# Jonathan Rowson

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Somewhere, with Karl Dudman

We vote in our self interest, right? So how come people living on islands disappearing because of climate change - and they know it - keep voting for Donald Trump?  The answer to that goes to the heart of our climate politics. But it also tells us something very important about how different people…

EP 445- “It Worked So Well That I Stopped Doing It”: Adult Improver Nicholas Sloan on Dealing with Burnout After a Rapid Rating Rise

Nicholas Sloan is a Wisconsin-based Network Engineer, a dad of 4, and an extremely motivated chess improver. Usually. But after an incredible run of gaining 500+ rating points in two years, fueled by consistent hard work and a unique study approach, Nick hit a wall. He gave back 150 rating points, …

Where to Next? Episode five - Jonathan Rowson and Ed Haddon

This is the fifth episode of my Do Radio Series Where To Next? A new episode is released every Monday. The week after each episode is aired I put it up here on my Substack to create a series archive for those who discover it in the future and want to go back to the start, and for those who want to …

Thoughts on the Realisation Festival

Wow. My mind is still re-structuring itself in lots of ways after an amazing day at the Realisation Festival I went to so I could record more interviews for my Do Radio programme. I spoke to Roc Sandford (author, activist and one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion), Ed Haddon (coach and co-dir…

A strange moth...

I’ve just read ‘Burnt Rain’ by Roc Sandford - an activist and thinker who is part of Extinction Rebellion and lives on his own island off Mull in Scotland. I’ve also discovered Jonathan Rowson and Mark Vernon and the Realisation Festival they are Directors of, which looks AMAZING and I’m hoping to …

Navigating Educational Futures in the Present - A Conversation with Bill Sharpe

With the so many prevailing stories of uncertainty around for everyone, our roles as educators supporting young people and colleagues to know how to navigate it can be overwhelming! As Thea Snow said on a recent episode, feeling safe in uncertainty is hard. But this is where perhaps we can all lear…

Sedimentation and Rupture

Hey! Here’s an idea from 1940s French philosophy that adds a little spaciousness to my daily life. In a nutshell: the past ain’t dead, time is tangled, and the darkness holds galaxies. Sedimentation and rupture, my friends. The main idea is from philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and I weave in th…

Breakfast Show Podcast 02-07-2026: Humanity’s Greatest Crisis: Is It Material or Spiritual?

Latest News/Headlines | Traffic | Weather | Sports Topic : Humanity’s Greatest Crisis: Is It Material or Spiritual? Presenter(s):
Imam Jalees KHan Abdul Qayyum Rashid Guest(s): * Prof. Lord Richard Layard * Fowzia Shah * Dr Jonathan Rowson * Dr Bethany Sollereder Producer(s): Areeba Noor , Ma…

Where To Next? Episode nineteen. Benedict Pollard and Nikki Trott

Last year I visited the Realisation Festival (imagine a Do Lectures about philosophy held at a Downton Abbey style stately home) at St Giles House where I interviewed Jonathan Rowson, Ed Haddon, Roc Sandford, Sarah Wilson, Nick Ashley - Cooper and Pippa Evans (see episodes four to six in the archi…

Where To Next? Episode twenty-one. Indra Adnan at the Realisation Festival

At the Realisation Festival last year (2025) I had the pleasure of speaking to Jonathan Rowson, the chess grandmaster, philosopher and CEO of Perspectiva (Episode 5 if you’re curious). In that conversation he urged me to seek out Indra so, when I didn’t manage to speak to her before I left that day…