Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul CezanneIn 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 Matti

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

21 days ago 21m 21s

Series 2, Episode 7 - Sir Peter Paul RubensKennardley 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 Hab

Claude Monet

Apr 17th, 2024 23m 47s

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 a

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Apr 3rd, 2024 27m 1s

Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioKennardley 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 f

Pablo Picasso

Mar 20th, 2024 19m 57s

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

Rembrandt

Mar 6th, 2024 19m 33s

Rembrandt Episode SummaryIn 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

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Feb 21st, 2024 15m 15s

Michelangelo Buonarroti Episode SummaryMichelangelo 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 obsess

Leonardo da Vinci

Feb 7th, 2024 18m 17s

Leonardo Da Vinci Episode SummarySeries 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 Itali

William the Conqueror

Jan 24th, 2024 17m 49s

William the Conqueror Episode SummaryIn 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 be

Julius Caesar

Jan 10th, 2024 15m 45s

Julius Caesar Episode SummaryIn 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 an

Boadicea

Dec 27th, 2023 8m 55s

Boadicea Episode SummaryBoadicea 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

Attila the Hun

Dec 13th, 2023 10m 39s

Attila the Hun Episode SummaryIn 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

Genghis Khan

Dec 13th, 2023 10m 39s

Episode SummaryIn 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 cl

Alexander the Great

Dec 13th, 2023 9m 53s

Alexander the Great Episode SummaryThe 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

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