Little Atoms
Neil Denny
Little Atoms is a weekly show about books, with authors in conversation. Produced and presented by Neil Denny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 3, 2015 • 57min
Little Atoms 376 – Gavin Francis & Adventures in Human Being
On this week's Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to Dr Gavin Francis about his latest book is Adventures in Human Being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2015 • 1h 5min
Little Atoms 375 – Lynsey Addario & It’s What I Do
On this week's Little Atoms, Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on her Memoir It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2015 • 1h 19min
Little Atoms 374 – Brandy Schillace & Caitlin Doughty
On this week’s Little Atoms podcast, two books about Death. Brandy Schillace on Death’s Summer Coat, and Caitlin Doughty on Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Dr Brandy Schillace writes about culture, the history of medicine, and the intersections of medicine and literature. She is Research Associate and guest curator for the Dittrick Medical History Center […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2015 • 57min
Little Atoms 373 – Zoe Williams & Get it Together
The day before the most uninspiring General Election in Decades, we talk to Zoe Williams about her new book Get it Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2015 • 57min
Little Atoms 372 – Wellcome Book Prize 2105 Part Two
Neil Denny talks to two more shortlisted writers, Henry Marsh and Marion Coutts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2015 • 58min
Little Atoms 371 – Wellcome Book Prize 2015 Part One
On Wednesday 29th April the winner of the 2015 Wellcome Book Prize will be announced. In the first of two special editions of Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to three of the shortlisted writers. This week: Miriam Toews, Scott Stossell and Sarah Moss. Miriam Toews was born in 1964 in the small Mennonite town of […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2015 • 57min
Little Atoms 370 – Christopher Bollen & Orient
On this week's Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to New York writer Christopher Bollen about his new novel Orient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 8, 2015 • 1h 8min
Little Atoms 369 – Susan Pinker & Gary Wilson
On this week’s Little Atoms, Susan Pinker on her book The Village Effect, and Gary Wilson on his book Your Brain on Porn. Susan Pinker is a developmental psychologist and award-winning newspaper columnist who writes about psychology and social science in the Globe and Mail. She has worked as a clinical psychologist for twenty-five years […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 1, 2015 • 1h 10min
Little Atoms 368 – Andrew Scull & Madness in Civilization
Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego. He has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton. His many publications include Museums of Madness; Social Order/Mental Disorder; The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700–1900; Masters of Bedlam; Madhouse: A Tragic Tale […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2015 • 56min
Little Atoms 367 – Mind’s Eye Interviews Five – Dennis Reuter
Dr. Dennis Reuter is a New Horizons co-investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the instrument scientist for Ralph, the New Horizons color imager and infrared spectrometer. New Horizons launched on 19th January 2006 and is scheduled to fly-by Pluto and its moons in July 2015. This is another interview recorded by Little Atoms […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
