Podcasts about autobiography and memoir

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Best podcasts about autobiography and memoir

Latest podcast episodes about autobiography and memoir

The Audio Long Read
Endless work, little money, occasional UFOs: my father's five decades driving Brazil's roads

The Audio Long Read

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 30:31


As a sociologist, my career couldn't be further from that of my father, who spent his life on the road as a truck driver. It's only in recent years, as illness has struck, that I've started to truly understand him. By José Henrique Bortoluci. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Weekend
My mum the family vlogger and child abuser; Marina Hyde on Trump's ‘golden age'; and Spotify's Billions Club

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 59:56


Confusing and capricious, Trump started as he means to go on: chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps; Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of the story; and No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today.

Today in Focus
Unleashed: John Crace digests Boris Johnson's memoir

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 30:55


The former PM probably hoped this book would make the country fall in love with him again, but it will only revive the resentment, John Crace tells Helen Pidd. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Weekend
Best of Weekend part 2: Louis Theroux, a late life gender transition, and is it murder if you're asleep?

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 47:46


Weekend is taking a little break. So this week, we're picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them… Zoe Williams turns the tables on veteran interviewer Louis Theroux; how an app sparked a late-life gender transition for author Lucy Sante; and if you kill someone in your sleep, are you a murderer?

Weekend
Best of Weekend part 1: Julia Fox, are we to blame for our bad habits? And surviving a ship wreck

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 46:36


Weekend is taking a little break. So for the next two weeks, we're picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them… Actor Julia Fox unpacks abuse, fame, and dating Kanye; should you blame yourself for your bad habits? And what happened when one man's boat sank in the dead of night and he had to save his seven-year-old son.

Weekend
Weekend podcast: what's it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z's lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on President The Rock

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 38:17


Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson's surreal US presidential bid (1m23s); Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness (8m05s); why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City (24m45s); and do our political opponents really hate us? (29m54s).

Weekend
Weekend podcast: ‘We're ready' – Labour's Angela Rayner takes on the Tories; and how an app sparked a late-life gender transition

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 44:33


If Labour gets into government, the deputy labour leader Angela Rayner will be one of the most powerful women in Britain. ‘Bring it on,' she says (1m58s); and ‘I was having a much better time as a girl in that parallel life': why author Lucy Sante transitioned (29m08s)

Weekend
Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 2

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2024 57:37


Weekend is taking a little break. So this week, we've picked some of our favourite pieces from the last few months, just in case you missed them… Two stories about secrets, lies, and what happens when the people we trust turn out to have hidden motives: first, Joe Gibson reveals a troubling affair he had with his teacher that changed his life (1m48s); and comedian Michelle Brasier explains why she befriended her scammer (41m46s)

Weekend
Weekend podcast: actor Julia Fox, John Crace at the Tory party conference, and The Greatest Show Never Made

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 46:11


John Crace watches Rishi Sunak veer between dull and delusional in his conference speech (1m23s); actor Julia Fox unpacks abuse, fame, and dating Kanye (9m12s); plus the bizarre story of how an advert for a reality show led to a British TV mystery (35m01s)

Weekend
Weekend podcast: a Michelle Obama exclusive, peeing: to sit or not to sit, and being the only survivor of a plane crash

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 55:41


The Weekend team are taking a break. So for the next two weeks, we're looking back at some of our favourite pieces of the year. Michelle Obama reads an exclusive extract from her book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (2m05s); are you a stehpinkler or a sitzpinkler? Sam Wollaston extols the virtues of sitting down to pee (28m23s); and three decades on, the only survivor of a plane crash reflects on how the trauma changed her (41m23s).

Weekend
Weekend podcast: an affair that changed my life – an exclusive extract of Joe Gibson's memoir, and Marina Hyde on Rishi Sunak's ‘spirit of cricket'

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 51:44


We're doing something a bit different this week and bringing you an extended extract from Joe Gibson's memoir, Seventeen, about the troubling affair with a teacher that changed his life (10m53s); and after Rishi Sunak is quick to decry the Australian cricket team, Marina is quick to point out: well, that's just not cricket…(1m27s).

