Podcasts about biographers

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Zachary Leader chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Ellmann's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its Maker. Here's what you'll discover in this episode:  Richard Ellmann's biography of the novelist James Joyce is considered the greatest literary biography of the 20th century. Why Zachary Leader was inspired to craft Ellmann's Joyce. Why Ellmann's Joyce is structured in two sections: a chronological life of Richard Ellmann followed by a thematic ‘making of James Joyce's biography' section. Why Zachary opened the narrative with a chapter defending literary biography. Why Zachary portrayed Ellmann's James Joyce as both scholarship and art, foregrounding Ellmann's narrative craft, wit and realist virtues. Why Ellmann's Joyce is a practical masterclass in biography.

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In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Micaela Sahhar chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: The death of Micaela Sahhar's grandmother's last surviving sister created a sense of urgency for Micaela to capture her Palestinian family's stories before they slipped beyond living memory. With many primary sources destroyed in the 1948 Nakba, Micaela learned to read absence as a form of evidence, drawing on object memory, fragments, photographs, and ephemeral archives to reconstruct what official records could not. Micaela's grandfather's late-life oral history tapes were a vital source of historical and family information. They looped between present and past, between stories and digressions and became a structural model for the encyclopaedic, non-linear form of Find Me at the Jaffa Gate. In 2023, Micaela visited Jerusalem to retrace her family's footsteps through the Old City. She recalls that walking the actual terrain, up hills, distances and ordinary neighbourhoods, brought a present-tense vividness to the story. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is structured as a 48-entry encyclopaedia spanning four generations of Micaela's Palestinian family, from the streets of Jerusalem and Bethlehem to the Palestinian community of Melbourne.

Sebastian Mallaby spent three years and 30+ hours interviewing Demis Hassabis in the back of a British pub to write The Infinity Machine, and the conversation uses that reporting to surface the most underexplored figure in AI. Demis founded the original AI lab in 2010, won a Nobel Prize, runs models that consistently top the leaderboards, and yet remains so unrecognized that Sebastian's own publisher worried no one would buy a book with his face on the cover.  The throughline is a paradox: Demis tried to prevent the AI race we're now all living through, and now finds himself one of its central protagonists. He used to believe a single lab could carry the safety burden to AGI; he now sees safety as a collective action problem only governments can solve. He hedged DeepMind's research bets across every promising direction, and as a result missed the two most consumer-defining moments in modern AI — ChatGPT and Claude Code. He nearly spun DeepMind out of Google with a secret $1B Reid Hoffman pledge backing him, but never used the leverage and stayed — and won a Nobel Prize the next year. The episode also zooms out to the structural forces shaping the race — why hyperscalers can't out-recruit concentrated-bet labs, why Sebastian gives OpenAI roughly 50/50 odds of being absorbed by next summer, why he thinks Anthropic should IPO right now, and what the personal histories between Demis, Elon, and Sam reveal about who actually trusts whom.   (0:00) Intro (2:04) Was the AI Race Inevitable? (4:03) The 2015 Safety Summit Backfire (7:15) Can Governments Actually Fix This? (9:26) How the World Misread DeepMind (11:27) Why Google Never Makes the Concentrated Bet (15:51) Project Mario: The Secret Spinout Plan (19:43) What Demis Actually Regrets (23:46) Venture Startups vs. Tech Behemoths (27:50) Controlling the Narrative (30:40) The Talent War and Hiring Brand (34:08) David Silver and the RL True Believers (38:21) Demis, Elon, and the Evil Genius Feud (42:39) Great Man Theory vs. Inevitability (45:00) What Demis Didn't Want Published With your host: @jacobeffron - Managing Director at Redpoint

In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, Professor Karen Fang chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Karen Fang explains why only a full-length biography could do justice to Tyrus Wong's 106-year life that encompassed his achievements across fine art, animation, Hollywood storyboarding, greeting cards and kite-making. Karen reveals that the title Background Artist is Tyrus Wong's Disney credit in the original 1942 release of the movie Bambi. Among the most revealing archival discoveries was Tyrus Wong's personal correspondence that showed a wickedly funny, warm and creatively restless person that no formal interview could have captured. Karen reveals how Tyrus Wong's signature visual style, rooted in Chinese brush painting technique and aesthetic heritage, transformed racial difference from a liability into an artistic asset, enabling him to succeed in a society that otherwise offered very little opportunity to Chinese Americans. The closing passages of Background Artist tie together the themes of visibility, immigration and artistic legacy, ending with the line Karen says came directly from her conversations with Tyrus Wong's daughters: ‘Tyrus was always simply an artist.'

