The Peter Thiel Paradox
David Runciman talks to Thomas Jones about Silicon Valley’s best known investor-provocateur, his prescience, his mistakes, and why, despite his ultra-libertarian ideology, he owes so much to the state...
21 Sep 202139min
'Swish! Swish! Swish!' by Patrick Leigh Fermor, read by Dominic West
Dominic West reads Patrick Leigh Fermor's piece about the olive harvest on the Mani peninsula, written in the 1950s but first published in 2021 in the LRB. Read it here: https://lrb.me/leighfermorpod ...
14 Sep 202121min
Kokumi
Daniel Soar talks to Thomas Jones about the sixth taste, variously translated as ‘mouthfulness’, ‘thickness’ and ‘lingeringness’, apparently discovered by the Japanese company Ajinomoto, and its origi...
7 Sep 202140min
Lydia Davis: One French City
Lydia Davis reads her essay on Arles, recorded for the Trilling Lecture at Columbia University in 2019. Read the piece here: https://lrb.me/lydiadavisarlespod Subscribe to the LRB and get a 79% discou...
31 Aug 202148min
Colm Tóibín: Alone in Venice
Colm Tóibín reads his diary from November 2020, about visiting Venice during the pandemic. Read the piece here: https://lrb.me/aloneinvenicepod Subscribe to the LRB and save 79% on the cover price: ht...
24 Aug 202122min
Rosemary Hill: Populist Palatial
In the first of four summer readings visiting different places in Europe, Rosemary Hill explores the history of London's West End. Read the piece here: https://lrb.me/hillwestendpod Subscribe to the L...
18 Aug 202128min
On Elizabeth Bowen
David Trotter talks to Joanne O’Leary about the novels and stories of Elizabeth Bowen, from her weird families and idiosyncrasies of style, to her mastery of atmospherics and prescient use of technolo...
10 Aug 202145min
Stephen Frears on Hollywood
Stephen Frears talks to Andrew O’Hagan about making movies in America, to mark the publication of a new collection of LRB essays on Hollywood. He describes being protected by Scorsese, learning from B...
3 Aug 202134min
