Podcast appearances and mentions of Salman Rushdie

Éminent spécialiste de l'histoire politique et culturelle de la Chine contemporaine, Emmanuel Lincot est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur la Chine et ses rapports compliqués avec sa périphérie. Dans son nouvel essai Chine-Inde : La guerre des mondes, qu'il vient de publier aux éditions du Cerf, il analyse les rivalités géopolitiques croissantes qui opposent les deux géants d'Asie qui se font face, sur fond d'échanges et d'influences réciproques plurimillénaires. RFI : Emmanuel Lincot, vous êtes sinologue de formation. Comment est né votre intérêt pour l'Inde ? Emmanuel Lincot : L'Inde, moi, je l'ai rencontrée finalement sur le tard, par des voies de détours, puisque mes précédents travaux, durant ces dernières années, ont porté sur la Chine et ses périphéries, et notamment la Chine et le monde musulman, en particulier la Chine et l'Asie centrale. Et quand on s'intéresse à l'Asie centrale, on est amené naturellement, pour ne pas dire culturellement, à l'Inde. Tout simplement parce que l'une des grandes dynasties indiennes, les Moghols, a été fondée par Babur, qui était originaire de l'est de l'actuel Ouzbékistan, de la vallée du Ferghana. Donc, de fil en aiguille, évidemment, on est amené à se rencontrer d'une manière ou d'une autre. Chine-Inde : La guerre des mondes, c'est le titre de votre ouvrage. Comment faut-il interpréter le trait d'union qui sépare les noms des deux pays sur la couverture ? Pour le choix du titre, je n'y suis absolument pour rien. C'est mon éditeur, Jean-François Colosimo, que je salue d'ailleurs, qui a trouvé la bonne formule. Ce trait d'union, que vous soulignez, peut désigner à la fois des velléités sur le temps long de rapprochement entre deux grandes aires de civilisation et en même temps une séparation. Pour filer un peu la métaphore, on pourrait dire que ce trait d'union peut apparaître véritablement comme un mur, comme un barrage, celui de l'Himalaya en particulier, qui sépare ces deux énormes masses continentales. Et ce titre est suffisamment vaste et vague, effectivement, pour aborder des questions de géopolitique, mais aussi et surtout des questions liées à l'histoire culturelle. Bref, comment se représente-t-on l'Inde depuis la Chine sur la longue durée et réciproquement ? Et là, ça devient absolument fascinant parce qu'on s'intéresse aux lieux de mémoire, notamment aux monastères qui constituent véritablement un maillage et autant de fils d'Ariane reliant l'Inde à la Chine par le biais du Tibet, région majeure. Je pense aussi à de grandes figures intellectuelles telles que Salman Rushdie, Tagore, Gao Xingjian et bien d'autres encore. Quels ont été les moments forts de cette histoire culturelle entre la Chine et l'Inde ? Ça commence grosso modo avec l'émergence des routes de la soie qui furent des points de contact, des voies de passage. Quant au bouddhisme, ce fut un processus au très long cours. La disparition du Bouddha se situe au VIᵉ siècle avant notre ère, et il faut attendre officiellement le IIᵉ siècle de notre ère, c'est-à-dire huit siècles plus tard, pour que le bouddhisme fasse enfin son entrée officielle dans l'espace chinois. Puis, il va y avoir un fait géopolitique majeur qui survient au Moyen Âge : ce sont les invasions turco-musulmanes qui vont arrêter assez brusquement, justement, ces échanges spirituels et artistiques, mais momentanément, je dirais, parce que le lieu conservatoire de ces échanges, qui va réinterpréter le bouddhisme d'une manière tout à fait particulière, en insufflant une autre dimension spirituelle, c'est le Tibet précisément. Et le Tibet, géographiquement, il est au point d'articulation dans la région de l'Himalaya, entre le monde chinois et le monde indien précisément. Le Tibet – c'est l'une des thèses de ce livre – va très certainement redevenir un point majeur, sinon de confrontation, tout au moins d'échange d'une manière ou d'une autre, au vu de l'importance de cette région, reconnue par Pékin notamment. Le centre de gravité de l'Asie risque très certainement de se déplacer vers cette région où les enjeux sont majeurs. Sur le plan minier par exemple. On pense à l'exploitation du lithium, si important pour la fabrication de nos voitures électriques. Le Tibet est central aussi en matière de ressources en eau. Pratiquement tous les grands fleuves de l'Asie prennent leur source au Tibet. On peut dire que le Tibet est le château d'eau de toute l'Asie ou presque. Quels souvenirs la mémoire collective chinoise garde-t-elle des échanges culturels sino-indiens ? Le monde chinois et le monde indien ont été pendant très longtemps interconnectés. Ils le sont toujours fondamentalement, avec des lieux qui sont des points de cristallisation de ces mémoires collectives. En effet, et j'en mentionne un certain nombre dans ce livre, par exemple, en Chine même, vous avez la Grande pagode de l'oie sauvage, qui est un lieu majeur de l'histoire du bouddhisme, puisque c'est à ses pieds que le moine bouddhiste Xuanzang, de retour de l'Inde, a créé l'une des premières écoles de traductologie de textes d'abord écrits en langue indo-européenne, donc en sanskrit, vers le chinois. Ce lieu, précisément la Grande pagode de l'oie sauvage à Xi'an, ancienne capitale impériale de la Chine, a été, à partir de 2014, choisi par les autorités chinoises comme lieu de visite pour le chef de l'État indien, Narendra Modi. Mais depuis lors, pratiquement tous les chefs d'État étrangers s'y rendent. Alors ça, c'est assez intéressant aussi d'un point de vue de l'histoire du protocole communiste chinois. Jusqu'alors, on privilégiait la visite de la Grande Muraille. Et à partir de 2014, on privilégie un lieu de mémoire qui se veut davantage consensuel, davantage ouvert sur le monde. Et pas n'importe quel monde, au vu justement de la géographie chinoise, à l'ouest de la Chine, l'Occident de la Chine. Donc, évidemment, ça a du sens. Et réciproquement, les Indiens ont choisi par exemple le temple de Mahabalipuram, qui est un lieu majeur lié à la personnalité de Bodhidharma, mieux connu en Chine sous le nom de Damo, qui a lui aussi fait le lien entre les deux mondes. Outre le Tibet, quels sont les principaux contentieux qui opposent l'Inde et la Chine aujourd'hui ? Avec l'avènement du régime communiste en Chine et l'invasion par l'armée chinoise des hauts plateaux tibétains, eh bien, pour la première fois de leur histoire, la Chine va devenir la voisine de l'Inde, ce qui n'était pas le cas jusqu'à présent. Et donc, à partir des années 1950, la partie indienne affirme la légitimité historique des tracés frontaliers qui avaient été décidés d'ailleurs par les Britanniques, la ligne Durand, la ligne McMahon, etc. Bon, sauf que les Chinois n'ont jamais reconnu justement ces tracés frontaliers, non seulement à l'époque impériale, donc à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle, sous la dynastie des Qing, mais non plus à l'époque républicaine et encore moins à l'époque actuelle, celle de la République populaire de Chine. Donc il y a un contentieux très important sur 3 800 kilomètres de frontière commune, ce qui est tout à fait considérable. Sans oublier des contentieux territoriaux, donc des disputes territoriales. L'Aksai Chin, par exemple, qui se trouve dans le prolongement du Ladakh, a été purement et simplement annexé par l'armée chinoise en 1962, au grand dam évidemment de l'Inde. New Delhi, quant à elle, revendique évidemment la restitution de ce territoire. La Chine, pour sa part, revendique la restitution de l'Arunachal Pradesh, situé dans le prolongement du Tibet donc. Il y a un passif très, très important qui présage du pire pour l'avenir. Cet avenir est peut-être plus proche qu'on ne le pense. Croyez-vous que la question de la succession du Dalaï Lama, qui va se poser bientôt, pourrait voir une crise grave éclater entre les deux pays ? Généralement, la question du Dalaï Lama est déconsidérée en Occident. On imagine que c'est peu important. Or pour nombre de peuples, qu'ils soient hindouistes, bouddhistes, le Dalaï Lama est considéré comme un dieu vivant. Donc, la question de sa succession, si l'on traduit cela en langage politique, va de toute évidence provoquer une crise, avec probablement une velléité tantôt indienne, tantôt chinoise, d'instrumentaliser chacune à son profit cette succession. Et le Dalaï Lama, il faut le rappeler, généralement, on n'a pas connaissance de ce fait qui est capital, est considéré aussi comme le chef spirituel des Mongols, par exemple. Donc on est très loin du monde tibétain et du monde indien a priori. Mais donc en retour, cela signifie une affaire politique tout à fait considérable aux yeux de Pékin, bien sûr. La guerre des mondes est le sous-titre de votre ouvrage. Autrement dit, selon vous, une cohabitation pacifique entre les deux voisins demeure improbable dans l'état actuel de leurs relations ? Elle sera très difficile, ça c'est clair. On est totalement sorti de cette vision irénique du rapprochement entre les peuples. Hélas, on peut le déplorer, mais c'est la réalité. On est dans un ordre bismarckien, c'est-à-dire avec le rappel de la souveraineté des États, la défense de leurs intérêts, avec peut-être des configurations neuves qui ont très certainement traversé l'esprit des dirigeants. On pense notamment à un rapprochement « Chine, Russie, Inde » qui n'est pas un projet totalement farfelu, parce que la Russie reste encore la matrice idéologique d'une grande partie de l'élite indienne, mais aussi de l'élite chinoise. Cette tripolarité me paraît invraisemblable, mais néanmoins, on y pense, c'est tout à fait évident. Et donc clairement, vous avez là tout simplement les trois quarts du monde ou presque, qui sont représentés à travers cette tripolarité, qui feraient idéalement contrepoids, évidemment, à l'Occident. En tout cas, on ne va pas du tout dans le sens d'un apaisement des relations, bien au contraire, hélas ! À lire aussiInde-Chine: «La volonté de normalisation n'est pas née de l'humiliation infligée par Trump avec ses tarifs douaniers»