In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, award-winning author Dr Debra Adelaide chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting When I Am Sixty-Four. Here's what you'll discover in this episode:  When I Am Sixty-Four is a tender, poignant story based on Debra Adelaide's lifelong friendship with the award-winning author, Gabrielle Carey. When I Am Sixty-Four began not as a planned book but as a single vivid memory that arrived unbidden while she was working on another project; it simply refused to let go. A work of extraordinary depth and grace, When I Am Sixty-Four is crafted as autofiction, a hybrid genre that blurs the line between fiction and autobiography. Debra defines autofiction as writing memoir using the tools of narrative fiction, shaping, rearranging, condensing, and inventing to reach for a broader emotional truth. Debra explains her decision not to name Gabrielle or anyone else in the book, wanting readers to bring their own experiences of loving someone in despair to the narrative. Debra describes the story's mosaic structure of vignettes as entirely instinctive. The final tragic months of her friend's life provide a loose chronological spine, while memories from their 50 years of shared history were weaved in.  The story's dark humour, Debra explains, was both an authentic expression of who Gabrielle Carey was, a woman with an extraordinary laugh, and a deliberate way of honouring her.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Troy Bramston chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New. This is the first full biography of Gough Whitlam, a former Australian Prime Minister, since his death in 2014. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: The biography's subtitle The Vista of the New came from a poem Gough Whitlam wrote in 1934 as a student at Canberra Grammar School. In it, he imagines a bolder brighter future for Australia. The biography's central theme is political leadership. Troy Bramston is interested in how power is gained, used and lost. Gough Whitlam's school reports noted his difficulty getting along with others. These interpersonal failures would contribute to his downfall decades later. Troy argues that Whitlam was not a man of destiny but a man of history, driven not by a sense of predestination but by a hunger to change Australia's direction. Troy makes a compelling case for advancing the biographical subject. Continually asking what is new, he argues that a biography that doesn't tell us something we didn't know before, however well written, fails to fully justify itself.

Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Nothin' Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Michael's websitehttps://www.michaelsethstarr.com/ Nothin' Comes Easyhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770877/nothin-comes-easy-by-michael-seth-starr/9780806543239/ Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeleshttps://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Jewish Museum of the American Westhttps://www.jmaw.org/ Atheists United Studioshttps://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Anne Chambers is a celebrated biographer, having written about lives as diverse as pirate Queen Grace O'Malley and Tom Cruise -not the actor - but her own, unknown uncle. Now she has written her own story, which looks at how her writing has impacted her own life. She joins Pat to discuss.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Ian Hembrow chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Celsius: A Life and Death by Degrees. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Celsius: A Life and Death by Degrees is the first full-length English biography of Anders Celsius, a modest Swedish astronomer who quietly revolutionised our understanding of the natural world. Ian Hembrow's accidental discovery of Celsius's story in 2016 sparked a years'-long quest that led him to the Arctic Circle, retracing Celsius's 1736–37 expedition to measure the shape of the Earth. Celsius's story is set against the backdrop of the European Enlightenment, illustrating how he thrived in the vibrant 18th-century scientific community while unlocking fundamental mysteries of nature. Ian Hembrow draws connections to the present, noting that Celsius, who is best known for inventing the 100-point centigrade temperature scale, now lends his name to global climate targets as humanity strives to limit warming to 1.5°C. How Ian Hembrow delves into Celsius's human story, sharing the personal struggles and triumphs behind his scientific achievements and offering a poignant reminder that even great scientific minds face immense personal challenges. The relevance of Celsius's story today, reminding us of the crucial role of scientific inquiry and our shared responsibility to use knowledge wisely as we face urgent challenges like climate change.

This week on Q&A, it's a rare interview with one of America's leading historians. We tour the New York City office and home library of Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling biographer Robert Caro, who is currently working on the final volume of his 5-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. During the tour, Mr. Caro talks about his research and writing process on the LBJ series, and the impact of "The Power Broker," his bestselling 1974 biography of NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Q&A, it's a rare interview with one of America's leading historians. We tour the New York City office and home library of Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling biographer Robert Caro, who is currently working on the final volume of his 5-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. During the tour, Mr. Caro talks about his research and writing process on the LBJ series, and the impact of "The Power Broker," his bestselling 1974 biography of NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author and environmental advocate Miriam Horn brings the pioneering impact of wildlife conservationist George Schaller to life in her new book “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller.”  Since the 1950's, George, often along with his wife Kay (an anthropologist), pioneered the fieldwork of living peacefully amongst large, wild/free-living animals like snow leopards, gorillas, lions, tigers, jaguars, giant pandas, Tibetan antelope, Marco Polo sheep, and Gobi bears in remote habitats, that helped pave the way for humane conservationists like Jane Goodall and Dianne Fossey, recognizing animal agency and their "theory of mind." Schaller also created parks and preserves all around the world to save vital wilderness habitat. Why have most of us never heard of him?! It's important that the Schallers' legacy is intimately detailed through Miriam's wonderful storytelling to fully appreciate how they went to wild places few scientists had ventured, persevered in tough and often politically fraught conditions, trained a cadre of young local scientists around so many nations to protect their local wildlife, published scientific books and articles proving wild animals' vast capabilities and needs, and campaigned politically to get habitats protected. You'll enjoy this 50-minute lively discussion between author Miriam Horn and Carrie Freeman, host of In Tune to Nature.   "In Tune to Nature" is an hour-long radio show airing Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station) hosted by me, Carrie Freeman, or friend Melody Paris. The show's website and my contact info can be found at https://wrfg.org/intunetonature/  While there, consider donating to Radio Free Georgia, a 50+ year old progressive, non-commercial, indie radio station, run largely by volunteers like me and Melody. And remember to take care of yourself and others, including the other animals with whom we share the planet. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on In Tune to Nature do not necessarily reflect those of WRFG, its board, staff, or volunteers.  

