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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Show Book Club | 'What We Can Know' Author Ian McEwan

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 13:55


The Late Show Book Club chats with Ian McEwan, acclaimed author of "Atonement" and the new novel "What We Can Know," our October book club pick, about the real poem that inspired this story, whether writing has become easier for him after 19 novels, and his favorite advice for aspiring writers. Follow @ColbertLateShow on Instagram for more Late Show Book Club updates! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
Books with John Maytham

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 8:16 Transcription Available


The Proving Ground by Michael Connellym – Fictional What Can We Know by Ian McEwan – Fictional How To Build A House In The Mountains by Roger Lucey - Non-fitional Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#AmWriting
How Writing Big Shows Up on the Page (Ep 3)

#AmWriting

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 11:59


In this #amwriting podcast episode, Jennie Nash talks about what it means to “play big” on the page. Using Ian McEwan's choice to write his latest novel without research as an example, she shows how true impact comes when a writer fully owns their story and brings it to life with depth and intention. She encourages listeners to think about their own top five most powerful reads, notice what made those books unforgettable, and aim to create that same sense of bigness in their own writingTranscript Below!#AmWriting: A Groupstack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.SPONSORSHIP MESSAGEHey, it's Jess Lahey. If you've been listening to the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast for any length of time, you know that yes, I am a writer—but my true love, my deepest love, is combining writing with speaking. I get to go into schools, community organizations, nonprofits, and businesses, and do everything from lunch-and-learns to community reads to just teaching about the topics that I'm an expert in—from the topics in The Gift of Failure: engagement, learning, learning in the brain, cognitive development, getting kids motivated—and, yes, the topic of overparenting and what that does to kids' learning. Two topics around The Addiction Inoculation are substance use prevention in kids, and—what I've been doing lately that's the most fun for me, frankly—is combining the two. It makes the topic of substance use prevention more approachable, less scary, when we're talking about it in the context of learning, motivation, self-efficacy, competence, and—yes—cognitive development. So if you have any interest in bringing me into your school, your nonprofit, your business—I would love to come. You can go to JessicaLahey.com. Look under the menu option “Speaking,” and go down to “Speaking Inquiry.” There's also a lot of information on my website about what I do—there are videos there about how I do it. Please feel free to get in touch, and I hope I get to come to your community. If you put in the speaking inquiry that you are a Hashtag AmWriting listener, we can talk about a discount—so that can be one of the bonuses for being a loyal and long-term listener to the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast.Hope to hear from you.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTHi, I'm Jennie Nash, and you're listening to the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast. This is a Write Big session, where I'm bringing you short episodes about the mindset shifts that help you stop playing small and write like it matters.Today we're talking about how writing big shows up on the page—how you know when somebody else has done it, when a writer has really wrestled with their material, when they've really thought about what matters about it and why it matters, and how they want their readers to feel. They've done all the work of making the choices that deliver an experience to their reader. You can feel it—and you want it.Just before Ian McEwan's new novel came out—which is called What We Can Know—I read an interview with him in The Wall Street Journal, and the interviewer, whose name is Jon Mooallem, asked McEwan this: “You seem to savor research for your books. To write about a brain surgeon, in Saturday, you observed brain surgeries. Here you're writing about a future that's so plausible-seeming and specific but diverges dramatically from all the well-worn dystopian tropes. How do you go about researching the future?” And McEwan answers, “I didn't do any research for this novel.” The interviewer says, “Amazing—none?” And McEwan says, “I could have written it from a prison cell. I mean, there are factoids I looked up on the internet in 30 seconds, but as I approach 80, I'd rather revel in taking a walk through my own mind.”I don't normally read dystopian fiction, but when I heard that answer, I went and pre-ordered the book. I've read some of McEwan's other books and have adored them—especially Atonement. So he's on my radar as a writer that I like to read, and a writer that is worth my time. But I pass up a lot of books by writers whose previous work I've liked, so it's not a foregone conclusion that I would have read this one. But that idea—that he did no research for a sci-fi dystopian novel—and those words about how “I'd rather revel in taking a walk through my own mind”—that tells me that this is a book in which he's playing big, and that's a book that I want to read.It's not that there's anything wrong with research, obviously. People who are writing nonfiction are going to need to do a lot of research, and people writing historical fiction or maybe memoir, and people writing sci-fi or fantasy who are making up worlds that have new technologies or thinking about future systems of government or transportation or food delivery or any of that, are going to need to do research. It's not that I'm knocking that. What I heard, though, was this idea of a writer who was just owning this story—who had it alive in their head and was bringing it to life on the page. And that's what I always am looking for, and I suspect it's what you're looking for, too.If I were to ask you to reel off your all-time top favorite five books, I bet you would be able to. These books live in our minds because of the experience that they delivered to us. And sometimes it's because they came at the exact right moment in our lives. A lot of people will reference a book like Charlotte's Web, which maybe was one of the first books that they ever read—or one of the first times they understood what death is about. Or people will talk about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, because they felt, for the first time, that this author was really speaking to them and got into their heads and their hearts. So there's a huge part of this about where we are in our lives when we encounter a particular book and why it might hit us in that particular way. But if you really think about that list of five books, you're going to understand that there's something about those books where the author was playing big. They own their story in a very specific way.One of the books that would be on my top-five list would have to be the book Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. This is a memoir that I read when I was a teenager. I think I pulled it off of the shelf of my dad's study. It's a story of this guy who spends a season in the wilderness. He is a ranger at Arches National Park, which is one of those beautiful parks out in the middle of the desert. It's a red-rock landscape, and there are arches out there made out of that rock. It's a very harsh environment, and he is out there greeting the people who dared to come visit this space. And the reason that book is on my list is that I read it more than forty-five years ago, and I can still remember exactly what it felt like to open that book and start reading. Edward Abbey writes in a very specific and unique and intense voice, and he has very big and controversial thoughts about comfort and wilderness and what people seek when they go out there. But for me, the reason that book stays on my top all-time list is because that was the book that helped me finally understand my father. And my father was a professor of environmental studies. He spent a lot of time out in the wilderness, in places that were harsh and uncomfortable, and he had a lot of very strong opinions, like Abbey. And he was a hard man to understand because of some of these things. And as a kid growing up and, you know, becoming a teenager, I didn't understand him, and it was a struggle to understand him. And when I read this book, it was as if somebody handed me a whole new understanding. And I just thought, Oh, this is it. I get it. I get him now. And I can call up that feeling all these years later—of how amazing it was to have somebody see me and see my dad in a way that I hadn't been able to see. So when I think about that experience, and I think about what it was like to be immersed in that book…To me, that is a memory of somebody who played big. I think it was one of the first times I encountered—certainly in an adult book—somebody who was writing big. That book just had a bigness about it, a sense that the author was holding nothing back.And what I mean about holding nothing back—I don't mean that all good writing is just dumping your most private or vulnerable thoughts on the page, or forcing that kind of revelatory work on somebody. That's not what I mean. I mean that there's a sense of depth to it, a feeling of authority—of that author having come as close as you can get to bringing their vision to life. That's what makes a reading experience unforgettable. And it's worth noting here that we live in the time of AI, and AI can do a lot for a story. It can analyze your structure. It can flag plot holes. It can suggest fixes. There's a whole lot that you can use it for if you so choose. People can decide whether they want to use these tools in their work or not.But the thing is that, no matter if you're using those tools, AI can never touch this thing that we're talking about. It can never do the work of the heart—of deciding why a story matters, or why a book matters, or why you're willing to risk writing it or going all in on it. It can never connect with the reader who's going to encounter that work on the other side, because it's a machine.And this human work of connecting is what playing big is really about.Playing small is skating across the surface of an idea. It's polishing words while avoiding the deep meaning. It's leaning on formulas or tropes or trends or tools to do the heavy lifting of intention. The result may be polished, it may be clean, it may be publishable—it may even do well in the marketplace—but it lacks that sense of aliveness that only you can bring, that sense that this work mattered to the writer. So what I'd like you to do today is think about the top five books that you have read in your life and that you remember and that hit you with a strong power. And it might be fun to think about what you felt when you read them and why they impacted you in that way. But what I really want you to do is to pin down the reason why that book has a sense of bigness to it. What did the writer do to make you feel what you felt? And I don't mean tactically—we're looking for something ineffable here, some sense about why that writer was playing big. And then you might write down the way you want your reader to feel when they finish your book, and ask yourself: what do I need to put on the page to make that happen?Until next time—stop playing small and write like it matters.NarratorThe Hashtag AmWriting Podcast is produced by Andrew Perrella. Our intro music, aptly titled Unemployed Monday, was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output, because everyone deserves to be paid for their work.#AmWriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