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Tune in as Ash and Hurin discuss this literary classic from Salman Rushdie. Does this book have the best father-son scenes Ash has read? What caused Hurin to cry this time? Is there anything redemptive about being turned into a stinky goat man? All these questions and more are answered over the course of this scintillating back and forth dialogue on the most interesting British-Indian narrative we've covered yet.THIS IS NOT AN AUDIOBOOK!Music is Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks.Find us on:Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/greenteampod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@greenteampod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Suggestion Box: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/Nsz6URWeq3JeeZnGA⁠⁠⁠⁠

“I was born in Coleraine, then I moved to Wales and then I moved to Ireland. It's very complicated and I feel there's a strange sense if you grow up somewhere different from where you were born. That's just true of everyone. If your accent doesn't match your name - as in my case - I think you walk alongside all your life a kind of ghost-self in that there's always a sense of ‘who would I have been if we'd stayed?'”Katie Razzall speaks to acclaimed writer Maggie O'Farrell. The 54-year-old has been a published author for more than 25 years, with her books translated into more than 40 languages.O'Farrell shot to wider international fame following the award-winning screen adaptation of her 2020 novel Hamnet, a story about the son of the English playwright William Shakespeare. She's now publishing Land, her sweeping new tale centred around an Irish map-maker working for the British army at the time of the Great Famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century. Between 1845 and 1852, at least one million people died due to starvation and disease, with a further two million people fleeing Ireland to escape the famine.The book is about colonisation and devastation, set against a backdrop of families left to die of starvation on estates owned by British aristocrats and landowners. Drawing on her own family history during that period, it's O'Farrell's most political work yet - and as she explains, its themes still resonate with the world today. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao, author Sir Salman Rushdie, and comedian Eric Idle. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Katie Razzall Producers: Ben Cooper and Roxanne Panthaki Editors: Farhana Haider and Justine LangGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Maggie O'Farrell. Credit: Getty)

