
Little Atoms
A Podcast about Ideas and Culture
Neil Denny
Show overview
Little Atoms has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 720 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 440 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 41 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 79 episodes published. Published by Neil Denny.
From the publisher
Little Atoms is a weekly show about books, with authors in conversation. Produced and presented by Neil Denny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest Episodes
View all 720 episodesLittle Atoms Archive - Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait
Little Atoms Archive - Robert Harris' Act of Oblivion
Little Atoms Archive - Madeline Miller's Circe
Little Atoms Archive - Laura Cumming's Thunderclap
Little Atoms Archive - Mark O'Connell's A Thread of Violence
Little Atoms Archive - Yiyun Li's The Book of Goose
Little Atoms Archive - Kevin Barry's The Heart In Winter
Little Atoms Archive - Lauren Groff's Matrix
Little Atoms Archive - Bret Easton Ellis' the Shards
Little Atoms Archive - Alice Winn's In Memoriam
Little Atoms Archive - Adrian Chiles' The Good Drinker
Little Atoms 1001 - Ann Patchett's Whistler
Little Atoms 1000 - Douglas Stuart's John of John
Little Atoms 999 - Daniel Lavelle's Chasing Aliens
Little Atoms 998 - Daniel Trilling's If We Tolerate This
Little Atoms 997 - Claire Fuller's Hunger and Thirst
Little Atoms 996 - Richard Byrne's Beauty Doesn't Reach Me
Little Atoms 995 - Angela Tomaski's The Infamous Gilberts
Little Atoms 994 - Sian Hughes' No Such Thing As Monday

Little Atoms 993 - Elizabeth Arnott's The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
Elizabeth Arnott is an award-winning writer and journalist and has written critically acclaimed historical fiction as Lizzie Pook. Her work has featured in publications including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Stylist. On today’s episode of Little Atoms, she talks to Neil Denny about her new novel The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.