The LRB Podcast
The London Review of Books
The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more.Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 4, 2018 • 45min
Alan Bennett: Diary for 2017
Alan Bennett finds his métier at last in 2017.Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2017 • 1h 8min
The Defectors: Richard Lloyd Parry talks to Krys Lee
In the latest instalment of the LRB podcast, recorded in Seoul, Richard Lloyd Parry talks to the Korean-American novelist Krys Lee about Christianity, plastic surgery and mutual incomprehension in the Korean borderlands.Read more by Richard Lloyd Parry in the LRB; https://lrb.me/lloydparrypodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 6, 2017 • 16min
Jane Campbell: ‘Cat-Brushing’, a story
Jane Campbell reads a story about dispossession in paradise.Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 2, 2017 • 12min
Lucy Prebble: Harvey Weinstein
Lucy Prebble describes meeting Harvey Weinstein.Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2017 • 52min
Absolute Revolt: Adam Shatz talks to Olivier Roy, part 2
In the second part of their conversation, Olivier Roy and Adam Shatz discuss the deculturation of Islam, and why it has led to the radicalisation of so many second-generation immigrants and converts.Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: lrb.me/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 10, 2017 • 50min
Living Orients: Adam Shatz talks to Olivier Roy, part 1
In the first of two podcasts, Olivier Roy tells Adam Shatz about his experiences with the Gauche prolétarienne in the 1960s and his early travels in Afghanistan.Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: lrb.me/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2017 • 49min
Don’t learn shorthand: Rosemary Hill talks to Carmen Callil
Carmen Callil, writer, editor and founder of Virago, tells Rosemary Hill how she made her way in 1960s London.Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 6, 2017 • 37min
Ferdinand Mount: Staffing the Raj
Ferdinand Mount on how India was governed strictly for the benefit of Britain.Read more by Ferdinand Mount in the LRB: lrb.me/mountpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2017 • 60min
Trump is the Boot Man: Adam Shatz talks to Wallace Shawn
Writer and actor Wallace Shawn talks to Adam Shatz about ‘the thin line between entertainment and cruelty’ in the age of Trump.Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: https://lrb.me/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 1, 2017 • 55min
Post-Press Politics: Tom Crewe talks to William Davies
William Davies talks to Tom Crewe about politics in the new media age.Read more by William Davies in the LRB: https://lrb.me/daviespodRead more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: https://lrb.me/crewepodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