BuchZeichen
Aktuelle Buchempfehlungen: Ian McEwan und Margaret Atwood

BuchZeichen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 28:05


Der erfolgreiche Bestsellerautor Ian McEwan und die Altmeisterin Margaret Atwood haben über Jahrzehnte kontinuierlich publiziert. Jetzt warten beide mit neuen Büchern auf. McEwan erzählt von einer Welt im Jahre 2119 und Atwood präsentiert in einem fast 800 Seiten starken Buch ihre Memoiren. Den britischen Autor Ian McEwan kennt man von Bestsellern wie «Abbitte» oder «Der Zementgarten». Nun ist ein neuer Roman von ihm erschienen: «Was wir wissen können», ist eine Dystopie, die im Jahr 2119 spielt. Ein Literaturwissenschaftler begibt sich darin auf die Suche nach einem verschollenen Gedicht. McEwan zeige mit diesem Roman einmal mehr, was für ein versierter Erzähler er ist, sagt SRF-Literaturredaktorin Katja Schönherr. Und er rufe uns in Erinnerung, dass wir den Menschen der Zukunft auch eine Zukunft schulden. Die heute 85jährige kanadische Schriftstellerin Margaret Atwood wurde mit ihrer Dystopie «Der Report der Magd» von 1985 weltberühmt. Aus dem Roman entstand 2017 eine Serie, zeitgleich mit Donald Trumps erster Amtszeit. Plötzlich war die Fiktion eines faschistischen Gottesstaats auf dem Boden der USA mit seinem brutalen Frauenhass gespenstisch plausibel. Margaret Atwood ist eine der engagiertesten, klügsten und witzigsten Erzählerinnen überhaupt. Nun legt sie ihre Memoiren vor. Am 4. November werden sie weltweit gleichzeitig publiziert. So lange ist Sperrfrist. Franziska Hirsbrunner freut sich schon, von diesem wunderbaren Buch zu erzählen. Buchhinweise: Ian McEwan. Was wir wissen können. 480 Seiten. Diogenes, 2025. Margaret Atwood. Book of Lives. So etwas wie Memoiren. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Helmut Krausser und Beatrice Renauer. 768 Seiten. Berlin Verlag, 2025.

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert
Ian McEwan: Was wir wissen können

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 17:46


England im Jahr 2119. Kriege und Flutkatastrophen haben die Welt verändert. Ein Literaturwissenschaftler macht sich auf die Suche nach einem verschollenen Gedicht. Ein Gegenwartsroman, der aus der Zukunft kommt.

Writers and Company from CBC Radio
Ian McEwan has hope for humanity — here's why

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 35:03


A century from now, how will historians look back on your life? In his latest novel, What We Can Know, Ian McEwan imagines the future in 100 years. In a world altered by climate change and nuclear war, human beings are looking back at our current age with a mix of nostalgia, envy and contempt … which is why a scholar becomes fixated on finding a lost poem from 2014. You might know Ian from his breakout hit Atonement, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. This week, he joins Mattea Roach to talk about crafting his own dystopia, his concerns about AI and why we just might be living in a golden age.Liked this conversation? Keep listening:Jeff VanderMeer: How his blockbuster Southern Reach series reflects our own fight against climate change What if your dreams could land you in jail?

