Six Things Podcast, Episode 3, with Matt Brown

Six Things, Episode 3 – Matt BrownThe Six Things podcast is the audio wing of the Six Things newsletter by Lev Parikian. In the third episode, I talk to Matt Brown, London explorer and main contributor to Londonist’s excellent Time Machine newsletter, which provides a weekly look at London’s history from unusual angles.3.50 Tube station smells8.55 Parakeets16.45 Wetherspoons carpets21.50 Wazzbaffles28.20 Diamond Geezer31.10 International Space StationMatt is here, and Londonist: Time Machine is here. Here are some of Matt’s books: The Boroughs of London, Atlas of Imagined Places, and Everything You Know About London Is Wrong.The podcast’s music was written and recorded by Oliver Parikian.Read the Six Things Newsletter.This is the original tube station smells map.Matt is 75% Matt and 25% parakeet. Track the spread of parakeets here.You should visit Handel House if you’re in London.There’s a site devoted to the joys of Wetherspoons carpets. The book is out of print, but there are plenty on eBay.All you need to know about wazzbaffles.Diamond Geezer, the Samuel Pepys of our age, blogs here.Find out when the ISS passes over your head. Get full access to Six Things at levparikian.substack.com/subscribe