In my recent conversation with Sittig, we explored her co-authored book Intellectual Self-Destruction: How the West Gambles Away Its Future (Ibidem Press, 2025), written with Noam Pitri and distributed by Columbia University Press. Drawing from her experiences as a German journalist and former student at Columbia University, Sittig offers a deeply personal and rigorously documented account of what she describes as a growing “anti-Western coalition” within academic spaces across the United States and Europe. At the heart of the book is a provocative thesis: that the West's greatest threat may not come from external adversaries, but from an internal intellectual shift—one that prioritizes ideological certainty over open inquiry, and moral posturing over evidence-based reasoning. Sittig and Pitri trace this pattern across campuses, where unlikely alliances have formed between strands of “woke” theory and political Islam. While these movements differ philosophically, Sittig argues that they converge tactically in their shared suspicion of Western liberal values and their embrace of absolutist moral frameworks. Our discussion brought these ideas into sharp focus through Sittig's own experiences. As a student, she encountered resistance—and at times hostility—when attempting to research topics such as Islamism and terrorism in Europe. What should have been a space for intellectual exploration instead became, in her telling, a site of constraint. This tension between inquiry and ideology echoes one of the book's central historical parallels: the case of Trofim Lysenko in the Soviet Union, where political dogma overrode scientific truth with devastating consequences. Sittig also details the evolving dynamics of campus activism, particularly in the aftermath of October 7th. She points to organized student groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and examines their funding structures and messaging strategies. Of particular concern, she notes, are instances of social media activity and organizing efforts that appeared to anticipate or justify acts of violence, raising urgent questions about the boundaries between activism and endorsement. Yet the book is not only a critique—it is also a warning grounded in historical consciousness. Referencing moments such as the intellectual climate surrounding Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, Sittig suggests that the current moment reflects a longer trajectory in which academic culture has increasingly struggled to balance respect for cultural difference with a commitment to universal principles like free speech. Despite the book's ambition to reach a wide and ideologically diverse audience, Sittig shared that its reception has largely mirrored existing divides. Readers already aligned with its arguments have embraced it, while critics have remained unconvinced. The elusive “middle ground,” it seems, remains difficult to access—perhaps itself a reflection of the polarization the book seeks to diagnose. And yet, there is a note of cautious optimism. The very fact that Intellectual Self-Destruction was published and distributed through major academic channels suggests that spaces for dissenting perspectives still exist, even if they are contested. As educators, scholars, and engaged citizens, we are left with a pressing challenge: how do we cultivate environments that encourage rigorous debate without collapsing into ideological conformity? Sittig's work does not offer easy answers, but it insists that the question cannot be ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In my recent conversation with Sittig, we explored her co-authored book Intellectual Self-Destruction: How the West Gambles Away Its Future (Ibidem Press, 2025), written with Noam Pitri and distributed by Columbia University Press. Drawing from her experiences as a German journalist and former student at Columbia University, Sittig offers a deeply personal and rigorously documented account of what she describes as a growing “anti-Western coalition” within academic spaces across the United States and Europe. At the heart of the book is a provocative thesis: that the West's greatest threat may not come from external adversaries, but from an internal intellectual shift—one that prioritizes ideological certainty over open inquiry, and moral posturing over evidence-based reasoning. Sittig and Pitri trace this pattern across campuses, where unlikely alliances have formed between strands of “woke” theory and political Islam. While these movements differ philosophically, Sittig argues that they converge tactically in their shared suspicion of Western liberal values and their embrace of absolutist moral frameworks. Our discussion brought these ideas into sharp focus through Sittig's own experiences. As a student, she encountered resistance—and at times hostility—when attempting to research topics such as Islamism and terrorism in Europe. What should have been a space for intellectual exploration instead became, in her telling, a site of constraint. This tension between inquiry and ideology echoes one of the book's central historical parallels: the case of Trofim Lysenko in the Soviet Union, where political dogma overrode scientific truth with devastating consequences. Sittig also details the evolving dynamics of campus activism, particularly in the aftermath of October 7th. She points to organized student groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and examines their funding structures and messaging strategies. Of particular concern, she notes, are instances of social media activity and organizing efforts that appeared to anticipate or justify acts of violence, raising urgent questions about the boundaries between activism and endorsement. Yet the book is not only a critique—it is also a warning grounded in historical consciousness. Referencing moments such as the intellectual climate surrounding Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, Sittig suggests that the current moment reflects a longer trajectory in which academic culture has increasingly struggled to balance respect for cultural difference with a commitment to universal principles like free speech. Despite the book's ambition to reach a wide and ideologically diverse audience, Sittig shared that its reception has largely mirrored existing divides. Readers already aligned with its arguments have embraced it, while critics have remained unconvinced. The elusive “middle ground,” it seems, remains difficult to access—perhaps itself a reflection of the polarization the book seeks to diagnose. And yet, there is a note of cautious optimism. The very fact that Intellectual Self-Destruction was published and distributed through major academic channels suggests that spaces for dissenting perspectives still exist, even if they are contested. As educators, scholars, and engaged citizens, we are left with a pressing challenge: how do we cultivate environments that encourage rigorous debate without collapsing into ideological conformity? Sittig's work does not offer easy answers, but it insists that the question cannot be ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Eine versunkene Metropole, jahrhundertelang dem Vergessen überlassen - und heute ein spiritueller Sehnsuchtsort: In der neuen Folge begeben wir uns auf eine faszinierende Reise nach Hampi, eine der beeindruckendsten historischen Stätten Indiens.Einst war Hampi das glanzvolle Zentrum eines mächtigen Hindu-Reiches. Nach seinem Niedergang lag die Stadt rund 300 Jahre verlassen in der Landschaft, bis sie Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wiederentdeckt wurde. Heute ist Hampi ein Ort, der gleichzeitig mystisch, spirituell und irgendwie surreal wirkt. Zwischen riesigen Felsen, alten Tempeln und Palästen treffen sich Backpacker, Reisende und gläubige Hindus aus aller Welt.Vor genau 40 Jahren wurde Hampi in die Liste des UNESCO-Weltkulturerbes aufgenommen – eine Auszeichnung, die die außergewöhnliche kulturelle und architektonische Bedeutung der Tempelanlagen unterstreicht. Auch literarisch lebt die Geschichte weiter: Der britisch-indische Autor Salman Rushdie widmete dem untergegangenen Reich vor wenigen Jahren mit Victory City eins seiner Werke.In dieser Folge nimmt Reisejournalistin Charlotte Horn uns mit auf eine Entdeckungstour durch die mystischen Ruinen, erzählt von der bewegten Vergangenheit Hampis und schildert, warum dieser Ort bis heute eine so starke Anziehungskraft ausübt.Eine Folge über Lost Places, alte Reiche und die Frage: Was bleibt eigentlich, wenn eine ganze Stadt verschwindet?Lesetipp: „Victory City“, Roman von Salman Rushdie, erschienen im Penguin-Verlag, 2023:https://www.penguin.de/buecher/salman-rushdie-victory-city/buch/9783328602941Historischer Roman von Tirumala Devaraya:In the Empire of the God King by Tirumala Devaraya | Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237384871-in-the-empire-of-the-god-kingKurze Video-Dokumentation über Hampi (auf Englisch): What Made Hampi One of the Greatest Cities of Its Time?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjVqBzSnGs Reise-Tipps Hampi – inklusive Hinweise für die Anreise:Hampi – Travel guide at Wikivoyagehttps://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/HampiCrosspromotion: Young Adventurers: INDIEN - Floßfahrt ins Unbekanntehttps://www.ardmediathek.de/video/young-adventurers-indien-flossfahrt-ins-unbekannte/young-adventurers-indien-flossfahrt-ins-unbekannte/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS9hYTM3ZDk1Yi0yZGNiLTQyZjUtODdhYS0yMzQxYjY2MWM3MzJfZ2FuemVTZW5kdW5n

En este episodio de El Café de la Lluvia exploramos algunos de los libros más polémicos y censurados en países de mayoría islámica. Desde la histórica fatua contra Salman Rushdie por Los versos satánicos hasta obras prohibidas por motivos políticos, sexuales o ideológicos, analizamos cómo la literatura puede convertirse en un campo de batalla entre religión, poder y libertad de expresión. Hablamos de títulos como Los versos satánicos de Salman Rushdie, La decisión de Sophie de William Styron, El arca de Schindler de Thomas Keneally o Cincuenta sombras de Grey de E.L. James, entre otros. También abordamos la censura política en Marruecos con libros críticos hacia Hassan II y Mohamed VI. Además, reflexionamos sobre el panorama editorial contemporáneo y las dificultades de los autores independientes para abrirse paso en un mercado dominado por grandes grupos editoriales. Gracias a Rubén Almarza por hacerlo posible. ☕ Hazte socio/a de El Café de la Lluvia y forma parte de nuestra comunidad: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/hazte-socio-a-de-el-cafe-de-la-lluvia/ Escúchanos y léenos en nuestra web: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/ ▶️ Suscríbete a nuestro canal de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ElCafédelaLluvia Recibe nuestros contenidos en tu correo: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/suscripcion-newsletter/ Síguenos en redes sociales: Twitter: https://twitter.com/cafelluvia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elcafedelalluvia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cafedelalluvia

