Better Known

Ivan Wise

Booking Overview

A weekly interview podcast focused on underrecognized people, places, ideas, books, and experiences, featuring one external guest who shares a set of personal recommendations. Suitable pitches include published authors, academics, researchers, public intellectuals, and distinctive subject-matter experts with a new book, substantial expertise, or an unusual area of knowledge; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 443

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

ivanwise@email.com

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Host

Ivan Wise - Host and interviewer who invites guests to recommend people, places, objects, stories, experiences, and ideas they believe deserve wider recognition.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, university academics, researchers, public speakers, and established specialists with a distinctive area of expertise or a current book, project, or body of work to promote.

Required Achievements:

Published books or novels, Academic or research leadership, Major literary nominations or awards, Bestselling or widely distributed work, Established media, speaking, or journalism experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Nicholas Freudenberg - Health Activism, Public Health, Urban Food Policy, Community Organization, And Social Change.

Ian Green - Fantasy And Science Fiction, Literature, Nature Immersion, Historic European Martial Arts, And Family Life.

Matt Hill - Music, Foraging, Aviation History, Driving Safety, Countryside Access, And Household Responsibilities.

Joel P. Christensen - The Odyssey, Homeric Poetry, Ancient Audiences, Myth, Literary Transmission, And Classical Reception.

Jessica Fellowes - Education Governance, Hearing Aids, Games, Antiques, Newsletters, And Overlooked Books And Writers.

Recent Topics

Literature, History, Science, Public Health, Cultural Discovery

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Better Known

Minette Batters

August 23, 2026

Minette Batters was the first woman to be elected President of the National Farmers’ Union in 113years. She worked with four Prime Ministers - three of them in one year - and six Defra Secretaries of State. She stood down from the post in February 2024. In 2020 she led the NFU on one of the most successful campaigns ever seen, bringing together a coalition of chefs, including Jamie Oliver, farmers, environmentalists, consumer groups and animal welfare experts - resulting in over one million p...

Nick Freudenberg

August 16, 2026

Nick Freudenberg discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Nicholas Freudenberg is distinguished professor emeritus of public health at the City University of New York School of Public Health. His expertise includes childhood lead poisoning, AIDS prevention, urban food policy, community organization for health, and mass incarceration. Since the 1970s, Freudenberg has studied, evaluated, taught about, and participated in health activist campaigns in New York City and elsewhe...

Ian Green

August 09, 2026

Ian Green discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Ian Green is a writer from Northern Scotland with a PhD in epigenetics. His debut fantasy trilogy The Rotstorm began with the Sunday Times bestseller The Gauntlet and the First Beneath. His short fiction has been widely published and he won the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition, the Futurebook Future Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the British Fantasy Awards. His biopunk eco-terrorism thriller E...

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