“I deserved whatever the opposite of a Pulitzer is.” Phil Elwood is the author of All the Worst Humans, a confessional memoir from the dubious world of public relations. As a PR operative. He helped Qatar win the 2022 World Cup. He spun the release of the Lockerbie bomber into a “positive headline.” Had the Gaddafi family, the Assad regime and plenty more am ... Show More
Nov 6
Gideon Haigh | The Love Of Cricket, Archives & Eclectic Curiosities - Doyen Of Cricket History & Correspondence
<p>A probe into Gideon Haigh's worldview, someone I've anticipated interviewing ever since this podcast began. </p><p>Some highlights from the podcast.</p><ul><li><b>On cricket</b>: “Cricket marches backwards into the future — always haunted by its past.”</li><li><b>On ... Show More
1h 45m
Oct 21
Robyn Davidson | 'Memoir Is The Slipperiest Genre' - Unfinished Woman, Tracks & A Life Of Nomadism
<p>I've anticipated this interview for 6 years. </p><p>Robyn Davidson has lived one of the most mythologised lives in Australian memory.<br/><br/>She famously and unintentionally burst onto the scene with Tracks in 1988, which was a 2,700km camel trek across the Simpson dese ... Show More
2h 15m