Worth a Minute

S1 Ep 28 – Best Ever Question

Inspired by Krista Tippett’s assertion that there is something redemptive and life-giving about asking better questions, Kenny Primrose, creator of 'The Examined Life' Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QaEmvYjKVmMg3LZVpq0qS?si=02f0351e4c344b22], selects his best ever question. This show has been brought to you by Free Range Podcasting [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/]. Please listen to Trailer 3 [https://worth-a-minute.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-3-worth-a-minute-podcast-all-contributions-welcome] and visit this page on our website [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/worth-a-minute-challenge] if you would like to submit an episode of your own to be considered for publication as part of our ‘Best Evers’ season. Any queries or feedback can be sent to worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk [worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk]. If you are interested in receiving news and updates about this podcast, please enter your details in the brief form to which you will be taken when you click on this link [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/podcasts/#wamlink].

S1 Ep 27 – Best Ever ‘Dance Your Own Steps’ Movie

Mike's best ever ‘Dance Your Own Steps’ movie is Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 romantic comedy, ‘Strictly Ballroom’. Not only does the plot celebrate individual creativity and personal convictions, the film-making deliberately breaks barriers and is extravagantly entertaining. Ultimately, though, it also inspires, with its core message of ‘a life lived in fear is a life half-lived’ being epitomised by the lead character’s father finally breaking the shackles imposed on his own creativity to initiate the brilliant Paso Doble finale! It is truly a movie that dances all its own steps! This show has been brought to you by Free Range Podcasting [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/]. Please listen to Trailer 3 [https://worth-a-minute.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-3-worth-a-minute-podcast-all-contributions-welcome] and visit this page on our website [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/worth-a-minute-challenge] if you would like to submit an episode of your own to be considered for publication as part of our ‘Best Evers’ season. Any queries or feedback can be sent to worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk [worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk]. If you are interested in receiving news and updates about this podcast, please enter your details in the brief form to which you will be taken when you click on this link [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/podcasts/#wamlink].

S1 Ep 26 – Best Ever Anagrammatic Poem

Mike's best ever anagrammatic poem is David Shulman’s sonnet, ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’, inspired by Emanuel Leutze’s famous painting of the same name. Every line is an anagram of the painting’s title and yet the poem still works, even managing to include specialist, key references to the historical incident, including 'Redcoats', 'Continentals' and 'Hessian'! The best place to read the poem is on Wikipedia where you can watch an animation in which the letters beautifully circulate into new positions as each new line is displayed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_(sonnet)]! This show has been brought to you by Free Range Podcasting [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/]. Please listen to Trailer 3 [https://worth-a-minute.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-3-worth-a-minute-podcast-all-contributions-welcome] and visit this page on our website [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/worth-a-minute-challenge] if you would like to submit an episode of your own to be considered for publication as part of our ‘Best Evers’ season. Any queries or feedback can be sent to worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk [worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk]. If you are interested in receiving news and updates about this podcast, please enter your details in the brief form to which you will be taken when you click on this link [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/podcasts/#wamlink].

S1 Ep 25 – Best Ever Compound Noun

Dave Elder [https://davidelder.net/] contributes a second episode to the ‘Worth a Minute’ podcast, on this occasion selecting his best ever compound noun. German, with its unwavering determination to exploit any and all word combinations, was inevitably a strong contender to provide Dave’s favourite word produced from other words. In the end, though - despite strong competition from Spanish, Finnish and Icelandic - a Welsh word (literally meaning ‘pinging bakehouse’) won the day! This show has been brought to you by Free Range Podcasting [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/]. Please listen to Trailer 3 [https://worth-a-minute.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-3-worth-a-minute-podcast-all-contributions-welcome] and visit this page on our website [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/worth-a-minute-challenge] if you would like to submit an episode of your own to be considered for publication as part of our ‘Best Evers’ season. Any queries or feedback can be sent to worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk [worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk]. If you are interested in receiving news and updates about this podcast, please enter your details in the brief form to which you will be taken when you click on this link [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/podcasts/#wamlink].

S1 Ep 24 – Best Ever Anagram

Mike reviews the interesting history of anagrams, including the appointment by Louis XIII of a Royal Anagrammatist, Walter Begley’s Anagrammatic Bible and Galileo’s deliberately scrambled message to Johannes Kepler [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87433/how-misinterpreted-anagram-predicted-moons-mars]. Despite loving the fact that ‘A Decimal Point’ turns into ‘I'm a Dot in Place’, Mike plumps for a different option when selecting his best ever anagram and provides a numerical justification for his choice! This show has been brought to you by Free Range Podcasting [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/]. Please listen to Trailer 3 [https://worth-a-minute.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-3-worth-a-minute-podcast-all-contributions-welcome] and visit this page on our website [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/worth-a-minute-challenge] if you would like to submit an episode of your own to be considered for publication as part of our ‘Best Evers’ season. Any queries or feedback can be sent to worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk [worthaminute@freerangepodcasting.co.uk]. If you are interested in receiving news and updates about this podcast, please enter your details in the brief form to which you will be taken when you click on this link [https://www.freerangepodcasting.co.uk/podcasts/#wamlink].