London Review Podcasts

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/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/hillpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ferdinand Mount on how India was governed strictly for the benefit of Britain.Read more by Ferdinand Mount in the LRB: lrb.me/mountpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/daviespodRead more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: https://lrb.me/crewepodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elaine Mokhtefi tells Jeremy Harding about her time working in Algeria in the 1960s when she met Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/hillpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/ohaganpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/crewepodRead more by Lorna Finlayson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/finlaysonpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/nabulsipodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julian Barnes on Georges Simenon and Brexit.Read more by Julian Barnes in the LRB: lrb.me/barnespodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis about the war in Syria.Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: https://lrb.me/shatzpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/lanchesterpodRead David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/sinclairpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Beard delivers her lecture ‘Women in Power’ at the British Museum.Read Mary Beard in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beardpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/beardpodRead David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2016.Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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/bergerpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Frederick Seidel reads his poem ‘In Late December’.Read Frederck Seidel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/seidelpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.