Best Mary Macleod Podcasts (2024)

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Audio from July 10th, with Nat Cassidy & A.T. Sayre 48:06

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Here’s the audio from the July 10, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Nat Cassidy & A.T. Sayre. Hot night, hot crowd, hot readings! We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Nat Cassidy Nat Cassidy’s horror novels Mary and Nestlings were featured on best-of lists from Esquire, Harper…

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Audio from June 12th, with Grady Hendrix & Bracken MacLeod 51:29

2M ago51:29

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on June 12, 2024, with guests Grady Hendrix & Bracken MacLeod. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Grady Hendrix Grady Hendrix is the New York Times-bestselling author of How To Sell a Haunted House, The Final Girl Support Group, My Best Friend’s…

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Audio from May 8th, with John Wiswell & Anya Johanna DeNiro 38:53

3M ago38:53

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on May 8, 2024, with guests John Wiswell & Anya Johanna DeNiro. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! John Wiswell John Wiswell’s novel Someone You Can Build A Nest In was published by DAW Books in April and received starred reviews in Library Journ…

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Audio from April 10th, with Robert Levy & Jennifer Marie Brissett 1:00:09

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 10, 2024, with guests Robert Levy & Jennifer Marie Brissett. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Robert Levy Robert Levy’s novel The Glittering World was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Lambda Literary Award. His collectio…

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Audio from March 13th, with Richard Butner & Moses Ose Utomi 52:28

5M ago52:28

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Here’s the audio from the March 13, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Richard Butner & Moses Ose Utomi. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Richard Butner Richard Butner’s short fiction has appeared in Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, been shortlisted for the Speculative Literatu…

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Audio from Feb 14th, with Isabel Yap & Randee Dawn 49:31

6M ago49:31

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on February 14, 2024, with guests Isabel Yap & Randee Dawn. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Isabel Yap Isabel Yap is the author of Never Have I Ever: Stories, which was published by Small Beer Press in 2021, and was named one of the 2021 Best Boo…

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Audio from Jan 10th with P. Djéli Clark & Eric Schaller 1:08:53

7M ago1:08:53

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Here’s the audio from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests P. Djéli Clark & Eric Schaller. A full house with great readings from both authors and some nice words for recently passed authors Richard Bowes and Terry Bisson (Terry was the co-founder of the Fantastic Fiction reading series in the late 90s). P. Djéli Clar…

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Audio from Dec 13th with S.L. Coney 27:58

8M ago27:58

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on December 13, 2023, with guests Holly Black & S.L. Coney. Only S.L. Coney’s audio is included in this recording. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Holly Black Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of fantasy …

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Live from Hoxton Hall - with Jen Ives and Emma Frankland 46:01

8M ago46:01

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In a live episode recorded at Hoxton Hall, Rosie chats to comedian Jen Ives and writer / performer Emma Frankland about whether we’d go and see an ex doing a show all about their exes, actively choosing to stay in relationships (or not), growing up during the Section 28 years and not having access to information about trans identities, writing for …

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Live from Hoxton Hall - with Cerys Bradley and Shivani Dave 46:31

9M ago46:31

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In a live episode recorded at Hoxton Hall, Rosie chats to comedian Cerys Bradley and broadcaster Shivani Dave about weddings, coming out as nonbinary, when to advise a friend to break up with their partner and the best chocolate treats to turn to after a heartbreak. We also hear some fantastic audience contributions from poet Josi and writer Katie …

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Audio from November 8th, with Cadwell Turnbull & Victor Manibo 49:45

9M ago49:45

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 8th, 2023, with guests Cadwell Turnbull & Victor Manibo. Hosted by Matthew Kressel and Mercurio D. Rivera, who was subbing for Ellen Datlow. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Cadwell Turnbull Cadwell Turnbull is the award-winning author…

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Live from Cheerful Earful - with Mary O’Connell, Hajar J. Woodland and Sharlin Jahan 1:02:11

9M ago1:02:11

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In a live episode recorded at The Exhibit in Balham, Rosie chats to comedians Mary O’Connell, Hajar J. Woodland and Sharlin Jahan about the healing power of comedy, Tig Notaro, bisexuality, getting divorced in your twenties then going to LA and hitting on John Mayer, growing up Muslim, arranged marriages, sex ed lessons, giving yourself permission …

