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A Lifetime of Writing | Penelope Lively 27.09.2026 ↓

What was it like growing up in Egypt in the 1930s? How difficult is it to move between writing for c...

Louise Kennedy 27.09.2026 ↓

The award-winning writer Louise Kennedy speaks to Radio 4's Take Four Books about her latest novel, ...

HoP 500a Marguerite Johnson on Sappho 27.09.2026 ↓

In the first of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he ski...

Alice Weidel 26.09.2026 ↓

Mark Coles profiles Alice Weidel, the some say, unlikely joint leader and public face of the far rig...

Máighréad Medbh: Dwelling 25.09.2026 ↓

(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(07:05) – Máighréad Medbh interview(01:04:...

The New American West 24.09.2026 ↓

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works that reassess and redefine our ideas of “the West.”  It’s ...

Who's filtering these callers? 24.09.2026 ↓

This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game, call 0345 60 60 973, T...

Prof. Nick Bostrom: The truth about the AI panic 24.09.2026 ↓

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers talks to Oxford philosopher Professor Nick Bostrom about the escalating conc...

Michael Arndt: Oscar-Winning Writer Teaches Storytelling | How I Write 23.09.2026 ↓

Learn more about Alpha School at ⁠https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Michael Arndt, the Aca...

Trump's relationship with Putin, the biggest mystery in world politics 22.09.2026 ↓

It's been 54 months since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Guardian’s ...

How punk rocker Feargal Sharkey reinvented himself 21.09.2026 ↓

Punk rocker, lead singer of The Undertones, Feargal Sharkey speaks to Kim Hill about reinventing him...

The Jackpod: What hath the godly wrought 21.09.2026 ↓

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks into the devotion of white evangelical Americans to Donald T...

The Jackpod: What hath the godly wrought 21.09.2026 ↓

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks into the devotion of white evangelical Americans to Donald T...

Carlo Rovelli: complexity and value 21.09.2026 ↓

What can we really know about the world around us and our place within it? On Radio 4's weekly discu...

Sean O’Casey – The Irish Rebel playwright 21.09.2026 ↓

He was one of Ireland’s greatest and most controversial playwrights. Sean O’Casey’s remarkable life ...

Poems to help us brave the elements 20.09.2026 ↓

Ian McMillan's poets show how the tiniest poem can help us brave the fiercest elements - from a haik...

Sarah Anderson Reads "Dark Horse" 20.09.2026 ↓

Sarah Anderson reads her story “Dark Horse,” from the September 28, 2026, issue of the maga...

The Lives of the Philosophers: Iris Murdoch 20.09.2026 ↓

Today is the final episode in our series about the relationship between twentieth-century b...

Simon Callow 18.09.2026 ↓

One of Britain's best-loved and most talented actors for you today: Simon Callow. In this gem of a c...

The Breakup 17.09.2026 ↓

We’re between breakdown and breakup, or maybe between the AI monster and human extinction. Th...

Love and UFOs 17.09.2026 ↓

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories that combine different sorts of unknowables:  unidentified—or...

Dave Eggers: Contrapposto, Craft, and the Case Against AI 17.09.2026 ↓

Dave Eggers joins us to discuss his 14th novel, Contrapposto, a six-decade love story between childh...

What makes a crisp a crisp? 17.09.2026 ↓

This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game, call 0345 60 60 973, T...

Francine Prose: This Is What a Harvard Writing Masterclass Feels Like | How I Write 16.09.2026 ↓

Learn more about Alpha School at ⁠https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Francine Prose has wri...

Sex, Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and guests 16.09.2026 ↓

Sex in novels is commonplace, but how do poets write about sex--and is it any good? Join Sa...