In a real treat of a bonus podcast, we get to know a stalwart of the US boxing circuit, the one and only Jack Hirsch. Jack fell in love with boxing as a youngster but after a spell as an amateur and getting beaten up by world middleweight champions in sparring, he realised his calling was on the other side of the ropes. Witness to some of the most important fights in history, Jack talks us through watching Muhammad Ali and Roberto Duran in New York, his move into journalism and getting to know the legends of the sport. One of those, the great light-heavyweight and heavyweight Michael ‘The Jinx' Spinks is the subject of Jack's first book. The process of writing that is a fascinating listen, as is his opinions on boxing journalism today. Enjoy!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Hester Kaplan chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Twice Born: Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography. Here's what you'll discover in this episode:  The catalyst for crafting Twice Born was the death of Hester's father, the biographer Justin Kaplan. Hester realised she had lost the chance to ask her father the questions that had always eluded her during his lifetime. Rather than being a conventional biography, Twice Born blends biography, memoir, and fiction, a structure Kaplan chose deliberately to view her father from many different angles and points of view, enabling her to know him in ways impossible while he was alive. Kaplan discovered that her father chose Mark Twain as his biographical subject because of deep personal parallels that included an early loss of parents, a traumatic childhood and an identity reinvented through writing. Hester insists that biographers inevitably choose subjects who mirror their own inner lives. Kaplan reflects on how memory and fiction blur once put on the page. Because Justin Kaplan always wrote behind closed study doors, his daughter uses fiction to imaginatively enter that space and reconstruct his writing process.

Rolling Stones biographer Bob Spitz guests on the Fake Show with host Jim Tofte...enjoy!!!

brianturnershow.com, eastvillageradio.comRichard Langston, author of the new Clean biography In The Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul, joins The Brian Turner Show. The two will be chatting extensively about this brilliant band's 1978-2016 life, which was punctuated by periods on inactivity but inevitably continual returns that netted them deep and dedicated international fandom. Founded by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, initial rotating lineups traversed their New Zealand homeland with budget tours, met with degrees of alienation from the established Auckland punk scene. Their psychedelic pastiche contained deep love of Barrett, The Beatles, Velvets, Hendrix, and Arthur Lee, which showed in their rudimentary DIY ethic; a heady formula out of fashionable step and thus triggering retreat back to their Dunedin hometown. However,  surprise success of their first single hitting the top 20 trigged a great leap forward for not only the Kilgours (now joined by future Bats founder Robert Scott), but a newfound communal scene in The Clean's wake that launched not only the Flying Nun label but a score of kindred spirit groups. They eventually achieved notoriety internationally despite periods of pause, and massively influenced a big slab of American indie rock units as well. Langston chronicles the great heights of this band live and on record with dutiful shoutouts to those in their circles who helped elevate them. We'll be playing a bunch of live Clean tracks as well.THE CLEAN - Point That Thing Somewhere Else (live Fulham Greyhound, 88)THE CLEAN - Quickstep (live Gladstone, 81)THE CLEAN - Art School (live Railway, Auckland, 81)THE CLEAN - Side On (live Christchurch, 82)THE CLEAN - Beatnik (live Christchurch, 82)THE CLEAN - Oddity (live Rumba Bar 82)INTERVIEW WITH HAMISH AND DAVID KILGOUR on the show, Nov 2021THE CLEAN - Dunes (live Gronigen, 89)THE CLEAN - Draw(in)g To a (W)hole (live Barcelona 2010)THE CLEAN - Outside the Cage (live Barcelona 2010)THE CLEAN - I Wait Around (live Regent, Dunedin, 2007)INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD LANGSTON - Author of In The Dreamlife You Need a Rubber SoulTHE CLEAN - In The Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul (live Barcelona, 2010)THE CLEAN - Whatever I Do Is (live Barcelona 2010)THE CLEAN - Fish (live Sammys, Dunedin, 2000)THE CLEAN - Getting Older (live Maxwells, Hoboken, 2010)THE CLEAN - Hold On To the Rail (live Sammys, Dunedin, 2000)THE CLEAN - At the Bottom (live Sammys, Dunedin, 2000)THE CLEAN - I Can't Stand It (live) - Mashed (Arch Hill, 2008)THE CLEAN - Point That Thing Somewhere Else (Sammys, Dunedin, 2000)

