Podcast Episodes

The Hayek Puzzle

Long before Margaret Thatcher told her cabinet that The Constitution of Liberty was “what we believe”, neoliberal poster boy Friedrich Hayek had been…

3 years, 2 months ago

Climate, Politics and Procreation: Loretta J. Ross

In the first episode of a four-part series exploring the intersection of climate chaos and reproductive justice, Meehan Crist talks to activist and f…

3 years, 2 months ago

The Woman Who Interviewed Hitler

In 1939, Dorothy Thompson was on the cover of Time, the ‘First Lady of American journalism’ and a major celebrity. By 1945, she’d been widely dismiss…

3 years, 2 months ago

What do management consultants do?

Laleh Khalili, a former management consultant, talks to Tom about how firms such as McKinsey, Accenture and Bain go about their business, the consequ…

3 years, 3 months ago

How to Choose the Greatest Film of All Time

Michael Wood talks to Malin Hay about the recent list from Sight and Sound of the ‘greatest films of all time’ (in which he voted), and what consider…

3 years, 3 months ago

Alan Bennett: Diary for 2022

Alan Bennett reads his 2022 diary (with some extra bits), in which he buys his dad a violin, goes to Venice with a goat, and tries to make the queen …

3 years, 3 months ago

After the Midterms

Thomas B. Edsall, a columnist for the New York Times, talks to Adam Shatz about the landscape of US politics following the recent elections. They con…

3 years, 4 months ago

Introducing Among the Ancients

Listen to a sample from the first episode of our twelve-part Close Readings series, Among the Ancients, with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones, which we'…

3 years, 4 months ago

The Dahl Factory

Roald Dahl's key skill, as Colin Burrow puts it, 'was his ability to repress nastiness while keeping it visible'. 

Following his review of a new biogr…

3 years, 4 months ago

Introducing Medieval Beginnings

Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley return with a new twelve-part Close Readings series, Medieval Beginnings, exploring the strange and wonderful lit…

3 years, 4 months ago