Ash Bhardwaj

07/04/2024 30 min
Ash Bhardwaj

Listen "Ash Bhardwaj"

Episode Synopsis

Ash Bhardwaj discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Ash Bhardwaj is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and keynote speaker, whose work explores the intersection of travel, current affairs and human behaviour. He has reported from around the world for outlets including the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and Condé Nast Traveller. Before travel writing, Ash was a ski instructor, science teacher and wannabe cowboy. He is an officer in the British Army Reserve, and a lecturer in travel journalism at City, University of London. Why We Travel is his first book.


Great Polynesian Migration https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/encounters/polynesian-voyaging


The Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/


Ukraine (as a place, not just a site of war) https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ukraine/articles/the-top-20-attractions-in-ukraine


Turning grief into hope https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/oceania/new-zealand/my-mother-died-of-cancer-new-zealand-turned-my-grief/


How beliefs and behaviours work https://iulianionescu.com/blog/how-our-beliefs-and-values-shape-our-behavior/


Psychogeography https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/psychogeography



This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

More episodes of the podcast Better Known

Dean Koontz 11/01/2026
Ryan Gingeras 04/01/2026
Pete Brown 14/12/2025
Sandy Pentland 07/12/2025
Jaime Davila 30/11/2025
400th episode 23/11/2025
Sasha Butler 02/11/2025