The Figure

A podcast about lifelong learning. Each month, we talk about three figures: a person, a number and an image. Hosted by @georgiaparkin1 and @charlorimer.

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

We've reached episode 50! 🌟 Thank you so much to all our listeners and your continued support 💜 (And sorry for the radio silence over the last few months - we're now doing monthly episodes, with details shared on our Instagram account)

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[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

⁦⁦The film @lastchristmas⁩ is absolutely stunning - in a sentence it’s about how to heal a broken heart ❤️ Find out more about its creator Emma Thompson in episode 19 ✨ https://t.co/HdUecFjKHM

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

If there’s one podcast you listen to today, make it @goop with @johannhari101 - neurobiology is a fragment of mental health, the rest relates to your why, shame around trauma and ‘Lost Connections,’ the title of his book 💯 #WorldMentalHealthDay2019

https://t.co/h2Vp3MJ2IF

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

In our latest episode we talk about @GretaThunberg, the #MeToo movement and the Venus de Milo sculpture in the Louvre 🌎🗯♥️ It was a difficult episode to record but we hope that our honesty comes through and helps any listeners to break their silence 🌙

https://t.co/3N9VOY9x91

[Mark Hitchcock @MarkHitchcock8]

They say the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions expecting a different result. #glastonbury2020 same as 2019..."this site cannot be reached".

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

We’re with Meghan and Harry all the way - hear our accolade of her September issue for @voguemagazine in episode 41 💕 More #ForcesForChange figures coming up...

https://t.co/ixG58R7aTX

[Otegha K. Uwagba @OteghaUwagba]

Harry and Meghan are suing the Daily Mail (at last) - their statement here: https://t.co/cZKpz2mlkj

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

🍎🏝📸 For our three figures - Isaac Newton, that Kirsty Young presented almost 500 episodes of #DesertIslandDiscs and a doodle from @jessiecave - we talk about what makes a genius, the power of music and being the author of your own narrative❣️

https://t.co/LyeGnXkAuZ

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

In our latest episode, we spoke about the phenomenal Colonel @damekellyholmes, the importance of honeybees and the beautiful exhibition from Dale Chihuly at @kewgardens 🏃🏾‍♀️🐝🌸

https://t.co/xjyBNtSgao

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

@ProseccoSesspod Thank you, that means a lot to us ❣️

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

@TheFiveFound @NimkoAli @JahaENDFGM Ah thanks for this - we’ll update the title. Keep doing all that you are to make the world a better place 🌍 We’ll also make a correction in our next episode 🗯

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

This week, we remember the life and work of #ToniMorrison, discuss activists working to end FGM including ⁦@NimkoAli⁩ and ⁦@JahaENDFGM⁩, and give an overview of the history of the #toweroflondon 📝🔻🏰

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[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

Happy Birthday to ⁦@Madonna⁩ 💫 Find out more about her life and work in episode 13 ❣️ #QueenOfPop #Madonna https://t.co/vabbS4W3h2

[Keaton Patti @KeatonPatti]

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Queer Eye and then asked it to write an episode of Queer Eye of its own. Here is the first page.

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

Time for another pre-order as @scarcurtis marches on, changing the world one book at a time ��� Essays from #AlistairCampbell @bryony_gordon @CandiceC_W @elizabday @lizuvie @Fearnecotton @jessiecave @poornabell and many more of our favourite writers and podcasters 🌍

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

@NimkoAli @GeorgiaParkin1 Cover for a future figure?

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

Here’s some news to brighten your day - we hope that more brands will follow in the footsteps of @ZARA 🛍

To learn more about the importance of making changes to the fashion industry, have a listen to last week’s episode 🌟

[BBC Newsbeat @BBCNewsbeat]

By 2025, everything you buy in Zara will be organic, sustainable or recycled - the CEO has promised.

And from next year, you'll see containers in stores where you can recycle your old clothes

https://t.co/AkpSno0jo5

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

Great editors letter from @SundayTimesLC for this week’s @TheSTStyle on fast fashion and the activism we can all take part in. For more on the environmental impact of the fashion industry and how we can help, listen to our latest episode 🔎

https://t.co/P2wK1hk0ir

[emma freud 💙 🔴 @emmafreud]

Yesterday Richard made a speech at the United Nations to representatives of 185 countries. The best plan we have to sort out our planet and our people is @TheGlobalGoals - created by every country in the UN. This is why it matters.... https://t.co/hN5IDuIZxe

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

@emmafreud @comicrelief @guardianaudio Thank you so much for listening Emma and for all the incredible work you’ve done together ❣️ We hope @yesterdaymovie isn’t your last but if it is - what a note to end on 🎼

[The Figure @FigurePodcast]

This week, our three figures are screenwriter and co-founder of @comicrelief Richard Curtis, that 80 billion items of clothing are bought each year, and an image of Tommy Lanigan outside Stonewall, highlighted by Today in Focus from @guardianaudio 🎬🛍🏳️‍🌈

https://t.co/P2wK1hk0ir