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A Message and a Poem
This week's discussion, with Laleh Khalili, will be out on Thursday. In the meantime, here's Jorie Graham reading her latest poem for the LRB, 'One t…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Climate Colossus
Geoff Mann talks to James Butler about the economic models developed by William Nordhaus and others, widely used by governments around the world as a…
4 years, 2 months ago
Morocco's Secret Prisons
Jeremy Harding talks to Tom about the long and repressive reign of King Hassan II of Morocco, as described in a new book by Aziz BineBine, who suffer…
4 years, 2 months ago
John McGahern’s Letters
Colm Tóibín talks to Tom about the life and work of the novelist John McGahern through his recently published correspondence, which includes letters …
4 years, 2 months ago
Anti-Vax Sentiments
Rivka Galchen talks to Tom about two recent books on the history of vaccine opposition and reluctance, from smallpox to covid, including the role of …
4 years, 2 months ago
Myself with Others: Claudia Roden
In the third and final guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself with Others, food writer Claudia Roden talks to Adam Shatz about her early lif…
4 years, 2 months ago
Myself with Others: James Lasdun
In this second guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself with Others, novelist, memoirist and poet James Lasdun talks to Adam Shatz about his t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Myself with Others: Margo Jefferson
In the first of three guest episodes from a new podcast, Myself with Others, hosted by Adam Shatz, writer and critic Margo Jefferson talks about her …
4 years, 3 months ago
Alan Bennett: Diary for 2021
Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2021, in which he falls over Philip Roth, changes the course of English history, and considers selling his har on eB…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Omicron Wave
John Lanchester and Rupert Beale talk to Tom about the spread of the latest variant, where we might stand in the story of Covid, and the failures of …
4 years, 4 months ago