Episodios

  • 3. My Blind Kung Fu Master

    3. My Blind Kung Fu Master
    Sep 29 2025
    This is the tale of my studies with a blind kung fu teacher when I was a teenager in my hometown in England.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    12 m
  • 2. Chess - Nerds, AI & Beating Anyone in 12 Moves

    2. Chess - Nerds, AI & Beating Anyone in 12 Moves
    Sep 21 2025
    I was pretty good at chess as a boy and I found myself admitted to a stuffy, tense world of old men and nerds, slowly bneing driven mad by the ticking of a chess clock.


    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
    Más Menos
    13 m
  • 1. Sufi stories of Rumi

    1. Sufi stories of Rumi
    Sep 17 2025
    Rumi, the 13th century Sufi mystic is one of the most read poets in the world and his work is a tapestry of stories, imagery, insights and the odd lewd tale.
    Come with me on a tour of his stories and hear about how I went looking for Sufis in the mountains of Iran..

    (more stories like that in my book, Hand to Mouth to India, about hitchhiking from England to India when I was 20..)

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
    Más Menos
    20 m
  • What is Telling Stories about?

    What is Telling Stories about?
    Sep 15 2025
    An introduction to my new podcast, Telling Stories.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
    Más Menos
    6 m