Religion & Spirituality: Islam

*Note: This is the first part of a two-part episode. You can listen to the second half of the episode by becoming a patron of the show at the $5 level or you can watch the entire episode on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel*   Friend of the podcast Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) is joined by guest host Essam Abdelras

Michael Millward meets Ava Glass the creator of the intelligent intelligence officer Emma Makepeace the main character in The Chase, the first of a series of espionage novels. Ava explains the real-life events that inspired The Chase and the extensive research she undertook before putting pen to paper. A British intell

Michael Millward meets Greg Mosse to talk about his new novel The Coming Darkness. Set in the near future The Coming Darkness is a thriller in which Alex, a French secret service agent has to balance the needs of an assignment with the pressures of family life. With Alex. Mosse has created a very human hero who retains

Michael Millward meets Jody Medland and learns about his new play Dead Parents Club, which is part of the Criterion Theatre, London, Showcase of new works 2022. You will hear Jody explain the process of developing a new play and the role that audiences at showcases play in that process. To be on the guest list for the

Alan Reynolds discusses his first novel, Flying with Kites with Rest and Recreation host Michael Millward. Flying with Kites is an extensively researched novel about the experience of two mothers who are forced to flee their homeland in Kosova during the Balkan war of the late 1990s. In Flying with Kites Alan describes

Michael Millward discusses the Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys with the author,  film maker Jack Jewers. Samuel Pepys wrote a diary that documented life in restoration London, including the return of Charles II, the plague and the great fire of London. Then he stops without explanation. The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys is Jac