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Best podcasts about biography books

Latest podcast episodes about biography books

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)

CMYK@MCPL
Discussions with Miss Dana: August Biographies!

CMYK@MCPL

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 17:44


Miss Dana features some new and unforgettable biographies and promotes our upcoming library events!

Books and Bites
Not Your Typical Biography: Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 64

Books and Bites

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 31:25


Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 64JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.On this episode, we discuss the fourth prompt in the Books and Bites 2022 Reading Challenge, a biography or autobiography. You may be surprised to find biographies and autobiographies come in varied formats and styles to match any reader's tastes.Book Notes Adam recommends autobiographical Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon and Mu by horror master Junji Ito. Michael recommends You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe, which takes an honest and sometimes humorous look at the life of George Washington. Carrie recommends genre-bending A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. This book pieces together the buried history of eighteenth-century Irish poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. Bite Notes Indulge Juji Ito's love for the… Lovecraftian with an Earl Grey Bourbon Pomegranate Punch, aptly titled Under the Scarlet Sea. This dark scarlet drink mixes fruity flavors, the bitterness of tea and bourbon, and some intrigue through club soda and black tapioca pearls. Find the recipe at feastinthyme.com Start your morning off like George Washington with a plate of hoecakes swimming in melted butter and honey. The recipe can be found in Alexis Coe's You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. Colcannon, a traditional Irish comfort dish, is the perfect accompaniment to A Ghost in the Throat. Find the recipe in Real Irish Food by David Bowers.

Today in Focus
Hadley Freeman's 18-year search to uncover her family's secrets

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 29:49


When Hadley Freeman found an old shoebox full of pictures and documents in the back of a wardrobe, it began a quest to find the real story of her family’s history and her grandmother’s escape to America from the Nazis. Plus: Annette McGivney on the problem with almond milk. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

The Guardian Books podcast
Inside the world of trauma cleaners – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 33:39


Sarah Krasnostein talks about her biography The Trauma Cleaner and we remember children’s author Judith Kerr. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

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The Guardian Books podcast
The life of Alexander von Humboldt, plus foraging for food – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 41:34


On this week’s show, Andrea Wulf shares her new graphic novel biography of Alexander von Humboldt and professional forager John Wright takes us on a hunt for wild food in London. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Heida: the Icelandic model who became a shepherd – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 36:31


On this week’s show, we speak to Heida Ásgeirsdóttir about her life as a farmer, and to Irish writer Sinéad Gleeson about her collection Constellations. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Why have we forgotten Jack the Ripper's victims? – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 46:02


Historians Hallie Rubenhold and Lindsey Fitzharris discuss their books The Five and The Butchering Art. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

The Guardian Books podcast
Costa biography prize winner Bart van Es and Mathias Énard – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 44:25


We head back to 16th-century Constantinople with Énard, explore the troubled legacy of the second world war with Van Es and look ahead to the Costa book of the year

The Guardian Books podcast
The art of biography, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ken Krimstein – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 46:53


New Yorker cartoonist Krimstein discusses his pictorial life of Hannah Arendt and we head to the British Library with MacCulloch to learn about Thomas Cromwell

The Guardian Books podcast
Paul Kildea on Chopin and Amy Sackville on Velázquez – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 39:00


Paul Kildea explores how Frédéric Chopin wrote his Preludes and what became of them after his death, while Amy Sackville looks at power and PR through the lens of Diego Velázquez

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Den forkromede holdning
Episode 4 murphys law and biography books

Den forkromede holdning

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 69:15


David and Henrik talks about the band MURPHYS LAW and have a talk about the biographies of John Joseph, Harley Flanagan and Roger Miret and also review the artbook from ric Clayton. Matti is still on his Love trip to Indonesia.

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The Guardian Books podcast
Madeline Miller and Toby Litt – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 48:05


What can history and myth tell us about the #MeToo moment? The books podcast tackles gender politics with a wrestler and a witch

The Guardian Books podcast
LGBT must-reads and a new history of trans Britain – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 44:48


The hard-won victories of trans people, with Christine Burns, plus the classics to read in LGBT history week

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’

The Guardian Books podcast
Black history: Mumbo Jumbo and Paul Robeson – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 26:57


On this week’s podcast, we talk to Ishmael Reed about his reissued classic novel Mumbo Jumbo and historian Jeff Sparrow about his biography of Paul Robeson

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
Lives shaped by history with Hisham Matar and Margo Jefferson – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2016 46:24


We examine how the most personal writing can illuminate a wider world as Hisham Matar and Margo Jefferson turn to memoir

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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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We Need to Talk About...
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

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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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We Need to Talk About...
Burt Reynolds meets Hadley Freeman - Guardian Live event

We Need to Talk About...

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2015 73:32


To celebrate his autobiography But Enough About Me, veteran actor Burt Reynolds joins Hadley Freeman at a Guardian Live event to talk candidly about his career, Sinatra, Monroe and who would play him in the film of his life

The Guardian Books podcast
Max Porter and Katharine Norbury on grief – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2015 38:29


We discuss how literature can be forged from sadness with two writers longlisted for the Guardian first book award

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The Guardian Books podcast
Jeremy Hutchinson talks to Alan Rusbridger – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2015 38:50


The Guardian's former editor, Alan Rusbridger, crosses swords over liberty, censorship and privacy with the doyen of the English criminal bar, Jeremy Hutchinson, at a Guardian Live event

The Guardian Books podcast
Life and death questions with Caitlin Doughty and Anuradha Roy – books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2015 39:04


We confront the most difficult subjects with the novelist Anuradha Roy and mortician Caitlin Doughty

The Digested Read podcast
Morrissey's autobiography: vain or glorious? – books podcast

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2013 12:02


John Crace digests Morrissey's Autobiography down to just 600 words, while Will Woodward and Caspar Llewellyn Smith wonder if the one-time Smiths frontman is as cool as he thinks he is

The Digested Read podcast
The Digested Read podcast: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by William Shawcross

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2009 5:33


John Crace does obeisance before William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother

The Digested Read podcast
Digested read podcast: Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin

The Digested Read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2009 4:49


John Crace attempts to get over the Moon