{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/18dcd5db-f898-42c6-ab31-3a1853c1a645/6718d5a030187dfb6cb6d5a7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EP.230 - COLM TÓIBÍN","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44142e85655b098576d/1729673886882-05c9f285-e58c-4fa0-8832-c1e03fdeffc7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Adam talks with Irish novelist Colm Tóibín about New York, Don Trump, whether the motivations of terrorists are worth considering, whether anything valuable came from having cancer, writing his novel <em>Long Island</em> (the sequel to <em>Brooklyn</em>), why keeping a journal is 'offensive', and the magic of Bob Dylan.</p><p>This conversation was recorded via Zoom on April 17th, 2024</p><p><strong>CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE</strong></p><p>Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing&nbsp;</p><p>Podcast illustration by <a href=\"https://helengreenillustration.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Green</a></p><p><strong>RELATED LINKS</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Long-Island-Audiobook/B0BZPQGXGY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LONG ISLAND</strong></a><strong> </strong>by Colm Tóibín (Audiobook narrated by Jessie Buckley) - 2024 (AUDIBLE)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v32/n16/colm-toibin/among-the-flutterers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AMONG THE FLUTTERERS: THE POPE WEARS PRADA</strong></a><strong> </strong>by Colm Tóibín - 2010 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n19/nine-eleven-writers/11-september\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IN RESPONSE TO 9/11</strong></a><strong> </strong>- 4th October 2001 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tq3th\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COLM TÓIBÍN ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS</strong></a> - 2016 (BBC SOUNDS)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5z8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COLM TÓIBÍN ON THE VERB</strong></a> - 2023 (BBC SOUNDS)</p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/colm-t%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn-reads-mary-lavin/id256945396?i=1000386021589\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>THE NEW YORKER FICTION PODCAST - COLM TÓIBÍN READS MARY LAVIN</strong></a><strong> </strong>- 2017 (APPLE PODCASTS)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074tkn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>40 MINUTES - HEART OF THE ANGEL</strong></a> - 1989 (BBC I-PLAYER)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023syj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>40 MINUTES - MIXED BLESSINGS</strong></a> - 1988 (BBC I-PLAYER)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COBhA6J1IDY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GERI</strong></a> Directed by Molly Dineen - 1999 (YOUTUBE)</p>","author_name":"ADAM BUXTON"}