Best James Seafarer Podcasts (2024)

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Introducing: Discovering Dad 23:07

1h ago23:07

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From the creators of Six Minutes comes Discovering Dad. EPISODE 1: MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER Jess and Corey think their Dad, Dan, is just a mild mannered middle school science teacher. But when sinister characters from Dan’s past suddenly emerge to threaten their family, the kids realize there might be more to their Dad than meets the eye… Sear…

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Fernanda Eberstadt & Olivia Laing: Bite Your Friends 57:58

2h ago57:58

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Fernanda Eberstadt’s Bite Your Friends is both a history of the body as a site of resistance to power, and a subversive memoir, drawing on a cast of outrageous heroes including Diogenes, Saint Perpetua, Pasolini, Pussy Riot and the political artist Piotr Pavlensky, who nailed his scrotum to the pavement of Red Square to protest Vladimir Putin’s tyr…

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Clair Wills & Alice Spawls: Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets 1:06:25

2d ago1:06:25

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When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Missing Persons, or My Grandmother’s Secrets is a detective story, memoir and cultural history of Ireland’s Mother and Baby homes. ‘Attending to the ways that the past ruptures and grows through the present’, writes Seán Hewitt, ‘this is a history shaken by int…

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Alexandra Harris & Laurence Scott: The Rising Down 53:45

9d ago53:45

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Alexandra Harris has previously cast her probing critical eye over poetic and artistic responses to English weather (in Weatherland), and English art of the 1930s and 40s (in Romantic Moderns); now, in The Rising Down (Faber & Faber) she turns it on the West Sussex landscape of her childhood, revealing the layers of buried lives beneath a familiar …

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Adam Shatz & Kevin Okoth: The Rebel's Clinic 1:09:01

21d ago1:09:01

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Frantz Fanon was only 36 when he died in 1961, but his books and ideas – from White Skin, Black Masks to The Wretched of the Earth – have proved lastingly influential. Adam Shatz’s The Rebel’s Clinic is both a biography of Fanon and an in-depth study of his writing. Shatz, the US editor of the London Review of Books and the author of Writers & Miss…

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Going Round in Circles [Waves] 4:54

1M ago4:54

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Around the world People are going in circles Around the world Due to the unique way Neutrinowatch is created, you may need to consult the transcript to see who appears today. --- Created by Martin Austwick, with help from Jeff Emtman. Written and performed by: Jenny Adamthwaite Martin Austwick Vera Chok Fil Corbett Jeff Emtman Camilla Hannah Adrien…

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Rosemary Hill & Rowan Moore: Interwar 55:42

29d ago55:42

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At the time of his death in 2017, the architectural critic and historian Gavin Stamp (Private Eye’s ‘Piloti’) had nearly completed his monumental survey of British architecture between the world wars. His wife, the writer and historian Rosemary Hill, has edited the text for publication. Interwar: British Architecture 1919-1939 (Profile) is a refres…

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Jason Okundaye & Mendez: Revolutionary Acts 1:02:41

1M ago1:02:41

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In Revolutionary Acts (Faber), Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and listens as they share intimate memories and reflect upon their lives. Through their conversations he traces these men's journeys and arrivals to South London through the seventies, eighties and nineties from the present day, seeking to reconcile the Black a…

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Aniefiok Ekpoudom & Gary Younge: Where We Come From 55:50

1M ago55:50

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Within the British music scene, recent years have borne witness to underground genres emerging from the inner cities, going on to become some of the most popular music in the nation. In Where We Come From, journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom travels the country to explore the dawn, boom and subsequent blossoming of UK rap and grime. Taking us from the hea…

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Laleh Khalili & James Butler: The Corporeal Life of Seafaring 59:21

2M ago59:21

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Laleh Khalili’s new book The Corporeal Life of Seafaring (Mack) draws on her own experiences to describe with care and imagination the material and physical realities of contemporary commerce at sea, detailing (in the words of Steve Edwards) ‘the labouring bodies – hands, legs, and eyes; flesh and soul; suffering and solidarity – that make the worl…

