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
Feb 18, 2016 • 1h 22min
James Meek: Robin Hood in a Time of Austerity
James Meek asks how, in a time of austerity economics, we define the robber and the robbed, in his LRB Winter Lecture delivered at the British Museum.Read James Meek in the LRB: https://lrb.me/meekpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 7, 2016 • 25min
Alan Bennett: What I Did in 2015
Alan Bennett works the line, in his LRB Diary for 2015.Read 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 3, 2015 • 19min
David Runciman: Thatcher in Her Bubble
David Runciman on Margaret Thatcher.Read 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.
Nov 5, 2015 • 13min
Chaohua Wang: Beijing locks up its lawyers
Chaohua Wang on justice in China.Read Chaohua Wang in the LRB: https://lrb.me/chaohuawangpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 23, 2015 • 13min
Andrew O'Hagan: At Tottenham Court Road
Andrew O'Hagan crosses the road.Read Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 9, 2015 • 10min
Robert Hanks: On Putting Things Off
Robert Hanks on the pleasures and pains of putting things off.Read Robert Hanks in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hankspodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 29, 2015 • 23min
Julian Barnes: Selfie with ‘Sunflowers’
Julian Barnes on Van Gogh.Read Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2015 • 9min
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: In Sanaa
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the rise of the Houthis in Yemen.Read Gaith Abdul-Ahad: https://lrb.me/abdulahadytSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2015 • 43min
The Killing of Osama bin Laden: Seymour Hersh talks to Christian Lorentzen
Seymour Hersh talks to Christian Lorentzen about his pieces for the LRB, collected in a new book, The Killing of Osama bin Laden.Read Seymour Hersh in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hershpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2015 • 1h 1min
Hilary Mantel: ‘The School of English’, a story
Hilary Mantel reads her short story, ‘The School of English’.Read Hilary Mantel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/mantelytSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
