The LRB Podcast

‘Instead of shaking all over, I read the newspapers. I listened to the radio. I had my lunch.’ Colm Tóibín reads his account of being treated for cancer. Read more by Colm Tóibín in the LRB archive: lrb.me/colmtoibinpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett puts on a new play and finds himself on someone’s arm, in his 2018 diary. Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosemary Hill explores frock consciousness in life and literature in her LRB Winter Lecture, delivered at the British Museum. Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hillpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linda Colley argues that the prospect of Brexit makes history more important than ever in her LRB Winter Lecture, delivered at the British Museum. Read more by Linda Colley in the LRB: https://lrb.me/colleypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anne Enright delivers her Winter Lecture on the corruptions of the Adam and Eve story in her LRB Winter Lecture, delivered at the British Museum. Read more by Anne Enright in the LRB: https://lrb.me/enrightpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Toby Jones reads John Lanchester’s ghost story. Read more from John Lanchester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/lanchesterpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett finds his métier at last in 2017. Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/lloydparrypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/hillpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ferdinand Mount on how India was governed strictly for the benefit of Britain. Read more by Ferdinand Mount in the LRB: lrb.me/mountpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies talks to Tom Crewe about politics in the new media age. Read more by William Davies in the LRB: https://lrb.me/daviespod Read more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: https://lrb.me/crewepod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

‘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/hillpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘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/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/crewepod Read more by Lorna Finlayson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/finlaysonpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘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/nabulsipod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/philiplarkinpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Barnes on Georges Simenon and Brexit. Read more by Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis about the war in Syria. Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: https://lrb.me/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/lanchesterpod Read David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/sinclairpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary Beard delivers her lecture ‘Women in Power’ at the British Museum. Read Mary Beard in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beardpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of our ongoing and occasional collaboration with the Talking Politics podcast, David Runciman talks to Mary Beard about women in power. Read Mary Beard in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beardpod Read David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily Witt goes to the Burning Man gathering in Nevada, from our 17 July 2014 issue. Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2016. Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark John Berger’s 90th birthday, the London Review Bookshop and Verso Books organised a discussion of his work with Mike Dibb, Yasmin Gunaratnam and Tom Overton, hosted by Gareth Evans. Read John Berger in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bergerpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frederick Seidel reads his poem ‘In Late December’. Read Frederck Seidel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/seidelpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hal Foster reviews the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Tate Modern. Read Hal Foster in the LRB: https://lrb.me/fosterpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan Pedersen on the birth of ‘International Relations’. Read Susan Pedersen in the LRB: https://lrb.me/pedersenpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary-Kay Wilmers, Andrew O’Hagan and Ben Eastham talk to Sarah Howe about ‘Long-Form Essays in the Digital Age’. Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Read Mary-Kay Wilmers in the LRB: https://lrb.me/wilmerspod Read Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Lanchester on the implications of the UK’s EU referendum. Read John Lanchester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/lanchesterpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavin Francis observes the autopsy of a man pulled from a river. Read Gavin Francis in the LRB: https://lrb.me/francispod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew O'Hagan watches Craig Wright show Gavin Andresen, one of the most respected bitcoin core developers, that he holds the Satoshi key. Read Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frederick Seidel reads his poem ‘Trump for President!’. Read Frederick Seidel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/seidelpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Pomerantsev remembers his time in the 'English section' at the European School in Munich. Read Peter Pomerantsev in the LRB: https://lrb.me/pomerantsevpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Naomi Klein examines how Edward Said’s ideas of racial hierarchy, including Orientalism, have long been the silent partners to climate change. Read Naomi Klein in the LRB: https://lrb.me/kleinpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colm Tóibín on the story of Easter 1916. Read Colm Tóibín in the LRB: https://lrb.me/toibinpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Hope on Giorgione, 'a sort of Venetian counterpart to Leonardo'. Read Charles Hope in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hopepod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Bell discusses Delacroix and his heirs. Read Julian Bell in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bellpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frances Stonor Saunders examines the crossing of borders, in her LRB Winter Lecture delivered at the British Museum. Read Frances Stonor Saunders in the LRB: https://lrb.me/stonorsaundersod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/meekpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett works the line, in his LRB Diary for 2015. Read Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Runciman on Margaret Thatcher. Read David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chaohua Wang on justice in China. Read Chaohua Wang in the LRB: https://lrb.me/chaohuawangpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew O'Hagan crosses the road. Read Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.