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Live from Margate Bookie - with Lucy Vine, Olivia Petter and Zahra Barri 1:17:50

10M ago1:17:50

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In a live episode recorded at Margate Bookie, Rosie chats to authors Lucy Vine and Olivia Petter plus comedian Zahra Barri about whether we all have seven archetypes of ex - the first love, the work mistake, the friend with benefits, the overlap, the missed chance, the bastard and the serious one, dating app culture, whether marriages should expire…

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Audio from Oct 11th, with David D. Levine & Matthew Kressel 44:56

10M ago44:56

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Here’s the audio from the October 11th, 2023 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with guests David D. Levine & Matthew Kressel. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! David D. Levine David D. Levine is the author of Andre Norton Nebula Award winning novel Arabella of Mars, sequels Arabella and the Battle of…

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Live from IF Oxford - with Robin Dunbar and Max Dickins 57:01

10M ago57:01

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In a live episode recorded at The Bullingdon as part of IF Oxford, Rosie chats to anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar and author Max Dickins about friendship - why why we need friends, how many friends we can have, friendship breakups, the ambiguous language of friendship, the When Harry Met Sally (or when Sally met Sally) que…

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Live from The Bill Murray - with Ria Lina, James Barr and Njambi McGrath 45:02

10M ago45:02

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In a live episode recorded at The Bill Murray, Rosie chats to comedians Ria Lina, James Barr and Njambi McGrath about first loves, writing a revenge novel, finding a suspicious condom in your partner’s bin, living in a house with your ex, polygamy, Njambi’s great great grandmother’s seven wives, sex party rules, the myth of ‘exclusive’ dating apps,…

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Audio from Sept 13th, with Benjamin Percy & Josh Rountree 53:11

11M ago53:11

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 13, 2023, with guests Benjamin Percy & Josh Rountree. Hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Benjamin Percy Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels — including The Sky Vault, published thi…

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Live from Green Man Festival - with Florence Schechter and Harriet Gibsone 39:07

11M ago39:07

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In a live episode recorded at Green Man festival, Rosie chats to Vagina Museum founder Florence Schechter and writer Harriet Gibsone about breaking up at a festival, stalking your ex through their Spotify playlists, how social media fuels nostalgia, kissing boys at scout camp, meeting first loves on MSN Messenger, attachment styles, the cultural hi…

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Live from Norwich Arts Centre - with Lewis Buxton, James McDermott and Jess Morgan 53:49

11M ago53:49

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In a live episode recorded at Norwich Arts Centre, Rosie chats to poets Lewis Buxton and James McDermott plus musician Jess Morgan about the challenges of writing poetry about exes, ghosting on the central line, having a best friend steal your girlfriend, dating someone who likes to dress up as a dalek, school crushes, teenage awkwardness, the etiq…

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Audio from August 9th, with C. S. E. Cooney & Steve Berman 57:29

12M ago57:29

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The following audio was recorded August 9th, 2023, with guests C. S. E. Cooney & Steve Berman, like at the KGB Bar. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! C.S.E. Cooney C. S. E. Cooney is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Bone Swans: Stories. Other books include The Twice-Drowned Saint, Saint Dea…

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Live from Norwich Arts Centre - with Grace Petrie and Molly Naylor 54:40

12M ago54:40

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In a live episode recorded at Norwich Arts Centre, Rosie chats to musician / comedian Grace Petrie and writer / performer Molly Naylor about ego and rejection, the challenge of writing good songs when you’re happy, crushes on straight girls, being ‘pre-dumped’, role models, bisexuality, butch identities, gender nonconformity, dogging and much much …

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Backstage at Soho Theatre - with Ed Byrne 34:53

1y ago34:53

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In an episode recorded backstage at Soho Theatre, Rosie chats to comedian Ed Byrne about whether tragedy plus time really does equal comedy, the healthy aspects of breakups, checking out of a relationship in order to make the other person dump you, why unrequited love leaves such an impression on us, advising friends after a breakup and having to t…

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Live from Cambridge Junction - with Darran Griffiths and Ali Warwood 39:29

1y ago39:29

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In the second of two live episodes recorded at Cambridge Junction, Rosie chats to comedians Darran Griffiths and Ali Warwood about parenting, finding the right time to break up with someone, why women initiate the majority of breakups, reuniting with an ex via Facebook, meeting a partner via eBay feedback forums, early 90s dating sites, dick pics a…