År 1975 lade invandrarministern Anna-Greta Leijon (S) fram regeringens linje för en ny invandrar- och minoritetspolitik. I stället för en politik där invandrarna skulle bli svenskar formulerades en vision där de nya svenskarna skulle få möjlighet utveckla sin egen kultur vid sidan om den svenska, som fick brett stöd i riksdagen.Femtio år senare är islam Sveriges näst största religion, och Sverigedemokraterna ett av landets största partier. Samtidigt har politiken rört sig mot en betydligt mer restriktiv migrations- och asyllinje, inte minst efter flyktingvågen 2015.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med professor Simon Sorgenfrei – religionsvetare och föreståndare för IMS, Institutet för forskning om mångreligiositet och sekularitet vid Södertörns högskola Han är aktuell med boken Öppna era hjärtan.Under flyktingkrisen 2015 tog Sverige emot många fler asylsökande än jämförbara europeiska länder; kommuner och myndigheter pressades hårt, och ord som ”systemkollaps” blev frekvanta. Året därpå infördes den tillfälliga lagen (2016:752) som begränsade möjligheten att få uppehållstillstånd och påverkade bland annat permanenta tillstånd och familjeåterförening; lagen förlängdes senare.I riksdagsvalet 2022 blev Sverigedemokraterna Sveriges näst största parti. Kort därefter tecknades Tidöavtalet mellan M, KD, L och SD, där migrations- och integrationspolitiken lyfts som centrala samarbetsområden och där man talar om ett ”paradigmskifte” – bland annat att Sverige ska lägga sig på EU-rättens miniminivå i asylpolitiken och minska det som kallas ”tilldragningsfaktorer”.Redan i mitten av 1960-talet fattades beslut om att frikyrkor och minoritetssamfund skulle kunna få statligt stöd för sin verksamhet. Under 1970-talet breddades stödtänkandet också till invandrarföreningar – exempelvis satsningar på hemspråk och hemlandskultur. Grundidén var jämlikhet i rättigheter: invandrade skulle ha samma möjligheter som etniska svenskar och själva kunna välja graden av kulturell anpassning.När arbetskraftsinvandringens epok klingade av fortsatte migrationen i nya former: anhöriginvandring och flyktingmottagande från bland annat Chile, Uganda, Iran/Irak och Libanon. Det förändrade både demografin och konfliktlinjerna i debatten.I slutet av 1970-talet växte också den organiserade invandringskritiken. Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS) spred flygblad om ”invasion” och nationell undergång. Det viktiga är att islam länge inte var huvudmålet: ”invandrare” klumpades ofta ihop i grova kategorier, och tidiga utpekanden gällde ofta andra grupper än muslimer. Men år 1989 blev en vändpunkt. Dels bidrog Rushdie-affären, där den brittiska författaren Salman Rushdie dömdes till döden av mullorna i Iran, till att polarisera synen på yttrandefrihet och religion i Europa. Dels fattade Sverige det restriktiva Luciabeslutet den 13 december 1989, där regeringen slog fast att mottagningssystemet nått ”gränsen för vad vi klarar av” och begränsade asylmöjligheterna till flyktingkonventionen och särskilt starka skyddsbehov.Efter kalla krigets slut bytte hotbilder ofta färg i västliga debatter: från ”den röda faran” till en föreställd ”grön fara”, där islam kopplades till geopolitik, migration och identitet. I Sverige tog Ny Demokrati plats i riksdagen 1991 med en hårdare, mer mediedriven invandringsretorik.Samtidigt kom tiotusentals bosnier – många muslimer – som flyktingar undan Balkankrigen. Här syns också en annan svensk reaktion: lokal solidaritet, föreningsliv och institutionsbygge. Sverige blev ett land där islam inte bara ”finns”, utan organiserar moskéer, studieförbund, begravningsplatser och vardagsreligion.Bild: Första morgonen efter ramadan samlas män i Botkyrkas turkiska islamiska kulturförenings moské i Fittja (Botkyrka) för storbön, fotograferat tidigt på morgonen den 14 november 2004. Foto: Anna Ulfstrand, CC BY, via Stockholms läns museum.Musik: Islamisk kallelse till bön, Pixabay, Creative Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're live from our brand new studio in Hollywood as Republicans take a spin around Trump's ballroom, Melania goes UFC on ABC, and the Mentalist makes room on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Then Ron Funches joins to talk Traitors, Real Housewives and, of course, autism. Pen15's Anna Konkle looks back at parenting, embarrassing childhood moments, and one really weird party at Salman Rushdie's house. Check out the gorgeous new set on YouTube and enjoy as we work out all the gorgeous kinks!For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

“These technologies are morally agnostic. They could be the best things ever and the worst things ever, and the determinant is us.” — Jamie Metzl Two summers ago, Jamie Metzl gave a talk on AI and spirituality at the Chautauqua Institution in Upstate New York. That same spot where Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage a couple of years earlier. Rather than an assassination attempt, Metzl's talk triggered The AI Ten Commandments: A New Moral Code for Humanity — a book co-authored with GPT-5. Metzl humbly claims that AI enabled him to incorporate other non-Christian traditions in a new moral code for humanity. Some might think, however, that this type of ChatGPT-5 co-production reflects a new moral crisis for humanity. The victory of AI slop. Fast information. High on intellectual calories, low on everything else. Five Takeaways •       Co-Authoring with GPT-5: Five to six thousand back-and-forth exchanges over the course of writing the book. Metzl is a novelist who cares deeply about language and the provenance of ideas — he is explicit that this is not the kind of AI fraud that got Mia Ballard's book pulled from Hachette. The analogy he reaches for: Refik Anadol at MoMA, whose installation uses the museum's entire digital collection not to reproduce the images but to create something new from them. The collaboration with AI isn't about outsourcing the thinking. It's about gaining a vantage point that no individual human could have — the same way we collaborate with machines in biology to see the genome, which no one could simply observe by looking at another person. •       Moses's Problem: The biblical 10 commandments, examined closely, don't hold up. The first two are preamble. “Thou shalt not kill” — Moses received it on Sinai and then came down and murdered 3,000 people at God's instruction. The commandments were written by people with no awareness of the moral traditions of the Americas, Asia, or Africa. Metzl's counterproposal uses AI to look at all of human recorded history simultaneously — every tradition, every culture, every spiritual framework — and decipher what they share. The analogy: the Artemis II astronauts seeing Earth holistically from space, rather than one community at a time. •       The Ten Commandments, Listed: (1) Treat every being with compassion and dignity. (2) Do no harm; actively protect the vulnerable. (3) Speak and act truthfully, with integrity and humility. (4) Share generously, especially with those in need. (5) Seek to understand others before judging them. (6) Resolve conflict with fairness, forgiveness, and the intent to heal. (7) Live in harmony with nature and all forms of life. (8) Value wisdom over dominance; cultivate inner growth. (9) Honour the freedom and uniqueness of others. (10) Remember the sacredness of life; live with awe, gratitude, and love. Metzl's favourite is number ten. Andrew's objection: you don't need GPT-5 to come up with any of these. You could get most of them from a local Buddhist centre. •       Humanistic Slop vs. Selfish Survivalism: Andrew's repeated challenge: these principles are so unobjectionable that they amount to nothing — a kind of AI-laundered platitude. Metzl half-concedes, but argues that the absence of articulated universal norms is itself a political danger. Kant described the League of Peace in 1795. It took a hundred and fifty years and two world wars before the UN Charter was signed in 1945. The UN has now largely failed. If we don't articulate what we're trying to achieve, it becomes even harder to get there. Globalism, in Metzl's framing, isn't idealism. It's survivalism. Our fates are intertwined whether we recognise it or not. •       The Eleventh Commandment: World-changing technologies must be governed responsibly, including through national regulation and accountability frameworks. The hope that AI CEOs will voluntarily do the right thing — even the best of them, even Dario, even Demis — is a terrible strategy. It will fail, because some companies will always seek opportunity. The nuclear analogy: at the dawn of the nuclear age, nobody said “alright, just do whatever you want and good luck.” These are civilizational transformations. They require governance. These technologies are morally agnostic. They could be the best things ever and the worst things ever. The determinant is us. About the Guest Jamie Metzl is a technology futurist, geopolitics expert, sci-fi novelist, and founder and chair of OneShared.World. He is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a Singularity University expert. He is the author of The AI Ten Commandments: A New Moral Code for Humanity (co-authored with GPT-5, April 21, 2026), Superconvergence, and Hacking Darwin. References: •       The AI Ten Commandments: A New Moral Code for Humanity by Jamie Metzl and GPT-5 (April 21, 2026). •       OneShared.World — Metzl's global social movement and Declaration of Interdependence. •       Episode 2877: Keith Teare on AI Is Not Dangerous — the Silicon Valley seminary argument, one episode prior. •       Episode 2878: Victoria Hetherington on The Friend Machine — the AI intimacy investigation that immediately precedes this show. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters: (00:31) - Why GPT-5 and not Claude? The co-author question (02:58) - Is this a joke? The Chautauqua origin story (05:09) - The Refik Anadol distinction: collaboration vs. fraud (07:57) - From the genome to the moral code: why collaborate with AI (08:54) - What is Chautauqua? The six-thousand-person standing ovation (09:53) - Moses's problem: the biblical 10 commandments examined (12:48) - Sam Altman and the Ronan Farrow piece (14:00) - Advanced praise from the Vatican and a leading reform rabbi

