Podcast appearances and mentions of Olivia Laing

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Kate de Goldi is back with her latest recommendations: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing, Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, and Death at the White Heart by Chris Chibnall. 

One of New Zealand's most celebrated authors and voracious readers, Kate De Goldi shares some of her favourite recent reading: The Tidal Zone and My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss, and The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing.

Soy muy oyente de podcast, pero nunca me había atrevido a ponerme con audiolibros. Ahora, aprovechando que quiero hacer una review a fondo de eBiblio, he probado con este contenido. Por lo pronto, en la app de eBiblio para iPhone.Y yo, que soy un poco… especialita, he decidido empezar por un libro en catalán, sin ser yo catalanohablante: en concreto “Quanta, quanta guerra…”, de Mercé Rodoreda: https://clubeditor.cat/en/books/quanta-quanta-guerra-3/He de confesar que mi primer intento fue un libro de ensayo: “Todos los cuerpos”, de Olivia Laing publicado por Planeta (https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-todos-los-cuerpos/347561) pero al oír las primeras líneas con una voz sintética peor que la de Google Maps, abandoné y busqué otra opción.Dime qué te ha parecido este capitulo y deja un comentario en ivoox o Spotify.Si lo prefieres, envíame un correo electrónico a la dirección de gmail almadailypodcast. En redes soy @almajefi y me encuentras en X / Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram y Telegram.

Mike chats with Olivia Laing, winner of a 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction, about the strange and confounding (and wonderful) pleasures of Charlotte Brontë's Villette. READING LIST: Villette by Charlotte Brontë • Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath • Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy • The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Olivia Laing is the author of several books of nonfiction and fiction including The Garden Against Time and the forthcoming The Silver Book. The Lonely City (2016) was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and has been translated into 14 languages. The Trip to Echo Spring (2013) was a finalist for both the Costa Biography Award and the Gordon Burn PrizeLaing lives in Cambridge, England, and writes on art and culture for many publications, including The Guardian, The New Statesman, and The New York Times. Her debut novel Crudo was published by Picador and W. W. Norton & Company in June 2018. The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a program of The Windham-Campbell Prizes, which are administered by Yale University Library's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a co-production between The Windham-Campbell Prizes and Literary Hub. Music by Dani Lencioni, production by Drew Broussard, hosted by Michael Kelleher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist-farmer Lisa Fingleton's new exhibition takes its title from a sci-fi fruit: The Square Tomato; "corn smut" at The Third Kingdom mushroom-based restaurant in New York; and Paddy Woodworth finds a place for Olivia Laing on The Naturalist's Bookshelf.

La juventud es un invento reciente. También la infancia, pero ese es otro tema. Hablamos de juventud con Kokoshca, la banda de Pamplona está de gira con su octavo disco, que se llama así, La juventud. Charlamos sobre la idea de que la juventud relacionada con la ilusión no se debería perder nunca. La juventud, en realidad, está relacionada con la vida. Si estamos vivos, realmente vivos, cuestionándonos las cosas, entonces quizá seremos siempre jóvenes. Seguimos con Use Lahoz, que nos trae El jardín contra el tiempo, de Olivia Laing. El Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona recupera La traviata, de Giuseppe Verdi, en la versión de David McVicar, con un elenco formado por la soprano Nadine Sierra, el tenor Javier Camarena y el barítono Artur Rucinski que se podrá ver en el coliseo lírico hasta el 2 de febrero en doce funciones.Y terminamos con Travy, la obra de teatro que ha hecho a Oriol Pla saltar a la dirección teatral. Lleva un tiempo rodando en Barcelona y llega ahora al teatro madrileño.Escuchar audio

Nos sumergimos de lleno en el mundo de los jardines. En el mundo elegido, visualizado y documentado por una autora británica, Olivia Laing, que liga su conocimiento al de la política, la literatura, la filosofía o la poesía del tiempo en el que nacieron estos espacios.Los jardines encierran metáforas y también provocan en las personas distintos efectos y afectos. Pueden ser paraíso, refugio, lugar de inspiración o signo de ostentación. De todo ello hablamos con Félix Alonso, director de la Biblioteca del Jardín Botánico de Madrid.Después Joaquín Araújo nos pone al día de las "citas de la supervivencia" y de los calendarios de la vida que, parece, se van desacompasando respecto a los ritmos que hasta ahora han marcado los ciclos de la naturaleza.Escuchar audio

Host Tayla is joined by Tony Weaver Jr., author of the new middle grade graphic novel Weirdo. They talk about the publishing industry, writing what you want to see in the world, and talking in meaningful ways about youth mental health. In the Last Chapter they discuss: What is the last show you binge watched?   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.   Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. and Jes & Cin Wibowo Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 1 by Gege Akutami Pokemon Adventures Vol. 1 by Hidenori Kusaka and Mato My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Princess Jellyfish Vol. 1 by Akiko Higashimura The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang You Will Find Your People by Lane Moore The Lonely City by Olivia Laing   Media Pokémon (1997-2023) Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024) Beyblade (2001-2005) Only Murders In the Building (2021- ) Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023) Don't F**k With Cats (2019)   Other Tony Weaver, Jr.

