Adam Soboczynski, Autor

Felix Brych war Weltschiedsrichter und mehrfach deutscher Schiedsrichter des Jahres, pfiff Spiele in der Bundesliga und in der Champions League. Gerade hat er seine Karriere beendet. Wir wiederholen ein Gespräch aus dem Jahr 2023. 

Ramona Luger aus dem Bayerischen Wald produziert seit 2018 Seifen und Cremes, "Uschi's Naturkosmetik" heißt ihre Manufaktur. Ihr Wissen über Pflanzen und deren Wirkung hat sie sich angelesen. 

Walter Hess macht seit über 60 Jahren Theater. Geboren und aufgewachsen ist der Schauspieler in der Schweiz, dort ging er in die Buchdruckerlehre. Seit 2002 gehört Hess zum Ensemble der Münchner Kammerspiele. 

Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace, finding parallels in Tolstoy's thinking for today's war in Ukraine.Reflecting on how Russian characters in the book converse in fluent French, Adam considers how mixed identities should not undermine nationa ... Show More

This week’s Great Political Fiction is Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons (1862), the definitive novel about the politics – and emotions – of intergenerational conflict. How did Turgenev manage to write a wistful novel about nihilism? What made Russian politics in the early 1860s s ... Show More

Tolstoy was one of the greatest writers of all time. His books have constructed how we think about Russian imperial history. But he was not just an observer, he was also a participant. As a young man, Tolstoy fought in several of Russia's imperial wars– against the Chechens and t ... Show More

The daughter of a Jewish heiress and Polish count went on to become one of the most infamous secret agents in British history. The story of Krystyna Skarbek reads like part-spy novel and part-political thriller. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork ... Show More

Keggie Carew discusses her book 'Dadland', a story about a madcap English childhood, the poignant breakdown of a family, and dementia. The novel centres upon her father Tom Carew, an enigmatic, unorthodox character, who was an undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World Wa ... Show More

'War and Peace' by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy charts the story of Russia during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, covering the pandemonium and brutality of the battlefield, as well as the equally intense dramas and loves of several families. It is a monumental ... Show More

The title of Edward Westermann's new book, Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany (Cornell University Press, published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2021), suggests that it is about the use of alcohol by perpetrators of the H ... Show More