Little Atoms 724 - Tom Standage's A Brief History Of Motion
Tom Standage talks to Neil about his new book A Short History Of Motion, from who invented the wheel to self-driving cars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 Nov 202134min
Little Atoms 723 - Monisha Rajesh's Around The World In 80 Trains
Monisha Rajesh, author of Around The World in 80 Trains, talks to Neil about how her obsession with train travel began, puts up a hearty defence of Amtrak, and tells of her travels to North Korea. Hos...
2 Nov 202138min
Little Atoms 722 - Mary Roach's Fuzz
Mary Roach talks to Neil about house-breaking bears and monkey muggers in her new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 Okt 202130min
Little Atoms 721 - Alexandra Kleeman's Something New Under The Sun
Alexandra Kleeman talks to Neil about her latest novel Something New Under The Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 Okt 202132min
Little Atoms 720 - Jackie Higgins' Sentient
Jackie Higgins talks to Neil about what the amazing senses of animals from the cheetah to the octopus can tell us about our own senses in her new book Sentient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
11 Okt 202132min
Little Atoms 719 - Sebastian Faulks' Snow Country
Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks talks to Neil about his latest novel Snow Country, set in Austria between the wars, the second novel of an Austrian trilogy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
4 Okt 202128min
Little Atoms 718 - Geoff Dyer's SEE/SAW
Geoff Dyer talks to Neil about SEE/SAW his latest collection of essays on looking at photographs. Yes we talk about lots of photographs on an audio podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
27 Sep 202131min
Little Atoms 717 - Travis Elborough's Through The Looking Glasses
Cultural critic Travis Elborough talks to Neil about the history an cultural impact of spectacles in his latest book Through The Looking Glasses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
23 Sep 202129min
