From the Service95 Book Club archives, this episode from March 2025 sees Dua sit down with Tommy Orange to discuss There There – his powerful novel that follows 12 Native Americans whose lives converge at the Big Oakland Powwow. Dua and Tommy trace the histories often omitt ... Show More
Jul 14
Lea Ypi On Freedom, Communism And Growing Up In Albania In Free
For her July Service95 Book Club interview, Dua Lipa is joined by award-winning author and academic Lea Ypi to discuss Free, Lea’s internationally acclaimed memoir, which recounts her childhood in Albania during the collapse of communism. From hidden family histories and state su ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 23
From The Archives: Paul Murray on family secrets, loneliness and The Bee Sting
From the archives this month: Dua’s February 2025 conversation with Irish author Paul Murray, on his novel The Bee Sting. An epic family saga set in contemporary Ireland, the novel follows the Barnes family through financial collapse, fractured relationships and the secrets that ... Show More
45m 56s
Jun 9
Kae Tempest On His Latest Novel, ‘Having Spent Life Seeking’
For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by writer, poet, playwright and musician Kae Tempest to discuss his latest novel, Having Spent Life Seeking, which is Dua’s Monthly Read for June. Together, Dua and Kae explore the novel’s core themes: forgiveness and atonemen ... Show More
1h 7m
Jun 2023
Book Club Bonus Episode: Dua Lipa and Douglas Stuart, live at Hay Festival
At Hay-on-Wye's annual Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, one of the world’s most prestigious literary events, Dua sat down with 'Shuggie Bain' author Douglas Stuart for a fascinating discussion and podcast taping in front of a live audience about Service95 Book Club’s first book ... Show More
38m 58s
Mar 2023
Margaret Atwood on Good, Evil and Stupidity
Margaret Atwood, famed author, poet and “dystopia prophet,” joins Offline to talk about fighting tyranny and finding hope. Much like her latest book, Old Babes in the Wood, Atwood’s conversation with Jon sandwiches her thoughts and fears on the present between poignant chapters o ... Show More
45m 43s
Jun 2021
On Earth with Ocean Vuong
Poet and author Ocean Vuong joins us this week following the re-release of his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss reckoning with one’s work from a distance (5:08), why he wrote an autobiographical novel (6:30), the cage of American masculinity (11:00), how h ... Show More
55m 59s