[REDIFFUSION] Bienvenue dans Les Fabuleux Destins ! Découvrez l'histoire d'un écrivain très controversé. Provocateur insultant pour une partie du monde musulman, libre-penseur et génie littéraire pour les pays occidentaux, il a suscité colère et émotions aux quatre coins du monde. L'un de ses romans, en particulier, a eu l'effet d'une bombe. Son nom : Salman Rushdie. Entre protection policière et fureur religieuse, découvrez son fabuleux destin. L'écrivain qu'on voulait assassiner Salman Rushdie naît en 1947 à Bombay, en Inde, dans une famille laïque relativement aisée. Bon élève à l'école, il part en Angleterre dès l'âge de 13 ans. Il étudie à la Rugby School, l'un des plus vieux et prestigieux établissements du pays, puis à King's College, rattaché à Cambridge. Très vite, le jeune homme se passionne pour la littérature. L'ourdou est sa langue maternelle, mais l'anglais a un vocabulaire si vaste, une musicalité si riche qu'il en tombe amoureux. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Elie Olivennes Voix : Andréa Brusque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Serious Privacy with Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal, we review high points of the IAPP Summit held in Washington DC. K attended in person and connected with individuals on their take-aways and the keynote speakers - you know, just some people like Prince Harry, Salman Rushdie, and Maya Shankar (plus others, like Serious Privacy guest Prof. Woodrow Hatzog). We also extend our congratulations to Leadership Award winner Alexandra Reeve Givens (president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology) and the Vanguard winners:Asia: Charmian AwEMEA: John Bowman (who announced his retirement)Latin America (including Mexico): Diego FernándezNorth America (U.S. and Canada): Shana Morgan (beloved guest)Oceania: Christopher Rogers  We also bring you a little bit of recent news. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Im Jahr 1126 wird Averroes in Córdoba geboren. Der islamische Gelehrte übersetzt Aristoteles und prägt damit Europas Philosophie und das Werk Salman Rushdies. Von Uli Hufen.

Ángeles Caso conversa con la directora del Teatro Tribueñe, Irina Kouberskaya, una de las figuras fundamentales para entender la historia del teatro del último medio siglo en España. Le acompaña su hija, Catarina de Azcárate, la protagonista de su último montaje, La Gaviota de Chéjov. Más tarde, hablamos del debate que acogió el Museo del Prado entre Salman Rushdie y el conservador Alejandro Vergara sobre las obras del Bosco y las 'Pinturas negras'; y de Soy Asurbanipal, rey del mundo, rey de Asiria, una exposición que puede visitarse en el Caixaforum de Madrid. Por último, Guillermo Busutil se adentra en su Ventana del Nautilus en grandes figuras del arte urbano como Banksy y Basquiat.Escuchar audio

The American writer Rachel Eliza Griffiths creates poetry that resonates with music: she writes about her mother cleaning the house while ‘Pavarotti trembled across the terse sunlight of every room.'As well as poetry, she's written a novel, and her most recent book is a memoir called The Flower Bearers. It deals with loss, including the sudden death of her closest friend. She received the news on what should have been the happiest of days – her marriage to the writer Salman Rushdie. And less than a year later, she found herself beside his hospital bed after the knife attack which nearly claimed his life.But this is no misery memoir – there is the joy of finding her voice as a young poet in New York in the 90s, the strength she gains from the writers who have paved the way, and the music that travels with her.Eliza's music choices include music by Schumann, Bach, Puccini and Nina Simone.

“The European empires are guilty of a great many sins and horrors. And I actually think they should all be taking on a very serious project of decolonisation and reparative justice.”Amol Rajan speaks to Simukai Chigudu, Associate Professor of African Politics at Oxford University about the legacy of empire and how to reckon with the past. A member of the first generation born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe, Simukai Chigudu came to the UK as a teenager and later became one of the founding members of a campaign to try to get the statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes moved from Oriel College in Oxford.Now an associate professor of African politics at the University of Oxford, he's written a memoir called Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire.He discusses the legacy of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, why he thinks we should be decolonising the curriculum and whether countries like Britain should pay reparations for slavery.Thank you to the Radical with Amol Rajan team for its help in making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Helen Thompson, professor of political economy at Cambridge University, and acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Cordelia Hemming Editor: Damon RoseGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Simukai Chigudu Credit: BBC)

Diesmal geht's bei den "Literaturagenten" um gleich mehrere Bücher, die sich mit Herkunft, mit Überleben und Zugehörigkeit beschäftigen. Jacqueline Harpmans "Ich, die ich Männer nicht kannte" wurde posthum zu einem Riesenhit bei BookTok. Das Buch führt in eine beklemmende, rätselhafte Welt weiblicher Gefangenschaft. In "King Cobra" erzählt Muri Darida von Familiengeschichte, Gewalt und Identitätssuche zwischen Berlin, Budapest und den langen Schatten der Vergangenheit. Mit Salman Rushdie sprechen wie über seinen neuen Erzählband "Die elfte Stunde", nach 30 Jahren sein erster fiktionaler Band, in dem es auch um das Alter und die letzten Fragen des Lebens geht.

2022 wurde Salman Rushdie bei einer Lesung in New York von einem Angreifer mit einem Messer schwer verletzt. Rushdie hat knapp überlebt und über die Nahtod-Erfahrung das Buch „Knife. Gedanken nach einem Mordversuch“ geschrieben.1989 hatte der iranische Ayatollah Ruhollah Chomeini wegen angeblicher Blasphemie in Rushdies Roman „Die satanischen Verse“ in einer religiösen Fatwa zu seiner Ermordung aufgerufen. Sie hören Interviews der ORF-JournalistInnen Katja Grasser und Peter Fässlacher beim Festival „Literatur im Nebel“ in Heidenreichstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We are shaped by the people we let into our lives -- and sometimes only realise this in hindsight. Ramachandra Guha joins Amit Varma in episode 440 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about some of the friends who changed his life. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Ramachandra Guha on Amazon, Twitter and his own website. 2. Ram Guha Writes a Letter to a Friend -- Episode 371 of The Seen and the Unseen. 3. Ram Guha Reflects on His Life — Episode 266 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game — Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 5. Taking Stock of Our Republic — Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 6. Understanding Gandhi. Part 1: Mohandas — Episode 104 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 7. Understanding Gandhi. Part 2: Mahatma — Episode 105 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 8. The Last Liberal and Other Essays -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on Dharma Kumar. 9. Patriots and Partisans -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on Krishna Raj. 10. 'The real Chipko': How Shekhar Pathak wrote the first exhaustive, people's history of the movement -- Ramachandra Guha. 11. An Anthropologist among the Marxists and other Essays -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on DR Nagaraj. 12. The Ecumenical Marxist -- Ramachandra Guha on Anjan Ghosh. 13. Land and Caste in South India -- Dharma Kumar. 14. Colonialism, Property and the State -- Dharma Kumar. 15. The Chipko Movement: A People's History -- Shekhar Pathak. 16. The Flaming Feet and Other Essays -- DR Nagaraj. 17. Ramachandra Guha's 2024 tribute to Andre Béteille. 18. Penelope Fitzgerald, Barbara Pym and Shirley Hazzard on Amazon. 19. Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket -- Vic Marks. 20. Late Cuts: Musings on cricket -- Vic Marks. 21. The Gate of Angels -- Penelope Fitzgerald. 22. The Light in Winter -- Episode 97 of Everything is Everything. 23. Beyond A Boundary -- CLR James. 24. India After Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha. 25. Time Out of Mind -- Bob Dylan. 26. From Strength to Strength — Arthur Brooks. 27. The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi -- Rajmohan Gandhi. 28. The Age of the Partial Outsider — Janan Ganesh. 29. The Book of Indian Essays -- Edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. 30. Ranjit Hoskote is Dancing in Chains -- Episode 363 of The Seen and the Unseen. 31. The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das — Episode 425 of The Seen and the Unseen. 32. Salman Rushdie interviewed by Mishal Husain. 33. Joseph Anton: A Memoir -- Salman Rushdie. 34. Economic and Political Weekly. 35. The India Forum. 36. The Mantle of the Prophet -- Roy Mottahadeh. 37. ChatGPT's investigative work on unnamed Calcutta Marxist. 38. The Role of Rumour in History Writing -- Anjan Ghosh. 39. Who are the Guilty? -- Report on the 1984 riots by PUDR and PUCL. 40. Sharafat Hussain Khan, Latafat Hussain Khan, Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar, Dinkar Kaikini, Malini Rajurkar, Radhika Mohan Maitra and Buddhadev Das Gupta. 41. The Call of Music -- Priya Purushothaman. 42. The Secret Master: Arun Kashalkar and a Journey to the Edge of Music -- Sumana Ramanan. Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit's newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: 'Koshy's' by Simahina.