92Y Talks
Ian McEwan in Conversation with David Remnick: What We Can Know

92Y Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 59:33


The Booker prize-winning author of Atonement and Saturday joins us for the launch of his audacious new novel — a genre-bending, time-traveling tour de force. For decades, Ian McEwan's novels have probed the depths of the human heart, creating unforgettable and utterly relatable characters of extraordinary moral complexity, caught in the crosscurrents of memory, history, and desire. His new novel, What We Can Know, begins at a dinner party in 2014 with the recitation of a love poem among friends and follows to 2119, in the wake of a catastrophic nuclear accident, as a lonely scholar and researcher chases the ghost of that poem. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem's discovery, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about the world he thought he knew. It is at once a love story and a literary detective story, reclaiming the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, imagining a future world where all is not quite lost. In a special reading and conversation with The New Yorker's editor David Remnick, hear McEwan discuss the genesis of the new novel, his creation of a new kind of speculative literary fiction, why we will never stop longing for the literature of the past even as we reach inexorably toward the future, and much more. The conversation will air on The New Yorker Radio Hour.

This Cultural Life
Rose Tremain

This Cultural Life

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 43:15


Dame Rose Tremain is one of Britain's most prolific and popular writers, having written 17 novels and five collections of short stories over the last 50 years. She was one of only six women on Granta magazine's inaugural 1982 list of the best young British novelists, alongside Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie and others. Her fifth novel Restoration was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1989, she won the Whitbread Prize for Music And Silence in 1999, and was awarded the 2008 Orange Prize - the precursor to the Women's Prize for Fiction - for her novel The Road Home. Having already been made a CBE in 2007, she became Dame Rose Tremain in 2020 for services to writing. Her most recent work is a short story called The Toy Car.Rose Tremain tells John Wilson how her father, a largely unsuccessful playwright called Keith Thomson, inspired her childhood interest in storytelling, although he never encouraged her to write. She recalls how she first started writing fiction to help her cope with loneliness in a household where there was little parental affection. Rose recalls how it was a teacher at her boarding school who first recognised her ability and encouraged her to apply for an Oxbridge university place, only to be dissuaded by her mother, who sent her to a finishing school in France instead. She credits the novelist Angus Wilson, one of her English Literature tutors at the University Of East Anglia, for giving her the confidence to write her first novel. She also chooses The Diary Of Samuel Pepys as a major inspiration on her 1989 Booker-shortlisted novel Restoration, which was later turned into a Hollywood film starring Robert Downey Jnr. and Meg Ryan.Producer: Edwina Pitman

Another Mother Runner
Miles of Books: Ian McEwan's Latest, Four Other Novels, + Two Audiobooks

Another Mother Runner

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 30:34


If autumn weather has you wanting to tuck into an engrossing novel, look no further: Hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Ellison “The Book Bully” Weist serve up five new novels, including a semi-dystopian novel from the genius behind Atonement. The duo dives into: -What We Can Know: Ian McEwan-Buckeye: Patrick Ryan-Mercy: Joan Silber-The Elements: John Boyne-A Slowly Dying Cause: Elizabeth George Check out Fall into Fitness: Harvest Your Strength.    When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR.We appreciate your—and their—support! Get 20% off, plus free shipping, on allIQBAR products by texting AMR to 64-000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leesbaar
'Wat we kunnen weten' van Ian McEwan

Leesbaar

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 18:27


In 'Wat we kunnen weten' laat Ian McEwan de grenzen tussen feit en fictie vervagen. Een universiteit die boven het wassende water uitsteekt en personages die zich vastklampen aan flarden van een verleden dat even goed verzonnen kan zijn: McEwan jongleert met herinnering, wetenschap en verbeelding. De meningen van Annelies en Joris zijn dit keer iets minder eensgezind dan anders, maar vinden ze het boek uiteindelijk leesbaar of niet?

Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer
Livros da semana: poesia, novela, ensaio e romance

Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 6:51


Esta semana, na estante, um novo livro do poeta António Manuel Pires Cabral: “A Partilha do Lume”; o ensaio “O Canto das Sirenes”, de Chris Hayes; a novela “O Lavagante”, de José Cardoso Pires, agora adaptada ao cinema; e o novo romance de Ian McEwan: “O Que Podemos Saber”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

International bestselling author, Ian McEwan, joins Simon and Matt for a little bit of Q&A. He talks about his favorite places to write, being interrupted during a a writing flow and gives us some brilliant book recommendations too. Ian also shares who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Morning: The Podcast
Your Morning: The Podcast - Sloan, Jerome Blake & Ian McEwan

Your Morning: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 39:47


This week, Lindsey sits down with Sloan's Chris Murphy & Jay Ferguson, Anne-Marie chats with Canadian Track & Field Olympian Jerome Blake, plus a groundbreaking new treatment for Huntington's Disease and author Ian McEwan on his new novel 'What We Can Know'.

Read with Jenna
‘Atonement' Author Ian McEwan On His Latest Novel ‘What We Can Know'

Read with Jenna

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 33:36


Ian McEwan is a Booker Prize winning author of nineteen novels, including Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act, and On Chesil Beach. Ian sits down with Jenna Bush Hager to talk about the inspiration for his latest novel, What We Can Know. Ian reflects on a lifetime of storytelling, from his early love of reading to his writing routine and how it feels to be an author in the age of AI. They also talk about the global impact of his books, the timeless power of literature to ask big questions about who we are and what we value, and what topics he's excited to explore in his next novel.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

PBS NewsHour - Segments
Ian McEwan’s ‘What We Can Know’ depicts life in a world ravaged by climate change

PBS NewsHour - Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 6:14


Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know.” Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with the Booker Prize-winning novelist for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

PBS NewsHour - Art Beat
Ian McEwan’s ‘What We Can Know’ depicts life in a world ravaged by climate change

PBS NewsHour - Art Beat

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 6:14


Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know.” Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with the Booker Prize-winning novelist for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Järjejutt
Ian McEwan, „Õppetunnid“, Postimehe kirjastuselt. Tõlkinud Malle Klaassen. Loeb Rando Tammik.