Weekend
Weekend podcast: actor Kathleen Turner, Marina Hyde on Prince Harry's memoir, and navigating fertility as twins

Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 47:25


Marina Hyde considers what Prince Harry's memoir revelations say about us as a nation (1m26s); Kathleen Turner on navigating chronic illness and falling for Michael Douglas (10m19s); and Chloë Hamilton describes the heartbreak of fertility, shoulder to shoulder with her twin sister (25m20s)

Cancelled Culture TODAY
Autobiography and memoir A Visible Man by Edward Enninful review – inspiring if preening memoir The editor-in-chief of British Vogue

Cancelled Culture TODAY

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 8:13


Full Story
'Jesus, what an idiot I was!' Helen Garner on revisiting her past to publish her diaries

Full Story

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 18:53


In this discussion between Helen Garner and Michael Williams for Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, the author talks about the difficulties of publishing her diaries, and her fascination with systems of life and death. • Read an extract from One Day I’ll Remember This

Full Story
Killing Time with Jimmy Barnes: 'Most people should do therapy'

Full Story

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 29:42


In this discussion between Jimmy Barnes and music writer Andrew Stafford for Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, the pair talk about the open heart surgery they’ve both been through, the therapist who saved the rocker, and how the star slowed down to find beauty in calm Jimmy Barnes: ‘It’s criminal the way the government has treated the arts’ ‘My demons can fight among themselves. They don’t own me any more’ Barnes on finding calm amid chaos: ‘I’m really good at arranging flowers!’ – video

The Guardian Books podcast
Samantha Harvey on her year without sleep – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 37:32


On this week’s show, the novelist explains how she came to write about her insomnia and we consider why indie bookshops are booming in the UK and Ireland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Ben Lerner and Meena Kandasamy on autofiction – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 37:01


Ben Lerner and Meena Kandasamy talk about drawing on their most embarrassing and vulnerable moments to write fiction. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

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The Guardian Books podcast
Escaping Westboro Baptist Church: Megan Phelps-Roper's journey – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 40:16


A former member recalls growing up in ‘America’s most hated family’ and Claire McGlasson explains why we’re fascinated by cults. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
'The past is amongst us. Taking notes': nature writing with Kathleen Jamie and Laurie Lee – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 29:34


On this week’s show, Jamie talks about her new essay collection Surfacing and we hear a rare recording of the Cider with Rosie author. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
'I felt a huge grief': the challenges of writing about trauma – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 48:42


On this week’s show, we talk to Laura Cumming and Rhik Samadder about their memoirs, take a look at the Booker shortlist and give a verdict on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
What is it like being a refugee? with Pajtim Statovci and Dina Nayeri – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 31:42


For Refugee Week, two writers discuss their experiences as asylum seekers and the challenges facing refugees around the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

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The Guardian Books podcast
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and Ian Maleney on soil, family and loss – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 40:55


This week we hear two contrasting approaches to eternal questions of belonging, plus regional differences in literature. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Finding solace in nature, with Luke Turner – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 35:44


The music journalist and writer takes Claire for a wander through Epping Forest as they discuss his book Out of the Woods. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Rethinking masculinity with Thomas Page McBee - books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 37:44


When McBee stepped into the boxing ring at Madison Square Gardens to fight, he made history as the first trans man to do so – a journey he documents in his book, Amateur

The Guardian Books podcast
The best audiobooks to enjoy this Christmas - books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 35:12


From La Belle Sauvage to Lincoln in the Bardo, Claire and Sian review the most creative and compelling listening experiences and debate whether audiobooks are ‘cheating’

The Guardian Books podcast
What is it like being Ravenmaster at the Tower of London? – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 60:36


We step back in time for a stroll around the Tower of London with Chris Skaife, who looks after the landmark’s ravens; and we sit down with philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss identity

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The Guardian Books podcast
Around the world with Simon Reeve and Neil MacGregor – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 59:19


The BBC presenter talks about the travels in his memoir Step By Step, and the celebrated curator reflects on the beliefs explored in Living With the Gods

The Guardian Books podcast
The rise of autofiction, with Olivia Laing and Christina Patterson – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 29:00


A trend for authors to use their real lives as a template for stories has been widely noted. Two writers who complicate this picture join us to look for the facts

The Guardian Books podcast
Do our memories make us who we are? – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 32:59


Wendy Mitchell talks about her memoir of early onset dementia and neurologist Jules Montague explains how the brain shapes our sense of self

The Guardian Books podcast
Maria Alyokhina and Omar El Akkad – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 35:19


We talk to the Pussy Riot musician about her memoir and to journalist Omar El Akkad, about his move from journalism to dystopian fiction

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The Guardian Books podcast
Robert Webb on modern masculinity – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 24:35


Comedian and writer Robert Webb, star of Peep Show, discusses modern masculinity and his own boyhood in his new book ‘How Not to Be a Boy’

Required Reading With Tom and Stella
Episode 10: Tangent Special 1. Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

Required Reading With Tom and Stella

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 138:56


It's the tenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it's worth its place in the canon. This time around, we are taking a break from our usual look at literature for our first "Tangent Special," which covers the genres of biography, autobiography, and memoir. We discuss what defines each genre and make recommendations. If you like our podcast, feel free to like our Facebook page (just search for Required Reading with Tom and Stella) or email us at requiredreadingcast@gmail.com

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Required Reading With Tom and Stella
Episode 10: Tangent Special 1. Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

Required Reading With Tom and Stella

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017


It’s the tenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look [...]