Dame Quentin Bryce has lived a life of firsts; she was our first female Governor-General, the first women accepted to the Queensland Bar, and the first woman to be appointed to the faculty at T. C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, to name a few. And we're lucky enough to have this trailblazer as a guest on her first ever podcast!Together with her biographer Juliet Rieden, author of 'Quentin Bryce', she joins Jess to talk about her remarkable life; from meeting the Queen, the importance of beauty, laughter and and female friendship, and what ageing means to her.You can find the book 'Quentin Bryce' here: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/quentin-bryce-the-authorised-biography-9781761341908And now you can watch The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesqtyngSCqxLvqN8nj1uTQ/ Follow Jess Rowe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessjrowe/And TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@craphousewifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Helen Pitt chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about The House: The dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it and Luna Park: The extraordinary story of the showmen, shysters and schemers who built Sydney's famous fun park. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: The catalyst for The House was hearing of the death of Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon. Helen Pitt realised his tragic story deserved retelling for a new generation. Helen restored the largely forgotten story of Peter Hall, the Australian architect who completed the interiors of Sydney Opera House after Utzon's dramatic departure in 1966. Luna Park began taking shape in 2019, driven by Helen's desire to uncover the dark history lurking beneath one of Sydney's most joyful facades. The Ghost Train fire of 9 June 1979, which killed six children and one father, sits at the heart of Luna Park. Helen presents compelling evidence that the potential crime scene was bulldozed within 24 hours, making the truth perhaps permanently unknowable. Helen cites Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City as her primary model for novelistic nonfiction, employing scene-setting, dialogue and granular detail to bring history viscerally alive.

April 20, 2026KURT M. SMITH,Pastor-Teacher @ Providence Re-formed Baptist Church of Remlap,AL, & author of a number of books,including “Thundering the Word:The Awakening Ministry of GeorgeWhitefield”, who will address:“A BIOGRAPHER of GEORGE WHITE-FIELD's REVIEW of the NEW FILM:‘A GREAT AWAKENING: ONE MAN'sFAITH IGNITED a REVOLUTION',A VIEW of GEORGE WHITEFIELD'sIMPACT UPON AMERICA as SEENTHROUGH the EYES of BENJAMINFRANKLIN” Subscribe: iTunes TuneIn Android RSS Feed Listen:

Scottish Ballet's Starstruck honours Gene Kelly's creative legacy and his passion for creating "dance for the common man". His wife Patricia Ward Kelly tells us about this fusion of ballet, jazz, tap and tango danced to the music of Chopin, Ravel and Gerswhin. As the winner of the inaugural Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing is announced as Adam Weymouth for his book Lone Wolf, about a journey from Slovenia to Italy across the Alps, Adam joins us along with veteran writer Colin Thubron to discuss the art of travel writing. And as he receives an Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize and as his work goes on show at the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition in London, photographer Joel Meyerowitz talks to us about his career - documenting everything from London in the swinging sixties to New York in the aftermath of 9/11. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Paul Kildea chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Chopin's Piano: A Journey through Romanticism. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Paul Kildea's inspiration for crafting Chopin's Piano. A Journey through Romanticism. The significance of the biography's title. The relevance of Chopin's Piano: A Journey through Romanticism today. Chopin's primitive piano was crafted by Juan Bouwer, an amateur artisan in Palma, Majorca, in 1838. Juan Bouwer had no inkling his humble instrument would become the catalyst for Chopin composing six of his 24 Preludes on the piano. Why Chopin's Piano's 24-chapter structure mirrors Chopin's two books of 12 Preludes. Musica Viva adapted Chopin's Piano as a national touring production in 2023, blending all 24 Preludes with storytelling.

Anne Chambers tells Oliver about turning the lens on herself and why biography still matters

(Apr 13, 2026) A woman from St. Lawrence County is on the team of software engineers who designed the systems for the Artemis II, the mission that went around the moon and back; new research out of Cornell shows Canadian wildfire smoke made some birds chirp and sing less., potentially exacerbating population decline; and a group in North Creek is commemorating President Teddy Roosevelt's famous “night ride to the Presidency,” with a series of events.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Sara Fitzgerald chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about The Silenced Muse: Emily Hale, T. S. Eliot, and the Role of a Lifetime. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: How the secret letters T.S. Eliot wrote to Emily Hale revealed an intimate 27-year correspondence (1930-1957) that confirmed Hale's profound influence on his poetry. How Eliot's destruction of Emily's letters to him silenced her voice. Despite being relegated to footnote status in Eliot's life, Emily taught drama at prominent colleges such as Smith College, acted in amateur theatre with future Broadway stars and maintained a rich independent life. How Eliot's secret letter to Harvard revealed a nasty counter-narrative. Eliot's pre-emptive statement dismissed his relationship.

Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Michael's websitehttps://www.michaelsethstarr.com/ Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venomhttps://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806541747/don-rickles/ Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeleshttps://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Jewish Museum of the American Westhttps://www.jmaw.org/ Atheists United Studioshttps://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Jan Morris was one of the best known travel writers since World War 2, yet despite her fame she is an engima. The reason is simple. At the height of her success in the early 1970s she transitioned from male to female. The reasons for her going through what was still a fairly primitive risky procedure were clear to her but not to the world at large and other than one book of memoir Morris rarely spoke about it again. Sara Wheeler is herself a successful travel writer and biographer and in this FRDH podcast she speaks with host Michael Goldfarb about her authorized biography of Morris and the complicated and stupendously productive life she led. Give us 54 minutes to tell you all about it.

In the anthology American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer uses primary sources that take us back to critical moments when Americans fought over the meaning and direction of our country. In conversation with Amna Nawaz, co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS News Hour, and an NBC News and MSNBC contributor.   This program was held on February 18, 2026 in partnership with Politics and Prose. Watch on YouTube.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Theodore Ell chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Lebanon Days:  Memories of an ancient land through economic meltdown, a revolution of hope and surviving the 2020 Beirut explosion.  Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Theodore Ell reveals how the blended style of Lebanon Days—weaving memoir, cultural history, travel writing, journalism and political analysis—was an organic response to the multi-layered forces he witnessed in Lebanon between 2018 and 2021. Theo explores the five-part chronological structure of Lebanon Days and the key pivot points that shaped it: arriving as a newcomer, the 2019 revolution, COVID lockdown, the 2020 port explosion, and a sombre farewell. Theo explains the counterintuitive decision to draft Lebanon Days backwards, beginning with the explosion and working towards his arrival, as an archaeological method for keeping Lebanon, rather than himself, at the centre of the narrative. Theo introduces his forthcoming authorised biography of the acclaimed poet Les Murray, This Country Is My Mind. It involves studying 65 boxes of archival material he is studying at the National Library of Australia and interviews with over 50 people.

In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the life and music of Alice Coltrane with Andy Beta, author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane. Beta's book is the first full biography of this remarkable, groundbreaking artist, and is an elegant, deeply researched corrective to the historical—and critical—record. It elevates Alice Coltrane to her proper place, both alongside her husband as one of the greatest musical visionaries of the 20th century, and also as a singular artist in Western music, one who became a spiritual leader in her lifetime.Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) was one of the most misunderstood artists of the last sixty years. For most of her life—and even in the decades since her passing—she was primarily known as the widow of the late John Coltrane. John Coltrane is widely seen as being one of the greatest tenor saxophonists and composers of the 20th century, with a fervor and devotion approaching sainthood. Yet ever so slowly, that level of love and appreciation is also being bestowed upon pianist, organist, harpist, and composer Alice Coltrane. In the years since her passing, she has become a great influence on a new generation of musicians, especially women, people of color, and artists who seek to combine jazz with other musical forms, be it modern classical, electronic, Indian music, and more. Cosmic Music also unearths previously unknown connections between Alice Coltrane and other generational icons, from Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and Nina Simone to Mother Teresa and Doja Cat. For more, read my review of the book at https://www.popmatters.com/alice-coltrane-cosmic-music-beta "Reading is Funktamental" is a monthly one-hour podcast and radio show about great books written about music and music-makers. In each episode, host Sal Cataldi speaks to the authors of some of the best reads about rock, jazz, punk, world, experimental music, and much more. From time to time, the host and authors will be joined by notable musicians, writers, and artists who are die-hard fans of the subject matter covered. Expect lively conversation and a playlist of great music to go with it. "Reading Is Fundamental" can be heard on the second Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM on Wave Farm: WGXC 90.7 FM and online at wavefarm.org. It is also available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms. Sal Cataldi is a musician and writer based in Saugerties. He is best known for his work with his genre-leaping solo project, Spaghetti Eastern Music, and is also a member of the ambient guitar duo Guitars A Go Go, the poetry-and-music duo Vapor Vespers, and the quartet Spaceheater. His writing on music, books, and film has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, PopMatters, Seattle Times, Huffington Post, Inside+Out Upstate NY, and NYSMusic.com, where he is the book reviewer.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Deborah FitzGerald chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Her Sunburnt Country: The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar. Here's what you'll discover in this episode:  Why Dorothea Mackellar crafted her iconic poem: ‘I Love a Sunburnt Country'. Deborah FitzGerald's inspiration for crafting Her Sunburnt Country. Why Mackellar was invisible in the historical record, despite the enduring fame of her poem. How Deborah balanced Mackellar's literary life with her human story. How Deborah reconciled Mackellar's contradictions. How Deborah balanced imaginative storytelling and historical rigour. The contemporary relevance of Dorothea Mackellar's life story.

Sacramento considers naming changes following abuse allegations. Plus, we'll check in with a Chavez biographer. Also, new general manager begins at Nevada County radio station. Finally, the national sport of Ireland finds its footing in the region.