Salman Rushdie will keine öffentliche Person sein, sagt er. „Ein Teil von mir will einfach nur mit einem Glas Wein und einem Notizblock unter einem Baum sitzen.“ Er sei in diese Rolle hineingezogen worden. Bis heute provoziert er Widerspruch. Brendel, Gerd www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9

Em agosto de 2022, o mundo assistiu chocado ao ataque brutal contra o escritor Salman Rushdie em solo americano. O autor, que subia ao palco para falar sobre refúgio e liberdade, foi esfaqueado diversas vezes por um extremista, perdendo a visão de um dos olhos. Este evento não foi um caso isolado de violência, mas o desdobramento de uma sentença de morte decretada há mais de três décadas pelo então Líder Supremo do Irã, o Aiatolá Khomeini. Neste vídeo, detalhamos como a publicação da obra "Os Versos Satânicos" em 1988 desencadeou uma crise diplomática e humanitária sem precedentes. Analisamos a natureza da "Fatwa", o decreto religioso que ofereceu milhões de dólares pela vida de Rushdie e resultou em atentados a bomba em livrarias, além do assassinato de tradutores e editores ao redor do globo. Explore conosco a conexão entre o regime teocrático iraniano, a supressão da liberdade de expressão e o impacto do radicalismo no Ocidente. Entenda como uma obra de realismo mágico se tornou o estopim para o terrorismo de Estado e o que isso revela sobre a geopolítica atual do Oriente Médio.

This week's throwback guest is Cal Fussman. This was a very special interview for me, because Cal is one of the major reasons why I started podcasting in the first place. He made an appearance on Tim Ferriss' show, to which Tim talked him into starting his own show. As both of them are my podcasting inspirations, I knew this was going to be a good one! Cal is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Professional Speaker, Storytelling Coach, and host of “Big Questions” Cal was best friends with Larry King and shared breakfast with him every morning. He also traveled around the world for 10 years straight after booking a 1 way ticket to start a trip. He worked his way around the world, bus by bus where locals would invite him to their house to stay (more about this in the episode).Cal was a former writer for Esquire Magazine, where he interviewed a very impressive list, including: Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Jimmy Carter, Robert DeNiro, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, Joe Biden, Larry King, Ted Kennedy, Tony Bennett, Barbara Walters, Bruce Springsteen, Dr. Michael DeBakey (father of open-heart surgery), Pele, Vint Cerf (co-creator of the Internet), George Clooney, Lauren Hutton (first super model) Leonardo DiCaprio, Dr. Dre, Walter Cronkite, Clint Eastwood, Mary Barra (General Motors CEO), legendary coaches John Wooden, Bobby Bowden and Mike Krzyzewski, Salman Rushdie, Tom Hanks, Shaquille O'Neal In this episode, we discussed:How A Good Question Can Get You To The Most Powerful Person In The WorldUkraine and Their Fight For A Free SocietyBuilding The Connection Bridge How Every Step back Is A Step Forward Rethinking Healthcare in America How To Tell Your StoryMuch More! Please enjoy this week's episode with Cal Fussman____________________________________________________________________________I am now in the early stages of writing my first book! In this book, I will be telling my story of getting into sales and the lessons I have learned so far, and intertwine stories, tips, and advice from the Top Sales Professionals In The World! As a first time author, I want to share these interviews with you all, and take you on this book writing journey with me! Like the show? Subscribe to the email: https://mailchi.mp/a71e58dacffb/welcome-to-the-20-podcast-community

Nesta segunda parte da conversa em podcast com o cineasta e encenador Marco Martins, ficamos a saber como treina o seu músculo da intuição, fala da sua boa relação com a falha e com o imprevisto, e o que mais o inspira e alimenta nesta fome insaciável, e obsessiva, por descobrir e contar histórias pequenas para falar dos grandes temas que atravessam o país e o mundo. E ainda fala de amor, da relação com os 3 filhos, e do próximo filme que aí vem, a partir da história da peça “A Colónia”, que inclui um elenco de crianças que tiveram de representar o medo que nos anos 70 sentiram outras crianças, filhas de resistentes e presos políticos, que viviam na clandestinidade, enclausuradas, sem poderem ir à rua. Depois, perto do final, partilha as músicas que o acompanham, os livros que tem lido, assim como os filmes, peças e outros eventos culturais que sugere. Boas escutas! Músicas: “Chicago to Texas”- Irreversible entanglements “Kyrie, Missa Criola” - Ariel Ramirez “Memória” - Rosalia e Carminho “Mum does the Washing" - Joshua idehen Livros: “Linguagens da Verdade”, Salman Rushdie “Images de la Politique/Politique des Images”, George Didi-Huberman, Enzo Traverso, Guillaume Blanc-Marrianne “Poetics of Relation e Caribbean Discourse”, Eduard Glissant “O Fim Dos Estados Unidos da América“, Gonçalo M.Tavares “O Colapso”, Eduard Louis Filmes “Primeira Pessoa do Singular”, Sandro Aguilar “Orwell 2+2=5”, Raul Peck “Três Menos Eu” (a estreia na realização de João Canijo, em 1987, na Cinemateca) “O Agente Secreto”, Kleber Mendonça Filho “The Servant”, Joseph Losey “Sátántangó“, Béla Tarr Teatro e outros: Pavilhão Julião Sarmento - “Depois de Para Sempre” e ciclo de cinema “MOVIE EXPERIMENTS, LOS ANGELES” “TBA” - CREEPY BOYS SLUGS Marcha do Dia da Mulher - 8 de Março Aniversário Noite Príncipe, LUX, Sexta 6 de MarçoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're living in increasingly brittle times. Ideas that once provoked argument, now provoke outrage – and the art of debate has now shattered. What does it mean to think freely about our world when speech itself is treated as a hazard?   Through his experiences, writer Salman Rushdie speaks about the major themes of his writing, freedom of expression, religion, East-West relations and the role of the artist in the contemporary world.   Salman Rushdie is the best-selling author of twenty-two books, including Midnight's Children, which won both the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker; Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh, and Quichotte, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; East West a collection of stories; Joseph Anton a memoir; The Jaguar Smile a work of reportage; and three collections of essays, including Languages of Truth. His most recent book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for nonfiction. Rushdie is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He is a former president of PEN America and the recipient of the PEN Centenary Courage Award. His books have been translated into over forty languages. In 2023, he was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Year, and has received a Queen's knighthood for his 'services to literature'. 

