The TLS Podcast

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Marching To Their Own Tune Sep 29, 2022

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This week, Dennis Zhou joins us to illuminate the activism, anarchism and agility of the poet Gary Snyder; and Hannah Skoda reports from the Globe on a bold reinterpretation of the life of Joan of Arc.

'Collected Poems' by Gary Snyder, edited by Jack Shoemaker and Anthony Hunt

'I, Joan' by Charlie Josephine

Produced by Charlotte Pardy.

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Vaccines On Stage, Elves On Screen Sep 22, 2022

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This week, we talk to Jonathan Spector about the European premiere of his play at the Old Vic; and Dimitra Fimi unpacks what's behind the new tv series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Eureka Day, The Old Vic, London, until October 31

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon Prime

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Elizabeth II in History Sep 18, 2022

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Jane Ridley looks back at the Queen’s eight-decade reign

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The Rise of Your Frenemy’s Sourdough Sep 15, 2022

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This week, Miranda France explores a suite of books about motherhood; and we survey the pick of this autumn’s fiction with Toby Lichtig.

‘Don’t Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood’ by Marianne Levy

‘Motherhood: Feminism’s Unfinished Business’ by Eliane Glaser

‘Motherload: Modern Motherhood and How to Survive It’ by Ingrid Wassenaar

The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem’ by Julie Phillips

’Still Born’ by Guadelupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey

‘Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation’ by Sophie Lewis

’The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ by Shehan Karunatilaka

’The Trees’ by Percival Everett

‘Haven’ by Emma Donoghue

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The Hour Of Our Death Sep 11, 2022

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Emily Wilson considers how we address our final days

Book reviewed: The Mortal Coil: A history of death by Andrew Doig

The Inevitable: Dispatches on the right to die by Katie Engelhart

All the Living and the Dead: A personal investigation into the death trade by Hayley Campbell

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/mortal-coil-andrew-doig-the-inevitable-katie-engelhart-all-the-living-and-the-dead-hayley-campbell-book-review-emily-wilsoniew-emily-wilson/

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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Sep 08, 2022

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This week, Thea Lenarduzzi joins us to explain how she captured the stories of her Italian grandmother; and Edmund Gordon admires how Ian McEwan’s new novel juxtaposes an individual life with memorable social and political events.

‘Dandelions’ by Thea Lenarduzzi

‘Lessons’ by Ian McEwan

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Our New Gilded Age Sep 04, 2022

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Nat Segnit explores the strange world of the modern rich

Book reviewed: Serious Money: Walking plutocratic London by Caroline Knowles

A Class of Their Own: Adventures in tutoring the super-rich by Matt Knott

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/serious-money-caroline-knowles-class-of-their-own-matt-knott-book-review-nat-segnit/

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Women In Cages, Everywhere Sep 01, 2022

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Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas are joined by Rohan Maitzen to discuss the new novel by Maggie O’Farrell, an ingenious and daring Browning version; and Sarah Hill charts musician Vashti Bunyan’s epic walk from London to Scotland in search of freedom.

‘The Marriage Portrait’ by Maggie O’Farrell

‘Wayward: Just Another Life to Live’ by Vashti Bunyan

‘Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir’ by Martha Wainwright

‘This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music’ edited by Sinéad Gleeson and Kim Gordon

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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In Which Summer’s Lease Runs Out Aug 25, 2022

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In the last of our August highlights programmes, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas talk self-improvement with Kathryn Hughes and step into the mire of Westminster with Edward Docx. And we revisit a magical Hay Festival moment courtesy of correspondents Lyse Doucet and Sana Safi.

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Earth Matters Aug 18, 2022

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This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look back at a riveting and prescient conversation with climate writer David Wallace-Wells; plus Margaret Drabble on the allure of roses, and Jeremy Mynott on our affinity with birds.

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