SEG 11: Conrad Black Biographer Conrad Black details Canada's immense chromium deposits in the "Ring of Fire." He highlights its strategic value for stainless steel production and US national security, potentially ending reliance on several unreliable foreign minerals sources. (12)1903 CANADA

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Lucy Jane Sussex and Megan Brown chat with Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Outrageous Fortunes: The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-Writer, and Her Criminal Son George Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Outrageous Fortunes was co-authored after a 25-year conversation, combining Lucy's 35 years of research with Megan's PhD research. Lucy and Megan employed a revisionist approach to correct the record about Mary Fortune, arguing that women's voices are undervalued. Why Mary Fortune's and George Fortune's stories were blended as ‘one story'. How Lucy and Megan employed ‘sideways research' when direct evidence was missing. How Lucy and Megan resisted dramatisation and fictionalisation, instead relying on contemporary newspaper accounts and court records. How Lucy and Megan borrowed the title Outrageous Fortunes from Shakespeare to reflect scandalous lives and the Victorian ‘topsy-turvy' puzzle metaphor that shaped their narrative structure

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dava Sobel chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Dava Sobel used the periodic table as the structural framework, with each chapter keyed to an element that represents a period of Curie's life or scientific work. Dava selected the title The Elements of Marie Curie to emphasise how the chemical elements shaped her discoveries and personal life. Dava wrote in the first person as Marie Curie, translating her letters into English though preserving her voice and perspective to create an immersive narrative. Dava traced the path for women in science by highlighting generations of women mentored by Curie, showing her enduring influence beyond her own research. Dava created a chemical chronology that parallels scientific discoveries with biography, such as linking radium extraction to gruelling lab work. Dava ended with ‘Carbon' to reflect on Curie's legacy and the organic, interconnected nature of her scientific and humanitarian impact.

Mark Clifford, journalist and biographer of the recently convicted pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai, talks about his journey from Hong Kong journalist to accidental activist.About Peking HotelThe Peking Hotel podcast and newsletter are digital publications in which Liu He interviews China specialists about their first-hand experiences and observations from decades past. The project grew out of Liu's research at Hoover Institution collecting oral history of China experts living in the U.S. Their stories are a reminder of what China used to be and what it is capable of becoming.Podcast music Get full access to Peking Hotel at pekinghotel.substack.com/subscribe

