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What makes a good short story? With Chris Power – books podcast

Chris Power, the Guardian’s resident short-story expert and now debut author himself, joins us to...

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Steven Pinker defends the Enlightenment – books podcast

Is the world going to rack and ruin? The psychologist Steven Pinker makes the case for progress...

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Do our memories make us who we are? – books podcast

Wendy Mitchell talks about her memoir of early onset dementia and neuroscientist Jules Montague...

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Why we need to rethink climate change, with Timothy Morton – books podcast

This week, we talk to philosopher Timothy Morton about his book Being Ecological and why we need...

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LBGT must-reads and a new history of trans Britain – books podcast

The hard-won victories of trans people, with Christine Burns, plus the classics to read in LGBT...

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Women and food, and Helen Dunmore's posthumous Costa prize – books podcast

On this week’s show, Claire and Sian talk about the late poet’s book of the year award, and Laura...

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Peter Carey in conversation - books podcast

In this Guardian Live event, the double Booker winner talks about his new novel A Long Way from...

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Nikesh Shukla and Julia Kingsford on The Good Agency, plus Tony White - books podcast

Writer Nikesh Shukla and agent Julia Kingsford share their plans for a literary agency for...

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Jonathan Safran Foer on Aleksandar Hemon's The Bees, Part 1 – short story podcast

Jonathan Safran Foer explains why he loves this tale about the Bosnian author’s father, which is...

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David Mitchell on The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs – short story podcast

Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell introduces one of the great, early 20th century horror stories:...

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Stephen Fry on Saki's Sredni Vashtar - short story podcast

A small boy’s rebellion takes a sinister turn in Saki’s classic tale – a story loved by Stephen...

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Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – short story podcast

In this instalment of our seasonal short story special, we have Neil Gaiman share why he loves...

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Penelope Lively on MR James's Oh Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad - short story podcast

You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story,...

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Edward St Aubyn's King Lear and the future of literary fiction - books podcast

The author explains how he reimagined Shakespeare’s thundering patriarch as a modern media baron...

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1947: When Now Begins and the best books of 2017 – books podcast

On this week’s show, we look at the political and social upheaval of 1947 with journalist...

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Stephen Fry and Emily Wilson on Greek myths – books podcast

This week, the beloved broadcaster leads us back to the classical age, introducing his book...

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Max Tegmark and Ken MacLeod on artificial intelligence – books podcast

How would it feel to be outperformed by a machine? We discuss the AI revolution with physicist...

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Jennifer Egan and M John Harrison – books podcast

On this week’s show, we examine the writing life with a Pulitzer winner who is not afraid to...

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Time-travelling with Michael Brooks and Britt Wray – books podcast

We examine the ethics of de-extinction and the origins of quantum mechanics with two science...

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Richard Flanagan and Jesmyn Ward – books podcast

On this week’s show, we hear from Man Booker prize-winning Flanagan about his latest book, First...

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