# The LRB Podcast

A podcast by The London Review of Books. The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas, hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, and featuring our fortnightly 'On Politics' podcast hosted by James Butler. From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB: https://lrb.me/subslrbpod Close Readings podcast: https://lrb.me/crlrbpod LRB Audiobooks: https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: https://lrb.me/storelrbpod Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk

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## Latest episodes

- [Ulysses: James Joyce's properly obscene book](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/fc1ddab3f19b) (2026-10-24, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8402459238.mp3
- [How Fredric Jameson became Fredric Jameson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/c231873099fd) (2026-10-22, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6209656149.mp3
- [Who were the English?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/22c7f4fc61ac) (2026-10-14, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3721102152.mp3
- [On Politics: What is political writing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/fdbe5f2d7cae) (2026-10-08, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8585654318.mp3
- [Fascism in a time of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/14c396339465) (2026-10-06, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB1341031890.mp3
- [An Alternative History of the Microphone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/3b63a7c10748) (2026-10-01, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9270542820.mp3
- [On Politics: What happened to the intellectual?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/5f1663ad88ae) (2026-09-23, 68 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3055739137.mp3
- [What’s the point of literary criticism?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/81d5362e3d82) (2026-09-18, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB7675488097.mp3
- [On Politics: Germany's Far-Right Future?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/ac0df4dcc486) (2026-09-10, 65 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8436704498.mp3
- [The Romantic History of the Bayeux Tapestry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/cd4e85cc45e0) (2026-09-06, 60 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4221106543.mp3
- [Roman Scandinavia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/7c98e3ff507b) (2026-09-03, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4930421806.mp3
- [Travel with Close Readings: ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/69db84285cb1) (2026-08-30, 98 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3877992848.mp3
- [Seamus Perry: Pluralism and the Modern Poet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/885e18514fea) (2026-08-26, 80 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8799399942.mp3
- [Travel with Close Readings: ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ by Henry James](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/2984d10d995e) (2026-08-23, 72 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4529848187.mp3
- [Adam Shatz: Visions of America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/4c41e06767ee) (2026-08-19, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6086729601.mp3
- [Travel with Close Readings: Byron’s ‘Don Juan’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/20281695c2ad) (2026-08-16, 114 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8406537314.mp3
- [Amia Srinivasan: The Impossible Patient](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/df22c3d6d171) (2026-08-12, 63 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5045127087.mp3
- [Travel with Close Readings: ‘The Prelude’ (Books 9 and 10) by William Wordsworth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/f4450a0cb5ba) (2026-08-09, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB2209194424.mp3
- [Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/aa0faeed7c41) (2026-08-05, 76 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5581437251.mp3
- [Travel with Close Readings: ‘The Travels of Sir John Mandeville’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/ad48554c9e07) (2026-08-02, 63 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8040281218.mp3
- [The long history of Black voter suppression in the US](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/f403b53c8b68) (2026-07-31, 62 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5579143167.mp3
- [On Politics: Burnham’s First Week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/0a1d93787897) (2026-07-29, 67 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9387455556.mp3
- [Nolan v. Homer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/c61ca5dbd1b9) (2026-07-26, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3180783730.mp3
- [Palantir and the NHS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/749bec357f8b) (2026-07-22, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5100112171.mp3
- [On Politics: The US at 250](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/d86f7fa5fc7a) (2026-07-15, 69 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3915409610.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Money](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/4eead63d4e3b) (2026-07-13, 91 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6500597399.mp3
- [Among the Private Spies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/dcd605b56e66) (2026-07-08, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB7628689772.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/0e9952449a60) (2026-07-05, 84 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6837753775.mp3
- [On Politics: The Andy Burnham Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/6b52d8585d3f) (2026-07-01, 68 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6808028983.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Weather](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/35f65d4c39d7) (2026-06-28, 75 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4167112984.mp3
- [World Cup Cupidity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/511723618d71) (2026-06-24, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6504203318.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Divorce](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/bb9306e6ca05) (2026-06-21, 79 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8781983331.mp3
- [On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/5df5fe1f30dd) (2026-06-17, 65 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB7943479756.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Technology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/67d19f441c69) (2026-06-14, 91 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9506523205.mp3
- [Poetry and the Turning World: Work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/6bffd6d09853) (2026-06-10, 65 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9990642598.mp3
- [On Politics: Myths of Populism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/3e65bbc90ffb) (2026-06-03, 73 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB1722634630.mp3
- [Jane Austen's ‘Emma’ and the art of misreading](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/103458d5219b) (2026-05-30, 68 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5421055740.mp3
- [Gaza after the Ceasefire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/a3bd7abbb882) (2026-05-27, 70 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4133316205.mp3
- [A Rough Guide to Money Laundering](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/f6c14d48f237) (2026-05-20, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB8248170008.mp3?updated=1779206593
- [When will AI replace us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/77369737b460) (2026-05-14, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB1511185582.mp3?updated=1778680052
- [On Politics: A New Era for UK Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/d38ed9b94388) (2026-05-12, 65 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9892711789.mp3?updated=1778580347
- [On Politics: The Fall of Orbán, the Rise of Magyar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/47e779b911b3) (2026-05-07, 66 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB9065646547.mp3?updated=1778133018
- [James Lasdun's road trip to America's courts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/d5002cd5ada3) (2026-04-29, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4658591107.mp3?updated=1777409428
- [On Politics: The Pope and the President](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/fd0b79d3e941) (2026-04-23, 62 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3396343111.mp3?updated=1776893013
- [The War in Lebanon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/354841e3b152) (2026-04-17, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB6831032243.mp3?updated=1776389411
- [Men Looking at Men](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/82f2a96e8762) (2026-04-15, 67 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB4815724335.mp3?updated=1776181046
- [The philosophy of Virginia Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/1558ef016861) (2026-04-08, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5092598088.mp3?updated=1775458846
- [On Politics: Iran and the Oil Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/01ae55d4fbe6) (2026-04-03, 71 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB1439344337.mp3?updated=1775144840
- [Insulin Wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/52214caba982) (2026-04-01, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5791914062.mp3?updated=1775035136
- [On Politics: Why you can’t change someone’s mind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/510327102/a76dbab7cc23) (2026-03-25, 72 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3934805222.mp3?updated=1774388182

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