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Techy Surgeon PodcastDuke AI Summit on AI for Health InnovationIn a year thick with demos, headlines, and understandable caution, it’s hard to separate signal from noise in health AI. Duke is taking a different approach: pair scientific rigor with real operational build, and invite the people who will live with these systems to co‑design them. On October 8–9 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (RTP), the Duke Summit on AI for Health Innovation—hosted by Duke AI Health, the Center for Computational & Digital Health Innovation, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)—will convene that conversation in the open.Techy Surgeon is a reader-s...
2025-09-2400 min
Money Makers293: Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast - with Richard Pindar (30 August 2025)In this edition of the Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and winner of the 2024 AIC Best Broadcast Journalist Award, is joined by Richard Pindar, co-founder and CEO of Literacy Capital (BOOK).
This discussion was recorded on Wednesday 27 August 2025.
*** Out now: The 2025 Investment Trusts Handbook ***
The Investment Trusts Handbook is an independent educational publication designed to provide investors with a handy annual reference book that summarises all you need to know about investment trusts. Now in its eighth year, the Handbook is a high-quality, full-colour hardback of more than 340 pages, the largest yet...
2025-08-3043 min
The Value PerspectiveThe Value Perspective London Quality Growth Conference 2024 QuiltRecently we attended the London Quality Growth Conference and we’ve put together a special quilt episode, featuring many of the key speakers at the event. One of the things we love about recording this podcast and attending this type of conference, is it gives us a chance to step outside of our usual circle and have conversations with people who think differently. Whether it’s Value, Growth or Quality it’s all investing at the end of the day, and hearing new perspectives sharpens our own thinking. We’re joined by an incredible line-up of investors and allocators from the...
2024-10-141h 18
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowCharles DarwinSeries 3, Episode 5 - Charles DarwinJoin Kennardley as he speaks with Charles Darwin, the man behind the theory of evolution and natural selection, who changed our understanding of the evolution of species.Referenceshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwinhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwinhttps://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/charles-darwin/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-2523 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowAlbert EinsteinSeries 3, Episode 3 - Albert EinsteinIn this episode Kennardley learns about the man considered the greatest physicist in history, Albert Einstein. We hear about his work, his life and his loves, becoming his Nobel prize, and becoming a refugee from the Nazis in WWII.Referenceshttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/4QWRAvk1sh4A8A?hl=enhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/einstein-relativity-thought-experiment-train-lightning-genius#:~:text=If%20he%20were%20to%20run,him%2C%20seemingly%20stationary%20in%20space.https://history.aip.org/exhibits/einstein...
2024-07-1025 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowMarie CurieSeries 3 Episode 3 - Marie CurieIn this episode Kennardley speaks with Marie Curie about her extraordinary life and achievements. While combatting endemic sexual discrimination and prejudice, she became the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the first person, male or female to win two Nobel prizes in two different fields, Physics and Chemistry.Referenceshttps://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/trag1.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curiehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/https://daily...
2024-06-2627 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowGalileo GalileiSeries 3, Episode 2 - Galileo GalileiKennardley speaks with Galileo Galilei about his work on the telescope, astronomy, the heliocentric model of the universe and his clash with the Catholic Church over heresy charges.Referenceshttps://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-biographies/galileo#:~:text=Personal%20Traits.,a%20teacher%20are%20beyond%20question.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galileihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_GalileiGot to https://www.talkstraightproductions.com to find out more about all of Kennardleys Guests.
2024-06-1224 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowSir Isaac NewtonSeries 3 Episode 1 - Sir Isaac NewtonIn the first episode of Series 3, Kennardley speaks to Sir Isaac Newton about his Theory of Gravity, his studies of Alchemy and writings on the bible. he also lets slip how he wrote the hits of Pink Floyd among others by "connecting" to the subconscious of Roger Waters!A must listen.Referenceshttps://physicsworld.com/a/newton-egomaniac-or-troubled-genius/https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/isaac-newtonhttps://www.astronomy.com/science/isaac-newton-a-vindictive-secretive-paranoid-genius/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac...