Michael Crick reveals shocking details on Nigel Farage's alleged school racism, chaotic parties, near-death escapes, and why he's Britain's most successful politician this century. Get Michael's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Party-After-Another/dp/1471192296 Follow him on X: https://x.com/MichaelLCrick Come to my live show: https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/heretics-live-show-in-conversation-with-suella-braverman-hosted-by-andrew-gold-11-mar-2026-tickets?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=blog&utm_content=launch&utm_partner=ag  SPONSORS: Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics  Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/  Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics  Michael Crick, legendary journalist and Farage biographer, drops jaw-dropping revelations on Nigel Farage: from schoolboy racism & anti-Semitism witnessed by over 30 people, bullying a young African boy, chaotic Reform UK councils raising taxes, surviving three near-death accidents, secret Tory defection attempts, dependence on James Goldsmith's death for UKIP success, Trump-like contradictions, grooming gangs failures, mass immigration realities, and why Farage remains the most influential & successful politician of the 21st century despite spending almost no time in Parliament. Explosive Heretics interview – don't miss it! #FarageExposed #NigelFarage #MichaelCrick Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com  Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates  Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok   Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 0:00 Farage: Most Successful Politician This Century? 5:07 Farage's Early Green Vote & Tory Rejection 9:05 Shocking School Racism & Anti-Semitism Claims 13:49 Does Farage Still Panders to Racists? 18:24 When Farage "Lost" His Racism 23:24 Far Right vs Reform – What's the Difference? 28:29 Reform's Chaotic Council Record Exposed 33:03 Who Should Patriots Vote For Now? 38:07 Farage's Trump Obsession & Putin Admiration 43:04 Immigration: Enrichment or Cultural Threat? 48:15 Future Mass Migration & Birth Rate Crisis 53:08 Politicians Raking It In – Farage's Million 58:03 Farage's High Life & Man of the People Myth 1:03:30 Coutts Scandal Revived Farage's Career 1:08:11 Near-Death Crashes & Irritability Link 1:12:00 A Heretic Michael Admires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, Steve is joined by June Thomas, author of A Place of Our Own, and Michael Schulman, author of Her Again and Oscar Wars, for some rollicking Gabfest discourse. First up, they get all shook up by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, the concert documentary directed by Baz Luhrmann from archival Elvis performance footage. Does the master of cinematic spectacle bring the King back to life?Next, they turn to The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the new sitcom from 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock starring Tracy Morgan. Finally, they examine the uncanny and profound phenomena of posthumously-published celebrity interviews—including Eric Dane and Jane Goodall—of Netflix's Famous Last Words specials. Existential bravery or exploitative trash? They discuss.In an exclusive bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, the panel weighs in on the best casting Oscar race.EndorsementsMichael: The audiobook of the memoir I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally as narrated by the incomparable Richard E. Grant.June: Two niche podcasts featuring conversations with authors of biography including Bio, the official podcast of the Biographers International Organization, and Biographers in Conversation. Also, jumping on the Richard E. Grant train, the BBC parody cooking series Posh Nosh starring Grant and Arabella Weir.Steve: The recent essay “The Stony Dark Within” by Joy Williams about Rainer Maria Rilke in the New York Review of Books.--Email us your thoughts at culturefest@slate.com. Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show, Steve is joined by June Thomas, author of A Place of Our Own, and Michael Schulman, author of Her Again and Oscar Wars, for some rollicking Gabfest discourse. First up, they get all shook up by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, the concert documentary directed by Baz Luhrmann from archival Elvis performance footage. Does the master of cinematic spectacle bring the King back to life?Next, they turn to The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the new sitcom from 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock starring Tracy Morgan. Finally, they examine the uncanny and profound phenomena of posthumously-published celebrity interviews—including Eric Dane and Jane Goodall—of Netflix's Famous Last Words specials. Existential bravery or exploitative trash? They discuss.In an exclusive bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, the panel weighs in on the best casting Oscar race.EndorsementsMichael: The audiobook of the memoir I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally as narrated by the incomparable Richard E. Grant.June: Two niche podcasts featuring conversations with authors of biography including Bio, the official podcast of the Biographers International Organization, and Biographers in Conversation. Also, jumping on the Richard E. Grant train, the BBC parody cooking series Posh Nosh starring Grant and Arabella Weir.Steve: The recent essay “The Stony Dark Within” by Joy Williams about Rainer Maria Rilke in the New York Review of Books.--Email us your thoughts at culturefest@slate.com. Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Jacqueline Kent chats with Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Inconvenient Women: Australian Radical Writers 1900-1970. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Jacqueline Kent traces the ‘missing generation' of Australian radical women writers, who bridged the gap between suffragists and second-wave feminism. These writers were politically active and formally transgressive, challenging norms in both their activism and subject matter. The collective-biography form enables Kent to show how these women intersected through organisations like the Fellowship of Australian Writers, the Society of Women Writers and the Commonwealth Literary Fund, creating fragile but vital support networks in otherwise isolated domestic lives. Kent insists these ‘inconvenient women' speak directly to the present, reminding listeners that structural sexism, economic inequality and workplace predation persist, even as a new generation of women refuses to accept discrimination as the norm.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Mark Hussey chats with Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel was published exactly 100 years after Virginia Woolf's famous novel appeared. Why Mark Hussey portrayed Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway as a living subject with its own life story. Why Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel is considered as an object biography. Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel follows Woolf's story chronologically from its first creative stirrings in her diary through conception, writing, drafting, revision, publication, early reviews, and onward throughout its extraordinary afterlife, which continues today. How Woolf's earliest notes from 6 October 1922 reveal she knew from the outset that ‘all must converge upon the party at the end'. How Mrs Dalloway inspired creative works such as novels set on a single day, films, an opera, plays, cartoons, memes, tattoos and songs.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Nicholas Boggs chats with Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Baldwin: A Love Story. Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Why Nicholas Boggs structured the biography around Baldwin's four great loves rather than chronology. Baldwin's frank acknowledgment that his novels were driven by autobiographical impulses gave Boggs rare biographical licence to connect fiction to life without making reductive one-to-one correlations between characters and real people.​ Retracing Baldwin's footsteps to Corsica, Istanbul and the south of France proved essential for capturing sensory details like the smell of maquis plants that connected biographer to subject across time. Boggs challenged the prevailing image of Baldwin as either a civil rights icon or a tragic figure, instead revealing he died at 63 surrounded by his great loves. The biography's epilogue deliberately intervenes in Baldwin's posthumous reputation, joining a chorus of scholars and writers working to dismantle the narrative of creative decline that attached itself to Baldwin's later years, reorienting readers toward the enduring power of his voice and vision.​

Chad opens the show discussing the life, work and tremendous impact on America and our politics of Jesse Jackson after learning of his passing early this morning at age 84.