Järjejutt

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025


Selle nädala Kuku Raadio Järjejutuks olev haarav ja sügavalt inimlik jutustus on meie elude kroonika – jõuline mõttemõlgutus ajaloost ja inimloomusest läbi ühe mehe eluaja prisma.

The Private Equity Podcast
Inside the LP Mindset & Mastering Co-Investments | Joe Basrawy, Partners Capital

The Private Equity Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 26:29 Transcription Available


In this episode, host Alex Rawlings is joined by Joe Basrawy, Managing Director at Partners Capital, a global multi-asset investment firm serving some of the world's most sophisticated investors — including private equity founders, endowments, and family offices.Joe offers a rare and in-depth look at the Limited Partner (LP) perspective — covering common pitfalls private equity firms make, what LPs are really looking for, and how to stand out in a crowded market. He also shares a masterclass on co-investments, including how LPs assess alignment, avoid adverse selection, and punch above their weight in deal flow.This episode is packed with actionable insights for fund managers, deal professionals, operating partners, and anyone looking to better understand what makes a top-performing PE firm in the eyes of institutional investors.⏱️ Timestamps:00:00 – Welcome and guest intro: Joe Basrawy, Managing Director, Partners Capital 01:00 – Joe's background: From investment banking to multi-asset investing 01:25 – What drew Joe to Partners Capital and what's kept him there 02:21 – Biggest mistakes PE firms and portfolio companies make 03:15 – Raising too much capital: Overstretching and going off-spec 04:13 – Deal-level diversification: What LPs want to see 05:39 – Co-investing 101: Why it's attractive and the risks of adverse selection 06:37 – How LPs like Partners Capital avoid adverse selection in co-investments 07:33 – Being a reliable and speedy co-investment partner 08:31 – Why LPs say “no” to co-investments — alignment, conviction, and deal partners 09:57 – Referencing employees and internal conviction in deals 10:56 – What makes the best private equity firms? Joe's four pillars 11:25 – #1: Strategy differentiation – A case study in healthcare PE 13:22 – #2: Value creation edge – Organic growth vs market tailwinds 15:18 – #3: Ownership dynamics – How GP stake sales affect firm culture 17:15 – #4: People – Why leadership and succession planning matter 19:05 – Referencing portfolio executives: The most revealing feedback 20:28 – What LPs learn from talking to portfolio CEOs 21:56 – What LPs look for in fund managers – Discipline, detail, and passion 23:52 – Joe's reading recommendations – Fiction and finance 25:47 – How to connect with Joe 26:17 – Outro from Alex

Kultur kompakt
Philosoph John Searle gestorben

Kultur kompakt

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 20:32


(01:04) Er prägte das Denken über Sprache und Bewusstsein: US-Philosoph John Searle mit 93 Jahren verstorben. Weitere Themen: (06:18) Bedürfnis nach Seelsorge-Gesprächen in der Armee steigt – Eine Bilanz zu 3 Jahren interreligiöser Armeeseelsorge. (11:12) Ian McEwan wagt den Blick ins Jahr 2119 – sein neuer Roman «Was wir wissen können» erinnert daran, dass den Menschen der Zukunft auch eine Zukunft schulden. (15:38) Sarah Kuratles «Chimäre» zum Innehalten: Anspruchsvolle Lektüre, kunstvoll geschrieben.

NPR's Book of the Day
Ian McEwan's latest novel ‘What We Can Know' is science fiction without the science

NPR's Book of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 9:56


At 77, the Booker Prize-winning British novelist Ian McEwan shows no signs of slowing down. His new novel, What We Can Know, is set in Great Britain in the 22nd century – a country now partly underwater as a result of global warming. In today's episode, McEwan speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the book's plot – it tells of a search for a lost poem that was written in our own times – and notes that he is less interested in the future of science than that of the humanities, love and daily life.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

Marginalia
Ian McEwan on his new novel, 'What We Can Know'

Marginalia

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 29:23


Ian McEwan is best known for his books On Chesil Beach and Atonement. Beth Golay spoke with McEwan about his 19th novel, What We Can Know.

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book review: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 4:07


Elisabeth Easther reviews What We Can Know by Ian McEwan, published by Penguin Random House.

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert
Ian McEwan: Was wir wissen können

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 4:36


England im Jahr 2119. Literaturwissenschaftler Tom forscht zur Literatur der Jahre 1990-2030. In Ian McEwans neuem Roman „Was wir wissen können“ nimmt die Zukunft uns in den Blick. Rezension von Bettina Baltschev 24. September 2025

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert
Mit neuen Büchern von Ian McEwan, Dorothee Elmiger, Nirit Sommerfeld, Usama Al Shahmani, Paolo Herras und Jerico Marte

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 58:32


Heute ist Usama Al Shahmani zu Gast. In seinem neuen Roman erzählt er die Geschichte der Juden im Irak. Außerdem besuchen wir ein Café und schauen mit Ian McEwan in die Zukunft.

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

International bestselling author, Ian McEwan, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel 'What We Can Know'. Optimistic manifesto? Or a cautious tale? In the first half of the book, we learn about a lost poem - which is at the heart of the novel - as this is ultimately a book about a quest. As well as poetry, they talk about renewable energies being on the rise and the positive conversations around climate change. 'you only have to stop doing bad things to nature, for it to push back quickly' Here's more on the book: 2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost.Tom Metcalfe, a scholar at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain's remaining archipelagos, pores over the archives of the early twenty-first century, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith.When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, revelations of entangled love and a brutal crime emerge, destroying his assumptions about a story he thought he knew intimately. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The News Agents
Is Farage turning Reform into a Trump tribute act?

