We chat to Alex Beard, CEO of the Royal Opera House who has a CBE for his services to the arts. From classics to finance and finding his true calling, we talk leadership, the Tate, new audiences for opera and ballet and controversy! Books: The Iliad by Homer The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada Chosen track: Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner. Experience the wonder Alex felt as a child with this as his first taste of opera! Date recorded: 30/05/19 at the Royal Opera House, London.

Thank you for listening! We hope you've enjoyed the podcasts and while it's goodbye from the Design Cohort, we hope NMiTE students continue to record more stories and advice from brilliant guests. Thanks to all our guests and the Design Cohort contributors: Belle Batkin, Meg de Bell, Henry Dangerfield, Whizz Ettinger, Chanel Goodman, Megan Lane, Morgan Poole, Archie Sale, Sophia Stevens, Meg Thomas, Geena Ware, Sam Whitby, Anna Yeomans. Music from Like Radio, BGM Production Music, iTunes.

We talk to former Managing Director of BP, Co-Chairman of Eurotunnel and member of the ICI Main Board, Sir Robert Malpas. We cover human progress, creativity in engineering, living and working in different countries and leadership. Books: 1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 2. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and the stage musical 3. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 4. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond Chosen track: Alexander Hamilton, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton Contact us: [email protected] @nmite_ac Find us, nmite hereford, on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Publications mentioned: 1. The Universe of Engineering - A UK Perspective (2000) - RAEng/Engineering Council Working Group under Sir Robert Malpas' chairmanship 2. Energy for Planet Earth (1991) - Sir Robert Malpas, Date recorded: 24/05/19

We talk radical ideas, astrophysics, misinformation and education with Quest University's Founding Faculty member and former President. Play: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. Books: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens and A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age by David Helfand. David's chosen track: "...given my speech tendency and my identification with Mr Pickwick, perhaps 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General' from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance". Contact us: [email protected] @nmite_ac Find us, nmite hereford, on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Date recorded: 24/05/19

We chat to Greg James from BBC Radio 1 and Chris Smith, live from the Hay Festival! Crazy ideas, presenting radio with a hen on your head and success and fulfilment - what more could you want from a podcast?! Listen out for a hit song which could be the new Welsh anthem…. Recorded: 31/05/19 Contact us: [email protected] @nmite_ac Find us, nmite hereford, on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.

Live from the Hay Festival with TV presenter, author and walking enthusiast, Kate Humble! We talk about outdoor education, success and fulfilment and her book, Thinking on My Feet. Contact us: [email protected] @nmite_ac Find us, nmite hereford, on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Date recorded: 31/05/19