Logroll Podcast
1) Sarah Ditum: Toxic
This episode is an interview with the journalist Sarah Ditum, discussing her book Toxic and her journalism.The book is about our treatment of famous women in the Noughties, told through the stories of...Show More
2) John Niven: O Brother
This is an interview with John Niven about his writing career, particularly his latest book O Brother, which was shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize.O Brother is about the suicide of his brothe...Show More
3) Chris Mullin: Error of Judgement
This is an interview with Chris Mullin about his 1986 book Error of Judgement, which was an investigation into the conviction of six innocent men for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. The book docu...Show More
4) Michael Holden: The Reluctant Carer
In this epsiode I interviewed Michael Holden, an exceptional writer who started his career at Loaded magazine in 1994. He ended up in a psychiatric hospital during that time, which we discuss. After t...Show More
5) Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned
I spoke to Sally Hayden about her book My Fourth Time, We Drowned. It's about people who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe but ended up locked in detention centres in Libya. T...Show More
6) David Whitehouse: About A Son
This episode features David Whitehouse discussing his Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted nonfiction book About A Son. It's about Colin Hehir's battle to know the truth about his son's murderer. The book is...Show More
7) Philip Gould: When I Die (interview with Keith Blackmore)
In this episode I interviewed Keith Blackmore, who edited Philip Gould’s book When I Die, which was published after Philip had died.Philip was one of the architects of New Labour, but in 2011 he had c...Show More
8) David Wolf: The Guardian Long Read
A slightly different episode, this time I spoke to David Wolf, editor of The Guardian Long Read, about their new magazine-format publication comprising some of their best pieces.David previously worke...Show More
9) David James Smith: The Sleep of Reason
I spoke to David James Smith about his book The Sleep of Reason, which is about the murder of James Bulger.David is a tremendous journalist who has written features for places like The Sunday Times Ma...Show More
10) Will Storr: The Status Game
This is an interview with Will Storr about his book The Status Game, which was named a book of the year by The Times and was recently championed on Joe Rogan's podcast. Will is my friend and former fe...Show More