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Fleur Adcock: Collected Poems 44:07

2M ago44:07

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Fleur Adcock’s sly, laconic poems have been delighting audiences since her 1964 debut The Eye of the Hurricane. Her Collected Poems draws together the work of sixty years; as Fiona Sampson writes, ‘Informality and immediacy are good ways to remake a world; and Adcock’s style has not dated in the half-century since her debut.’ Adcock was joined in c…

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Holly Pester & Nathalie Olah: The Lodgers 1:04:55

2M ago1:04:55

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Holly Pester discusses her debut novel, The Lodgers, with Nathalie Olah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rachael Allen & Lucy Mercer: God Complex 51:51

3M ago51:51

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‘Here is a wasteland / of parched aesthetics / patched up with modern tubes’ – Rachael Allen’s long-awaited second collection, God Complex, is a long narrative poem describing the breakdown of a relationship against a backdrop of environmental degradation and toxicity. In this episode, she reads from the collection and was joined in conversation wi…

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Lara Pawson & Jennifer Hodgson: Spent Light 52:48

3M ago52:48

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Lara Pawson discusses her new book Spent Light with Jennifer Hodgson. Find out more about London Review Bookshop events: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Paul Muldoon: Howdie-Skelp 1:07:13

3M ago1:07:13

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Paul Muldoon reads from and talks about his collection Howdie-Skelp. Find out more about London Review Bookshop events: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Adam Phillips & Hermione Lee: On Giving Up 52:06

3M ago52:06

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‘Our history of giving up – that is to say, our attitude towards it, our obsession with it, our disavowal of its significance – may be a clue to something we should really call our histories and not our selves’, wrote Adam Phillips in a 2022 LRB piece, ‘On Giving Up’. Now developed and expanded into a book of the same title, Phillips illuminates bo…

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Lavinia Greenlaw & Jennifer Higgie: The Vast Extent 54:48

3M ago54:48

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Lavinia Greenlaw’s new book The Vast Extent is a collection of ‘exploded essays’, about light and image, sight and the unseen, covering wide territories with the scientific precision and ease of access which characterises her poetry. She was joined by Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World. Find mo…

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Seán Hewitt & Sarah Perry: Rapture’s Road 52:46

4M ago52:46

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Seán Hewitt’s new poetry collection Rapture’s Road follows hard on the heels of Tongues of Fire – the winner of the 2021 Laurel Prize – and the bestselling memoir All Down Darkness Wide. Like its predecessors, the collection confronts dark and difficult subject matter in startlingly beautiful lyric language, ‘exquisitely calm’ in the words of Max P…

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Emily Wilson, Edith Hall, Juliet Stevenson & Tobias Menzies: The Iliad 1:28:27

4M ago1:28:27

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Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey, published in 2017, the first into English by a woman, was hailed as a ‘revelation’ by the New York Times and a ‘cultural landmark’ by the Guardian. With her translation of the Iliad, ten years in the making, she has given us a complete Homer for a new generation. Emily Wilson, professor of classical studie…

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Mary Jean Chan & Andrew McMillan: Bright Fear 55:52

4M ago55:52

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Mary Jean Chan reads from their new collection, Bright Fear, and discuss it with Andrew McMillan. Chan’s debut, Fleche, won the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2019. Bright Fear extends and develops that collection’s themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, while remaining deeply attuned to moments of tenderness, beauty and grace…

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Ella Risbridger & Kate Young: The Dinner Table 1:08:56

4M ago1:08:56

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Who would you invite to a dinner party? In The Dinner Table, a delicious collection of great food writing from past and present, talented writer-chefs Kate Young and Ella Risbridger will introduce you to Samuel Pepys on the glories of parmesan, Shirley Jackson on washing up, Katherine Mansfield on party food, Nigella Lawson on mayonnaise, Michelle …

