This is an excellent 30 minute radio programme/podcast. Since most people I suspect won't have 30 minutes to listen to it all, the programme finishes on an inte

This is an excellent 30 minute radio programme/podcast. Since most people I suspect won't have 30 minutes to listen to it all, the programme finishes on an interesting note. There is a cultural stereotype that Chinese schooling places a higher value on memorisation of facts, compared to liberal Western education systems which prioritise understanding over rote learning. So these memorisation techniques and competitions are painted as a difference in education values. But as one of the "memory athletes" says, the techniques of memory training are not rote learning, but inherently creative. He goes on to explain why. There's much more in the programme including how to create a "memory palace".