The Kennardley Talkstraight Show
by Richard Lindsell
The Kennardley Talkstraight Show takes us on a fortnightly journey to learn about history through interviews with the people who made it. So what if they're dead. The most celebrated talk show host of our time (according to his publicist), Kennardley presents a series of (not so serious) interviews with many of the most important figures from the fields of Science, Politics, Art, War and more. Sure, we might take some comedic licence with their personalities, for example Julius Caesar would love to have been a social media influencer, William the Conqueror is trying to market his book ”7 must do hacks if you want to conquer the world”, but the rest of the facts are pretty accurate ... mostly. Series 1 brings us the Conquerors, Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Attila the Hun, Boadicea, Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror. Series 2 brings us the artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rembrandt, Picasso, Caravaggio and Claude Monet.
Episodes
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Charles Darwin
Series 3, Episode 5 - Charles Darwin Join 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. References https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin...
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Albert Einstein
Series 3, Episode 3 - Albert Einstein In 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. References...
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Marie Curie
Series 3 Episode 3 - Marie Curie In 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...
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Galileo Galilei
Series 3, Episode 2 - Galileo Galilei Kennardley 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. References...
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Sir Isaac Newton
Series 3 Episode 1 - Sir Isaac Newton In 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...
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Paul Cezanne
Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul Cezanne In 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…
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Series 2, Episode 7 - Sir Peter Paul Rubens Kennardley 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...
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Claude Monet
Claude 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...
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Kennardley 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...
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo 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...
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Rembrandt
Rembrandt Episode Summary In 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...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti Episode Summary Michelangelo 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...
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci Episode Summary Series 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,...
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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror Episode Summary In 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...
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Episode Summary In 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...
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Boadicea
Boadicea Episode Summary Boadicea 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...
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Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun Episode Summary In 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....
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Genghis Khan
Episode Summary In 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...
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Episode Summary The 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…
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About this show
The Kennardley Talkstraight Show takes us on a fortnightly journey to learn about history through interviews with the people who made it. So what if they're dead.
The most celebrated talk show host of our time (according to his publicist), Kennardley presents a series of (not so serious) interviews with many of the most important figures from the fields of Science, Politics, Art, War and more. Sure, we might take some comedic licence with their personalities, for example Julius Caesar would love to have been a social media influencer, William the Conqueror is trying to market his book ”7 must do hacks if you want to conquer the world”, but the rest of the facts are pretty accurate ... mostly.
Series 1 brings us the Conquerors, Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Attila the Hun, Boadicea, Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror.
Series 2 brings us the artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rembrandt, Picasso, Caravaggio and Claude Monet.
Hosted by
Richard Lindsell