Macmillan Podcasts

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Channel • 14 Shows

Careers

Careers

Updated 06/09/2019
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

Weekly series
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated 16/12/2019
Arts

Arts

Updated 01/05/2020
Drama

Drama

Series
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Series
True Crime

True Crime

Weekly series

18/10/2019

Jessica Hagedorn

Author and playwright Jessica Hagedorn on Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, taking risks and the place of the writer in America. To learn more about some of the books we discussed in this episode, check out Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and iovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Also see A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig and The Savage Detectives and 2666, both by Roberto Bolaño. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18/10/2019

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25 min
20/03/2020

Rufi Thorpe

Novelist Rufi Thorpe on Jane Smiley’s Private Life, balancing motherhood with artistry, and a brush with mortality. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Chocolate War and We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier and Private Life by Jane Smiley. Be sure to check out Rufi’s book, The Knockout Queen. Stay in the know about the latest Macmillan news by reading our free newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20/03/2020

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25 min
16/12/2019

The Tiger in Winter

Robin's health is in decline and he is soon diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. On August 11, 2014 he takes his life, but the circumstances that drive him to this tragic end are not what we earlier thought to be true.

16/12/2019

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37 min
17/04/2020

Emily Gould

Writer Emily Gould on Eileen Myles’s Chelsea Girls, riot grrrl culture, and turning her observations inward. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel series created by Hergé, the Babysitter’s Club series by Ann M. Martin, the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine, and Inferno by Eileen Myles. Be sure to check out Emily Gould’s new book, Perfect Tunes, available now. Stay in the know about the latest Macmillan news by reading our free newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17/04/2020

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23 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 1

The Girls: Episode 1

“You live in Cold Creek because you were born here and if you’re born here, you’re probably never getting out.” Learn more at bit.ly/SadieNovel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1, E1

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15 min
26/07/2019

Dani Shapiro

Writer Dani Shapiro on Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, growing up as an Orthodox Jew and writing from trauma. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, the Book of Ruth from the Hebrew Bible, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26/07/2019

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24 min
SEASON 1 TRAILER

Introducing The Girls

"I can't take another dead girl." Learn more at bit.ly/SadieNovel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1 Trailer

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2 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 2

Victor and Alma

Alma and Victor Hugo Green created The Negro Motorist Green Book to reduce the frustrations of African Americans traveling by car around the country. We visit the Schomburg Center in Harlem, New York to see the Green Book archive for ourselves and learn about the creators’ aspirations for the guide and their hope that one day they would no longer need to publish it. Visit www.drivingthegreenbook.com or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greenbookpod for more, including bonus content, photos, and transcripts. Driving the Green Book is now a book, available now from HarperOne! Get your copy of Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance, from your local independent bookstore, or from Amazon and Bookshop.org on the web. Explore the Green Book on our exclusive Apple Maps Guide at https://apple.co/explorethegreenbook. Listen to the show's Apple Music Playlist at https://apple.co/listentothegreenbook. Find recommended reading in Apple Books at https://apple.co/alvinhallcollection. To share your own Green Book stories with us, email greenbook@macmillan.com.

S1, E2

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25 min
17/10/2017

Positivity with Call Your Girlfriend's Ann Friedman

Ann Friedman of the hit podcast "Call Your Girlfriend" chats with Kate and Samhita about self care and care packages when things feel really grim. The trio also gives concrete advice on what to do when your family and your politics don't necessarily align. Learn more about the Nasty Women essay collection: http://bit.ly/FeminastyPodcast This week's episode is brought to you by Modcloth. Use promo code FEMINASTY25 to get 25% off your order over $100.

17/10/2017

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29 min
31/10/2017

Humor with Comedian Sara Benincasa

This week, Kate and Samhita discuss Kate's viral tweet, sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and Samhita's hilarious feminist Halloween costume. Then, they are joined by Sara Benincasa, longtime comedian, writer and activist, to discuss the goal of comedy in our heightened political climate. Learn more about the Nasty Women essay collection here: http://bit.ly/FeminastyPodcast. This week's episode is brought to you by Modcloth. Use promo code FEMINASTY25 to get 25% off your order over $100. Email us a voice memo telling us what makes you a nasty woman at feminasty@macmillan.com!

31/10/2017

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37 min

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