Best The Oneworld Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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#189: Naomi Klein, non-fiction author 57:17

11d ago57:17

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Rachel and Simon speak with the non-fiction author Naomi Klein. Her debut book, "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies", sold more than 1m copies after its publication in 1999; her follow-up, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" (2007), also reached the top of the New York Times bestseller charts. She has written extensively abo…

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#188: Hugo Rifkind, journalist and novelist 1:00:41

24d ago1:00:41

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Simon and Rachel speak with Hugo Rifkind, a journalist who has just published his second novel, "Rabbits". Born and raised in Edinburgh, Hugo studied philosophy at university. He has formerly been a columnist for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald, and is now a columnist, critic and leader writer for the Times and a presenter on Times Radio, as well …

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#187: Pari Thomson, editorial director for picture books, Bloomsbury, and children’s author 1:02:55

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Rachel and Simon speak with Pari Thomson, editorial director for picture books at Bloomsbury and also a children's author. After an international childhood, Paris studied English at university; she began her career with stints at a literary agency, as a bookseller at Waterstones and as a manuscript reader. She joined Bloomsbury in 2016 and now comm…

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#186: Hisham Matar, novelist and non-fiction writer 51:51

2M ago51:51

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Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist and non-fiction writer Hisham Matar. Born in New York to Libyan parents, Hisham spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived most of his life in London. He is the author of the novels "In the Country of Men", which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and "Anatomy of a Disappearance", as well …

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#185: Bettany Hughes, historian 57:04

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Rachel and Simon speak with the historian Bettany Hughes. A specialist in ancient and medieval history, Bettany is the author of five books: “Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore”, “The Hemlock Cup, Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life”, “Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities”, “Venus & Aphrodite” and “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wo…

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#184: Paul Theroux, novelist and travel writer 1:01:16

3M ago1:01:16

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Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux. Born in Massachusetts, as a young man he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi and taught at universities in Uganda and Singapore. He published his first novel, "Waldo", in 1967, and since then has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including "The Great R…

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#183: Madhumita Murgia, journalist and author 59:42

3M ago59:42

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Simon and Rachel speak with the journalist and author Madhumita Murgia. She is currently the Financial Times' first Artificial Intelligence Editor, where she covers developments in AI globally and broader issues including surveillance, data privacy and tech regulation. Before she joined the FT, she was head of technology at the Daily Telegraph, and…

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#182: Nicholas Shakespeare, novelist and biographer 1:01:07

4M ago1:01:07

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Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist and biographer Nicholas Shakespeare. He began his career as a journalist, working for the Times and the Telegraph, before turning to book-writing in the 1980s. His debut novel, "The Vision of Elena Silves" (1989), won the Somerset Maugham Award; "The Dancer Upstairs" was named the best novel of 1995 by the A…

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#181: Juliet Mabey, co-founder and publisher, Oneworld Publications 58:26

4M ago58:26

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Rachel and Simon speak to Juliet Mabey, co-founder and publisher of Oneworld Publications. She established the company in 1986 with her husband, Novin Doostdar, as an independent publishing house focusing on non-fiction. Its books have covered a broad range of subjects, including biography, history, politics and science, and have won prizes includi…

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#180: Jo Nesbø, novelist 53:36

5M ago53:36

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Simon and Rachel speak with Jo Nesbø, one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Jo's writing career began when he was commissioned to produce a memoir about life on the road with his band, Di Derre, and he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, "The Bat". His books - including "The Leopard", "Phantom", "Police", "Th…

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#179: Jhumpa Lahiri, novelist and short-story writer 57:24

5M ago57:24

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Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist and short-story writer Jhumpa Lahiri. Her bestselling debut story collection, “Interpreter of Maladies”, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2000 and was translated into more than 30 languages. Her debut novel, “The Namesake”, was published to acclaim in 2003 and adapted into a film in 2006; “The Lowland” (…

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#178: Adam Thirlwell, novelist 54:06

6M ago54:06

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Simon and Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist Adam Thirlwell. The author of four novels - the first of which, "Politics", was published in 2003 when he was 24, and the latest of which is "The Future Future" - Adam's work has been translated into 30 languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and…

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#177: Philippa Gregory, novelist and historian 57:32

6M ago57:32

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Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist and historian Philippa Gregory. She began her career in journalism and worked at BBC Radio before publishing her first historical novel, "Wideacre", in 1987 while she was completing a PhD in 18th-century literature. Other bestselling novels followed, including "The Other Boleyn Girl" - which was adapted into…

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#176: Henry Jeffreys, drinks writer 54:45

6M ago54:45

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Simon and Rachel speak to the drinks writer Henry Jeffreys, who won Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year for 2022/23. Henry is the author of four books on alcohol: "Empire of Booze", a history of Britain and its empire told through the origin stories of various drinks; "The Home Bar"; "The Cocktail Dictionary"; and, most recently, "Vines in a C…

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#175: Kassia St. Clair, journalist and author 1:04:57

7M ago1:04:57

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Rachel and Simon speak to the journalist, author and former co-host of Always Take Notes, Kassia St. Clair. She has written for Architectural Digest, The Economist, the Times Literary Supplement and Wired, and had a column in Elle Decoration for many years. Her first book, “The Secret Lives of Colour”, recounted the “unusual stories of the 75 most …