Empezamos el año de la mejor manera, con Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Iria del Rio y Francesco Carril que nos presentan la miniserie 'Los años nuevos'. Una historia que sigue la relación de una pareja durante diez años todos los días de nochevieja, justo en la treintena de ambos se conocen y empieza un vaivén de emociones y experiencias que se alargará durante esos siguientes diez años. CLIMABAR, es el dúo que forman Carmen Huidobro y Belén Hinojar, han sacado ‘Manual para dar la turra sobre la crisis climática’, un libro para dar la turra con algunas soluciones climáticas con un poquito de ciencia y una pizca de ironía.Nos hemos ido hasta el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid para descubrir 'Especies mensajeras' la exposición de Álvaro Soler-Arpa que explora la compleja relación entre la naturaleza y los agentes tóxicos contemporáneos. Con obras que utilizan los huesos de animales cómo estructura y vehículo, añadiendo la basura para enviar un mensaje en contra del consumismo y el capitalismo. Y Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez nos trae el libro de ‘El jardín contra el tiempo’ de Olivia Laing. Este ensayo saca a la luz una cuestión crucial para nuestra época: ¿quién puede vivir en el paraíso y cómo podemos compartirlo mientras aún estemos a tiempo?Escuchar audio

Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez nos trae el libro de ‘El jardín contra el tiempo’ de Olivia Laing. Este ensayo saca a la luz una cuestión crucial para nuestra época: ¿quién puede vivir en el paraíso y cómo podemos compartirlo mientras aún estemos a tiempo?Escuchar audio

In this thought-provoking episode, acclaimed author Olivia Laing shares insights from The Garden Against Time, exploring the concept of gardens as both physical spaces and metaphors for paradise, exclusion, and resistance. Laing recounts restoring a historic garden and reflects on themes of ecological stewardship, historical gardens, and the philosophical tensions between control and collaboration with … Continue reading Gardening Utopia: Olivia Laing on THE GARDEN AGAINST TIME →

De Britse Olivia Laing droomt als kind al van een eigen tuin. Die kan ze pas kopen als veertigplusser: het is een compleet verwilderde tuin-met-huis in Suffolk. Laing stort zich op de reconstructie van de tuin, en stoot daarbij op verhalen van uitsluiting en macht. Het is 2020, wereldwijde lockdown, ook Laing is bevoorrecht, met haar prachtige tuin. Het dagboek dat ze in die dagen bijhoudt, is nu een boek: The garden against time. Tuiniers Britt Bakker en Bert Watteeuw lazen het en vertellen.

Summer Reading Report: hits, misses, and anticipations   We're back from the beach and reflecting on our summer reading in this bonus length bookshelf episode. On Kate's stack summer favourite GRETA AND VALDIN by Rebecca K. Reilly, Olivia Laing's memoir The Garden Against Time, the hotly tipped HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel, TRUST by Hernan Diaz, Miranda July's new novel ALL FOURS and upcoming book club reads THE FRAUD by Zadie Smith and HUMANELY POSSIBLE by Sarah Bakewell. Meanwhile Laura talks about REAL AMERICANS by Rachel Kong, THE LAST UNICORN by Peter S. Beagle, THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Stuart Turton, Kiley Reid's latest COME AND GET IT, Reese's Book Club pick SLOW DANCE by Rainbow Rowell and Austeriltz by W. G. Sebald.    We also hear about the best bookish party Laura attended courtsey of the Vancouver Public Library, and the Kate's experience of reading just one book, and one book only, at a time – a strong departure from her usual habits of three on the go at once. But will she stick to it?   Timecodes for the time poor 08:58 Real Americans by Rachel Kong: A Not-to-Read Recommendation 17:39 The Garden Against Time by Olivia Lange: A Deep Dive 25:27 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle: A Disappointment 30:44 Headshot by Rita Bullwinkle: A Mixed Review 40:02 Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World: A Fun Read 44:20 Exploring 'Trust' by Hernan Diaz 49:34 Campus Life and Money in 'Come and Get' It by Kiley Reid 59:57 Miranda July's 'All Fours': A Perimenopausal Journey 01:12:40 A Lighthearted Romance: 'Slow Dance' by Rainbow Rowell 01:15:13 Upcoming Reads and Final Thoughts Patreon Want more from your favourite podcast? Want to support the person who makes it? Come and join Kate at Patreon.com/thebookclubreview where for a small monthly fee you'll receive benefits such as a weekly books dispatch, which you can read or listen to as a pod, occasional special episodes, and at the higher tier you can join our monthly book club for live discussions with Kate over Zoom.  For the love of a good lamp:  Visit seriousreaders.com/BCR for our special offer on any HD light – use the code BCR at checkout and if you're in the UK you can also benefit from free shipping. You get a month to try out the lights to decide if they're for you, if not you can return them. We seriously love them, and think you will too.