2024-05-2919 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowPaul CezanneSeason 2 Episode 8 - Paul CezanneIn our final episode of Season 2 Kennardley interviews Paul Cezanne, the brilliant 19th and early 20th century artist who had a profound influence on modern art, inspiring the likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Mattise and Vincent Van Gogh as well as having a reputation of being the shy, asocial, moody, oversensitive and even rude. Take the journey back in time and find out more about this great artist.Referenceshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne/Development-of-his-mature-stylehttps://en...
2024-05-1520 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowSir Peter Paul RubensSeries 2, Episode 7 - Sir Peter Paul RubensKennardley speaks with Painter, Diplomat, Impresario, Spy, Scholar, Antiquarian, Architect, Humanist and Knight in both the English and Spanish courts, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. His remarkable life as Habsburg court painter in the Spanish Netherlands under Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella took Rubens from European court to court with his work as an artist and diplomat gathering information for the Infanta Isabella. His skills as a diplomat had him taking the lead in brokering a peace between Spain and England.References
2024-05-0121 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowClaude MonetClaude Monet.Kennardleys guest this episode is the principal painter from the impressionist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century Claude Monet. They chat about his bouts with depression, an unconventional home life, early struggles and late success as an artist and his extraordinary garden in Givenchy.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monethttps://en...
2024-04-1723 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowMichelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioKennardley speaks with a slightly paranoid Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio about his extraordinary double life, that of a master painter, at one time “the most famous painter in Rome”, and his life of street fighting, sword fighting and duelling and trying to stay one step ahead of the law.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggiohtt...
2024-04-0327 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowPablo PicassoPablo Picasso - Series 2, episode 4.In this episode Kennardley debates love, life, and art with one of the most prolific artists in history, the Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist and theatre designer, Pablo Picasso. Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picassohttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-Picassohttps://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pica/hd_pica.htm...
2024-03-2019 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowRembrandtRembrandt Episode SummaryIn this episode Dutch Golden Age Painter, Printmaker and Draughtsman Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, known to us simply as Rembrandt, joins Kennardley to talk about his life and works, and his rather unorthodox approach to managing his finances.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandthttps://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/rembrandtY...
2024-03-0619 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowMichelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarroti Episode SummaryMichelangelo Buonarrotti talks with Kennardley about his life in the Italian Renaissance period, his work as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet, and his (according to this interview) his slight obsession with Leonardo da Vinci's opinion of him.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelohttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelohttps://www...
2024-02-2115 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowLeonardo da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci Episode SummarySeries 2 of The Kennardley Talkstraight Show has Kennardley interviewing some of towering figures of art history.In episode 1 The one and only Leonardo da Vinci, the original renaissance man, a self taught Italian polymath, a painter, sculptor, scientist, architect and engineer joins Kennardley on the show.Leonardo shares with Kennardley his life story and information about some of the many great creations in art and science he left for posterity. He also shares his dislike of "suck ups" and his somewhat prickly relationship...
2024-02-0718 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowWilliam the ConquerorWilliam the Conqueror Episode SummaryIn our final episode of series 1, William the Conqueror shares some facts about his rise to power as the Duke of Normandy and the Norman conquests. Kennardley discovers he prefers the moniker "William the believer", that he considers himself CEO, rather than King or Duke, along with some more useful details about his rise to becoming the King of EnglandJoin Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's greatest military leaders....
2024-01-2417 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowJulius CaesarJulius Caesar Episode SummaryIn this episode Julius Caesar shares how he rose to become the dictator of Rome, helping the transition from being a republic to an empire. Kennardley discovers Julius Caesars love of fashion, his supposed divine ancestry having descended from the goddess Venus, and how he would love to have had social media in his time, believing he could have been a fabulous influencer.Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great leaders.