The News Agents

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 41:26


Ed Davey closed the Lib Dem conference with a warning not to let Trump's America become Farage's Britain. What might have sounded hyperbolic 24 hours ago sounded prescient by 8 am this morning - after Farage went on LBC and refused to distance himself from Trump's Tylenol conspiracy and then segued neatly into a discussion about immigrants eating swans (the Royal Park's police deny all knowledge of this). Opinion polls suggest the Brits are not big fans of Trump. Has Ed Davey spotted political opportunity in exploiting this fully? And is Farage going off the boil? Later, we sit down with novelist Ian McEwan to discuss memory, metaphysical gloom and modern Britain - which he gets to grips with in his new book 'What We Can Know'.Visit our new website for more analysis and interviews from the team: https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/ The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal -> https://nordvpn.com/thenewsagents Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee

Lesestoff | rbbKultur
Ian McEwan: "Was wir wissen können"

Lesestoff | rbbKultur

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 7:57


Wir schreiben das Jahr 2119: große Teile der westlichen Welt sind nach einem katastrophalen Atomunfall vom steigenden Meeresspiegel überflutet worden. Im wassergesättigten Süden des ehemaligen Englands erinnert sich ein Überlebender an die verlorene Welt. Der einsame Gelehrte und Forscher Thomas Metcalfe jagt dem Geist eines Gedichts nach, das der bekannte Dichter Francis Blundy vor über einhundert Jahren geschrieben hat. In "Was wir wissen können" zeigt Ian McEwan die Faszination künftiger Generationen an unserem heutigen Leben. Das Buch ist gerade im Diogenes Verlag erschienen und wird am 5. Oktober von dem renommierten britischen Schriftseller vorgestellt: bei der "Schönen Lesung" von radio3 und radioeins, im Großen Sendesaal des rbb. Eine Buchkritik von Frank Dietschreit.

Ghost Huns
EP148: She Made Jam

Ghost Huns

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 58:35


It's autumn and we're getting cosy. Hannah's recco of the week is Whistle by Linwood Barclay... think Stephen King vibes. Also mentioned: Atonement and Lessons by Ian McEwan.  We've also both seen Weapons - got thoughts? More excitingly we get into Stool sample chat - what is the etiquette?? Does it need a gingham sleeve? The women are playing Rugby World Cup - baffling but proud. Are you wearing Mary Janes or a demure ballet pump?  Tarot we draw the hanged man (is that good??) and get a fresh perspective.  Enough nonsense. Let's get spooky.  Story 1 Big S has a mental story called CINNAMON. It's a cosy one. Listen to this ideally with a pumpkin spiced latte. And poss a valium.  Story 2 Hannah has a story about Jenna's iPhone. Careful of facial recognition.  Story 3 Big S narrates a story called My husband was not my husband that day... this is seriously creepy. Story 4  Hannah takes us to Tokyo to hear about the shadows in the subway of Shin-Koiwa... CREEP OF THE WEEK (C.O.W! C.O.W!) - this is from Jen Etherington, thank yew hun!!!!! This has PHOTO EVIDENCE of the Wedding Woods... We end with Telekenesis... Will the coke move? We love you Huns In The Wild xxxx ENJOY  JOIN OUR PATREON! EXTRA bonus episodes AND a monthly ghost hunt for just £4.50!  Or £6 for AD-FREE EPS and weekly AGONY HUNS! We'll solve your problems huns!  Sign up here: www.patreon.com/GhostHuns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk
Ian McEwan: "Was wir wissen können"

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 19:53


Schröder, Julia www.deutschlandfunk.de, Büchermarkt

Intelligence Squared
Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and 'What We Can Know

Intelligence Squared

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 42:00


Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections.  His novels include Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach, and he is the recipient of many awards including the Booker Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award. In this episode, McEwan sits down with author and journalist Alex Preston to discuss the enduring power of the novel, the challenges of writing climate fiction and his new book What We Can Know. What We Can Know is a work of speculative fiction set in 2119. It is a book about poetry, archives, rising sea levels and the plight of humanity in the vast natural world, and is available now online or in bookstores near you. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Front Row
Review Show: Ian McEwan's new novel and Small Acts of Love at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 41:56


In our weekly review show, Kirsty Wark is joined by writer and critic Hannah McGill and writer and journalist Alan Taylor to discuss What Can We Know, the latest novel from Booker Prize winning writer Ian McEwan, an epic story set in a largely underwater Britain a hundred years in the future which touches on themes including climate change and great poetry. They also give their verdicts on Frances Poet's Small Acts of Love, a musical theatre production inspired by relationships formed across the Atlantic between victims of the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988. The production - a collaboration between the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and the National Theatre of Scotland, and with songs by Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross, is the opening production in the newly refurbished 'Citz', a theatre which has played an important role in the city and also in the careers of the likes of Rupert Everett, Glenda Jackson and Miriam Margolyes, and which has just reopened after a major revamp. They also review The Girlfriend, a new psychological thriller from Amazon Prime, which stars Robin Wright as a possessive mother whose life begins to unravel when her son brings home a new partner she suspects is not all she seems. We also bring you the latest in our series of interviews with authors shortlisted for this year's BBC National Short Story Award, Colwill Brown. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan

Off Air... with Jane and Fi
Thinking about the Roman Empire every three minutes (with Ian McEwan)

Off Air... with Jane and Fi

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 56:11


Calling all Davids! This one's for you. Jane M and Fi dive into everything from beard-growing and cycling to hormones and being triggered in East London. Later, Roya Nikkhah, royal editor of The Sunday Times, speaks with best-selling author Ian McEwan about his new novel 'What We Can Know', set a hundred years in the future in a UK partially submerged by rising seas. We've announced our next book club pick! 'Just Kids' is by Patti Smith. You can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qIjhtS9sprg864IXC96he?si=uOzz4UYZRc2nFOP8FV_1jg&pi=BGoacntaS_uki.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio.Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi.Podcast Producer: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waterstones
Ian McEwan

Waterstones

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 31:04


Ian McEwan's masterful new novel is a piece of speculative fiction that shows a radically altered UK on the other side of climate catastrophe and global warfare. But it centres on two academics reaching back into the past to uncover the secrets behind a poem performed only once and lost to history. We spoke with him about the novel's big themes, its human focus and how to bring past and future together in the present moment.

