The Author Archive Podcast
1) Richard Dawkins - The War on Science
There are powerful politicians who have taken to denying scientific facts to futher their own ambitions. There is a new book edited by Lawrence M.Krauss - The War on Science. Among the writers and sci...Show More
2) Michael R. Payne : Fast Tracks and Dark Deals
Michael Payne has spent his whole working life in the sports marketing business. In his autobiography he tells how sport became big business. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss how the Olym...Show More
3) Anthony Seldon : The Path of Light. Walkng to Auschwitz
Sir Anthony Seldon has written about a 1,300 kilometre walk he took across Europe from Southern France, through Austria and the Czech Republic finally reaching his destination, Auschwitz in Poland. On...Show More
4) Marcus Chown : The one thing you need to know.
The cover of this new book declares that in it Marcus Chown explains the simple way to understand the most important ideas in science. Marcus is one of the very best science writers on the planet. Lis...Show More
5) Steve Ashley : being a singer songwriter.
Steve Ashley has had a long illustrious career in music and political activism. This conversation was recorded in November 2025, a few months before Steve's 80th birthday. His passions, enthusiasms a...Show More
6) Ameila Thomas : What Sheep Think About the Weather.
This engrossing book is subtitled 'how to listen to what animals are trying to say' Amelia, the author, is passionate and thought provoking. Hearing this conversation or reading the book just might dr...Show More
7) Ross King : The Shortest History of Ancient Rome
Hearing Ross talk about the Ancient Romans is an entertaining revelation. I didn't know that the 'no kings' movement is a Roman invention as is the tradition of reminding would be absolute rulers tha...Show More
8) Roger Hammond: Lyn and Me. Our life with MS and beyond.
Roger Hammond writes in fearless detail how he was his wife's carer for thirty of their forty seven years of marriage. Lyn was diagnosed with MS when they were a family of four with two young daughter...Show More
9) Andrew Lownie - Entitled
Andrew Lownie has spent four years researching the lives of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, the Duke and Duchess of York. The book is full of dramatic details of lives spent sailing very close to th...Show More
10) Robert Winder - Three Rivers
This book is as exploration of the rich and varied cultural worlds shaped by the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po. Three Rivers traces the rivers' journeys from their glacial sources through Germany, Itals...Show More