It's a momentous day. Months after brazenly begging any listeners with the keys to a boutique hotel to invite us to stay, we're doing it. We're podding from a suite. Specifically, a suite at the United Places Hotel Botanic Gardens. They invited us to stay and we've spent the weekend seeing the sights of South Yarra, sipping martinis and eating the entirety of the ocean. We couldn't be more smug and insufferable thank you very much!! You can be equally annoying when you post up in this glamorous hotel – book using the code SEEALSO for 15% off your stay!Follow us at @seealsopodcast and join the Hogg Hive on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes.Also: Alsos!See AlsosSee Also Southside: the google mapAlso AlsosListen to Olivia Laing's conversation with Sophie Cunningham about their new book, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise, as you walk through the Royal Botanic GardensSlow Dance by Rainbow RowellGrief is for People by Sloane Crosley Topdog/Underdog on at MTC til 21 SeptemberAstor Theatre: 45th anniversary of the Muppet Movie on Sunday 8 SeptemberTower 28 SOS LipSoftie Lip Rescue treatment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drawing on her own experience restoring a walled garden in Suffolk, and moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton's Paradise Lost to John Clare's enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth. She was joined in conversation with writer, critic and frequent LRB contributor Jon Day.Get The Garden Against Time: https://lrb.me/gardenlaingFind more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of The Wheeler Centre's 2024 Spring Fling program and in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, listen to an exclusive podcast interview with celebrated writer Olivia Laing, interviewed by Sophie Cunningham.  Olivia discusses her new book, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise, which moves between real and imagined gardens, exploring how new modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds. The result is a beautiful and exacting account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide from the world but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden. Listen as you take a walk through the Royal Botanic Gardens, and experience first-hand the joy of wandering in nature.  Presented in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.  This conversation was recorded on Monday 22 July 2024 at The Wheeler Centre. Featured music is 'Spacemoons' by Justnormal.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiran Dass reviews The Garden Against Time: In Search of Common Paradise by Olivia Laing published by Picador

In this episode, I talk with author and novelist about his recent hybrid memoir and cultural exploration, Always Crashing in the Same Car. We discuss his fascination with figures who faced creative crises in Hollywood, from F. Scott Fitzgerald, filmmaker Hal Ashby or musician Warren Zevon to more overlooked but similarly brilliant figures like Carole Eastman, the screenwriter of the 1970s classic Five Easy Pieces.We also explore the realities of growing up in LA, including being “celebrity-adjacent.” That's perhaps best illustrated by the time Marlon Brando left an incredible monologue in the form of a voicemail. We do a deep dive into the attraction of hybrid memoir for fiction writer, Matthew's approach to research, and whether it's possible any longer to be a middle-class creative in Hollywood.--------------------------“All of those kind of impulses fused in me, and eventually, and I sort of realized, like, oh, this is what I want to write. I want to write a book that's a memoir that isn't about me, or a memoir that's only kind of, you know, partly about me.”--------------------------Key Takeaways* Always Crashing In the Same Car pays homage to figures who've faced both genius and marginalization in Hollywood, including Thomas McGuane, Renata Adler, Carole Eastman, Eleanor Perry, Hal Ashby, Michael Cimino, Warren Zevon & more. The book is about “those who failed, faltered, and whose triumphs are punctuated by flops...”* Matthew shares his fascination with Carol Eastman, best known for Five Easy Pieces. He was deeply touched by her prose writings, comparing her to poets like Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens.* The book and the interview also delves more deeply into women's contributions to Hollywood, focusing on other overlooked talents like Eleanor Perry and Elaine May. Matthew reflects on his mother, a one-time screenwriter, and how her generation had less opportunity to develop their skills.* Why a hybrid memoir? Matthew was reading, and inspired by, writers like Hilton Als, Heidi Julavits, and Olivia Laing. He wanted to create a narrative that wasn't limited to—or rather moved beyond—the self, weaving together cultural criticism about Hollywood and creative crises.* We talk a lot about voice, which Matthew says is crucial for him to discover early on. “Once I can locate the voice for any piece of writing... I have it in the pocket,” he says. The narrator of this book blends personal reflections with a noir quality, he says.* Matthew sees himself as a novelist at heart. He considers the narrative tools of a novelist indispensable, even when writing memoirs and cultural critiques: “I am fundamentally a novelist….I think that's part of being a fiction writer or novelist is, you know, anything that you write is a kind of criticism in code. You're always responding to other texts.”* Matthew begins by explaining his unique research style: "I'm kind of ravenous and a little deranged about it…” His research process involves intuitive dives, like a two-day blitz through Carol Eastman's archives.* The discussion also touched on Matthew's upbringing with a mom who was a one-time screenwriter and who crossed the picket line during one writer's strike, and his father, who had modest beginnings but went on to become a famous Hollywood “superagent” representing Marlon Brando, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren & many others.* At the same time, Matthew explores misconceptions around Hollywood glitz, addressing the middle-class reality of many involved in the film industry. For a long-time, Hollywood could support such middle-class creatives, Matthew contends, something that is no longer really possible.* Addressing the evolution of the entertainment industry, Matthew notes the shift towards debt servicing, influenced by corporate acquisitions. This financial pragmatism often overrides the creative impulse, squeezing the middle class out.* Another takeaway? The creative world, especially in Hollywood, is fraught with periods of drift and struggle. In one sense, Always Crashing In the Same Car is a love letter to that state of things.--------------------------"I still kind of think of [Always Crashing…] as being secretly a novel. Not because it's full of made up s**t…but because I think sometimes our idea of what a novel is is pretty limited. You know, there's no reason why a novel can't be, like, 98% fact."--------------------------About Matthew SpecktorMatthew Specktor's books include the novels That Summertime Sound and American Dream Machine, which was long-listed for the Folio Prize; the memoir-in-criticism Always Crashing in The Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California, and The Golden Hour, forthcoming from Ecco Press. Born in Los Angeles, he received his MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College in 2009. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, The Paris Review, Tin House, Black Clock, and numerous other periodicals and anthologies. He is a founding editor of the Los Angles Review of Books.Resources:Books by Matthew Specktor:* Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California* American Dream Machine* That Summertime Sound* Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz, introduction by Matthew SpecktorReferenced on this episode:* The Women, by Hilton Als* Low, by David Bowie* The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, The Last Tycoon, The Pat Hobby Stories, and The Crack-Up, by F. Scott Fitzgerald* F. Scott Fitzgerald on Writing, edited by Larry W. Phillips* The Folded Clock: A Diary, by Heidi Julavits* The Lonely City, by Olivia Laing* 300 Arguments, by Sarah Manguso* “Bombast: Carole Eastman,” by Nick Pinkerton* “The Life and Death of Hollywood,” by Daniel Bessner, Harper's, May 2024.CreditsThis episode was produced by Magpie Audio Productions. Theme music  is "The Stone Mansion" by BlueDot Productions. Get full access to The Book I Want to Write at bookiwanttowrite.substack.com/subscribe

