How To Hold A Grudge

In the final episode of season 6, Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury dive into what might be one of the biggest issues present in online discourse, the engine that drives many a Twitter argument and shouty Facebook post, perhaps the reason why we can't all just get along: Disagreemaphobia. Never heard of it? Press play to find out more! For more information on Sophie and her writing please visi...

In a change to the episode trailed last week, Sophie speaks to Matt Williams, author of The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it. The Science of Hate is published by Faber & Faber and is available now in paperback, eBook and audio. For more information about Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com If you're enjoying How to Hold a Grudge please le...

This week Sophie is once again joined by Miranda Jewess, editorial director at Viper Books to discuss a very specific kind of book-related grudge. Sometimes celebrities publish books, and some people consider this to be HIGHLY grudgeworthy. Confused? Listen on... For more info on Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannah.com If you're enjoying this podcast please leave a rating or revie...

Sophie is once more joined by bestselling author and game writer/designer Naomi Alderman to dicuss the phenomenon of the Covid Mitigation - do we more easily dismiss or forgive bad behaviour due to extreme mitigating circumstances and if so, should we be more careful about how dar we stretch the limits of acceptablity? For info about Naomi and her writing please visit www.naomialderman.com . If yo...

This week Sophie interviews lifecoach and podcaster Sarah Bond who specialises in forgiveness. Sarah is the host of the Forgive Everyone For Everything Every Day Right Away podcast. you can listen and subscribe here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forgive-everyone-for-every-thing-every-day-right-away/id1530737246 For more information on Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannah ,c...

Sophie is once again joined by Nic Aubury to discuss the fascinating and divisive issue of punching up and punching down. Punching down is wrong, but is punching up really okay? For more information about Sopie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . If you're enjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, and tell your friends!

This week Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury discuss the subject of The Onus. What is the Onus, where did it come from, and most improtantly, can it ever be grudgeworth to have the Onus placed on you? for more information about Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . If you're enjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, and tell a friend!

This week Sophie welcomes back Professor Nicholas Shackel for another philosophical deep-dive. Sophie and Prof. Shackel turn their attention to the concept of The Neutrality of Circumstances and whether or not some things can in fact be inherently grudgeworthy. For more info on Sophie and her books visit www.sophiehannah.com , and if you're enjjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, or...

This week Sophie welcomes writer, psychologist and critic Dr Terry Apter to dicuss the subjects of being judgemental and passing judgement. Dr Terry Apter is the author of Passing Judgement: The Power of Praise & Blame in Everyday Life. For more infomation about her books and other work visit www.terriapter.com . For more information on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com and if...

Sophie welcomes a new guest to the podcast this week to delve deeper into the world of grudges than ever before. Professor Nicholas Shackel is a lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University. He and Sophie tackle philosophical approaches to knowledge - how we know what we know and what 'knowing' really is. Plus of course how these philosophical perspectives interact with Sophie's philosophy of grud...

This week on HOW TO HOLD A GRUDGE Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury discuss a story from within Paul Zindel's classic novel THE PIGMAN which also acts as a personality test of sorts. What can your opinions on the story tell you about your personality, and perhaps more importantly, is the test grudgeworthy? For more information about Sophie please visit www.sophiehannah.com and if you enjoy thi...

How to Hold A Grudge returns for a brand new season! In this episode Sophie and Grudge Poet Laureate Nic Aubury discuss the phenomenon of 'Whataboutery' and how grudgeworthy it is. Is it a single grudgeworthy behaviour? Are there different types of Whataboutery? Press play dear listener and find out! For more info on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com , and if you like the podc...

HOW TO HOLD GRUDGE returns for a brand new season. Featuring podcast regulars, fresh faces (voices?) and all-new grudges for your Grudge Cabinet, it's going to be the bigest and best season yet! Look out for episode 1 coming 15th April 2021.

In this special end-of-season bonus episode Sophie is once more calls on bestselling author Naomi Alderman to help delve into a new Presidential inauguration-inspired grudge classification type - the We Go High/We Go Low grudge. For more information on Naomi and her work visit www.naomialderman.com You can find out more about Sophie and her books at www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie and bestselling author Naomi Alderman turn their attention to self-help author ans speaker Byron Katie, and her method of self-inquiry known as "The Work". For more information on Naomi and her work visit www.naomialderman.com You can find out more about Sophie and her books at www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie welcomes back podcast regular Nic Aubury to address the subject of coplicity, and to what extent being involved with questionable people can be considered grudgeworth. Follow Nic on Twitter @NicAubury or visit www.nicaubury.com for more information. You can find more information about Sophie and her writing at www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie welcomes Dr Mark Aldridge to the podcast to discuss their shared love - the writing of Agatha Christie, specifically the books she wrote under the pen name of Mary Westmacott. For more information on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . If you enjoy the podcast please leave a rating or review, or tell your friends!

This week Sophie goes it alone to address the annus horriblis that has been 2020, but is it right to hold a grudge against an entire year? For more information on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . If you enjoy the podcast please leave a rating or review, or tell your friends!

This week, Sophie talks to bestselling author Naomi Alderman about the rules around apologising in Judaism, and how to apologise sincerely. For more information on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . If you enjoy the podcast please leave a rating or review, or tell your friends!

This week Sophie is joined by Miranda Jewess, commissioning editor at Viper Books, the crime/gothic/thriller imprint of Serpent's Tail. Sophie and Miranda delve into the world of literary grudges, specifically literary prizes and whether or not the recent phenomenon of 'prize sharing' can be considered grudgeworthy. For more information on Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com . I...

This episode, Sophie talks to life coach Felicity Morse about coaching others through their grudges, and how to mine what you can from grudgeworthy experiences. You can visit Felicity at www.felicitymorse.com . Please rate and review the podcast or better yet, share it with your friends! For more info on Sophie and her projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie and Grudge poet lauretate Nic Aubury discuss whether or not the truth can ever be grudgeworthy, or if it's never grudgeowrthy to tell the truth however painful or unwanted it might be. Please rate and review the podcast or better yet, share it with your friends! For more info on Sophie and her projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie welcomes back bestselling novelist and games writer Naomi Alderman to talk about differing views on the value of forgiveness. For more info on Naomi and her writing visit www.naomialderman.com or follow her on Twitter @naomiallthenews Please rate, review and share the podcast, and visit www.sophiehannah.com for more info.

Many people have political grudges around the US Election - but that's not what we're discussing in this episode. Instead, we're talking about some intriguing behaviour that some people produced while being spectators to the election...intriguing for sure, but grudgeworthy? Nic and Sophie put some of these peculiar incidents in the hot seat and do some grudge-judging! For more information about So...

How to Hold a Grudge returns for a much-requested 5th season! In this episode Sophie and regular grudge analyst Nic Aubury take a tour of the online grudge-scape to see what other grudge outlets are on offer. If you enjoy the podcast please leave us a rating or review, or just tell your friends! For more info on Sophie and her projects visit her official website www.sophiehannah.com