Podcast Episodes

Muhammad, Cervantes and the Algarve

Tariq Ali talks to Thomas Jones about a newly reissued biography of the Prophet by Maxime Rodinson, and the historic prevalence of Arabic culture in …

4 years, 10 months ago

Art Spiegelman: Collapsing Time

The legendary cartoonist talks to Thomas Jones about his latest book, Street Cop, a collaboration with Robert Coover, and looks back on previous work…

4 years, 10 months ago

Alan Bennett: Diary From the Pandemic Year

Alan Bennett reads selections from his diary from March 2020 to March 2021.

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4 years, 10 months ago

Crisis in Israel-Palestine

Adam Shatz talks to Tareq Baconi and Henriette Chacar about the crisis in Israel-Palestine, the significance of the ceasefire, the context of the war…

4 years, 10 months ago

Ancient Greek Horoscopy

Claire Hall talks to Thomas Jones about Ancient Greek horoscopy, the Ptolemaic model, the mysteries of the Antikythera mechanism, and why astrology w…

4 years, 10 months ago

The Global Water Crisis

Rosa Lyster talks to Thomas Jones about the global water crisis, from the severe droughts in her home city of Cape Town, to the sinking of Mexico Cit…

4 years, 11 months ago

The Greensill Scandal

Peter Geoghegan talks to Thomas Jones about the Greensill lobbying scandal, the refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s flat, the unhealthy relationship bet…

4 years, 11 months ago

Blind Spots

Jesse McCarthy talks to Adam Shatz about his studies of Black diasporic culture, from Juan de Pareja to Audre Lorde, and his critique of Ta-Nehisi Co…

4 years, 11 months ago

Abbess, Editor, CEO

Irina Dumitrescu talks to Thomas Jones about female authorship in early medieval England, and how the power and freedom that (some) women had in the …

4 years, 11 months ago

The Cargo Ship Business

John Lanchester talks to Thomas Jones about his experience of being on a cargo ship blocked from entering the Suez Canal in 1967, his subsequent jour…

5 years ago