The Borris Broadcasts Podcast
1) On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: Ocean Vuong & Alex Clark
Vietnamese American writer, professor and photographer, Ocean Vuong (Time is a Mother), talks to literary journalist Alex Clark. Supported by the T.S. Eliot Foundation.
2) Deviant Minds: Jon Ronson & Marie Cassidy.
Jon Ronson (author of the Psychopath Test, The Men Who Stare At Goats, amongst others) talks to former State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, on a subject very close to his heart: psychopaths.
3) There's no such thing as a thing: Iain McGilchrist & John Lloyd
Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and his Emissary, talks to producer John Lloyd (QI, Blackadder) talks about his recent(ish) book: The Matter with Things, his life and his study of the divided b...Show More
4) S04E02 RUNDELL GREENWOOD
Author, playwright and Biographer Katherine Rundell discusses her book: Super Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne with Radiohead bass player (recent author of How to Disappear: A Portrait of R...Show More
5) S04E01 SUNDAY ASSEMBLY
6) S03E01 CLAYTON KELLY
Adam Clayton is U2’s bass player. Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 have toured the globe countless times and released 14 studio albums with sales in excess of 157 million. Ad...Show More
7) Anne Applebaum & Fintan O'Toole: The Lure of Authoritarianism.
Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum and irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole take on the rise of populism, it's morphing with the religious right and it's subjugation of "Old School Conservatism" in ...Show More
8) Mary Robinson and Lord David Puttnam: Climate Justice (with Gabrielle Walker)
Discussing the critical issue of climate justice are two distinguished guests: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Lord David Puttnam,...Show More
Mary Robinson and Lord David Puttnam: Climate Justice (with Gabrielle Walker)
1:00:20 | Feb 28th, 2023
9) Jeremy Irons & Sinéad Cusack: The Waste Land (introduced by James Lever)
Welcome to this performance of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, featuring Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack. In this event, we witness a stunning interpretation of Eliot's groundbreaking poem, which explores...Show More
10) Roddy Doyle & Pat Nevin. A Secret Language: Music, Books & Football.
Booker Prize winning novelist (and lifelong Chelsea fan) Roddy Doyle sits down with former Chelsea footballer, analyst, music aficionado and now author of "The Accidental Footballer" Pat Nevin for a d...Show More