Nov 19

How I found a bag of Heroin on the ground because I thought it was a dead Bird

A mental health podcast about how clothes are a form of music <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

1h 15m

Nov 12

I cant describe what this one is about, you'll just have to trust my process and listen to it please

Spanish coffee, the history of suits, dog pulled trousers, persian desserts, fairy fog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 19m

Nov 5

Speaking with a professor about the evolution of plants, terraforming planets and extinction events

Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain joined me for a chat about Paleobotany ahead of Science week 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 34m

Dec 2017

122 Young James Joyce

We often think of James Joyce as a man in his thirties and forties, a monkish, fanatical, eyepatch-wearing author, trapped in his hovel and his own mind, agonizing over his masterpieces, sentence by sentence, word by laborious word. But young James Joyce, the one who studied lite ... Show More

1h 4m

Nov 2023

Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!

James Joyce is, without question, one of the most famous authors in the English language. Millions of readers have enjoyed (and sometimes struggled with) his groundbreaking novels and short stories. However... that's not all Joyce wrote. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max expl ... Show More

42m 11s

Dec 2017

124 James Joyce’s “The Dead” (Part 2)

In this second part of a two-part episode, we look at the resounding conclusion of James Joyce’s masterpiece “The Dead,” which contains some of the finest prose ever written in the English language. Be warned: this episode, which runs from Gabriel’s speech to the final revelatory ... Show More

1h 25m

Mar 2023

The Fart Letters of James Joyce

James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He was a part of the avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. He also delighted in the sounds and smells of his beloved wife, Nora Barnacle's farts. ... Show More

23m 24s

Dec 2020

Episode 30 | Olivia Laing

A conversation about art criticism that is deeply engaged with the lives of the artists. Olivia Laing’s work regularly appears in The Guardian, Financial Times, and Frieze. Her latest book, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, examines the more complicated parts of life through th ... Show More

31m 42s

Dec 2018

#057 The Masks We Wear (with Blindboy, The Rubberbandits)

From identity and mental health to James Joyce and religion, Blindboy from The Rubberbandits enlightens us on today's first live Under The Skin podcast. Recorded in Dublin, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 9m

Mar 2019

#73 Seeds, Weeds & Intention (with Jay Shetty)

A podcast with online creator and spiritual storyteller Jay Shetty.Lessons in daily self care, spiritual practice and positive thinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 14m

Jul 2017

In Writing: Adam Phillips and Devorah Baum

In his latest book In Writing (Hamish Hamilton) psychoanalyst and regular LRB contributor Adam Phillips celebrates the art of close reading and asks what it is to defend literature in a world that is increasingly devaluing language. Through a vivid series of readings of writers h ... Show More

1h 7m

Nov 2009

Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Melvyn Bragg and guests Roy Foster, Jeri Johnson and Katherine Mullin discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's groundbreaking 1916 novel about growing up in Catholic Ireland.Many novelists choose their own young life as the subject for their first book. But ... Show More

42m 19s

How James Joyce invented Cinema