Recent Episodes
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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
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Many Thoughts 123Please stopCan 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.
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trillionshelperTOIBIN & O’HAGAN: EXTRAORDINARYThis 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
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alfoninaAbout abortionThank you for the interview ! It is good to have more conversations about it to break the stigma!!! M.A. California
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ninabrujaMy new favorite podcastThis podcast is fascinating! I’ve learned so much from the series about Medieval women mystics. I can’t wait to listen to more.
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Yr mom__Favorite podcastThe 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.
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pubfkkibFantastic podcast!I’m so glad that the ‘close reading’ series is back!
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Christina CaudillFantastic!Loved the episode Etonians, an excellent and scathing insight into UK political leaders.
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postvacuousExcellentIt'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.
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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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