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Required Reading With Tom and Stella
Episode 10: Tangent Special 1. Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

Required Reading With Tom and Stella

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017 138:56


It's the tenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it's worth its place in the canon. This time around, we are taking a break from our usual look at literature for our first "Tangent Special," which covers the genres of biography, autobiography, and memoir. We discuss what defines each genre and make recommendations. If you like our podcast, feel free to like our Facebook page (just search for Required Reading with Tom and Stella) or email us at requiredreadingcast@gmail.com

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The Guardian Books podcast
Richard Ford discusses his family memoir – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 40:43


The Pulitzer prize-winning author talks to Sarah Churchwell about his new memoir, Between Them: Remembering my Parents

The Guardian Books podcast
Funny memoirs with Patricia Lockwood – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 33:03


We talk to the poet-turned-memoirist about Priestdaddy, her account of growing up with a Catholic priest for a father, and discuss our favourite funny autobiographies

The Guardian Books podcast
Fact or fiction: autobiographical novels with Édouard Louis – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 42:04


Louis’s acclaimed debut The End of Eddy sparked a media hunt for the truth in France due to its blend of narrative and autobiographical fact. We speak to him about his novel’s reception, plus discuss the best and worst of autofiction

The Guardian Books podcast
Nadja Spiegelman and Alex Wheatle - books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2016 52:06


How life stories play out in memoir and fiction with the authors of family memoir I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This and YA award-winner Crongton Knights

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The Guardian Books podcast
Maggie Nelson and Chris Kraus on confessional writing – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2016 29:52


Maggie Nelson explains the nuances of tackling gender and sexuality in her genre-bending memoir The Argonauts, while Chris Kraus talks about her 1997 feminist text I Love Dick enjoying a second life in 2016

The Guardian Books podcast
Sara Pascoe and Amy Stewart on the female body – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2016 39:37


Comedian Sara Pascoe explores how our experience is shaped by our physical form in Animal, and we track down a New Jersey pioneer with Amy Stewart

The Guardian Books podcast
Frederick Forsyth with Mark Lawson - Guardian Live event

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016 88:24


To celebrate the publication of his autobiography The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth gives a rare public interview discussing his life as a bestselling novelist and Cold War spy

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Frederick Forsyth with Mark Lawson - Guardian Live event

We Need to Talk About...

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016 88:24


To celebrate the publication of his autobiography The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth gives a rare public interview discussing his life as a bestselling novelist and Cold War spy

The Guardian Books podcast
The great outdoors with Amy Liptrot and Emily Chappell – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2016 44:26


This week we find ourselves out of doors on the windswept islands of Orkney with Amy Liptrot and among the traffic-clogged streets of London with Emily Chappell

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The Guardian Books podcast
Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald Live Event

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 46:55


Alex Clark discusses the challenges of writing your own life story with the authors of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and H Is for Hawk

The Digested Read podcast
Hillary Clinton: the big reveal? – books podcast

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2015 11:55


John Crace digests Hillary Clinton's latest autobiography, and picks it over for clues to vital questions – what does she really think of Obama?

The Digested Read podcast
Caitlin Moran: all about the girl, again - books podcast

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2014 10:46


John Crace digests Caitlin Moran's debut novel, How to Build a Girl, down to 600 words, and wonders what it adds to the autobiography that set her on the crest of the fourth wave of feminism

The Digested Read podcast
Stephen Fry: low tales of the high life - books podcast

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2014 14:12


John Crace digests Stephen Fry's latest memoir, More Fool Me, down to 600 words, and finds the nation's favourite luvvie adrift in a blizzard of names and white powder

The Digested Read podcast
Russell Brand: the raffish revolutionary - books podcast

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2014 10:21


In the first of a daily series of digested reads, John Crace considers Russell Brand's political manifesto, Revolution More digested read podcasts

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This Goodly Land - Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2009


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This Goodly Land - Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009


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This Goodly Land - Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009 34:37


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