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Ian McEwan: what gives renowned author hope in an age of crisis?

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 29:19


Sir Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most acclaimed novelists, a Booker prize winner with a career spanning five decades with work that often explores morality, memory, and the intersections of private lives with public events. Sir Ian has long been associated with contemporaries like Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, and Salman Rushdie, who together reshaped the British novel from the 1980s onward. In this episode of Ways to Change the World, he spoke to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the great issues facing the world from artificial intelligence to the rise of authoritarianism - as well as his latest novel What We Can Know.

Café Europa
Café Europa #S7E13: ‘Europa móet vechten': een nabeschouwing van de State of the Union

Café Europa

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 51:22


Van een ontvlambare handelsoorlog tot steeds toenemende oorlogsdreiging: Europa staat voor een perfect storm aan problemen. Hoe houden we ons staande te midden van deze geopolitieke chaos? Deze keer: een nabeschouwing van de State of the Union, de speech waarin Commissievoorzitter Ursula von der Leyen duidelijk maakt wat Europa het komende jaar te doen staat. Maakt Europa eindelijk een vuist tegen Israël? Hoe helpen enorme drone-investeringen onze eigen defensie én die van Oekraïne? En welke plannen schuift Von der Leyen naar voren om Europa economisch weer naast grootmachten als de VS en China te zetten? Stefan de Vries bespreekt het live, vanuit Nieuwspoort, met oud-politicus Diederik Samsom, Europa-correspondent Caroline de Gruyter en lector “European impact” Mendeltje van Keulen. Tips en verwijzingen uit deze aflevering:- Stefan tipt  ‘Three Rivers. The extraordinary waterwars that made Europe' van Robert Winder https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/three-rivers/9300000198856818/- Caroline tipt ‘Lend Lease Weapon For Victory' van E.R. Stettiniushttps://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127489/mode/1up- Diederik tipt ‘M. De laatste dagen van Europa' van Antonio Scurati https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/m-de-laatste-dagen-van-europa/9300000128941932/- Mendeltje tipt  'Wat we kunnen weten' van Ian McEwan https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/wat-we-kunnen-weten/9300000210602535/ Stefan de Vries is Europa-commentator voor diverse media, zoals Bar Laat, BNR en Haagsch CollegeDiederik Samsom is columnist en podcastmaker. Eerder was hij kabinetschef van Eurocommissaris Timmermans en fractievoorzitter/partijleider van de PvdA.Caroline de Gruyter is Europa-correspondent, columnist voor NRC en schrijver van verschillende boeken over EuropaMendeltje van Keulen is lector “European Impact” aan De Haagse Hogeschool, columnist en auteur van meerdere boeken over Europese politiekDe podcast Café Europa is een initiatief van Haagsch College en Studio Europa Maastricht.Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Nieuwspoort, de Europese Commissie en het Europees Parlement.

Newshour
Israel: Six killed in Jerusalem shooting attack

Newshour

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 44:16


Gunmen have killed at least six people in Jerusalem, and seriously injured several others. Police said both attackers were shot dead after opening fire at a bus near a busy road junction.Also in the programme: A rare report from inside Cambodia, after their recent conflict with Thailand; and the Booker-prize-winning author, Ian McEwan, on his new novel, which he calls science fiction without the science. (Photo credit: Reuters)

RNZ: Saturday Morning
Ian McEwan: What We Can Know

RNZ: Saturday Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 34:05


Ian McEwan's latest novel is set in a post-climate change future where survivors are haunted by the richness of a lost world.

Alberto Mayol en medios
CAP 390 República de las Letras Antofagasta - Jardín de cemento, Ian McEwan

Alberto Mayol en medios

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 53:22


Una conversación sobre libros y literatura que te acercará a los grandes clásicos y a la nueva literatura. http://facebook.com/groups/LaRepublicadelasLetrasAntofagasta/

The Iris Murdoch Society podcast
Iris Murdoch Birthday Lecture 2025

The Iris Murdoch Society podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 47:45


In this lecture Miles Leeson, Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, discusses Murdoch's reception by her contemporaries and look at the lighter side of how she was lampooned, both directly and indirectly, in the work of H.E. Bates, Malcolm Bradbury, Brigid Brophy, Barbara Pym and Ian McEwan, as well as the reception of her work by Philip Larkin and Monica Jones. Whilst a good deal of this was affectionate, and some even complementary, there was also a streak of jealousy and cruelty present. As Murdoch grew in popularity, and as a public intellectual figure, this became commonplace and is part of the mythic figure of ‘Iris' that was played out in the 2001 film, but has now has begun to fade from the public imagination. Miles's lecture asks what it might mean for us to admire her work today in the light of these texts.

30:MIN - Literatura - Ano 7
534: As melhores despedidas da literatura

30:MIN - Literatura - Ano 7

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 73:09


Algumas doem. Outras libertam. Umas duram uma página, outras ecoam por séculos. Neste episódio especial do 30:MIN, Arthur Marchetto, Cecilia Garcia Marcon e Vilto Reis revisitam as cenas de despedida mais memoráveis da literatura — e compartilham um anúncio.De Ariano Suassuna a Sally Rooney, de J.R.R. Tolkien a Júlio Cortázar, o trio celebra o adeus em várias formas e as despedidas que ficaram gravadas na memória: amores que se esvaem, amigos que partem, saídas de lugares de conforto e até rituais de passagem.Então aperta o play e vem se despedir conosco, mas conta pra gente: qual livro tem uma despedida que te marcou?---Links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apoie o 30:MIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Siga a gente nas redes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Já apoia? Acesse suas recompensas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Confira todos os títulos do clube!---Vilto Reis (Instagram)Clube de Literatura Fantástica do Vilto Reis---Livros citados no episódio1º BlocoManuscrito achado num Bolso, de CortázarMrs. Dalloway, de Virginia WoolfDois Irmãos, de Milton Hatoum2º BlocoHamnet, de Maggie O'FarrellCampo Geral, de João Guimarães RosaAuto da Compadecida, de Ariano Suassuna3º BlocoDias de abandono, de Elena FerranteSenhor dos Anéis: A sociedade do anel, de J.R.R. TolkienPessoas normais, de Sally RooneyEncerramentoOração para desaparecer, de Socorro AcioliCabeça de Santo, de Socorro AcioliFlores para Algernon de Daniel KeyesReparação, de Ian McEwan