2024-01-1015 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowBoadiceaBoadicea Episode SummaryBoadicea joins Kennardley to discuss her life as Queen of the Iceni, uniting the tribes against the Roman occupation of England. Kennardley finds himself the object of Boadicea's affection after she presumes his marriage is on the rocks. Kennardley deftly fends off her advances as she shares her many experiences fending off the Roman Empire from taking over Britain.Join Kennardley in this educational, entertaining, slightly tongue in cheek, but generally factual account of one of history's great leaders.Resources
2023-12-2708 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowAttila the HunAttila the Hun Episode SummaryIn this episode Kennardley talks to Attila the Hun about his achievements as ruler of the Huns, the benefits of meditation, why you shouldn't get caught up with statistics, how sarcasm is unbecoming and his path to becoming one of the most feared leaders of history.Join Kennardley in this educational, humorous, slightly tongue in cheek, but generally factual account of one of history's greatest military leaders.Resourceshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Attila-king-of-the-Huns...
2023-12-1310 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowGenghis KhanEpisode SummaryIn this episode, Kennardley interviews Genghis Khan on his becoming history's greatest military leader in terms of territories conquered, the meaning of his title and his real name, and being accepted into the "dead conquerors club" and exclusive invitation only club awaiting histories conquerors in the afterlife.Join Kennardley in this educational, slightly tongue in cheek, but generally factual account of one of history's great leaders.Resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khanhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khanhttps...
2023-12-1310 min
The Kennardley Talkstraight ShowAlexander the GreatAlexander the Great Episode SummaryThe most celebrated talkshow host of our time (according to his publicist) Kennardley Talkstraight takes on interviewing some of history's most famous figures.In our first episode of the 1st season, Kennardley interviews Alexander the Great on his becoming King of Macedon (Alexander prefers being referred to as "Captain"), his many battles (away games), and building an empire (going on tour with the team) that encompassed most of the ancient world (The World Cup), right up until his death (retiring as captain).Join Kennardley in this...
2023-12-1309 min
On The MoneyBonus episode: Nick Train on why UK should remain in your portfolioOne of the UK's star fund managers, Nick Train, speaks to us in this special bonus episode. As the co-founder of Lindsell Train Limited and manager for its UK equity portfolios - including the Finsbury Growth and Income Trust - Nick's approach is based on Warren Buffett’s, involving building a concentrated portfolio of 'quality' companies that have strong brands and/or powerful market franchises. He talks to interactive investor's Richard Hunter about how he does his investment research, active vs passive strategies, and what gets him out of bed in the morning after four decades of investing....
2023-03-2118 min
On The MoneyThe Richard Hunter Interview: Lindsell, Train…and BullockAfter previously interviewing Nick Train and Michael Lindsell, Richard meets James Bullock, joint portfolio manager of the Lindsell Train Global Equity Fund to talk Diageo, Nintendo and his market outlook. This interview is also available as a vodcast on the interactive investor YouTube channel.Enjoyed listening? Please like and subscribe for free to the ii Podcast.Visit www.ii.co.uk/funds and www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news for more investing insight and ideas.Follow us on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ii_coukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareii
2022-03-2921 min
On The MoneyThe Richard Hunter Interview: Nick Train on the UK, opportunities, Man Utd and techRichard is joined by Nick Train, co-founder of Lindsell Train Limited and manager of the Finsbury Growth & Income investment trust, to discuss the UK market, Manchester United, Unilever, dividends, and more. The fund manager also answers some reader questions.Enjoyed listening? Please like and subscribe for free to the ii Podcast.Visit www.ii.co.uk/funds and www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news for more investing insight and ideas.Follow us on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ii_coukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareiiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin...
2022-02-0127 min
On The MoneyMichael Lindsell: The Richard Hunter InterviewRichard completes the Lindsell Train set this week, sitting down with Michael Lindsell, portfolio manager of Lindsell Train Global Equity. The pair discuss strategy overlap at Lindsell Train, Covid-19 and why tech is under the microscope.
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2021-03-1624 min