The Hedgehog and the Fox

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July 26, 2018 Griselda Pollock: Charlotte Salomon’s theatre of memory
This week’s podcast is a conversation with Griselda Pollock about her recent book, Charlotte Salomon and the Theatre of Memory. Griselda Pollock is Professor of Social and Critical Histories of… Read More
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41 min
July 20, 2018 Gary D Rhodes on the birth of American horror films
In this week’s programme I talk to film historian Gary D Rhodes about the birth of the American horror film. Gary’s book is a fascinating exploration of the first two… Read More
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21 min
July 12, 2018 Thomas Laqueur on the work of the dead
This programme features an interview with Berkeley cultural historian Thomas Laqueur. We spoke recently about his latest book, The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, a… Read More
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38 min
June 25, 2018 Edith Grossman on why translation matters
This programme is one from the archive, a conversation I had back in 2010 with doyenne of Spanish translators Edith Grossman in which she makes the case for taking translation… Read More
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25 min
May 08, 2018 Robert Irwin: in praise of the camel
This programme from the archive features a conversation I had back in 2010 with Robert Irwin about the extraordinary world of the camel. Robert is a true polymath: Arabist, historian,… Read More
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18 min
May 03, 2018 James Serpell: dogs as the animal kingdom’s ambassadors
I was lucky enough to have the chance to talk to James Serpell earlier this year about the new edition of his book, The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior… Read More
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31 min
April 11, 2018 Fiona Sampson: what poetry can learn from music
What can poetry learn from music? Not about surface lyricism, but at the deeper levels of form, of their relationship to time – Eliot writes in ‘Burnt Norton’: ‘Words move,… Read More
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40 min
March 14, 2018 More than happiness, the Buddhist and Stoic way
Last month, I spoke to existential psychotherapist Antonia Macaro about her new book, More than Happiness, which investigates ‘Buddhist and Stoic wisdom for a secular age’. Antonia writes in her… Read More
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30 min
March 13, 2018 Picasso drawings: “the backbone of his art”
In this week’s programme I’m talking to Christopher Lloyd about the crucial role drawing played in the art of Pablo Picasso. What follows is a lightly edited extract from our… Read More
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22 min
February 26, 2018 Horse dramas and flea circuses
‘What do we mean when we say an animal performs?’ My guests on this programme are Karen Raber, professor of English at the University of Mississippi, and Monica Mattfeld, assistant… Read More
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36 min

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