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LNL stories separated out for listening. From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.

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    • 4.5 • 444 Ratings

LNL stories separated out for listening. From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.

    The Martin Amis interview

    The Martin Amis interview

    British writer Martin Amis died on the 19th of May, 2023. In this interview with Phillip Adams from 2020 they discuss the last book Martin ever wrote: Inside Story, which takes the death of his closest friend, Christopher Hitchens, as it's starting point. Ultimately he covers the hardest questions, such as how to live, how to grieve and how to die.

    Interview first broadcast 8th of October 2020.

    • 53 min
    Blurbs: the inside story of the outside of books

    Blurbs: the inside story of the outside of books

    George Orwell dismissed them as ‘tripe’, T.S. Eliot found them arduous to write and Jeanette Winterson once burnt all her books because of one… Literary copywriter Louise Willder explores the haunting, luminous, unputdownable history of the book blurb.

    • 20 min
    Hollywood's writers have gone on strike. Here's why we should pay attention

    Hollywood's writers have gone on strike. Here's why we should pay attention

    The writers behind popular television shows like Saturday Night Live and Stranger Things have put their pens down and stepped away from their keyboards. It's not only a battle for better wages and working conditions, but against the threat of artificial intelligence taking their jobs. 

    Guest:

    Kate Fortmueller - assistant professor of entertainment and media studies at the University of Georgia.

    • 16 min
    Pacific update: New and old foreign players

    Pacific update: New and old foreign players

    New players such as South Korea, India and the UK are joining China, the US and Australia in jostling for influence in the Pacific. Tess Newton Cain and Sean Jacobs discuss.

    • 15 min
    Should we think tragically to avoid tragedy?

    Should we think tragically to avoid tragedy?

    Haunted by his misguided support of the Iraq War, foreign correspondent Robert D. Kaplan turned to tragic literature to understand the delusions of the West and how they can be avoided in the future. 

    Guest:

    Robert D. Kaplan - the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. His latest book is The Tragic Mind: Fear, fate and the burden of power published by Yale University Press 

    • 24 min
    How tech impacts most of the world

    How tech impacts most of the world

    We rarely hear how technology is impacting most of the world's population, in the global south. Anup Kaphle and Itika Sharma Punit, both from the online publication Rest of World, are now bringing us those stories. 

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
444 Ratings

444 Ratings

ellvis_ ,

“Like,like”

Great topics, great knowledge, great guests. However- for me, I just can’t cope with the avalanche of “voice frying” women guests. I have to turn off as soon as I hear it. Don’t people listen back to themselves???

SimonAlfref ,

National treasure

Mandatory listening

LNknD ,

mr

Marvellous stuff! What a gem is Adams.
The audio levels vary a bit too much, especially when Philip drops down to a conspirital whisper. The production would benefit from some audio compression and maybe a bit more volume?
Thanks to Philip and the team for a beaut show.

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