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Ed Atkins & Steven Zultanski: Sorcerer 1:02:53

5M ago1:02:53

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Part script, part novel, part manual, Sorcerer (Prototype) is the latest unclassifiable book written in collaboration between the artist and writer Ed Atkins and the poet and critic Steven Zultanski – a gentle, contemplative work about the pleasures of conversation, being with others, and being alone. ‘Unlike many narratives, Sorcerer does not put …

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Lynne Segal & Amelia Horgan: Lean on Me 1:05:08

5M ago1:05:08

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In Lean on Me: A Politics of Radical Care, Lynne Segal, Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, continues the radical exploration of how the personal and the political interact. As Baroness Helena Kennedy KC writes, ‘Both memoir and manifesto, this wonderful book charts a persona…

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Tom Stevenson & Tariq Ali: Someone Else's Empire 53:30

5M ago53:30

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In Someone Else's Empire Tom Stevenson, a contributing editor at the LRB, dispels the potent myth of Britain as a global player punching above its weight on the world stage, arguing instead that its foreign policy has for a long time been in thrall to the wishes and interests of the United States. He talks about his book with writer, filmmaker, pub…

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Mathias Enard & Chris Power: The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild 52:41

5M ago52:41

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Mathias Enard’s latest novel, The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild takes us to the marshlands of South West France in a Rabelaisian celebration of life, love and death. Juan Gabriel Vasquez writes of him ‘Every novel by Mathias Enard reminds me of the reasons why I read fiction. He is ambitious, erudite, full of life, and a wonderful styli…

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McKenzie Wark & Lauren John Joseph: Love and Money, Sex and Death 1:04:02

6M ago1:04:02

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In her most personal book to date, Love and Money, Sex and Death (Verso) McKenzie Wark writes with her characteristic acuity about gender transition, communism, history, art, memory and the journey of discovering who one really wants to be.Wark talks about that journey with Lauren John Joseph, author of At Certain Points We Touch. Hosted on Acast. …

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London Review Bookshop Podcast

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Introducing: Discovering Dad 23:07

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Fernanda Eberstadt & Olivia Laing: Bite Your Friends 57:58

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Clair Wills & Alice Spawls: Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets 1:06:25

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Alexandra Harris & Laurence Scott: The Rising Down 53:45

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Adam Shatz & Kevin Okoth: The Rebel's Clinic 1:09:01

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Going Round in Circles [Waves] 4:54

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Rosemary Hill & Rowan Moore: Interwar 55:42

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Jason Okundaye & Mendez: Revolutionary Acts 1:02:41

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Aniefiok Ekpoudom & Gary Younge: Where We Come From 55:50

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Laleh Khalili & James Butler: The Corporeal Life of Seafaring 59:21

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Fleur Adcock: Collected Poems 44:07

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Holly Pester & Nathalie Olah: The Lodgers 1:04:55

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Rachael Allen & Lucy Mercer: God Complex 51:51

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Lara Pawson & Jennifer Hodgson: Spent Light 52:48

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Paul Muldoon: Howdie-Skelp 1:07:13

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Adam Phillips & Hermione Lee: On Giving Up 52:06

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Lavinia Greenlaw & Jennifer Higgie: The Vast Extent 54:48

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Seán Hewitt & Sarah Perry: Rapture’s Road 52:46

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Emily Wilson, Edith Hall, Juliet Stevenson & Tobias Menzies: The Iliad 1:28:27

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Mary Jean Chan & Andrew McMillan: Bright Fear 55:52

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Ella Risbridger & Kate Young: The Dinner Table 1:08:56

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Ed Atkins & Steven Zultanski: Sorcerer 1:02:53

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Lynne Segal & Amelia Horgan: Lean on Me 1:05:08

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Tom Stevenson & Tariq Ali: Someone Else's Empire 53:30

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Mathias Enard & Chris Power: The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild 52:41

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McKenzie Wark & Lauren John Joseph: Love and Money, Sex and Death 1:04:02

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