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
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Jul 18, 2017 • 28min
Panthers in Algiers: Jeremy Harding talks to Elaine Mokhtefi
Elaine Mokhtefi tells Jeremy Harding about her time working in Algeria in the 1960s when she met Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 28, 2017 • 20min
Rosemary Hill: Ida John
‘Bohemia was never a safe country for women. If they didn’t all die of consumption in a garret, many of them might as well have done’ – Rosemary Hill on the letters of Ida John.Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 21, 2017 • 19min
Andrew O'Hagan: Dacre’s Paper
‘It’s like the drunken lout at a party who can’t get anyone to like him.’ Andrew O’Hagan reads the Daily Mail.Read more by Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: lrb.me/ohaganpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 5, 2017 • 52min
The Corbyn Project: Tom Crewe talks to Lorna Finlayson
Tom Crewe talks to Lorna Finlayson about Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s prospects in the general election and beyond.Read more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: lrb.me/crewepodRead more by Lorna Finlayson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/finlaysonpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17, 2017 • 30min
Karma Nabulsi: Snitching on Students
‘Once you start seeing everyday behaviour as having the potential to draw people into terrorism, you’re inside the problem’ – Karma Nabulsi on the British government’s Prevent programme.Read more by Karma Nabulsi in the LRB: https://lrb.me/nabulsipodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2017 • 1h
Close Readings: On Philip Larkin
Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the work of Philip Larkin, drawing on articles from our archive by contributors including Alan Bennett, Barbara Everett and John Bayley.You can find a reading list of pieces mentioned in this episode here: https://lrb.me/philiplarkinpodSubscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 27, 2017 • 33min
Julian Barnes: People Will Hate Us Again
Julian Barnes on Georges Simenon and Brexit.Read more by Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2017 • 59min
The Syrian War: Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis
Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis about the war in Syria.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.
Apr 12, 2017 • 36min
Talking Politics: John Lanchester talks to David Runciman
David Runciman talks to John Lanchester about banks, Europe and technology in this latest collaboration with Talking Politics.Read John Lanchester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/lanchesterpodRead David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2017 • 50min
Iain Sinclair: The Last London
Iain Sinclair delivers his lecture on ‘The Last London’ at the British Museum, as part of the LRB’s Winter Lecture series.Read more by Iain Sinclair in the LRB: https://lrb.me/sinclairpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
