The LRB Podcast

Weekly conversations drawn from the pages of the LRB, with hosts Thomas Jones, Adam Shatz and Malin Hay.

The LRB at 40: Women in Fiction

Nell Dunn, Tessa Hadley and Joanna Biggs, 6 November 2024

17 October 2019 · 53mins

Nell Dunn and Tessa Hadley talk to Joanna Biggs about fictional representations of women’s everyday lives, as part of our 40th anniversary event series.

The LRB at 40: The Crisis of Liberalism

Katrina Forrester and William Davies, 6 November 2024

16 October 2019 · 1hr 06mins

Katrina Forrester and William Davies discuss political crisis, and in particular the crisis of liberalism, as part of our 40th anniversary event series.

The Defectors

Richard Lloyd Parry, 6 November 2024

21 December 2017 · 1hr 08mins

Richard Lloyd Parry talks to Krys Lee about life, death and mutual incomprehension in the Korean borderlands.

Absolute Revolt

Olivier Roy and Adam Shatz, 6 November 2024

17 October 2017 · 51mins

In the second part of their conversation, Olivier Roy and Adam Shatz discuss the deculturation of Islam, and why it has led to the radicalisation of so many second-generation immigrants and converts

Living Orients

Olivier Roy and Adam Shatz, 6 November 2024

11 October 2017 · 50mins

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.

Don’t learn shorthand

Rosemary Hill, 6 November 2024

27 September 2017 · 48mins

Carmen Callil, writer, editor and founder of Virago, tells Rosemary Hill how she made her way in 1960s London.

Trump is the Boot Man

Adam Shatz, 6 November 2024

17 August 2017 · 59mins

Wallace Shawn talks to Adam Shatz about ‘the thin line between entertainment and cruelty’ in the age of Trump.

Post-Press Politics

Tom Crewe and William Davies, 6 November 2024

2 August 2017 · 00 second

William Davies talks to Tom Crewe about politics in the new media age.

Panthers in Algiers

Jeremy Harding and Elaine Mokhtefi, 6 November 2024

19 July 2017 · 28mins

Elaine Mokhtefi talks to Jeremy Harding about her time working in Algeria in the 1960s when she met Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver.

The Corbyn Project

Lorna Finlayson and Tom Crewe, 6 November 2024

6 June 2017 · 51mins

Tom Crewe talks to Lorna Finlayson about Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s prospects in the general election and beyond.

The Syrian War

Adam Shatz, 6 November 2024

21 April 2017 · 59mins

Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis about the war in Syria.

On John Berger

Tom Overton, 6 November 2024

4 January 2017 · 1hr 18mins

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.

Long-Form Essays in the Digital Age

Mary-Kay Wilmers, Andrew O’Hagan, Ben Eastham and Sarah Howe, 6 November 2024

12 August 2016 · 46mins

Mary-Kay Wilmers, Andrew O’Hagan and Ben Eastham talk to Sarah Howe about ‘Long-Form Essays in the Digital Age’.

Women in Dark Times

Jacqueline Rose, 6 November 2024

1 September 2013 · 55mins

Jacqueline Rose discusses the parallels between Rosa Luxemburg and Marilyn Monroe, with Hilary Harper.