Bonnie Tsui On Muscle

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Journalist, author and life-long athlete Bonnie Tsui is fascinated by muscle: how it looks; what it does, and how we think about it. Her curiosity led her to the meat of her new book, On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters, which explores the world of muscle from five different perspectives: strength; form; action; flexibility, and endurance. Jen chats to Bonnie about the nature and narrative of muscle, perceptions around strength, and taking a look under the proverbial bonnet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The world around us is moving at incredible speed and at times the pace of change can feel really overwhelming.
0:07.3	Don't you think?
0:08.8	I'm Stephanie von Bismarck, an activist, author, and digital educator.
0:13.9	How Do We Manage is my new series where I sit down with global experts, thoughtleasers and trailblazers to explore how we navigate this fast-moving worlds.
0:25.7	So if you've ever found yourself wondering how we manage all this change, let's find out together.
0:41.6	Standard issue for all women.
0:48.1	Hello, Jen here to welcome you to the last day of the podcasting week and today's slice of ear fodder,
0:51.1	in which I talk to journalist and author Bonnie Tsui.
0:56.7	But before I tell you all about that, let me tell you about what is coming up next week.
1:02.5	No interview on Monday because we're busy, lads, but it'll be me again, you lucky beggars on Tuesday,
1:11.7	chatting to Leah Harvey and Sarah Harrick, respectively, the lead actor and producer and writer and director of new short film Solas United,
1:16.1	which is, lads, about a grassroots football team and is a cracking watch.
1:21.7	On Wednesday, it's rated or dated and Hannah's picked early naughty's boring boys at university classic 1995's Le'un. Get ready for more of that golden pronunciation.
1:27.4	There's no BT on Thursday because of
1:29.3	aforementioned busyness but the gang are back together again on Friday for a brand new
1:34.6	outside the box can I squeeze in an ITV drama before then we'll see back to today and
1:41.1	bonnie troy who I chat to you about her new book on muscle, the stuff that moves us and why it matters.
1:46.9	A fascinating insight into the world of muscle from five different perspectives, strength, form, action, flexibility and endurance.
1:54.9	We talk about what intrigues Bonnie so much about the stuff that moves us, perceptions around strength, and taking a look
2:02.8	under the proverbial bonnet. I love chatting to Bonnie, and I hope you enjoy listening.
2:10.7	I am joined by a journalist and author, Bonnie Tsui, who is here today to speak to me about her new book on muscle, the stuff that moves us and why it matters.
2:21.9	Bonnie, thank you very much for joining me.
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