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the first drilling at Mount Rushmore, the iconic American landmark in South Dakota. But Matthew Davis, author of the new book A Biography of a Mountain, says the project is actually unfinished. In today's episode, he joins NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer for a conversation about the original vision for Mount Rushmore, which was intended to diversify a struggling South Dakota economy after World War I.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In December 1999, legendary Washington Post reporter Lou Cannon joined C-SPAN for a special program at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara California .. It was the thirty-ninth in a series on American presidents ... A biographer of - and authority on - Ronald Regan, Lou Cannon talked with the C-SPAN audience — and took calls — for three hours:     BRIAN LAMB: Any reaction to this whole three hours, to being up here on the ranch again. Anything that comes mind.   LOU CANNON: 3 hours is a long time. I might have said this at the beginning. But maybe you should end where you begin. Ronald Reagan had many sides to him. The side people that people saw was this performer. The performer as actor. The performer as governor. The performer as president. But he also needed time to himself. He also liked to be off stage. He also liked to be by himself. This was the place he came when he was off stage.     In December 2025, Lou Cannon passed away … For decades, he appeared on C-SPAN programs and took calls …  And his son Carl Cannon, also an accomplished journalist and author, continues to do so.   Like the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "Extreme Mortman."   Carl Cannon joins us to remember his father.   We hear clips of Lou Cannon talking about his books, his reporting, President Reagan – and talking about Carl Cannon.   What did Lou Cannon say about his son?   How does Carl Cannon react to hearing his father talk about him?   And what inside stories do we learn about Lou Cannon as a reporter, as an author – and as a father.   Find out in the latest episode of "Extreme Mortman."   With very special guest – Carl Cannon.   Find "Extreme Mortman" wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Royal biographer Andrew Lownie exposes Prince Andrew's deep Epstein ties in this explosive Heretics interview. Join the Heretics Community For Bonus Videos: https://andrewgoldheretics.com/ SPONSORS: Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics  Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/  Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics  Royal biographer Andrew Lownie joins Heretics to dive deep into the latest Epstein document releases exposing Prince Andrew's long, disturbing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. From underage girls as young as 8 allegedly on Epstein's island, Sarah Ferguson's ongoing contact and money requests post-conviction, to Andrew's abuse of his trade envoy role for personal profit—including Afghanistan war opportunities—this interview uncovers elite corruption, sex trafficking claims, national security risks, intelligence links (Mossad/KGB), and why the royal family may never allow a trial. Lownie, author of the bombshell book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, discusses vindication after years of skepticism, potential jail for Andrew (or exile to Dubai), mysterious deaths, and the crumbling trust in the monarchy. Don't miss this unfiltered look at one of the biggest royal scandals ever. Lownie's substack: https://andrewlownie.substack.com Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Entitled-bestselling-devastating-biography-written/dp/0008775451/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 #PrinceAndrew #JeffreyEpstein #RoyalScandal Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com  Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates  Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok   Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 00:00 Prince Andrew's Epstein Ties Exposed 04:30 New Epstein Files Bombshells 09:00 Underage Girls on the Island 14:00 Sarah Ferguson & Epstein Connection 19:00 Financial Corruption & Trade Envoy Abuse 24:00 National Security Risks & Intelligence Links 29:00 Mysterious Deaths & Cover-Ups 34:00 Future of the Monarchy & Andrew's Fate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Bigelow has written a biography of the neglected author Virginia Faulkner. Show notes: Brad Bigelow Virginia Faulkner - A Life in Two Acts The Neglected Books Page The Space Age Pop Music Page A Dance to the Music of Time - musicoftime.com [A Dance to the Music of Time audiobook](Audible.com) Reading Pilgrimage Pilgrimage Paul Metcalf – Coffee House Press Learn more about Scrivener, and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener. If you like the podcast, please follow it on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Leave a rating or review, and tell your friends. And check out past episodes of Write Now with Scrivener.

Walter Isaacson (The Greatest Sentence Ever Written) is a biographer, historian, and Professor of History at Tulane University. Walter returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why he embeds himself into the lives of his subjects to write about them, how empathy can get in the way of success, and discovering the secret sauce of Elon Musk. Walter and Dax talk about his interest in people that try to learn as much as possible about everything knowable, the belief that growing up as a misfit can instill the drive seen in innovators of the modern age, and why an understanding of engineering is crucial to the political and philosophical conversations taking place today. Walter explains evaluating truths in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, the struggle and strategy to create common ground throughout American history, and his assertion as a historian that even heroes have great flaws and villains have backstories.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

January 1, 2026 marks 31 years since Fred West took his own life while awaiting trial for a series of horrific crimes that shocked Britain. This special episode features a rare and insightful conversation with Geoffrey Wansell, the journalist and author commissioned to write West's official biography following his death.Geoffrey brings a unique perspective shaped by extensive research, exclusive access, and decades of experience covering some of the UK's most notorious cases. In our discussion, he reflects on the challenges of documenting West's life, the realities behind the investigation, and the responsibility that comes with telling such a dark and complex story.Exclusive content:Patreon - Ad Free, Early Access, Exclusive EpisodesFollow the show:British Murders with Stuart BluesDisclaimer:The case discussed in this podcast episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives. I aim to cover such stories with a victim-focused approach, using information from publicly available sources. While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used. You can find the sources for each episode on my website. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised. Thank you for your understanding and support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A MIDWESTERN CHILDHOOD: ROOTS OF OPTIMISM AND DETACHMENT Colleague Max Boot. Biographer Max Boot discusses Ronald Reagan's difficult childhood in Illinois during the Great Depression. He details how Reagan's alcoholic father, Jack, created family instability, while his mother, Nelly, instilled optimism and a love for performance. Boot also highlights Reagan's formative experience as a lifeguard, shaping his desire to be a hero. NUMBER 1 1916 THE REAGANS