Simon O'Hagan's guest appearances

Simon O'Hagan

Podcast Radio Hour

Fingers On Buzzers

Talking With Noor

Richard Herring

Isy Suttie

Angela Barnes

Clare Balding

Stephen Fry

Jon Ronson

Sofie Hagen

Alex Blumberg

Neil Gaiman

Cariad Lloyd

Jay Rayner

Tim Dowling

Emily Maitlis

Rick Edwards

Nikesh Shukla

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Quiz isn’t just a mind sport, it’s a mind game – Lucy and Jenny discuss the psychology of quizzing. How do you prepare mentally and physically to succeed in your quizzing exploits? Can you drink and quiz?We chat to Jack Yeo, who has turned his obsession with TV quiz shows into a career behind the scenes in game show development – he tells us about that, and how his analysis of statistics means he knows the best tactics for contestants to take on The Chase.Our second guest is journalist Simon O’Hagan, who tells us about the challenges of setting the weekly quiz for the Independent magazine, the joy of finding great questions, and the art of writing an interesting and fun quiz.The Quiz Syllabus topics today are designed to really challenge each other on our weaker areas. Lucy poses some stumpers on Battles, while Jenny sets questions on Sporting Trophies.Get in touch: Facebook / Twitter @FingersBuzzers / fingersbuzzers@gmail.comProduced by: Amanda RedmanArtwork by: Brendan AppletonMusic by: Justin Edwards &amp; Kevin MacLeod (Happy, Happy Game Show), Mad Moments Go (The Winner).Voice Over: Pete Donaldson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quiz isn’t just a mind sport, it’s a mind game – Lucy and Jenny discuss the psychology of quizzing. How do you prepare mentally and physically to succeed in your quizzing exploits? Can you drink and quiz?We chat to Jack Yeo, who has turned his obsession with TV quiz shows into a career behind the scenes in game show development – he tells us about that, and how his analysis of statistics means he knows the best tactics for contestants to take on The Chase.Our second guest is journalist Simon O’Hagan, who tells us about the challenges of setting the weekly quiz for the Independent magazine, the joy of finding great questions, and the art of writing an interesting and fun quiz.The Quiz Syllabus topics today are designed to really challenge each other on our weaker areas. Lucy poses some stumpers on Battles, while Jenny sets questions on Sporting Trophies.Get in touch: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fingersbuzzers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/FingersBuzzers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @FingersBuzzers</a> / <a href="mailto:fingersbuzzers@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">fingersbuzzers@gmail.com</a>Produced by: <a href="https://twitter.com/amandakredman" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Redman</a>Artwork by: Brendan AppletonMusic by: Justin Edwards &amp; Kevin MacLeod (Happy, Happy Game Show), Mad Moments Go (The Winner).Voice Over: <a href="https://twitter.com/petedonaldson" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pete Donaldson</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

06 Simon O'Hagan & You had me at “Chase spreadsheet”

Made for 4 Extra. Host Amanda Litherland is joined by Simon O'Hagan who picks his favourite literary podcasts: Backlisted and Freedom, Books, Flowers and the Moon from the TLS.

Simon O'Hagan: Backlisted and Freedom, Books, Flowers & The Moon

Amanda Litherland is joined by Simon O'Hagan from the Radio Times to recommend some favourite podcasts.Featuring investigative journalism podcast The Tip Off and photographic podcast Everyone Else, produced by Eva Krysiak who comes in for a chat.

Amanda Litherland is joined by Simon O'Hagan from the Radio Times to recommend some favourite podcasts. Featuring investigative journalism podcast The Tip Off and photographic podcast Everyone Else, produced by Eva Krysiak who comes in for a chat.

Simon O'Hagan: 'Everyone Else' and 'The Tip Off'