It's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.
We hear from Christy Edwall on the joys of being a lifelong bookworm, Sarah Lonsdale on the remarkable Clemence Dane, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine, and we revisit our interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo.
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Today’s episode is the first in a new series about how the greatest political writer of the 20th century tried – and failed – to make sense of the central political event of the century. How did George Orwell respond in real time to the epochal events of the Second World War and how do his struggles relate to the uncertainties of our own time? What did he get right, what did he get wrong and what did he fail to understand at all? How did a writer who had vigorously opposed the war before it started find himself defending it as soon as it was underway? Who or what did he really want to win? And what did Orwell believe was worse than fascism?
Join us this Friday 17th April at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the second film in our new season: a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut followed by a live podcast recording with David and director and campaigner Beeban Kidron. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY
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Next Time on Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)
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Para que serve a crítica hoje? Neste episódio, a escritora Beatriz Resende, professora emérita da Faculdade de Letras da UFRJ, fala sobre o seu novo livro Crítica Insubmissa (Mapalab). Na conversa, ela conta como vê o estado atual da crítica literária, defende que criticar não é agredir, mas conversar a partir de experiências de vida, e ainda lembra do convívio com a crítica Heloisa Teixeira, figura central em discussões sobre o feminismo e a literatura brasileira contemporânea. Apoio: Lei Rouanet Assine a Quatro Cinco Um por R$ 10/mês: https://bit.ly/Assine451 Seja um Ouvinte Entusiasta e apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, Emily Herring explains why we all need to take it a bit easier; and Ana Alicia Garza on the novelist whose ancestor inspired a Victorian classic.
'In Defence of Leisure: Experiments in living with Marion Milner', by Akshi Singh
'The Brain at Rest: Why doing nothing can change your life', by Joseph Jebelli
Oliver Twist & Me: The true story of Dickens's best-loved novel', by Nicholas Blincoe
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Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to author and journalist James Marriott about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, which dissects the lives, loves and reading habits of a group of well-to-do young New Yorkers during deb party season. It is a film about being young and feeling old and fearing that you don’t have a future any more. Is it all over for the UHBs – the urban haute bourgeoisie? Has history left them behind? Or can one more drink, one more after-party and one more conversation about Jane Austen show them the way to a better tomorrow?
Join us on Friday 17th April at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the next film in our spring and summer season: a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut followed by a live podcast recording with David and director and campaigner Beeban Kidron. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY
And find details of all our upcoming film events here https://www.ppfideas.com/events
You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com
Next Time: Orwell’s War
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In the final episode of this series David talks to political historian David Klemperer about how political conversion works today. Is this a post-ideological age or have the ideologies simply changed? Is switching sides easier or harder in the age of social media? Who or what might play the role once performed in political conversions by the Soviet Union? Are we still capable of changing our minds?
Join us on Friday 17th April at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the second film in our new season: a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut followed by a live podcast recording with David and director and campaigner Beeban Kidron. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY
You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com
Next Time: PPF Live Film Special – Metropolitan w/James Marriott
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Este episódio traz uma conversa entre os poetas Glauco Mattoso e Paulo Henriques Britto, que renovaram a poesia brasileira praticando o soneto e mostrando que a mais clássica das formas fixas pode ser subversiva. Eles falam sobre o tom bem-humorado e até obsceno ou escatológico de seus sonetos e recitam poemas divertidos e surpreendentes. Britto, que está lançando Embora (Companhia das Letras), seu nono livro de poemas, conta como descobriu a poesia de Glauco nos anos 70. O encontro aconteceu durante A Feira do Livro 2025, com mediação do jornalista e colunista da Quatro Cinco Um Fernando Luna. Apoio: Lei Rouanet Assine a Quatro Cinco Um por R$ 10/mês: https://bit.ly/Assine451 Seja um Ouvinte Entusiasta e apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, John Banville considers the work of a formidable Irish writer; and Fiona Stafford on meetings with remarkable trees.
'An Arrow in Flight', by Mary Lavin, selected by Colm Tóibín
'The Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world', by Harriet Rix
The Great Tree Story: How forests have shaped our world', by Levison Wood
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In part three of our series about political conversions David talks to historian David Klemperer about the people who left Trotskyism behind – and where they ended up. From 1940s America to contemporary Britain, from the Second World War to the Iraq War, from James Burnham to Claire Fox, stories of one-time revolutionaries who found themselves in a very different place. What links Trotskyism to neoconservatism? And what happens when the renegade outsiders become establishment insiders?
