Lit Up

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Lit Up episodes

June 19, 2019 Mickey Rapkin on writing a Hollywood hit
Getting a publisher to agree to print a book about the world of acapella singing groups was not an easy task for Author Mickey Rapkin, but he stuck with it and this risk let to the hugely successful trilogy of Pitch Perfect films. Host...
33 min
June 12, 2019 Ceridwen Dovey on the privilege and vulnerability of being a young woman
What does the relationships look like between an artist and their patron and what is expected of one from the other? Ceridwen Dovey speaks to host Angela Ledgerwood about the power, privilege and vulnerability of being a young, talented...
52 min
June 05, 2019 Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller on co-writing The Letdown TV series
The Letdown TV series is a comedy which follows new mum Audrey as she tries to come to terms with her new identity as a mum and contend with the oddballs in mothers' group. Writers Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller speaks to host Angela...
55 min
May 29, 2019 Stan Grant reflects on the privilege of nostalgia
How does a country's history weigh on its' people? Journalist Stan Grant exiled himself from Australia in order to seek to understand Australia, what it means to be Australian and his own struggle for belonging and identity as an...
44 min
May 15, 2019 Monica Tan on understanding Australia
A 30,000km trip around Australia was the journey Monica Tan took to discover who she was in relation to the country she lived in, Australia. From the role Chinese Australians played in colonisation to segregation in Australia in the 70s...
39 min
May 08, 2019 Bret Easton Ellis on the danger of so-called thought-crime
Presenting an avatar of virtuousness online instead of presenting your real self is a danger to exploring the nuances of life and how people think, and that's what Bret Easton Ellis calls out in his first non-fiction book White. Bret...
53 min
May 01, 2019 Taylor Jenkins Reid on women not aspiring to be merely the muse
In the novel Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid wanted to build a female character who was not conditioned to be pleasing and likeable and would react and say things that Taylor could never say herself. Taylor chats to host...
56 min
April 24, 2019 Hermione Hoby is seeking to understand people
In a world of click bait and jarring headlines journalist Hermione Hoby believes that the key to empathy and connection is in reading novels and getting the entire character of a person in order to understand their actions. Hermione speaks...
46 min
April 17, 2019 Trent Dalton on what makes a good man
Finding meaning in sadness, defining the different types of love and looking at the complexities of masculinity, are the overarching themes in Trent Dalton's novel, Boy Swallows Universe. Trent shares with host Angela Ledgerwood how...
54 min
April 10, 2019 Natalka Burian on writing about family dynamics
Through her book 'Welcome to the Slipstream' Natalka explores how sickness can complicate family dynamics. She discusses with host Angela Ledgerwood the freedom she found in placing her characters in the Nevada dessert, why she...
38 min