E89 - Howard Burton. Exploring how chess has impacted the world with an author and filmmaker

Howard Burton is our 89th guest to the show. He is a documentary filmmaker, author of 6 books and co-founder of the award-winning multimedia initiative Ideas Roadshow. He is the creator/director of a brand-new 4-part series, Through the Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration, which examines the remarkable impact of chess on culture, art, science, and sport. An accompanying book of "Chessays" was recently published which is a collection of thought-provoking essays on a wide range of chess-related issues which Howard encountered while being a “tourist” in the chess world. Howard holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy and was the Founding Director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Find out more about the Ideas Roadshow and films here: https://ideasroadshow.com/chess/ Ideas Roadshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdeasRoadshow Ideas Roadshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IdeasRoadshow/ Ideas Roadshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideas-roadshow/ Ideas Roadshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ideas_roadshow/ Irena’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irena-burton-25512788/ Howard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-burton/