Get Me Another
Fatal Attraction Ep. 08 - The Good Son (with Jen Howell of Every Rom Com)

Get Me Another

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 90:56 Transcription Available


Jen Howell of the Every Rom Com podcast joins to help us answer the quesion: What if the dangerous stranger who is going to wreck your life…is a kid?  Go grab Mr. Highway and strap in for THE GOOD SON (1993) starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, written by Ian McEwan and directed by Joseph Ruben. https://www.everyromcom.com/ https://www.instagram.com/everyromcom/ https://bsky.app/profile/everyromcom.bsky.social

Selected Shorts
Writers & Readers

Selected Shorts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 58:14


Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories and two poems the celebrate the power and mystery of reading and writing.  Billy Collins contributes magical verse from two perspectives in “Books” read by Kirsten Vangsness, and “Dear Reader,” performed by Dion Graham.   N.K. Jemisin entices us with a tricky narrative that contemplates the cost of literary celebrity. It's read by Yetide Badaki.And at least one character in Ian McEwan's “My Purple Scented Novel” wants celebrity at all costs.  It's read by Tony Hale. 

Sarah's Book Shelves Live
Ep. 193: Clare Leslie Hall (Author of Broken Country) + Book Recommendations

Sarah's Book Shelves Live

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 55:23


In Episode 193, author Clare Leslie Hall talks with Sarah about her US debut, Broken Country — a breakout hit and a Reese's Book Club pick. A genre mash-up that is part love story and part murder trial, Clare talks about marketing Broken Country, how this came to be her first U.S. release, and the ways the novel evolved over time. Plus, Clare shares her book recommendations. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights Books by Clare Leslie Hall: Broken Country, Days You Were Mine (previously published as Mine), and Pictures of Him (previously published as Him). Clare gives a brief, spoiler-free overview of Broken Country.  Clare's inspiration for Broken Country. How the themes of love, guilt, and connection play roles in the novel. The ways Broken Country developed and changed over the course of her writing process. How Clare decided that this was no longer a contemporary novel and needed to be set in the 1950s and 1960s. The aspect of the book of which she's most proud. How Broken Country came to be her first book released in the U.S. What the marketing looked like for Broken Country compared to her first two novels. Anything Clare would change about Broken Country down the line should she have the opportunity (since she was able to change the ending of her second book for the U.S. release). A bit about what Clare has planned for her next book. Clare's Book Recommendations [35:30] Two OLD Books She Loves Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (1987) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:43] All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:26] Other Books Mentioned: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (1985) [38:42]   Two NEW Books She Loves Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell (February 18, 2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[40:12] Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (July 30, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[41:33] Other Books Mentioned: The Wedding People by Alison Espach (July 30, 2024) [43:48]  The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (2021) [44:04]  One Book She DIDN'T Love Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1878) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:22] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About What the Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1, 2025) | Amazon| Bookshop.org [48:40] Last 5-Star Book Clare Read Leaving by Roxana Robinson (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:19] Books From the Discussion Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001) [14:38] The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley (1953) [14:42] To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) [16:22] Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) [54:02]  About Clare Leslie Hall  Instagram | X Clare Leslie Hall is a novelist and journalist who lives in the wilds of Dorset, England, with her family. She's the author of Broken Country, Pictures of Him, and Days You Were Mine.

En Casa de Herrero
Todo está en los libros: "El placer del viajero"

En Casa de Herrero

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 9:32


Luis Herrero y Ayanta Barilli hablan sobre el libro de Ian McEwan.

Litteraturhusets podkast
Tidens lange elv: Elif Shafak og Marte Spurkland

Litteraturhusets podkast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 56:59


«Water remembers. It is humans who forget.»En vanndråpe finner veien fra oldtidens Mesopotamia til en gategutt i London på 1840-tallet, så videre til en yazidisk familie i dagens Irak. Tre personers liv og skjebner bindes sammen gjennom to elver – Themsen og Tigris – og vannet som renner gjennom dem.I romanen Det er elver på himmelen (til norsk ved Bente Klinge) vever Elif Shafak sammen svunne riker, kolonitidens plyndringer, moderne konflikter og læren om vannets kretsløp, i en handling som strekker seg fra oldtiden og frem til dagens konflikter i Midtøsten. Med spenning, humor og et dyptloddende språk, er Det er elver på himmelen en bok som begeistrer og fascinerer, og har blitt hyllet av forfattere som blant annet Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy og Mary Beard.Tyrkisk-britiske Elif Shafak er en av verdens fremste forfattere av historiske romaner. Gjennom sine fjorten romaner på tyrkisk og engelsk, har hun utforsket kulturelle spenninger og sosioøkonomiske ulikheter mellom øst og vest. Hun har i tillegg vært en aktiv stemme i kampen for ytringsfrihet og kvinners rettigheter, en samfunnsaktivisme som preger både skjønnlitteraturen og sakprosaen hennes. Hun bor i selvvalgt eksil i London, etter stadige rettslige trusler i Tyrkia mot virket hennes som forfatter.På Litteraturhuset møtte Shafak journalist og forfatter Marte Spurkland til en samtale om tid, aktivisme og vannets hukommelse.Samtalen er på engelsk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LitHouse podcast
The Winding River of Time. Elif Shafak and Marte Spurkland

