 min
an ADEQUATE podcast16. A Guide To Being A Coachy Friendy Agenty Kind Of PersonSteve Chapman was working with somebody a bit wooden, who wanted to be more natural. But how? You can't just say, "Be more natural". What Steve did was utterly unexpected (it involved dandelions).
The interview with Steve in this episode was recorded as part of the research for my book, back in the days when you could meet a friend and sit in the park together, beneath noisy planes and near laughing children, without wearing a mask.
As you listen to Steve, please notice that his interaction with his client involved a lovely dance between gentle requests and firm demands...2021-03-0117 minan ADEQUATE podcast15. How To Talk About Something Delicate: a few suggestionsIf you're talking about something delicate, it's important to set up expectations from the start.
This episode contains the beginning of a workshop I delivered to an audience of speakers and would-be speakers, courtesy of a charity, Illuminate, which helps people to overcome their mental health problems, then talk publicly about their experiences.
In other words, what you're going to hear is me giving a talk about giving a talk. So apologies in advance that it's a bit self-referential. Some members of the audience had already delivered talks of their own, others hadn't...2021-02-2530 min
an ADEQUATE podcast14. "It's A Sin To Bore For Jesus" + A lesson from improRon Boyd-MacMillan wrote a remarkably useful and entertaining book, Explosive Preaching, which I picked up while researching my own book. His insights, intended to aid religious preachers, are useful to anybody who intends to make a speech, whether at a wedding or for work.
In this interview, Ron tells me why the great early preacher St Augustine used to improvise; says he's been disappointed that churches, in Covid, have sounded like bureaucrats interested only in health and safety; and tells stories about his work training preachers across the world and in many denominations. In particular, he...2021-02-2243 min
an ADEQUATE podcast13. Talking As Therapy, and Just TalkingHannah Murray of Talk Radio Europe interviewed me about public speaking and mental health. She started with a welcome question about my breakdown.
Audio courtesy of Hannah, and Talk Radio Europe.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-02-1919 min
an ADEQUATE podcast12. "Read it aloud" | Interview with Kris Dyer, voice wizI had hoped to record the audiobook myself. But Covid stopped that. After a few hours feeling sorry for myself, I came to see how much better it is that the book was narrated by Kris Dyer.
He's narrated 200 audiobooks, and in this episode he shares how he started; why this kind of "public speaking" suits an introvert; how he aims to "channel" each author, what he did when a character he'd voiced as a Londoner turned out in book four of a series to be necessarily Scottish; what he did about voicing Winston Churchill, and the absolute necessity of...2021-02-1633 min
an ADEQUATE podcast11. What Happened To Brendan? + Joel chops up the barIn which I reveal what happened to Brendan Barns, after he put his home up as collateral to pay for his quirky dream. Plus, a real life example of someone wondering how to make best use of material that may not, initially, seem entirely promising. And some animal sounds, just because.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-02-1331 min
an ADEQUATE podcast10. "Do I Have Sleepless Nights? I Do" | Brendan Barns + Guy HaywardIn this episode, I tell you about a man I interviewed (in real life) a while ago, because I interviewed him again more recently (on Zoom, in lockdown) and I think you might like to know his backstory first. He's Brendan Barns.
Plus... I share a short highlight from an interview with Dr Guy Hayward, an all-round entertainer and polymath who inspired me to do last year's Virtual Pilgrimage (and this years too).
And... your good fortune really is boundless today because in this episode I also share a handful of facts about a remarkable writer, Hilaire Belloc - who h...2021-02-1022 min
an ADEQUATE podcast9. How I Tried To Understand My Audience | Real-life example, with people I didn't knowCreative Conscience helps young people focus on using their talents to share things that matter. In this episode I tell a group of people I don’t know the crucial importance of focusing on your audience...
That focus, and a clear sense of purpose, is much more important than anything else...
Find out more about Creative Conscience here.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message2021-02-0732 min
an ADEQUATE podcast8. How To Write A Book Proposal | Interview with agent Jaime MarshallMy new book is out. I just got hold of my first copies. It feels like I'm back on my feet as a writer.
In this episode, I interview my agent Jaime Marshall about how A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech came into being - with particular reference to the title, and the book proposal Jaime submitted to my publisher, Short Books.
You can see the photo of me waving my book at Jaime on my blog.
You can buy the book here: https://amzn.to/3cyiuEN
If you send me proof of purchase I will s...2021-02-0429 min
an ADEQUATE podcast7. Rejection Game | highlight from a demoTraining in theatrical impro with Keith Johnstone, I learned to play The Rejection Game, in which one of the four people on stage must be rejected by the other three.
Playing the game teaches how to exclude - but also how to include. And it teaches us that we can't focus on everybody all the time. Someone, somewhere, is liable to feel left out at times.
Plainly, this has important consequences in everyday life, but it also applies very much to anybody thinking of public speaking - the subject of my new book. I was trying to think of a w...2021-02-0123 min
an ADEQUATE podcast6. "You were almost painfully honest" | Jo Gubbay interviewI met Jo Gubbay when I was in a very dark place, on the Talk For Health training course that was the subject of the previous episode.
Despite seeing me in a bad way - or, in fact, because of that - Jo invited me to speak to hundreds of people at her workplace, one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.
Jo is highly regarded in her field, as a lawyer herself with oodles of experience at the top of learning and development. But I had little self esteem at the time, and didn’t believe I ha...2021-01-2923 min
Action Packed TravelJohn-Paul Flintoff: An Eventful LifeThis week, we're talking to a remarkable writer, artist, public speaker – a master of the arts at large. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy.Support the show2021-01-2933 min