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Carol Tavris considers new approaches to the old problem of old age (and the newer problem of old old age); as secularism wanes on the global scale, Rupert Shortt considers whether religion does more harm than good
Books
Bolder: Making the most of our longer lives by Carl Honoré
Borrowed Time: The science of how and why we age by Sue Armstrong
Retirement and Its Discontents: Why we won’t stop working, even if we can by Michelle Pannor Silver
Women Rowing North: Navigating life’s currents and flourishing as we age by Mary Pipher
On the Brink of Everything: Grace, gravity and getting old by Parker J. Palmer
This Chair Rocks: A manifesto against ageism by Ashton Applewhite
Does Religion do More Harm than Good? by Rupert Shortt
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Home Truths
37:34|This week, Oonagh Devitt Tremblay is intrigued by the multiple voices in Sarah Moss's new memoir; and Lucy Dallas speaks to artist William Kentridge.'My Good Bright Wolf', by Sarah Moss'Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot', by William Kentridge, streaming on Mubi Produced by Charlotte Pardy
From Seoul to Stockholm
42:02|This week, Yoojin Grace Wuertz celebrates this year’s Nobel Laureate in literature, South Korea’s Han Kang; and David Morley reads his new poem, and discusses the link between birds, music and poetry.‘The Vegetarian’, ‘Human Acts’ and ‘Greek Lessons’, by Han Kang‘Beethoven’s Yellowhammer’, by David MorleyProduced by Charlotte Pardy
Cherchez La Femme
49:58|This week, Lisa Hilton on the truth behind life as a 'grand horizontale'; and Juliette Bretan explores why Virginia Woolf served up boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse.'Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman’s astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power', by Sonia Purnell'Europe in British Literature and Culture', edited by Petra Rau and William T RossiterProduced by Charlotte Pardy
Taking flight
50:25|This week, Larry Wolff admires an opera propelled by drone warfare; and Edward Carey describes how a love of theatre inspired his new novel.'Grounded', by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by George Brant, Metropolitan Opera, New York, until October 19'Edith Holler', by Edward CareyProduced by Charlotte Pardy
Tuning In
43:47|This week, we start with Donna Summer and finish with a Scotch Woodcock, as Milo Nesbitt goes in search of the future of music, and Roger Domeneghetti sings the praises of a little fish with a big flavour.'Futuromania: Electronic dreams, desiring machines and tomorrow's music today', by Simon Reynolds'A Twist in the Tail: How the humble anchovy flavoured western cuisine', by Christopher BeckmanProduced by Charlotte Pardy
Autumn Leaves
55:20|This week, Toby Lichtig previews the season’s fictional highlights; and Ann Manov on Sally Rooney’s latest gambit.‘Creation Lake’, by Rachel Kushner‘Intermezzo’, by Sally RooneyProduced by Charlotte Pardy
Typecast
49:37|This week, typographer Tom Cook on the fonts of all knowledge; and Graham Daseler explores Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler's firecracker relationship.'Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface', by Simon Garfield'Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface', by Simon Garfield'Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface', by Simon Garfield'From the Moment They Met it was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir', by Alain Silver and James UrsiniProduced by Charlotte Pardy
HAPPY DAYS
51:42|This week, Mary Beard joins us to explain why two recently discovered fragments of Euripides are big news; and an interview with director James Macdonald and actor Lucian Msamati on their new production of Waiting for Godot.'Ino' and 'Polyidus', by Euripides'Waiting for Godot', by Samuel Beckett, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, until December 14 2024Produced by Charlotte Pardy
Magic of the Minds
52:18|This week, medieval spells and modern cures, as we look back at some podcast highlights with Mary C Flannery and Charles Foster.'Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England', by Katherine Storm Hindley'Ten Trips: The new reality of psychedelics', by Andy Mitchell'Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert', by David Nutt'I feel love: MDMA and the quest for connection in a fractured world', by Rachel Nuwer'Psychonauts: Drugs and the making of the modern mind', by Mike JayProduced by Charlotte Pardy