Seth dives into the complexities of preemptive cultural surrender, referencing the recent Austin, Texas shooting and its connection to radical Islam. He discusses the lack of media attention to the ideology behind the shooter and the newly-erupted conflict in Iran. He shares a personal anecdote about Salman Rushdie's book and The New York Times' coverage of the late Ayatollah's regime, highlighting the importance of not whitewashing terrorism and its ideology. Producer David Doll and Seth discuss new types of cheeseburgers and coffee, and Jimmy Buffett's biggest albums. We're joined by John Dombroski, founder and president of Grand Canyon Planning Associates. The Department of War has identified several recent U.S. casualties in an Iranian aircraft attack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pay As You Go (2023, McSweeney's) author Eskor David Johnson with Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe talking 100 Years of Solitude, Solibo Magnificent by Patrick Chamoiseau, Salman Rushdie, Alvaro Mutis, I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos, growing up in Trinidad and storms in Arkansas.

“Africa is flowing with resources from oil, diamonds, critical minerals. But at times we find that in our cities, at the bus stations, there's no toilets with running water in a continent which is rich with possibilities. So it's how that intentionality, that political will, to put resources to what matters most.”Daniel Dadzie speaks to Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN deputy director for women, about the need for Africa to focus on the priorities of its people, such as water and sanitation.The interview took place at the African Union summit in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, where the theme was: “Ensuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems.” It's part of Agenda 2063 - the organisation's 50-year strategic framework. But Gumbonzvanda says these things can't wait fifty years, and that they need to be a priority for African leaders now.In her role as deputy lead for UN Women, she is also increasingly concerned by the stories she's been hearing from the women of Sudan, where the civil war continues to rage. She says that regional bodies and the UN are not doing enough to protect the war-torn country's women and children.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Taiwan's cyber ambassador Audrey Tang, author Sir Salman Rushdie, and South African health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Daniel Dadzie Producers: Albert Kirui, Brian Khisa, and Clare Williamson Editor: Damon RoseGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for The Ford Foundation)

Presented by The Ethics Centre, Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI to those in the know) has been luring curious minds across 12 festivals to be part of bold, brilliant and occasionally uncomfortable conversations that actually matter. From 21–23 August 2026, FODI returns to Sydney. Its Opening Night event with Salman Rushdie will ignite a jam-packed weekend, where global thought leaders, trail-blazing artists and fearless experts converge upon some of Sydney's most iconic venues. The Festival's 'Little Black Book' is stacked with international and local provocateurs itching to take the stage at its proudly home-grown festival. But here's the thing: a festival with global reach doesn't come cheap, and big ideas don't fund themselves. If you love FODI – and want it to keep dragging the world's sharpest thinkers to Sydney IRL – please consider making a tax-deductible donation today at festivalofdangerousideas.com.au.    

In this episode, recorded live at the 2025 Conference, Salman Rushdie, having received the Sun Valley Writers' Conference Writer in the World Prize, talks with his fellow novelist and great friend Colum McCann. Rushdie is a writer who needs no introduction: his name has long been recognized around the world for his brilliant writing and his unfailing courage in defending freedom of speech. He was honored for his extraordinary body of work, both fiction and non-fiction – including his memoir Knife:Meditations after an Attempted Murder, his account of the attempt on his life in August of 2022 and how the love of his wife, the writer Rachel Eliza Griffiths, helped him to survive – and for continuing to write in the face of immeasurable opposition and danger. Salman Rushdie is many remarkable things, but above all, and always, he is a writer and a teller of stories, and a master at that.        *Photo Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'What the regime does to women is even if they don't kill us, when you stop a woman from being herself, stop her from speaking the way she wants to or stop her from connecting, it's a kind of murder. And so we're fighting for our existence. We're fighting our survival.'Svetlana Reiter speaks to the Iranian-American writer, Azar Nafisi, about the current instability in the country of her birth as Iranians continue to seek regime change in Tehran.Born in Tehran in 1956, the story of her life has been greatly shaped by the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979, when Nafisi taught English literature at the University of Tehran. She was expelled from the University for not wearing a hijab, and eventually left for the US less than two decades later.Nafisi is best-known for her New York Times bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, in which she wrote about her experiences under the Islamic regime. The book focuses on a short period before she left Iran in 1997, when she would gather a group of young women at her house one morning every week to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.Thank you to the BBC Russian Service for their help in making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Russian punk activist Maria Alyokhina, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and author Sir Salman Rushdie. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Svetlana Reiter Producers: Anastasia Soroka and Ben Cooper Editor: Damon RoseGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Azar Nafisi Credit: Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Author Margaret Atwood talks with Jon Wertheim about her dystopian classic, "The Handmaid's Tale", and why she thinks it became a cultural touchstone. Salman Rushdie came to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knew: by writing about it in his book, "Knife". He detailed the experience in his first television interview following the attack, when he sat down with Anderson Cooper in 2024. Correspondent Cecilia Vega takes us behind the scenes of the Guinness World Records to reveal a rigorous auditing system—one that proves that, as impossible as the feats may seem, every one is real. 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

In Hamnet - Nel nome del figlio la regista Chloé Zhao racconta, attraverso un episodio della vita di William Shakespeare, il dolore per la perdita di un figlio. Metafisica / Metafisiche, al palazzo reale di Milano, ricostruisce la persistente influenza che la pittura di de Chirico, Savinio, Carrà e De Pisis ha sulle arti contemporanee. Linguaggi della verità è una raccolta di saggi recenti dello scrittore indiano naturalizzato britannico Salman Rushdie che esplora la forza dell'immaginazione nella letteratura di oggi. L'amore tra due giocatori di hockey su ghiaccio è il perno intorno a cui ruota la serie tv canadese Heated rivalry che ha fatto soprattutto discutere per le sue scene di sesso gay esplicito. CONLucia Magi, corrispondente da Los AngelesRoberto Dulio, storico dell'architettura al Politecnico di Milano Alberto Riva, giornalista e scrittore che collabora con InternazionaleClaudio Rossi Marcelli, giornalista di InternazionaleSe ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità . Vai su internazionale.it/podcastScrivi a podcast@internazionale.it o manda un vocale a +39 3347063050Ci piacerebbe sapere cosa pensi di questo episodio. Scrivici a podcast@internazionale.it Se ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità. Vai su internazionale.it/abbonatiConsulenza editoriale di Chiara NielsenProduzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De SimoneMusiche di Tommaso Colliva e Raffaele ScognaDirezione creativa di Jonathan Zenti

Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan are widely celebrated as two of the finest writers of their generation. Along with Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro, they were included on Granta's prescient Best Young British Novelists list in 1993 and have gone on to write some of the most memorable novels of the past three decades. In January 2026 they came together to discuss the book that Barnes says will be his last, Departure(s). It follows a man named Stephen and a woman called Jean who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. Barnes and McEwan will draw on the themes of the book to discuss topics including philosophy, art, the slipperiness of memory, the passage of time, mortality and grief.This was a rare opportunity to hear two of the most celebrated voices in contemporary British literature discussing their craft and reflections on life. This event was presented in partnership with Waterstones. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free 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

Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan are widely celebrated as two of the finest writers of their generation. Along with Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro, they were included on Granta's prescient Best Young British Novelists list in 1993 and have gone on to write some of the most memorable novels of the past three decades. In January 2026 they came together to discuss the book that Barnes says will be his last, Departure(s). It follows a man named Stephen and a woman called Jean who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. Barnes and McEwan will draw on the themes of the book to discuss topics including philosophy, art, the slipperiness of memory, the passage of time, mortality and grief. This was a rare opportunity to hear two of the most celebrated voices in contemporary British literature discussing their craft and reflections on life. This event was presented in partnership with Waterstones. --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free 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

Ep. 371: Sundance 2026 – Siddhant Adlakha on Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, When a Witness Recants, Undertone, Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, plus Buddy Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. For the latest dispatch on the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, I was pleased to connect finally with Siddhant Adlakha, a critic who contributes to several publications including Variety. Among the films discussed were Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty! (directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka), When a Witness Recants (Dawn Porter), Undertone (Ian Tuason), Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (Alex Gibney), and Buddy (Casper Kelly). Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Daniyal Mueenuddin was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, and The Best American Short Stories 2008, selected by Salman Rushdie. His collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now divides his time between Oslo, Norway, and his farm in Pakistan's South Punjab. His new novel is called This is Where the Serpent Lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When writer Rachel Eliza Griffiths married Salman Rushdie in 2021, she expected her wedding  day to be joyful. But the joy was invaded by tragedy, when she got the news her best friend had died. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed and nearly killed onstage. Griffiths describes that year in her new memoir, ‘The Flower Bearers.'Also, we hear from Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, writer of ‘In the Heights,' ‘Water by the Spoonful,' and the memoir ‘My Broken Language.'  Her new novel, ‘The White Hot,' tells the story of a young mother who buys a one-way bus ticket and leaves her 10 year-old daughter behind. Plus, film critic Justin Chang reviews ‘Sound of Falling,' which is shortlisted for an Oscar for Best International Feature.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a powerful and poignant memoir from an inimitable voice. Rachel Eliza joins us to talk about poetry, grief, visual arts vs language, vulnerability, the evolution of New York and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Seeing the Body by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Sula by Toni Morrison Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Knife by Salman Rushdie  

On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her long time best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times while being interviewed on stage. In her new memoir, ‘The Flower Bearers,' Griffiths examines her grief, healing, and living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. She spoke with Terry Gross. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

I do believe US military action is a real threat, and the prospect of removing it depends on the ongoing conversations. The BBC's South America correspondent Ione Wells speaks to Gusatvo Petro, Colombia's first left-wing president about his fears of US military action against his country. Petro, a former guerrilla fighter turned reformist leader, has been in office since 2022, championing social justice, environmental policies and regional diplomacy.He responds to Donald Trump's recent comments suggesting a military operation against Colombia “sounds good” and accusations that Petro himself is a drug trafficker—claims he strongly denies.Petro warns that the United States risks moving from global leadership to isolation through what he calls “imperial-style behaviour,” following the recent seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces. He also expresses his belief that Washington needs a fundamental rethink of power and diplomacy.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and author Sir Salman Rushdie. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Ione Wells Producers: Alba Morgade, Farhana Haider Editor: Justine LangGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.Image Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images

‘Archaeology has this focus on material evidence so it's in a way more democratic, because texts are often written by the powerful and represent their idea of how things should be remembered'Michael Berkeley speaks to Gabriel Zuchtreigel, Director of Pompeii in Southern Italy, one of the world's most important archaeological sites.History, he says, comes alive through archaeology, helping us to appreciate our shared humanity with those who lived thousands of years ago, and providing a more democratic way of learning about the past. Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that erupted and buried Pompeii in ash and pumice, did not distinguish between the wealthy and the poor in its victims. Gabriel Zuchtriegel was appointed Director of Pompeii in 2021, and has since begun a major excavation, and made a number of significant finds. But it is walking around the site at night, emptied of the crowds, that he feels the ancient city come alive. It is as if, he says, the inhabitants only left a few minutes ago.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including with artist Doris Salcedo and author Sir Salman Rushdie. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Michael Berkeley Producers: Clare Walker and Lucy Sheppard Editor: Justine LangGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Gabriel Zuchtreigel Credit: Ivan Romano/Getty Images)

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien.Full list of books mentioned in the show:The BibleThe Koran“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins“On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin“Il Saggiatore” by Galileo Galilei“Two New Sciences” by Galileo Galilei“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty“Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil PostmanThe novels of Philip PullmanThe Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling“The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley“A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “A Room of One's Own” by Virginia Woolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien.Full list of books mentioned in the show:The BibleThe Koran“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins“On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin“Il Saggiatore” by Galileo Galilei“Two New Sciences” by Galileo Galilei“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty“Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil PostmanThe novels of Philip PullmanThe Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling“The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley“A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “A Room of One's Own” by Virginia Woolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Salman Rushdie is a writer who has written over 20 books, seven of which have been nominated for the Booker Prize. In 1981 he won with his novel Midnight's Children which also topped the polls for the 25th and 40th anniversaries of the prize, making it the most lauded novel in Booker history.He was born in Bombay in 1947 and educated at Rugby School in Warwickshire. After studying history at the University of Cambridge he worked as a copywriter at various advertising agencies before publishing his first novel Grimus in 1975. His breakthrough came with Midnight's Children and he was one of 20 writers named on Granta magazine's inaugural list of Best Young British novelists alongside writers including Martin Amis and AN Wilson.He attracted considerable controversy with his fourth novel the Satanic Verses which won the Whitbread Award and was shortlisted for the Booker. Some Muslims considered the subject matter blasphemous and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman and the publishers of the book. Salman spent the following decade in hiding under police protection.In 2022 he was stabbed multiple times while on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York. He had been invited there to talk about keeping writers safe from harm. He survived devasting injuries – including the loss of his right eye – and wrote about the attack and its aftermath in his memoir Knife.That same year he was awarded a Companion of Honour for services to literature.Salman is married to the poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths and they live in New York. He has two grown up sons and two grandchildren.DISC ONE: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed DISC TWO: Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan - Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt DISC THREE: Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan DISC FOUR: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones DISC FIVE: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston DISC SIX: Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon DISC SEVEN: Isn't She Lovely – Stevie Wonder DISC EIGHT: For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers BOOK CHOICE: Homer's Odyssey (Translated by Emily Wilson) LUXURY ITEM: A bed with a mosquito net CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

Host Frances McDormand leads us through this rich international story collection of land, community and food. From the organic olive groves and vineyards being grown on confiscated Mafia land in Sicily, to secret night clubs embedded in Soviet dissident kitchens. From tales of "cooking dogs" in Medieval England, to the little-known tale of agricultural explorers — the "Indiana Joneses of the plant world" — who introduced exotic dates from the Middle East to the Coachella Valley. We also go underground into the world of wine, war, and counterfeiting.Plus, actor Gael Garcia Bernal takes us to his grandmother's Sinaloa kitchen in Mexico, Salman Rushdie takes us to Chocolate Town, Werner Herzog eats his shoe, and poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti gives us his recipe for happiness.Hidden Kitchens World was produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) in collaboration with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell, along with listeners around the world. Mixed by Jim McKee.

Who was V.S. Naipaul and why was he so controversial? How did Naipaul alter the way in which writers and readers saw the world, and in particular how they saw Trinidad? Why did he make an enemy of Salman Rushdie?  Anita and William are joined by Ben Moser to discuss the life of V.S. Naipaul. Make someone an Empire Club Member this Christmas – unlock the full Empire experience with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Just go to https://empirepod.supportingcast.fm/gifts And of course, you can still join for yourself any time at empirepoduk.com or on apple podcasts. Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Producer: Anouska Lewis Assistant Producer: Alfie Rowe Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices