{"podcast":{"title":"The Library of Mistakes","slug":"the-library-of-mistakes-4813866","podcast_index_feed_id":4813866,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5366233/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.libraryofmistakes.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fcf9fd3272c5e4fbddbe4d9b119452a1.jpg","author":"Library of Mistakes","episode_count":62,"summary":"Based in Edinburgh, the Library of Mistakes is a free public library designed to improve understanding of finance, one mistake at a time. In this podcast series the Library's Keeper, Professor Russell Napier, speaks to leading financial history authors around the world, with Fraser Allen & Leila Johnston presenting an additional thread of episodes called Shelf Life. Series produced by Fraser Allen.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:04.854634+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-library-of-mistakes-4813866"},"episode":{"title":"EP 50: The Weekend Of Mistakes (with Alice Sherwood & Paul Greatbatch) Shelf Life #10","slug":"ep-50-the-weekend-of-mistakes-with-alice-sherwood-paul-greatbatch-shelf-life-10","published_at":"2026-01-20T20:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-library-of-mistakes-4813866/ep-50-the-weekend-of-mistakes-with-alice-sherwood-paul-greatbatch-shelf-life-10","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-library-of-mistakes-4813866","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-50-the-weekend-of-mistakes-with-alice-sherwood-paul-greatbatch-shelf-life-10--69522948","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69522948/shelf_life_wom_20_01_2026_17_56.mp3","summary":"In the latest Shelf Life, we begin with a clip of Russell Napier speaking at this year's Mistake Of The Year awards at the Library of Mistakes - you can see the whole thing on YouTube (link below). We then discover the wonderful Weekend Of Mistakes, held every year in Hay-on-Wye, on the Welsh/English border. Inspired by the Library of Mistakes, the event shares the Library's mission of encouraging us all to learn from the mistakes of the past – and features a fantastic line-up of speakers in a wonderful setting. Organisers Paul Greatbatch and Alice Sherwood explain all to our regular hosts, Leila Johnston and Fraser Allen, and we also chat to our Librarian Helen Williams and our CEO David Clarke. www.weekendofmistakes.org www.libraryofmistakes.com Mistake of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/live/W6ibPkVvXaQ?si=Rf3N3Bhz7sZb7-kO To get in touch withn us, please email leila@libraryofmistakes.com or fraser@libraryofmistakes.com Produced by Fraser Allen and Leila Johnston.","meta_description":"In the latest Shelf Life, we begin with a clip of Russell Napier speaking at this year's Mistake Of The Year awards at the Library of Mistakes - you can s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2562,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-library-of-mistakes-4813866/episodes/ep-50-the-weekend-of-mistakes-with-alice-sherwood-paul-greatbatch-shelf-life-10/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-library-of-mistakes-4813866/ep-50-the-weekend-of-mistakes-with-alice-sherwood-paul-greatbatch-shelf-life-10.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}