London Review of Books3 个月
Streisand’s Way
Singing, acting, directing, writing: Barbra Streisand always insisted on doing it her way. Malin Hay, who recently reviewed Streisand’s 992-page autobiography, joins Tom to discuss her performances on ...
London Review of Books9 个月
The Shoah After Gaza
Your browser does not support the audio element. Pankaj Mishra joins Adam Shatz to discuss his recent LRB Winter Lecture, in which he explores Israel’s ...
London Review of Books1 年
Life in Kyiv
Almost eighteen months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Kyiv residents have resumed something resembling pre-war life. James Meek recently returned to the city, and joins Tom to discuss the new normal: ...
London Review of Books3 天
The LRB Podcast
In the second of three conversations about the crisis in the Middle East, recorded shortly before the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was reported, Yezid Sayigh talks to Adam Shatz about why he ...
London Review of Books4 天
Close Readings
In the preface to the Decameron Boccaccio describes Florentine society laid waste by bubonic plague in the mid-14th century. But before he gets to that he has a confession for the reader: he has been ...
London Review of Books2 年
China's Gold Rush Migrants
Andrew Liu talks to Tom about the Chinese workers who followed the gold rush to California, Australia and South Africa, the racial stereotypes about them promoted by local politicians, and their role ...
London Review of Books2 年
Grief Totalitarianism
As Britain acquires a new king and new prime minister, and ordinary people are arrested for expressing dislike of the royal family, James Butler and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite join Tom to consider ...
London Review of Books1 年
Sisters Come Second
In his introduction to our twelfth LRB Collection, Sisters Come Second, Colm Tóibín writes that most siblings dream of being only children. Malin Hay explores this idea with Colm and Andrew O’Hagan, ...
London Review of Books3 年
The Colour Line in the Americas
Your browser does not support the audio element. Hazel Carby talks to Adam Shatz about the increasing nationalisation of racial histories, and the way African ...
London Review of Books6 个月
Labour’s Big Win
John Lanchester, Tom Crewe and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite join James Butler to dissect Keir Starmer's victory and the historic collapse of the Conservative Party. They discuss what the result ...
London Review of Books3 天
Diary From the Pandemic Year
In this episode of the LRB podcast, Neal Ascherson talks to Thomas Jones about his recent piece on the journalist Claud Cockburn and about his own life and career, from his time as propaganda ...
London Review of Books2 年
Mix Tapes and Flash Cubes
Andrew O’Hagan talks to Tom about the power of defunct objects, from the life-enhancing gadgets of his childhood to Seamus Heaney’s fax machine, and the role lost things play in fiction. In this ...