Greg Jenner

Study that lemon and write a book about it. Right, exactly.

And so when he's there, he describes 500 species of animal. He's looking at plants as well. Yeah, but it was easier back then. There was so much, nothing had been described.

And so when he's there, he describes 500 species of animal. He's looking at plants as well. Yeah, but it was easier back then. There was so much, nothing had been described.

And extinction is an idea that isn't really rediscovered until the 18th century.

And extinction is an idea that isn't really rediscovered until the 18th century.

You think he's got a wristwatch? You think it is?

You think he's got a wristwatch? You think it is?

I knew you'd make it weird. I didn't think it would be this far in.

I knew you'd make it weird. I didn't think it would be this far in.

Yeah. He's on Les Boss. He's doing all this. He's having a great time. He's written stuff. And then suddenly he gets a job offer. Oh, dear. From a man called Philip of Macedon. He was in the king business. And Philip says, I've got a kid over here. Bit of a brat. Could you teach him? And the kid's name is? Alexander the Great. Not yet great. Not yet great.

Yeah. He's on Les Boss. He's doing all this. He's having a great time. He's written stuff. And then suddenly he gets a job offer. Oh, dear. From a man called Philip of Macedon. He was in the king business. And Philip says, I've got a kid over here. Bit of a brat. Could you teach him? And the kid's name is? Alexander the Great. Not yet great. Not yet great.

The brat. So he's the heir to the throne. He's the son of Philip's fourth wife, Olympias. Complicated court politics, murder, poison, intrigue. Absolutely. You never know you're going to survive through adulthood. And Aristotle gets the gig and he decides to go. Why? Why?

The brat. So he's the heir to the throne. He's the son of Philip's fourth wife, Olympias. Complicated court politics, murder, poison, intrigue. Absolutely. You never know you're going to survive through adulthood. And Aristotle gets the gig and he decides to go. Why? Why?

So you think he's a threat?

So you think he's a threat?

Because Alexander is told, you don't have to be a philosopher, but please do listen to the philosophers, which feels like a compromise. Like, OK, all right, you're not going to be a philosopher. I get it. But can you at least listen to them? Well, he would have definitely taught him ethics, politics and rhetoric.

Because Alexander is told, you don't have to be a philosopher, but please do listen to the philosophers, which feels like a compromise. Like, OK, all right, you're not going to be a philosopher. I get it. But can you at least listen to them? Well, he would have definitely taught him ethics, politics and rhetoric.

So rhetoric is speech-making.

So rhetoric is speech-making.

But he doesn't put names to it usually. It's aged 48 that we get Aristotle returning to Athens. And he's lived life by this point. He has written a new constitution. He's fallen in love. He's become a new dad. He's been widowed. He's invented zoology. He's invented marine biology. He's tutored a trust fund brat and survived the most dangerous blaze in the world. And he's gone back home to Athens.