The Author Archive Podcast
Authors talking to David Freeman about their books. Most of the conversations are from David’s personal archive that have been collected over the past 40 years.
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Joe Boyd discusses his memoir, White Bicycles:Making Music in the 1960s and his literary journey through global music, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain.
Joe Boyd is a man about music, record producer, a film producer and author. He arrived in London in 1964 with Muddy Waters and a host of blues musicians who played to sold out UK audiences when they were unappreciated in their US homeland. In this conversation he talks about Nick Drake, Paul Simon, The Incredible Strin
The effect of the American reverberates around the globe. There seems to be perceived electoral advantage in fanning hate and intolerance. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine continue. Why is this? Is there any cause for optimism? Where do non rational beliefs and convictions fit in the conflicts? This conversation
This new book is terrific - its a revelation. Catherine has studied texts written around the same time as the writings we know as the gospels. Some of these ancient documents tell the story of the bible characters we are familiar with in a totally different way. Listen to Catherine talk about her research and you will
Sophie Kinsella has a brain tumour. She has written a book about it entitled 'What Does It Feel Like?' This archive conversation was recorded at the Langham Hilton in London and I remember that Sophie turned up with lots and lots of shopping. That was to be expected because the conversation was to mark the publicatio
Jilly Cooper is back in the news and she has every reason to be jolly. Her football novel is out and Disney have made a movie of one of her stories. I met Jilly when her novel Pandora was first published. She was jolly then too!!
Spike Milligan is a timeless national treasure. In this episode Spike Milligan talks to David Freeman about his life in comedy, The Goons, and the mental health problems that dogged his life after he was blown up by a wartime bomb.
