{"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":"Tahmima Anam","slug":"tahmima-anam","published_at":"2026-06-07T18:37:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694/tahmima-anam","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-known-789694","url":"https://better-known.zencast.website/episodes/tahmima-anam","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/better-known/63f90bd2-ccc2-4de8-8261-d6c8da823d33.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Tahmima Anam discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy and a recipient of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book and the O. Henry Award. Her short story ‘Garments’ was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. She is a Granta Best of Young British Novelist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she trained as an anthropologist at Harvard University and now lives in London. Her new novel is Uprising, which is a Political Fiction Book Prize Finalist for the Orwell Prize and is available at https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781837265817 . The Dirty Protest in Ireland https://theconversation.com/dirty-protests-why-irish-republican-prisoners-smeared-their-cells-with-faeces-to-make-a-political-statement-during-the-troubles-160306 Lysistrata https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/aug/03/lysistrata-review-ancient-theatre-of-epidaurus-aristophanes-national-theatre-greece South Korea's 4B movement https://afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/blogs/how-the-4b-feminist-rebellion-is-taking-on-patriarchy Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Sultana's Dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream Coffee Ice cream https://thechalkboardmag.com/sugar-free-coffee-ice-cream-for-energy-euphoria/ How to be less useful by Priyanka Mattoo https://primattoo.substack.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm","meta_description":"Tahmima Anam discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy and a recipient of the Commonwe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1786,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/better-known-789694/episodes/tahmima-anam/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/tahmima-anam.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}