Lit Up

By Angela LedgerwoodSociety & Culture Arts Books

Lit Up episodes

July 12, 2022 Christopher Hermelin of So Many Damn Books on how to break out of a reading rut.
Fellow books podcast host Christopher Hermelin (So Many Damn Books) joins Angela for a special crossover episode! Angie and Christopher talk about what to do when the magic of reading has temporarily vanished (especially when your day job is in publishing), books that help us make sense of modern life and the near future, and summer reading plans. You can hear the other half of Christopher and Angie’s chat on the So Many Damn Books podcast feed this week: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/so-many-damn-books/id931442125And here are a few of Christopher’s reading recommendations as shared in this episode: — The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden (pub. 1960)— The Car by Gary Paulsen (pub. 1994)— The Shimmering State by by Meredith Westgate (pub. 2021) — The New Me by Halle Butler (pub. 2019)— Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov (pub. 1969)— Either/Or by by Elif Batuman (pub. 2022)See you in two weeks!

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20 min
June 28, 2022 Lisa Taddeo returns to talk GHOST LOVER.
Angela loves talking to Lisa Taddeo, who is on Lit Up for the third time this week. Lisa's writing always makes Angie nervous because it's so good at confronting the darker side of longing and attachment. Angie and Lisa talk about Lisa's new short story collection, GHOST LOVER, and why Lisa's writing gives Angie a funny tummy.--https://donations4abortion.com/ - donate to support abortion funds by statehttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022More in-depth version: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy

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35 min
June 14, 2022 Abi Morgan on This Is Not A Pity Memoir.
This week on the podcast, Angela talks to Abi Morgan, BAFTA and Emmy award-winning playwright and screenwriter best known for The Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman and Suffragette. Most recently, she's also created the hit series The Split.Now, Abi has released 'This Is Not A Pity Memoir,' and it's all about what happens when the person you love most no longer recognizes you.Angie and Abi talk about the extraordinary, traumatic, and funny moments of her harrowing memoir. They touch upon the glimmers of hope that got Abi through, and how writing this book helped her hold onto her identity, and her relationship with Jacob.Next time: Lisa Taddeo, again! See you in two weeks.

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36 min
May 31, 2022 Elizabeth Day on on the struggles that define us and make us stronger, and her new novel MAGPIE.
Today on the podcast Angela welcomes Elizabeth Day, a journalist, broadcaster, and author of five books, including her latest, the domestic thriller Magpie. Elizabeth also hosts the only podcast Angela listens to religiously, How To Fail with Elizabeth Day.Angie and Elizabeth talk about Magpie, but they also share their journeys, failures, and how they've come to understand themselves.

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41 min
May 22, 2022 From Talk Easy: Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
This week, we’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speakfrom the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity and an abundance of research, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview,Sam talks with author Margaret Atwood about her new essay collection, Burning Questions, the lasting impact of The Handmaid’s Tale, her role in the debate around ‘the writer as political agent’, and the power of poetry. You can listen to Talk Easy athttps://podcasts.pushkin.fm/telitup.

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22 min
May 17, 2022 Zarqa Nawaz on her career and making fun of ISIS in her new book Jameela Green Ruins Everything.
This week, Angela talks to documentarian, writer, and comedian Zarqa Nawaz, whose new book, Jameela Green Ruins Everything, is out now. Angie and Zarqa talk about Zarqa's career, including her documentary Me and The Mosque, her TV show Little Mosque on the Prarie, and how years writing pilots in Hollywood lead her to write a memoir. They also talk about how to make fun of ISIS.Zarqa talks about textbooks created by America to radicalize children in Afghanistan. Here's the Washington post article about that story.We'll be back in two weeks with Elizabeth Day.

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34 min
May 03, 2022 Clemency Burton-Hill on surviving a brain injury and how it changed her relationship to music.
On this week's episode, Angela speaks with musician, author, and broadcaster Clemency Burton-HIll. Clemency wants to make classical music more accessible, and has brought this mission to her work at New York Public Radio, WNYC, and the BBC.Angie and Clemency talk about her books Year of Wonder and the follow-up Another Year of Wonder, both of which introduce the listener to a new piece of classical music every day. They also talk about Clemency's recovery from a brain hemorrhage in 2020, which only deepened her relationship to music.We'll be back in two weeks with Zarqa Nawaz. See you then!

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37 min
April 19, 2022 Re-Release: Max Porter on love through grief.
This week we're revisiting Angela's conversation with Max Porter about his book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. It's all about messy families, relationships, and we hope it'll encourage you to hug your families tight this Easter weekend.Follow these links to get Max's newer books, Lanny, and The Death of Francis Bacon.We'll be back in two weeks with our conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill. See ya then!

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51 min
April 05, 2022 Pamela Paul on the art of boredom, buying a one-way ticket to Thailand, and what we've lost to the Internet.
This week on Lit Up, Angela speaks with Pamela Paul, formerly the editor of The New York Times Book Review and now a Times Opinion Columnist. She's also the author of 8 books, including her latest, 100 Things We've Lost to The Internet. Angie and Pamela talk about the importance of boredom, what the pandemic taught us about our needs in life, and the choice we have over how we use the internet.Next time: Clemency Burton-Hill.

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38 min
March 22, 2022 Stephan Lee on the phenomenon that is K-Pop.
This week on the show, Angela talks to Stephan Lee, author of K-Pop Confidential and the upcoming K-Pop Revolution. They talk about K-Pop, his recent move from New York to LA, and his experience of feeling like an outsider in both America and Korea.You can purchase K-Pop Confidential and pre-order K-Pop Revolution via the link on our website, LitUpPodcast dot comSee you in two weeks!

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34 min