The LRB Podcast

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The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more.

Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts.



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Recent Episodes
  • Close Readings: 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray
    Apr 23, 2025 – 33:07
  • Conceiving Pregnancy
    Apr 16, 2025 – 40:38
  • Trump’s War by Executive Order
    Apr 9, 2025 – 1:00:11
  • On Mavis Gallant
    Apr 2, 2025 – 38:05
  • Close Readings: ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë
    Mar 26, 2025 – 32:02
  • The Grimms’ Weird Tales
    Mar 19, 2025 – 50:11
  • Weaponising Antisemitism
    Mar 12, 2025 – 58:24
  • Who is Paul Marshall?
    Mar 5, 2025 – 1:01:41
  • Close Readings: 'Crotchet Castle' by Thomas Love Peacock
    Feb 26, 2025 – 36:12
  • Deaths in Custody
    Feb 19, 2025 – 35:37
  • Have we surrendered to climate breakdown?
    Feb 12, 2025 – 50:26
  • On Vigdis Hjorth
    Feb 5, 2025 – 46:14
  • Close Readings: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen
    Jan 29, 2025 – 32:41
  • Ronald Reagan’s Make-Believe
    Jan 23, 2025 – 1:04:38
  • After Assad
    Jan 15, 2025 – 58:28
  • Abbamania
    Jan 8, 2025 – 58:17
  • A Conversation with Neal Ascherson
    Jan 1, 2025 – 1:16:54
  • Close Readings: Marcus Aurelius
    Dec 24, 2024 – 1:00:09
  • Saving Masud Khan
    Dec 18, 2024 – 38:01
  • Gaza, Before and After
    Dec 13, 2024 – 1:25:14
  • On Lisa Marie Presley
    Dec 4, 2024 – 42:14
  • Labour's Economic Conundrum
    Nov 27, 2024 – 53:19
  • Endgame in Ukraine
    Nov 20, 2024 – 57:29
  • The Trump Takeover
    Nov 14, 2024 – 53:20
  • The Mendel Inheritance
    Nov 6, 2024 – 52:19
  • Early Modern Maths
    Oct 30, 2024 – 36:42
  • On Binyavanga Wainaina
    Oct 23, 2024 – 44:09
  • A New War in Lebanon
    Oct 18, 2024 – 47:36
  • The End of Hamas?
    Oct 17, 2024 – 36:51
  • Inside Israel
    Oct 16, 2024 – 1:00:56
  • The Death and Life of the Department Store
    Oct 9, 2024 – 40:02
  • After Grenfell
    Oct 2, 2024 – 1:03:18
  • Euripides Unbound
    Sep 25, 2024 – 40:37
  • Streisand’s Way
    Sep 19, 2024 – 50:36
  • ‘The Cleverest Woman in England’
    Sep 11, 2024 – 40:26
  • On Edith Piaf
    Sep 6, 2024 – 29:29
  • Jean-Paul Sartre: 'Being and Nothingness'
    Sep 4, 2024 – 35:41
  • Great Auks!
    Aug 28, 2024 – 43:40
  • Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and Herodotus
    Aug 21, 2024 – 30:33
  • How to Read Genesis
    Aug 14, 2024 – 47:54
  • The First Pandemic?
    Aug 7, 2024 – 29:18
  • On Wittgenstein’s ‘Tractatus’
    Jul 31, 2024 – 55:22
  • Patrick McGuinness: Back to Bouillon
    Jul 24, 2024 – 32:54
  • At the Republican National Convention: Day Four
    Jul 20, 2024 – 22:40
  • At the Republican National Convention: Day Three
    Jul 18, 2024 – 23:23
  • At the Republican National Convention: Day Two
    Jul 17, 2024 – 26:27
  • At the Republican National Convention: Day One
    Jul 16, 2024 – 21:18
  • Mendez: How I became an audiobook narrator
    Jul 10, 2024 – 18:48
  • Labour's Big Win
    Jul 5, 2024 – 53:59
  • UK Election Special: The Economy
    Jul 3, 2024 – 57:12
Recent Reviews
  • Many Thoughts 123
    Please stop
    Can you please go back to talking about books, and stop making every other podcast about Jews? And please stop dismissing the experience of Jewish students. You have not stepped in our shoes - I’m talking to you, Peter Beinart - you don’t know whether our experiences constitute antisemitism or not. But you just assume that we “feel” or perceive antisemitism when it’s not really that. That may be the case for some people, but it is not the case for all. There IS a strain of antisemitism on the radical left disguised as antizionism, and I’m sick of people like Peter Beinart summarily dismissing that.
  • trillionshelper
    TOIBIN & O’HAGAN: EXTRAORDINARY
    This episode with Mr Toibin and Mr O’Hagan is exactly the dream what a podcast could be in an ideal world: brilliant conversation, witty, insightful as if at th bay dinner party ever . Thank you
  • alfonina
    About abortion
    Thank you for the interview ! It is good to have more conversations about it to break the stigma!!! M.A. California
  • ninabruja
    My new favorite podcast
    This podcast is fascinating! I’ve learned so much from the series about Medieval women mystics. I can’t wait to listen to more.
  • Yr mom__
    Favorite podcast
    The poetry series is *fantastic. I have listened to Mary Wellesley’s Anchoress podcast at least seven times and have recommended it to many. Every time I listen I feel the best parts of my brain coming back to life. No pandering, no “listen to me show you how smart I am.” A+ content.
  • pubfkkib
    Fantastic podcast!
    I’m so glad that the ‘close reading’ series is back!
  • Christina Caudill
    Fantastic!
    Loved the episode Etonians, an excellent and scathing insight into UK political leaders.
  • postvacuous
    Excellent
    It's difficult to find high-quality podcasts that are engaging, relevant and don't pander to the lowest common denominator. While I often find myself fiercely opposed to the political or cultural positions taken by the LRB lecturers, the podcast is always insightful, interesting and erudite. Good show, LRB, and thank you.
  • Ladybird email.
    Finally!!!
    Thank God, the editors saw the light. I've been waiting a long time for this podcast. Excellent.
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