Join us on Friday 17th April at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the second film in our new season: a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut followed by a live podcast recording with David and director and campaigner Beeban Kidron. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY
You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com
Next Time on Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century
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Em agosto de 1942, no auge da Segunda Guerra Mundial, submarinos nazistas afundaram navios na costa brasileira. O Brasil, que ainda mantinha relações com os dois lados do conflito, se viu obrigado a entrar numa guerra para a qual não tinha qualquer preparação.
Foi formada então a Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB), que viajou até a Itália para auxiliar as forças aliadas contra o Eixo. Quase 25 mil pracinhas passaram nove meses combatendo no maior conflito armado da humanidade, ajudando a libertar cidades italianas do domínio nazista.
Quando retornaram, porém, esses homens não foram considerados heróis por muito tempo. E trouxeram na bagagem romances com jovens italianas, traumas vividos na guerra, e um sentimento geral de admiração por um país aliado: os Estados Unidos da América.
Num momento em que o governo de Donald Trump trouxe a guerra para o nosso quintal, o episódio 157 de Escafandro mergulha na missão da Força Expedicionária Brasileira na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Conta como o Brasil atuou na Itália, como essa missão ajudou a moldar nossas Forças Armadas de hoje e reflete sobre o que ela nos ensina a respeito de possíveis futuros conflitos.
Mergulhe mais fundo
Barbudos, sujos e fatigados: Soldados Brasileiros na Segunda Guerra Mundial (link para compra)
Histórias de um pracinha da Segunda Guerra Mundial (link para compra)
Os brasileiros e a Segunda Guerra Mundial (link para compra)
A dupla face da guerra: a FEB pelo olhar de um prisioneiro (link para compra)
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Entrevistados do episódio
Pedagoga e diretora da Associação dos Ex-Combatentes do Brasil em Valença.
Mario Pereira
Guia turístico e palestrante. Ex-administrador do Monumento Votivo Militar Brasileiro de Pistoia.
Doutor em História pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), professor do Departamento de História da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL). Autor de “Os brasileiros e a Segunda Guerra Mundial” (Zahar, 2005).
Mestre em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Autora de “A dupla face da guerra: a FEB pelo olhar de um prisioneiro” (Editora Intermeios, 2023).
Antropólogo, professor da Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Autor de livros como “O Brasil no Espectro de uma Guerra Híbrida” (Alameda Casa Editorial, 2020), e “Dois ensaios sobre magia política” (Editora Hucitec, 2025).
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In today’s episode David talks to political historian David Klemperer about a group of writers and other intellectuals who embraced and then renounced Communism before and during the Second World War. Was the pull of Communism really comparable to the experience of religious conversion? Why did so many who took up the faith at the start of the 1930s become disillusioned with it by the end of the decade? How did they justify their renunciation and what did it cost them? Why were writers and intellectuals so vulnerable to changing their minds?
You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com
Next Time on Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism
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Quem casa quer casa. E poesia. Neste episódio, a coluna Bruna Beber Entrevista recebe a dupla de poetas Fernanda Bastos e Luiz Maurício Azevedo, o Luma. Casados, eles falam sobre como a vida conjugal influencia a escrita um do outro e as muitas frentes literárias em que atuam, como a crítica, a curadoria e a edição de livros. Os dois ainda apresentam seus novos lançamentos: Azevedo acaba de publicar a plaquete Vagoneta (Círculo de Poemas) e Bastos lançou Camomila, Capim e Outros Cacos pela Figura de Linguagem, editora fundada pelo casal.
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This week, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine; and Lily Herd introduces this issue's In Brief reviews.
'Strong Roots: A Ukrainian family story, interrupted', by Olia Hercules
'Bread and War: A Ukrainian story of food, bravery and hope', by Felicity Spector
In Brief: 'Postcards, translators and Esperanto pioneers', by Guilherme Fians, Bernhard Struck and Claire Taylor; 'Rapture of the deep', by Robert Irwin, completed by Andrew Crumey; 'Here comes the sun', by Bill McKibben; 'Queens at war', by Alison Weir; 'Interrupted journeys', by Adrian Potter; 'Literature and epistemic injustice', by Sarah Colvin; 'Invading the American canon', by Muireann Maguire; 'Nabokov and the Russian diaspora', by Bryan Karetnyk
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