{"podcast":{"title":"Better Known","slug":"better-known-789694","podcast_index_feed_id":789694,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/better-known/rss","website_url":"https://better-known.zencast.website","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F1493%2Flarge%2Fb3396bcb59674d33f54fa27c6d3855f647834cfcb75b4cb98f2d279c053e83ea%2Fbetter%2520known.png","author":"Ivan Wise","episode_count":446,"summary":"Each week, a guest makes a series of recommendations of things which they think should be better known. Our recommendations include interesting people, places, objects, stories, experiences and ideas which our guest feels haven't had the exposure that they deserve.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-13T18:20:27.658617+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694"},"episode":{"title":"Sahar Hashemi","slug":"sahar-hashemi","published_at":"2026-06-28T17:01:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694/sahar-hashemi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694","url":"https://better-known.zencast.website/episodes/sahar-hashemi","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/better-known/72dac05e-7b98-46bb-bce0-48df2e53646f.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Sahar Hashemi discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sahar Hashemi OBE has enjoyed a successful career as an entrepreneur, bestselling author and business thought leader. Initially forging her success as the Co-Founder and former CEO of Coffee Republic, the UK’s first American-style coffee bar chain, Sahar has since built great authority as a business leader and earned an appointment of OBE for her services to the UK economy and charity. Now the Co-Founder of Buy Women Built and hired as a leading keynote speaker, Sahar is commended for her ability to build more creative, customer-centric and resilient workplaces in which a “can do” spirit is paramount. The invisible economy of women-built brands www.buywomenbuilt.com Cluelessness as a competitive advantage https://aicomo.com/advantages-of-being-clueless/ Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl https://julias-books.com/2020/03/12/book-review-mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl/ Why telling people to dream big is so misguided https://www.reddit.com/r/DecidingToBeBetter/comments/3fmaay/why_telling_kids_to_dream_big_is_a_big_con_our/ The benefit of ice cold showers every morning https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/the-health-hub/conditions/alternative-health/are-cold-showers-good-for-you/ Amichien bonding https://janfennellthedoglistener.com/about-jan/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm","meta_description":"Sahar Hashemi discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sahar Hashemi OBE has enjoyed a successful career as an entrepreneur, bestselli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1675,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/better-known-789694/episodes/sahar-hashemi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694/sahar-hashemi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}