LitHouse podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 56:59


«Water remembers. It is humans who forget.»A droplet of water finds its way from ancient Mesopotamia to a street urchin in 1840's London and on to a Yazidi family in present day Iraq. Three people's lives and destinies are connected by two rivers – the Thames and the Tigris – and the water which flows through them.In the novel There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak weaves together lost empires, colonial plunder, modern conflicts, and the study of water in a plot stretching from ancient time to the present. With thrill, humour and evocative language, There Are Rivers in the Sky is both enthralling and fascinating, and has been lauded by authors such as Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy and Mary Beard.Turkish-British Elif Shafak is one of the world's foremost writers of historical fiction. Through her fourteen novels, she has explored cultural tensions and socioeconomic inequalities between East and West in historical and contemporary settings. She has also been an active champion of the freedom of speech and of human rights, particularly women's rights, an activism evident in both her fiction and non-fiction. She lives in London in self-imposed exile, after past and continuing threats in Turkey against her work as an author.At the House of Literature, Shafak meets author and journalist Marte Spurkland for a conversation on time, cultural conflicts, and the memory of water. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cinematório Podcasts
De Volta Para o Sofá: “O Anjo Malvado“ (1993)

Cinematório Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 74:00


Neste episódio do podcast De Volta Para o Sofá, nós rebobinamos a fita até o ano de 1993 para revisitarmos "O Anjo Malvado" (The Good Son), filme que chamou muito a atenção na época por trazer Macaulay Culkin no papel de vilão: uma criança sociopata que coloca em risco a vida do primo, vivido por Elijah Wood. - Visite a página do podcast no site e confira material extra sobre o tema do episódio - Junte-se ao Cineclube Cinematório e tenha acesso a conteúdo exclusivo de cinema Confira abaixo a minutagem dos quadros do podcast De Volta Para Sofá sobre o "O Anjo Malvado": 00:00:00 - Introdução 00:05:02 - Memória Afetiva: quando vimos o filme pela primeira vez e como foi revê-lo agora? 00:09:51 - Almanaque: uma coleção de informações, reflexões e curiosidades 00:30:16 - Deu Tilt: aspectos que ficaram datados ou cenas que não funcionam mais 00:43:32 - Momento Supra Sumo: nossas cenas favoritas 00:55:11 - Por Onde Anda: saiba o que o elenco principal está fazendo hoje em dia 01:09:06 - Música de Encerramento Dirigido por Joseph Ruben ("O Padrasto") e escrito por Ian McEwan (autor do livro “Desejo e Reparação”), "O Anjo Malvado" acompanha Mark (Elijah Wood), um menino de 12 anos que acaba de perder a mãe. Quando seu pai (David Morse) precisa fazer uma viagem de trabalho, ele é levado para passar algumas semanas com seus tios (Wendy Crewson e Daniel Hugh Kelly), pais de Henry (Macaulay Culkin), que tem a mesma idade de Mark. Os dois primos se tornam amigos, mas a relação entre eles logo se modifica quando Henry demonstra um comportamento cada vez mais violento. No podcast, nosso almanaque de curiosidades a repercussão de "O Anjo Malvado" nos anos 90, no auge da fama de Macaulay Culkin, quando seu pai (e agente) interferiu diretamente na produção do filme. O programa traz ainda o quadro "Deu Tilt", no qual nós listamos aspectos que ficaram datados ao revermos o filme agora, mais de 30 anos depois. E no "Momento Supra Sumo", nós elegemos nossas cenas favoritas. Você também vai saber por onde andam os principais integrantes do elenco. Suba no penhasco, agarre nossa mão e aperte o play para revisitar "O Anjo Malvado" com a gente! Venha descobrir se o filme ainda é tão marcante quanto na época em que o vimos pela primeira vez. O De Volta Para o Sofá é produzido e apresentado por Renato Silveira e Kel Gomes, editores do cinematório. Quer mandar um e-mail? Escreva para contato@cinematorio.com.br. Este episódio contém trechos das músicas "The Good Son" (1993), de Elmer Bernstein, e "The Good Son" (1990), de Nick Cave. Todos os direitos reservados aos artistas.

A24 On The Rocks
74. The Children Act (2018) Film Review

A24 On The Rocks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 66:51


The Children Act is a 2018 film, based on a Ian McEwan book, about a judge named Fiona Maye (portrayed by Emma Thompson) presiding over a case where the family are Jehovah's Witnesses and are refusing a blood transfusion for their son (portrayed by Fionn Whitehead). She must decide whether the parents religious wishes for their son to not have a life-saving blood transfusion should be respected, or decide to force the kid to have the blood transfusion. Meanwhile, at home, her husband (portrayed by Stanley Tucci) decides to have an affair. Caution: movie spoilers. Intro- 0:00 to 2:12. Film Discussion- 2:12 to 54:02. Film Rating- 54:02 to End. Only 1 more film until the 2018 A24 Oscars: 75. Mid90s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a24otr/support

History Unplugged Podcast
Dunkirk from the German Perspective

History Unplugged Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 39:03


The British evacuation from the beaches of the small French port town of Dunkirk is one of the iconic moments of military history. The battle has captured the popular imagination through LIFE magazine photo spreads, the fiction of Ian McEwan and, of course, Christopher Nolan's hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster. But what is the German view of this stunning Allied escape? We are exploring that with today's guest, Robert Kershaw, author of Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk. We look at what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk.As supreme military commander, Hitler had seemingly achieved a miracle after the swift capitulation of Holland and Belgium, but with just seven kilometers before the panzers captured Dunkirk – the only port through which the trapped British Expeditionary force might escape – they came to a shuddering stop. Only a detailed interpretation of the German perspective – historically lacking to date – can provide answers as to why.SponsorsGet Exclusive NordVPN deal here → https://nordvpn.com/historyunplugged It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!"