Lit Up

By Angela LedgerwoodSociety & Culture Arts Books

Lit Up episodes

July 28 Isaac Fitzgerald on the Power of Pilgrimage
Isaac Fitzgerald, author of New York Times best-seller American Rambler and Dirtbag Massachusetts, talks to Angie about reframing his childhood and confronting his fear of homelessness. They get into the strange, enduring legacy of Johnny Appleseed, and what pilgrimage really means: not just the miles you walk, but why you set out in the first place.
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30 min
June 10, 2025 Sister Monica Clare on A Change Of Habit
This week on the show, Angie talks to Sister Monica Claire, an author whose book, , she helped publish. Angie and Sister Monica talk about what led Sister Monica to become a nun, and also listen to some unexpected and beautiful cello music.

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51 min
May 27, 2025 Glynnis MacNicol on the pleasures of Paris.
This week, Angela welcomes Glynnis MacNicol, author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris. Angie and Glynnis chat about how travel can bring out our most seductive selves

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50 min
May 19, 2025 Annabelle Hickson on living in regional Australia, Galah magazine, and why the kids are gonna be all right.
This week Angela talks to her old friend Annabell Hickson about her life in the country. They discuss how they came to be friends, life outside the city, creating and publishing Galah magazine, and why maybe we all need to let our kids be on their own a bit more.

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47 min
May 13, 2025 Cora Frazier (The New Yorker) on the beautiful strangeness of new motherhood.
Cora Frazier’s New Yorker piece for Shouts & Murmurs, Writing Prompts for New Parents, struck a chord with Angie as soon as she read it. Having just had a baby, she identified with the bizarre hallucinatory thoughts of the writer/mother in Frazier’s piece.
Cora Frazier has contributed to The New Yorker since 2012. She is a creator and writer of the podcast “I Think You’re Projecting.”

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47 min
May 06, 2025 Anna Funder on The Invisible Life of Mrs. Orwell
This week, Angela is delighted to welcome Anna Funder, author of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life, to Lit Up. Angie and Anna discuss the untold story of Eileen Blair, the wife of Eric Arthur Blair, better known to the world as George Orwell. Angie and Anna talk about the challenges of being a writer and a mother, Eileen's role in Orwell's success, and how much we're still under the grip of gender roles today.

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53 min
April 29, 2025 Katie Kitamura returns to talk about her new book Audition.
This week, Lit Up returns to your ears, and so does one of our favorite guests: Katie Kitamura. Katie and Angie dig into Katie's new book Audition through the lens of relationships, acting, and parenting.

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50 min
July 09, 2024 Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,
This week Angie welcomes Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood, among other books.

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53 min
June 25, 2024 Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture
This week, Bianca Bosker returns to discuss her new book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See.

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43 min
June 18, 2024 Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
This week Angie welcomes model, activist, and author Cameron Russell on the podcast to talk about her memoir, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone.

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34 min