The LRB Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

Robert Hanks on the pleasures and pains of putting things off. Read Robert Hanks in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hankspod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Barnes on Van Gogh. Read Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the rise of the Houthis in Yemen. Read Gaith Abdul-Ahad: https://lrb.me/abdulahadyt Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Hilary Mantel reads her short story, ‘The School of English’. Read Hilary Mantel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/mantelyt Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his 2015 Winter Lecture, Tariq Ali argues that we are living in the twilight period of democracy. Read more Tariq Ali in the LRB: https://lrb.me/tariqalipod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her 2015 Winter Lecture, Marina Warner shows how higher education in the UK has been betrayed. Read more Marina Warner in the LRB: https://lrb.me/warnerpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his 2015 Winter Lecture, Adam Phillips reflects on the ways we hate ourselves. Read more by Adam Phillips in the LRB: https://lrb.me/phillipspod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Pomerantsev on images and myths of Maidan. Read more by 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.

Rosemary Hill on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan. Read more 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.

Owen Bennett-Jones on the messengers that paved the way for the Northern Ireland peace process. Read more by Owen Bennett-Jones in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettjonespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett on what he did in 2014. Read more 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.

James Meek on the British army’s eight years in Afghanistan. Read more 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.

T.J. Clark comes face to face with Rembrandt. Read more T.J. Clark in the LRB: lrb.me/tjclarkpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett read this sermon on private educations before the University, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, 1 June 2014. Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB: lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary Beard reflects on the way women are heard – and have been heard – in public, from Homer’s Odyssey through Margaret Thatcher to internet trolls. Read more Mary Beard in the LRB: lrb.me/beardpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew O’Hagan spent six months with Julian Assange helping him write his autobiography, though in the event Assange didn’t want the book published. O’Hagan speaks about those six months for the first time. Read more 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.

James Wood explores the estrangement of voluntary emigration: the puzzling sense of losing the country you leave and failing to find another. Homelessness, in a word. Read more James Wood in the LRB: lrb.me/jameswoodpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett reluctantly pays some overdue bills. Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB: lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny Turner on Penelope Fitzgerald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Shatz on the life and death of Juliano Mer-Khamis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew O’Hagan remembers Norman Mailer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In August, as Australian politicians hung tough on asylum seekers, the Melbourne Writers Festival asked Jeremy Harding how far governments can patrol migration. With grateful acknowledgments to the Alan Missen Foundation and Liberty Victoria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.