Who defines paradise, and who gets to live in its verdant incarnation on Earth? This is the question animating Olivia Laing's new book, The Garden Against Time, which ranges across the history of the English landscape, from John Milton's writing of Paradise Lost to Laing's own restoration of a walled garden. Alighting on the heartbreaking pastorals of 19th-century poet John Clare and the queer visions of 20th-century artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman, Laing pulls strands of history, literature, and resistance from the green blur that, for now, still surrounds us, even as it deceives us. Landscape architects like Capability Brown—so named for his capability to impose his will on any vista—were, as Laing writes, able “to fake nature so insidiously that even now those landscapes and the power relations they embody are mistaken for being just the way things are, natural, eternal, blandly reassuring, though what has actually taken place is the seizure of once common ground.” The author of five books of nonfiction and a novel, Olivia Laing joins Smarty Pants this week to explore both the powers that shaped the garden as we know it, and the power it has to change how we treat the earth, and ourselves. Go beyond the episode:Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common ParadiseListen to John Clare's “I Love to See the Summer Beaming Forth” on our sister podcast, Read Me a PoemIn the essay “Jane Austen's Ivory Cage,” Mikita Brottman looks over the ha-has of Mansfield Park to see who else might be enclosed alongside the gardenWe have visited stately houses and their grounds twice before on Smarty Pants: with Adrian Tinniswood, who discussed the history of the country house after World War II, and with Hopwood DePree, who was attempting to restore his crumbling ancestral pile Tune in every (other) week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek and sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.Subscribe: iTunes/Apple • Amazon • Google • Acast • RSS FeedHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Off the plot today and into the Suffolk garden of writer, critic and lifelong gardener Olivia Laing. Laing's diverse career began with their involvement in road protests in the 1980s & 1990s where they lived completely off grid: this led to training as a herbalist, before moving into the literary world. As the deputy books editor of The Observer they wrote extensively on arts and culture, before authoring award winning auto-fiction novel Crudo, and several celebrated works of non-fiction - the most recent of which, The Garden Against Time, uses today's Suffolk garden setting as a lens through which to explore the concept of paradise and the varied, surprising stories of gardens. Whilst Flo and Olivia pot up geraniums they discuss the concept of the gardens as a queer haven for artists like Derek Jarman, Cedric Morris, Vita Sackville-West and the ladies of Llangollen. Flo has her first go at worm harvesting and Flo and Olivia reflect on the growing urgency for public gardens that provide a refuge from urban stressors as well as the climate crisis. Presenter - Flo Dill, Producer - Lizzy King, Editing - Femi Oriogun-Williams, Sound Recording & Mastering - Sophie EllisonMusic - Cleaners from Venus - The Artichoke That Loved Me, courtesy of Martin Newell & Captured Tracks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Laing joins us to discuss The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise (Norton, June 25). Kirkus: “The award-winning author pens a fascinating and personal journey of paradise….An intellectually verdant and emotionally rich narrative journey” (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

Today Claire talks to Mark about At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley, The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing and Tarot by Jake Arthur.

Olivia Laing has won prizes and critical acclaim for her books, but readily admits that she led quite a wild life before becoming a writer: she dropped out of university, lived in a treehouse on an anti-road protest and later trained and worked as a herbalist. Her non-fiction books include The Trip to Echo Spring, which examined how writers who were damagingly addicted to alcohol could still produce great literature. She drew on her own experience of extreme loneliness in New York to write The Lonely City, which blended memoir with reflections on the works of artists including Edward Hopper and Andy Warhol. Her first novel, Crudo, was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the James Tait Memorial Prize. And most recently she's written The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise. It's an account of how she's restoring a walled garden in Suffolk - and an investigation into the history of gardens and the solace and pleasure they can bring.Olivia's music choices include Puccini, Purcell, Wagner and Bach.