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Audio from July 12th, with Michael Cisco & Farah Rose Smith 43:55

1y ago43:55

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on July 12th, 2023, with guests Michael Cisco & Farah Rose Smith. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Michael Cisco Michael Cisco is the author of several novels, including The Divinity Student, The Great Lover, The Narrator, and Pest, as well as the …

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Live from Cambridge Junction - with Stephanie Laing and James Ross 46:21

1y ago46:21

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In a live episode recorded at Cambridge Junction, Rosie chats to comedians Stephanie Laing and James Ross about trying polyamory then having two breakups on the same day, being dumped by someone who was bribed by wealthy parents to do so, how to stop making bad choices, whether you can train a bad kisser and turn them into a good one, partners who …

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Season 4 Episode 4: Mary Quant - Fashion Revolutionary 36:57

1y ago36:57

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Join Glasgow Museums Curator of Dress, Rebecca Quinton in conversation with the Curator of the Mary Quant exhibition, Jenny Lister from the V&A together with the former Co-Director of Mary Quant Limited, Heather Tilbury Phillips as we discover more about one of the UK's most successful and innovative fashion designers.05:00 – 03:00 Introductions an…

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Live from Kite Festival - with Lou Sanders 56:48

1y ago56:48

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In a live episode recorded at Kite Festival, Rosie chats to comedian Lou Sanders about doing a gig on the day of a big breakup, breaking up just before Edinburgh Fringe, getting all your wardrobe space back, imagining your ex with a new partner as a way of getting over them, spirituality, dating apps and much more… then hear from members of the aud…

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Audio from June 14th, with Nathan Ballingrud & Dale Bailey 56:37

1y ago56:37

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The following audio was recorded live on June 14, 2023 at the KGB Bar with guests Nathan Ballingrud & Dale Bailey. Nathan Ballingrud Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. A novella, Crypt of the Moon Spider, will appear in…

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Season 4 Episode 3: Lascar Research Project 46:29

1y ago46:29

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Join Social History Curator, Isobel McDonald in conversation Bangladeshi Association president, Dr Tareq Abdullah and Trustee of the Bangladeshi Association Dr. Saif Khan as they tell us about their wonderful collaborative project researching the story of the Lascars, seafarers who were employed by British Merchant ships during the colonial period.…

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Bonus Highlights Episode with Hal Cruttenden, Zoe Lyons, Rebecca Humphries, Sangeeta Pillai and Kat Lister 18:48

1y ago18:48

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In a brief break between live episodes, Rosie presents some recent highlights recorded at Brighton Spiegeltent, Poplar Union and Green Man festival. Please note that the clip of Kat Lister at Green Man is a little quieter than the others due to the nature of recording at festivals. You can now follow The Breakup Monologues on Instagram @breakupmono…

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Audio from May 10th, with Paul Tremblay & John Langan

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The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on May 10th, 2023, with guests Paul Tremblay & John Langan. A super crowded night reminiscent of pre-Covid times! Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of The Pallbearers Club, Growing Things, Disappearance at Devi…

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Live from Chapter Arts - with Eleri Morgan and Dan Thomas 49:00

1+ y ago49:00

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In a live episode recorded at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Rosie chats to comedians Eleri Morgan and Dan Thomas about separating during a pandemic and sleeping on a table, having bad taste in men as a strategy for not settling down, the relative pros and cons of various dating apps, the number of friends we can have, friendship breakups, the bin…

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Season 4 Episode 2: Young Peoples Art Competition 24:43

1+ y ago24:43

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Join us in this episode as we celebrate the Young Peoples Art Competition, which has been running at Glasgow Museums for a staggering 119 years!In this episode hear Glasgow Museums Curator of Decorative Arts & Design from 1800, Alison Brown in conversation with Carolyn Foran, Glasgow Museums Education Officer and Anne Wallace, retired Education Off…

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Live from Chapter Arts - with Dean Burnett 51:57

1+ y ago51:57

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In a live episode recorded at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Rosie chats to neuroscientist and bestselling author Dean Burnett about stressful life events, how science measures sexual arousal, why female orgasms are easier to record in the lab, the psychological stages of love, the use of psychedelics in sex and relationships, why there’s never be…

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