The LRB Podcast

On the centenary of Wagner’s birth, Nicholas Spice asks in his Winter Lecture at the British Museum how his music works on us and what this tells us about music in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

10 Apr 20131h 18min

David Runciman discusses the impossibility and persistence of the US political system in the LRB Winter Lecture delivered at the British Museum in 2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

21 Mar 20131h 23min

In his 2013 Edward W. Said lecture Noam Chomsky reflects on 65 years of violence in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

18 Mar 20131h 35min

Adam Phillips considers the sadomasochism of childhood and the pleasures and pains of tantrums. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

7 Mar 201317min

Hilary Mantel considers the royal body from Anne Boleyn’s ‘bosom not much raised’ to Kate Middleton’s equally modest endowment. Introduced by Neil MacGregor, and delivered at the British Museum in 201...

21 Feb 20131h 7min

Colin Burrow, Michael Dobson, James Shapiro, Emma Smith and Marina Warner discuss the ways we continue to make (and occasionally unmake) Shakespeare in our own image. Introduced by Neil MacGregor and ...

1 Feb 20131h 34min

Alan Bennett rides in Mr Murdoch’s car and gets a review from T.S. Eliot, in these extracts from his 2012 diary. Read the full diary in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennett2012pod Hosted on Acast. See ac...

3 Jan 201318min

Andrew O’Hagan reads 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and considers the art of terrible writing about sex. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

18 Jul 201213min