Debden Park Podcast

Mr Powell reads Michael Salter's article, 'The problem with a fight against toxic masculinity', published in The Atlantic on 27th February 2019. Link to article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/toxic-masculinity-history/583411/ If you are interested in this topic, have a read of the following articles: The NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/toxic-masculinity.html T...

In our final non-fiction episode of our Book Week specials, Madam Fonda reads Peter Beinart's article 'I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State', published in the New York Times, 8th July 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/israel-annexation-two-state-solution.html If you would like to read more by Beinart, published in the Jewish currents: https://jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewish-case-...

In the final of our Book Week specials, Madam Longman reads from William Sutcliffe's 'The Wall'. Joshua is a troubled boy who lives with his mother and stepfather in a divided city, where a wall and soldiers separate two communities, and the rubble-strewn residue of their broken world gives hints of the old life before the wall was built. Joshua discovers a manhole, which leads to a tunnel, which...

On today's World Book Day episode, Madam Fonda reads a blog by Chris Vick, author of 'Girl, Boy, Sea'. If you want to hear more of Chris Vick's work, listen to our fiction episode with Madam Longman reading an extract from 'Girl, Boy, Sea'. British teenager Bill is shipwrecked in the middle of a storm. Separated from his crew on a small lifeboat, he finds Aya, a Berber refugee also caught in the s...

On today's World Book Day episode, Madam Longman reads an extract from Chris Vick's 'Girl, Boy, Sea'. British teenager Bill is shipwrecked in the middle of a storm. Separated from his crew on a small lifeboat, he finds Aya, a Berber refugee also caught in the storm. Buy the book: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/girl-boy-sea/9781789541380 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Boy-Sea-Chris-...

Welcome to the third episode of our Book Week specials with Madam Longman reading an extract from ‘Long Way Down’, by Jason Reynolds. After losing his brother to gun crime, Will gets in the lift bent on revenge. On the journey to the ground floor, between levels, he is visited by the memories of people who have been affected by gun crime. Buy the book: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/long-...

In today's non-fiction episode, Madam Fonda reads Josiah Bates' article "2020 Will End as One of America's Most Violent Years in Decades", published in Time on 30th December 2020. https://time.com/5922082/2020-gun-violence-homicides-record-year/ You can also listen to our fiction episode for today, with Madam Longman reading about the effects of gun crime on the families of victims.

In our second episode of our Book Week Specials, Madam Longman reads an extract from Ruta Sepetys’ ‘Salt to the Sea’, the story of four different people affected by the Soviet Union in WW2. Buy the book: Bookshop: Amazon: If you want to hear more about the experiences of people living in the Soviet Union, you can listen to our non-fiction episode for today, with Madam Fonda reading Julia Ioffe's '...

In today's Book Week Special, Madam Fonda reads Julia Ioffe's article 'This Is What It's Like To Come To The United States As A Refugee', published in the Atlantic on January 29th 2017 Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/this-is-what-its-like-to-come-to-the-united-states-as-a-refugee/514850/ To hear more about different experiences of refugees from the Soviet Union, listen t...

In the first of our Book Week Specials, Madam Longman reads the opening of Jason Wallace's 'Out of Shadows. Set in Zimbabwe during the turbulent 1980s, this book tells the story of Robert, as he struggles to come to terms with the troubling racism of his new friends. Buy the book: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/out-of-shadows/9781849390484 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Shadows-Jaso...

Welcome to the first of our non-fiction Book Week specials Madam Fonda reads Alan Cowell’s obituary of Robert Mugabe, published in the New York Times on Sept. 6, 2019 'Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95' Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/robert-mugabe-dead.html ? You can also listen to our fiction episode for today, in which Robert, an English boy,...

In 2018, Ross Edgley become the first person to swim around the entirety of mainland Britain without touching the shore a single time, in just 157 days. In this eye-opening book, he explores the mental resilience needed to complete a challenge like this. Buy the book: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-art-of-resilience-strategies-for-an-unbreakable-mind-and-body/9780008356958 Amazon: htt...

Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion. Buy the book: Bookshop: h...

Dr Hogan reads the opening of A.D. Miller's 'Snowdrops', shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. When Nick worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs, intimate dachas, and state-wide corruption. He knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses -...

Madam Mitchell reads an excerpt from the #1 Sunday Times Bestseller and highly influential book 'Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race'. This episode is full of challenging ideas but ones that are so important to consider. If you want read more, you can buy the book here: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/why-i-m-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-the-1-sunday-times...

Mr Denham reads an extract from Eddie Jones' autobiography 'My Life and Rugby', published in 2019. If you enjoyed this episode, you can buy the book below: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/my-life-and-rugby-the-autobiography/9781509850730 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Rugby-Autobiography-Eddie-Jones/dp/1509850708 Mr Denham also recommends listening to the BBC Rugby Union podcast, or...

Dr Gray reads the opening of Matt Haig's bestselling novel 'How to Stop Time'. Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 40 year old man but he's actually centuries old, and desperate for a normal life. If you enjoyed the episode, you can buy the book here: Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/how-to-stop-time/9781782118640 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Stop-Time-Matt-Haig/dp/1782118616# :~:text...

This article was published in the Athletic on January 9th 2021. It was written by Steve Madeley and Gregg Evans. The podcast features additional reporting from Phil Hay, Michael Bailey & Mr Era and an extract from the podcast 'On The Judy'. If you want to read more about football, try some of the articles here: www.theguardian.com/football or follow the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast.

Madam Haycock reads the opening of 'Before We Say Goodbye', by Gabriella Ambrosio. Jerusalem, 2002: the Kiryat HaYovel supermarket is bombed by a young woman. Eighteen-year-old Dima trudges through the mud to college and reflects on many things, including her forthcoming marriage to Faris. Seventeen-year-old Myriam skips school to sit on the tree-lined hill overlooking the city and think about her...

Madam Gascoyne reads the opening of 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zuzak. This novel is narrated by Death. It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still. Liesel, a nine-year old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her sto...

If you enjoyed this episode, the article is here: The Guardian, 10th January 2021 'Tyrants gaze with glee at what Trump has done to American democracy', Andrew Rawnsley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/10/tyrants-gaze-with-glee-at-what-trump-has-done-to-american-democracy For more ideas and opinions on Trump's presidency and what it means for American politics, have a look at the...