Fernanda Eberstadt's Bite Your Friends is both a history of the body as a site of resistance to power, and a subversive memoir, drawing on a cast of outrageous heroes including Diogenes, Saint Perpetua, Pasolini, Pussy Riot and the political artist Piotr Pavlensky, who nailed his scrotum to the pavement of Red Square to protest Vladimir Putin's tyranny. Eberstadt was joined at the Bookshop by critic and novelist Olivia Laing, whose latest book The Garden Against Time (Picador) is forthcoming in May 2024.Find more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspodGet the book: https://lrb.me/biteyourfriendsbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In front of an audience at the Hay Literary Festival Adam Rutherford talks to the botanist and Native American Robin Wall Kimmerer. In her book, Braiding Sweetgrass she shows the importance of bringing together indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge, to increase understanding of the languages and worlds of plants and animals. Hugh Warwick is an expert on hedgehogs but in his latest book, Cull of the Wild, he focuses on animals less native, and beloved. From grey squirrels in Anglesey to cane toads in Australia he explores the complex history of species control, and the ethics of killing in the name of conservation.The writer Olivia Laing turns her attention to the efforts to create paradise on earth. In The Garden Against Time she retells her own attempts to restore a walled garden in Suffolk while investigating the long history of gardens – real and imagined, follies and pleasure grounds.Producer: Katy Hickman

The acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing is the author of seven books distilling challenging topics that should be difficult to wrap beautiful words around. Their latest book is The Garden Against Time, a work that initially began through documenting the restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk and eventually grew into a wider exploration of what it means to cultivate a personal paradise. Joining Laing in conversation for this episode is Hannah Dawson, the author and historian of ideas whose books include The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit. This is the second instalment of a two-part conversation. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and 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 - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... 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

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! On this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Olivia Laing to talk about her new book The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise. Olivia explores what it is we do when we make a garden, through her own experience of restoring the beautiful garden in her now home. She tells me about what gardens have meant in literary history and myth, how they have occluded certain real-world injustices even as they stand in for utopias, and why Candide's injunction cultiver notre jardin will always be an ambiguous one.   

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! On this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Olivia Laing to talk about her new book The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise. Olivia explores what it is we do when we make a garden, through her own experience of restoring the beautiful garden in her now home. She tells me about what gardens have meant in literary history and myth, how they have occluded certain real-world injustices even as they stand in for utopias, and why Candide's injunction cultiver notre jardin will always be an ambiguous one.   

"Inacabada" de la autora chilena Ariel Florencia Richards (Alfaguara) es el relato de un tránsito, de una disección íntima, de una muerte y un renacer, de la verbalización de  dos palabras: "Soy Mujer".  Juana, la protagonista,  en pleno proceso hormonal de cambio de género,  viaja con su madre a Nueva York a la que quiere contarle lo que le está pasando. Las dos viven su propio dolor. Juana la incomprensión del silencio de su madre. La madre el duelo de haber perdido a un hijo y no saber como querer a la nueva hija. Ariel Florencia, además de su nueva novela, nos ha donado  "El nervio óptico" de María Gaínza (Anagrama) y "La ciudad solitaria"  de Olivia Laing ( Capitán Swing). Antonio Martínez Asensio, relacionándolo con la actualidad de la polémica del fichaje de Broncano por RTVE y de la salida de la Gabarra del Athletic de Bilbao ha registrado en nuestra biblioteca  "Saga" de Tonino Benacquista (Lengua de Trapo) e "Hijos del fútbol" de Galder Reguera (Seix Barral). Las novedades de Pepe Rubio han sido "Perder el juicio" de Ariana Harwicz (Anagrama) y "Visceral" de María Fernanda Ampuero (Páginas de Espuma). El libro abandonado que ha rescatado Pascual Donate  , "Cómo hablar en balleno" lo ha escrito Tom Mustill (Taurus) . En "un libro una hora" Antonio Martínez Asensio os ha anunciado un programa dedicado a "La línea de sombra" de Josep Conrad (DeBolsillo) . Y los  oyentes también han hecho sus donaciones: 'El crimen de Malladas', de Luis Roso; 'Largo pétalo de mar', de Isabel Allende; y 'El talón de hierro', de Jack London.

Continuing her exploration into the ideas that go into making a garden, Jinny speaks to the writer Olivia Laing. Oliva is the author of six books including To the River, The Trip to Echo Spring, and The Lonely City. Their first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and they write on art and culture for The Guardian, Financial Times, and The New York Times. In 2020, Olivia began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk. The pair discuss process, how their respective backgrounds have influenced their work, and how gardening is a way of bringing order to the chaos of life.Production: Danielle Radojcin, In Talks WithSound: Warren Borg at Worgie ProductionsOriginal music commissioned by Jinny Blom, composed by Peter Vettese and produced by Marc Fox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Laing, Ken Worpole and Jon Day discuss Colin Ward and David Crouch's 1988 classic of social and oral history The Allotment, long out of print but finally reissued by the indefatigable Little Toller Books.Upcoming events at the bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As our journey through intimacy draws to a close, it's time to look inward and reflect on how we can get closer to ourselves. We're considering ideas of self-knowledge and self-love, alongside what it means to draw on your own life and experiences in a creative practice. What do artists who bring personal and intimate narratives into their work encounter? How can we open up to our vulnerability and decide when to safely share that with others? And could these acts bring us closer together – perhaps helping us build a deeper and more compassionate connection with both self and others? Featuring an interview with Olivia Laing, an original sound work by Axel Kacoutié, audio excerpts from Agnès Varda and Luchita Hurtado from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and full descriptive transcripts at www.serpentinegalleries.org/art-and-ideas/serpentine-podcast-intimacies/. CREDITS Hosted by Gaylene Gould Produced by Katie Callin (Reduced Listening) Production support by Nada Smiljanic (Reduced Listening) Executive production by Anishka Sharma (Reduced Listening) Curated by Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen Mix engineering by Jesse Lawson (Reduced Listening) Theme music by Hinako Omori Visual identity by the unloved ABOUT INTIMACIES Serpentine Podcast: Intimacies explores the complexities of closeness, and asks how we can expand and evolve our intimacy with others, ourselves, and the world around us. Join our host, Gaylene Gould, as she gathers perspectives from artists, designers, writers, thinkers, and more on how we can rekindle trust, and open ourselves up to new possibilities for connection. Confronting the slippery topics of fear, vulnerability, sex, love and loneliness in art and life, the Intimacies series delves into the feelings and experiences which we don't always voice – from our relationships with family or strangers, to the things we fear most and our deepest desires, to our surroundings and our innermost selves. Each episode combines interviews, original audio works, conversations, and pieces from the Serpentine archive. This series itself is personal, emotional, reflective, and an exploration of vulnerability in many ways. 

This Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia Bright's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Looking back over this time, each of the seven chapters explores the feelings and experiences of the corresponding year of her recovery, tracing the shift in emotion and understanding that comes with the deepening connection to this new way of life. Bright was joined in conversation by Olivia Laing, author of Everybody.Find more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspodBuy a copy of This Ragged Grace: lrb.me/thisraggedgrace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author and cultural critic Olivia Laing, whose books include The Lonely City, Funny Weather and Everybody, is joined by fashion writer and curator Charlie Porter, of What Artists Wear and Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion, and presenter Harriett Gilbert, to talk about the books they love. Olivia recommends Bad Blood by literary critic Lorna Sage - a memoir of her eccentric childhood and adolescence in 1940s rural Wales. Charlie loves Honey From A Weed by Patience Gray, a cookbook which exalts local knowledge and seasonal cooking, taking readers to a time and place far removed from modern life. And Harriett brings The English Understand Wool, a 2022 novella by American author Helen DeWitt, which takes unexpected twists and turns and which Harriett argues, merits reading more than once. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio

This week, we're back after a little break. Jinxy's been sick, BL interviewed a member of One Direction and Eva Longoria. They talk Orgasm Inc, the Kenja cult and reading Glossy, Marisa Meltzer's new book about Glossier and Emily Weiss. BL describes her experience at RISING (having a silly cocktail, seeing meemaw), and Kate talks about her experience having fibroid surgery, feeling dopey as and going under while listening to Call Me Maybe. Then they recap the TV they've been watching recently (incl. The Idol and Alone) and their feelings about Deborah Levy's new novel, August Blue. Also: Alsos.Follow us on socials @seealsopodcast.See AlsosThe Unexpected Grief of a Hysterectomy by Anna HolmesAlone AustraliaWork in Progress season 2The Good FightI'm A VirgoDeborah Levy's Living Autobiography trilogyPersonaVertigoDeborah Levy's Search for a Major Female CharacterProfile by Simran HansReview by Olivia Laing in the GuardianAnother EarthSaint MaudThe IdolWhy can't Hollywood get pop stardom right?Cinema Nova is screening Dead Ringers on Sunday, 2nd JulyAlso AlsosLISTEN ALSO: Expired Candy by Body Type, out on Poison City RecordsFLOWER ALSO: the column Flower Press by Olivia Meehan, the flower historian at World of InteriorsSTEAM ALSO: Joseph Joseph Pocket Plus Folding Table-Top Ironing BoardPOD ALSO: Annie Portelli on the Design Files TalksDENTIST ALSO: Dr Betty at North Carlton DentalLISTEN ALSO: What Will You Grown Now? by Modern Cosmology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bodies carry and represent so much, these fragile vessels that we are "stuck in" can dictate privilege or oppression not only within ourselves but in wider society. In a talk recorded at our Antidote festival in September 2022, trans and non-binary author, Olivia Laing is joined by host Jessie Tu in a profound discussion about the ideas in Laing's latest book 'Everybody', which draws on figures such as Malcolm X, Andrea Dworkin, Nina Simone and more, exploring the human body and its effect in our world today.-Watch this and other talks from Antidote 2022 on Stream, the streaming platform from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching at stream.sydneyoperahouse.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art historian Kate Bryan and comedian Mark Steel talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. Kate loves Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing, an inspiring collection of essays which make a case for why art matters. Mark is a big fan of Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle, a comedic memoir about growing up in a Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool. And Harriett puts forward Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, in which a present-day story converges with ancient rituals to provoke a discussion about how far we have come from the “primitive minds” of our ancestors. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Becky Ripley

Olivia Laing secrets and lies in the life and work of Kathy Acker.https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/eat-your-mind-kathy-acker-jason-mcbride-book-review-olivia-laing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Known to his friends as Christo, Lloyd spent his whole life, from childhood until his death aged 85, at work in the same garden: Great Dixter in East Sussex. He wrote a weekly column for Country Life for 42 years and was the author of 25 books, including The Mixed Border in the Modern Garden (1957) and The Well Tempered Garden (1970). Christo is the choice of the writer Olivia Laing, herself a passionate gardener. She and Matthew Parris go to Great Dixter to meet Head Gardener Fergus Garrett, who worked alongside Christo for many years and was one of his closest friends. Olivia Laing is the author of five works of non-fiction and a novel. Her books include To the River (2011), The Trip to Echo Spring (2013) and The Lonely City (2016). Her books have been translated into 19 languages. She writes on art and culture for the Guardian, Financial Times and New York Times, among many other publications and a book of her collected essays on art, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, was published in 2020. Her most recent book is Everybody: A Book About Freedom (2021) and she is currently working on a book about gardens and paradise. Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio Photograph of Christopher Lloyd used by kind permission of Jonathan Buckley

"Cooking is like therapy to us. I grew up where my big extended family would come together in summer under the walnut tree. The adults would drink and we'd eat, stories would be told and we'd break into song. It was a healing process." In the first of a new series, the cookbook author Olia Hercules tells us why she's picked the Ukrainian artist and activist Alla Horska as her Great Life. A member of the Sixtiers, Alla was a part of the Ukrainian dissident movement of writers, artists and cultural figures who stood against the destruction of Ukrainian identity and rallied for greater freedoms. Growing up in Ukraine, Olia says she was taught so much about Russian culture, and so little about Ukrainian culture, that she wanted to fix that. Now in a time of war, Olia discovers how parts of Alla's life mirror her own. Joining her in studio is Tetyana Filevska, creative director of the Ukrainian Institute. Tetyana moved to London to escape the war in Ukraine. Future guests in the series include writer Olivia Laing on Christopher Lloyd, Bob Harris on Sir Matt Busby, and Noddy Holder on Chuck Berry. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Caitlin Hobbs

Chef proprietor at London's Quo Vadis, Jeremy Lee's commitment to locality, excellence and simplicity has made the restaurant a must-eat-at destination for every resident or visiting gourmet. He's also, in stark contrast to the popular image of the celebrity chef, the jolliest and most affable host you might ever hope to be fed by. His new book Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many (4th Estate), ‘one of the most beautiful cookery books I have ever seen' according to Rachel Roddy, encapsulates his approach to food and cooking: first and foremost, it is about giving and receiving pleasure.Lee is in conversation about food and pleasure with the writer and critic Olivia Laing, who has written of him: 'I worship Jeremy Lee … He has a true gift for living, and for writing about it too.Find out about upcoming events: https://lrb.me/upcomingevents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roadside Picnic, first published in 1972, is the best-known work of Russia's most famous modern science fiction writers, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, together the authors of 26 novels and scores of short stories. To discuss it we are joined by the writer and radio presenter Jennifer Lucy Allan, and the publisher and translator Ilona Chavasse. The book is based on the premise that Earth has been briefly visited by an alien civilisation that have left behind them six ‘Zones', places strewn with their debris, some of it lethal to humans; all of it fascinating and perplexing. The Zones feed a black market in artefacts supplied by ‘Stalkers' who are prepared to risk their lives and sanity by entering the forbidden areas to retrieve them. We consider why the book is still considered one of the greatest of all SF novels, how it came to be read as a dark foreshadowing of the Chernobyl disaster and why it has proved itself so ripe for adaptation, both as a series of video games and, most famously, as the basis for Andrei Tarkovsky's classic 1979 film, Stalker. This episode also finds Andy returning to a haunting novel he read earlier this year: The High House (Swift Press) by former guest Jessie Greengrass, while John is carried away by Everybody (Picador), Olivia Laing's magnificent book about freedom and the human body. For more information visit https://www.backlisted.fm Please support us and unlock bonus material at https://www.patreon.com/backlisted Timings: 8:10 - The High House by Jessie Greengrass 17:02 - Everybody by Olivia Laing 23:29 - Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

The BBC Proms is celebrating what would've been Aretha Franklin's 80th birthday, and leading the tribute is American singer-songwriter Sheléa. She's a protegee of Quincy Jones who also found a mentor in Stevie Wonder, and names Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston as some of her inspirations. Sheléa shares Aretha Franklin's influences of gospel, jazz and soul, and her skills to play the piano and turn her voice to a variety of styles. She performs live in the studio and demonstrates the power of Aretha's voice as well as her own. For our Thursday review Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Olivia Laing have been watching Official Competition, a comedy film starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez which takes aim at the film industry and its stars, and Red Rose, a BBC3 teen horror drama set in Bolton looking at the power of smartphones to shape young lives. Torn is a new BBC Radio 4 series exploring ten key moments in the history of fashion, from the allure of mauve to the rebellion of mini-skirts. Presenter Gus Casely-Hayford, curator, historian and the inaugural director of V&A East, joins Shahidha for a whistlestop tour of fashion's cultural hits and environmental misses over five centuries. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Sarah Johnson

Let's talk about fear. Nine times out of ten it is often about your past. And in the present day, anxiety and fear can be best buds. Worry is not love and being afraid of something feeds negative energy. What happens if we give into fear? What are we actually afraid of? If we say it out loud, is it possible it won't be scary anymore? What if we are scared of the evil of the world? How do we cope with that? Let's walk ourselves to the edge of the cliff, then what? Nina & Anna tackle all of these difficult questions and walk us through what happens when you feel your feelings, face your fears, and let them exist for what they are. Listen to the episode on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-be-human/id1575612024 (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/1V8taFSZQDpMcXkrP5dGrs?si=PtYeksWSRLGn_vu1vWBvMw&dl_branch=1 (Spotify), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9yTHpBOUg2Mg (Google Podcasts), https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa34c28b-2ac5-49cb-9fc7-15328379d789 (Amazon Music), https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-how-to-be-human-84625355/ (iHeartRadio), https://www.stitcher.com/show/how-to-be-human-5 (Stitcher), or on your favorite podcast platform Topics Covered: The relationship between anxiety and fear What happens when we feel are feelings Having the courage to face your fears Coping mechanisms for dealing with your fears Giving yourself the opportunity to challenge your fears The difference between anxiety and fear Resources Mentioned: https://www.sho.com/couples-therapy/season/1 (Couples Therapy) on Showtime https://www.netflix.com/title/81500204 (Alpinist) https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438 (When Things Fall Apart) by Pema Chodron https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Weather-Emergency-Olivia-Laing/dp/132400570X (Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency) by Olivia Laing https://www.amazon.com/Crudo-Novel-Olivia-Laing/dp/0393357414/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TRRK17SVN6DL&keywords=olivia+laing+crudo&qid=1654639663&s=books&sprefix=olivia+laing+crudo%2Cstripbooks%2C120&sr=1-1 (Crudo) by Olivia Laing  Get in Touch: https://howtobehumanpod.com/ (How to Be Human) https://www.instagram.com/howtobehumanpod/ (How to Be Human Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/annatoonk/ (Anna's Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/humannamednina/ (Nina's Instagram) https://www.annatoonk.com/ (Book a session with Anna) https://ninaendrsthealth.com/ (Book a session with Nina)

Today I am thrilled to celebrate the 3 year anniversary of the podcast! We've had over 250,000 downloads and released 51 full length episodes along with some really powerful pandemic dispatches. Living in this Queer Body has become a platform that has connected queers through instagram, workshops and group intensives. This community has allowed me to get to know so many beautiful, inspiring and generative people and I am humbled at all that has come into being over these past 3 years. I look forward to many more. Our guest on today's episode showed up with such openness and willingness to ask and answer complex questions, someone who is inhabiting the X and offering us all some hard won tips about how to radically accept and honor our care needs. What began as a series of conversations about Olivia Laing's fascinating book “Everybody” during the second year of the pandemic became a full length interview in which Joey Soloway and I talk about their trans family, the 6 genders in the Torah, the feeling of cross dressing as a cis woman, the importance of having a coven or care team as a trans human, moving away from "admin as a love language," naming what often goes unnamed, epigenetics and much more. Joey Soloway is an artist, activist and filmmaker. They created the Emmy– and Golden Globe–winning series Transparent, cult feminist series I Love Dick, as well as Afternoon Delight, which received the Sundance Directing Award. They are currently working on The South Commons Experiment, a documentary about race, architecture and memory. They are the co-founder of 5050 by 2020, launched East Side Jews, and are on the board of Nefesh Temple. They are amidst development on podcast, television and film projects that fulfill the Topple Production's mission of elevating marginalized artists and their stories. ________________ Register here for Always Coming Home: A support group open to all people who are actively working on disordered eating recovery or navigating trauma experienced in institutional eating disorder settings. @livinginthisqueerbody __________________ Kintsugi Therapist Collective's Embodied Private Practice Cohort (EPPC) is a year-long mentorship offering for clinicians who are beginning or revisioning private practice with a focus on embodiment and sustainability. Combining reality-based, capacity-conscious clinical and business consultation, mentorship will focus on the ways that therapists can be nurtured by clinical practice, avoid burnout, and commit to sustainability, self care and healing. Application link here. @kintsugitherapistcollective ________ Living in this Queer Body Podcasts are edited by the lovely Barry Orvin Music by Ethan Philbrick and Helen M-P Hosted by Asher Pandjiris --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asher-pandjiris/message