Misha Glenny

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1,378 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Sep

Misha Glenny’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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In Our Time · Seashells · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

I didn't know up until quite recently, but it really is extraordinary. voice-verified

And maybe we'll talk also about what the function of colours are in shells a little later on as well. voice-verified

Thank you, Suzanne. voice-verified

Helen Scales, lots of us will be thinking of things like ammonites and those swirling spirals. voice-verified

What is that shape, the spiral? voice-verified

Why does it crop up so often in shells? voice-verified

Is there some, I mean, is it particularly efficient? voice-verified

Is it... voice-verified

Because we're talking about spirals, this might be the place to introduce poor Jeremy, the very lonely snail. voice-verified

Why was Jeremy a lonely snail? voice-verified

Who was he and what happened to him? voice-verified

And I gather, although he died soon after, he did witness the birth of his offspring. voice-verified

Liz Harper, can you tell us about Mother of Pearl and why it's so beautiful and why some shells have it? voice-verified

Why would they discard something so useful as nacre, mother of pearl? voice-verified

Thank you, Liz. voice-verified

Suzanne, back to colour, which we were talking about before. voice-verified

Why do they produce these magnificent different colours, shapes, structures and so on, but in particular colours? voice-verified

What, the shells themselves or the mollusks inside? voice-verified

You mean amongst mollusks themselves? voice-verified

Hold it. voice-verified

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