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Future forecaster and game designer Jane McGonigal joins us to discuss Imaginable: How To See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today (Spiegel & Grau, March 22), “a fascinating book about how the future does not have to be an undiscovered country.” Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week, with books by Adib Khorram, Chuck Klosterman, and Joe Mungo Reed.
Encore from Memorial Day 2018 - Elden Nelson, Joe Mungo Reed, FK Day
Sol è innamorato di Liz, e Liz di Sol, ma Sol è anche innamorato della sua professione di ciclista, e Liz del proprio lavoro di genetista.
This week Tim and Matt meet Joe Mungo Reed to talk about As We Begin Our Ascent, and the Yuba Supermarche cargo bike. You can find We Begin Our Ascent on our Amazon page here. The Supermarche can be found here. Thanks for listening!
Special Edition Preview of our new endeavor, Slow Ride Reviews. A monthly podcast featuring SRP hosts reviewing various cycling and cycling-adjacent products. This week Tim and Matt meet Joe Mungo Reed to talk about his book As We Begin Our Ascent, and then review the Yuba Supermarche cargo bike. You can find We Begin Our Ascent on our Amazon page here. The Supermarche can be found here. Thanks for listening!
First Draft interview with Joe Mungo Reed
Joe Mungo Reed was born in London and raised in Gloucestershire, England. He has a master's in philosophy and politics at the University of Edinburgh and an MFA in creative writing at Syracuse University, where he won the Joyce Carol Oates Award in Fiction. He is the author of the novel, We Begin Our Ascent, and his short stories have appeared in VQR and Gigantic and anthologized in Best of Gigantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the wonderful secrets of the London Underground is that the trains and tunnels of the Waterloo & City line are often used in films. In this story by Joe Mungo Reed, the final in our podcast series, a daughter visits her film director father on set, to bring a family situation to his attention. In between takes, Laura contemplates their relationship, her childhood and her father’s character: his control, his absorption, his self-belief. Joe Mungo Reed was born in London and currently lives in Edinburgh. He has a degree in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. His first novel We Begin Our Ascent (published in July 2018) is described by Man Booker Prize winner George Saunders as “a dazzling debut by an exciting and essential new talent.” Underground: Tales for London features original short stories by London-loving authors from across the world. Each story, written by a Borough Press author, will be available to Evening Standard readers as a free podcast, from standard.co.uk. You can pre-order We Begin Our Ascent by Joe Mungo Reed here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.