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#174: Adam Sisman, biographer 51:20

7M ago51:20

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Simon and Rachel speak with the biographer Adam Sisman. After an initial career in publishing, Adam's first book, a biography of historian A.J.P. Taylor, appeared in 1994. His second, "Boswell's Presumptuous Task" (2000), won the US National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, and he has subsequently written biographies of another historian, H…

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#173: Victoria Hislop, novelist 59:07

8M ago59:07

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Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist Victoria Hislop. After studying English at university, Victoria worked in book publishing, PR and journalism. She turned to fiction in 2005 with “The Island”, a love story set on Spinalonga, Greece’s former leprosy colony. The novel was translated into 40 languages and sold more than six million copies world…

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#172: Anjan Sundaram, journalist and author 56:01

8M ago56:01

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Simon and Rachel speak with Anjan Sundaram, an award-winning author, journalist and television presenter, whose war correspondence has won a Frontline Club Award and a Reuters prize. Anjan's previous books are "Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship" (an Amazon Book of the Year) and "Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey in the Congo" (a Royal Afric…

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#171: Sarah Braybrooke, publishing director, Ithaka Press 1:04:02

9M ago1:04:02

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Rachel and Simon speak with Sarah Braybrooke, publishing director at Ithaka Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK. Sarah started her career in publicity, first at Profile, then at Scribe, an independent publishing house based in Australia. She stayed with Scribe for 12 years, becoming managing director of Scribe UK in 2017, and publisher in 2020. D…

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#170: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author and screenwriter 1:04:29

9M ago1:04:29

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Simon and Rachel speak with the author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce. "Millions", his debut children's novel, published in 2004, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of "Noah's Gold", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again", "Cosmic", "Framed", "The Astounding Broccoli Boy" and "Runaway Robot". His books have been shortlisted f…

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#169: Helen Macdonald, nature writer and novelist 1:00:47

10M ago1:00:47

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Rachel and Simon speak with the nature writer and novelist Helen Macdonald. "H is for Hawk", a memoir of grief and falconry published in 2014, won several prizes including the Costa Book of the Year and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. "Vesper Flights", a collection of essays, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2020. "Prophet", her latest bo…

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#168: Lee Child, novelist 1:16:16

10M ago1:16:16

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Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist Lee Child, one of the world’s leading thriller writers. Lee - real name James Grant - was born in Coventry in 1954, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in the United States. He began his writing career after he was made redundant from Granada Television in the 1990s. Today the novels featuring his hero, form…

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#167: Megan Nolan, novelist and journalist 50:30

11M ago50:30

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In this episode Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist and journalist Megan Nolan. Her essays and reviews have been published by the Guardian and the New York Times, among other publications. Her debut novel, "Acts of Desperation", was published in 2021 and received a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Yea…

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#166: James Daunt, managing director, Waterstones, CEO, Barnes & Noble 57:08

11M ago57:08

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Simon and Rachel speak to James Daunt, who runs both Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest retail bookseller, and Waterstones, the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom. James currently oversees approximately 600 Barnes & Noble shops in the United States and 293 Waterstones locations across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Afte…

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#165: Francesca Main, publisher, Phoenix Books 1:00:54

12M ago1:00:54

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Rachel and Simon speak to Francesca Main, publisher of Phoenix Books, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group which in turn is part of Hachette. She started her career at Penguin, first in the rights department and then as an editorial assistant at Hamish Hamilton; she then spent four years as a commissioning editor at Simon & Schuster. She joined…

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#189: Naomi Klein, non-fiction author 57:17

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#188: Hugo Rifkind, journalist and novelist 1:00:41

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#187: Pari Thomson, editorial director for picture books, Bloomsbury, and children’s author 1:02:55

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#186: Hisham Matar, novelist and non-fiction writer 51:51

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#185: Bettany Hughes, historian 57:04

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#184: Paul Theroux, novelist and travel writer 1:01:16

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#183: Madhumita Murgia, journalist and author 59:42

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#182: Nicholas Shakespeare, novelist and biographer 1:01:07

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#181: Juliet Mabey, co-founder and publisher, Oneworld Publications 58:26

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#180: Jo Nesbø, novelist 53:36

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#179: Jhumpa Lahiri, novelist and short-story writer 57:24

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#178: Adam Thirlwell, novelist 54:06

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#177: Philippa Gregory, novelist and historian 57:32

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#176: Henry Jeffreys, drinks writer 54:45

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#175: Kassia St. Clair, journalist and author 1:04:57

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#174: Adam Sisman, biographer 51:20

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#173: Victoria Hislop, novelist 59:07

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#172: Anjan Sundaram, journalist and author 56:01

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#171: Sarah Braybrooke, publishing director, Ithaka Press 1:04:02

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#170: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author and screenwriter 1:04:29

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#169: Helen Macdonald, nature writer and novelist 1:00:47

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#168: Lee Child, novelist 1:16:16

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#167: Megan Nolan, novelist and journalist 50:30

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#166: James Daunt, managing director, Waterstones, CEO, Barnes & Noble 57:08

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#165: Francesca Main, publisher, Phoenix Books 1:00:54

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