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  Olga Ravn, The Granta Podcast 22.05.2026 49min

  In this episode of the Granta podcast, we are joined by Olga Ravn, author of The Employees, My Work and, most recently, The Wax Child. We discuss Tove Ditlevsen, technology, the difference between consciousness and intelligence, as well as her short story ’The High Priestess’, which appeared in Granta 175: Scandinavia. Thomas Meaney is the editor of Granta.
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  Helle Helle, The Granta Podcast 02.04.2026 50min

  In this episode of the Granta podcast, we are joined by the Danish author Helle Helle, author of multiple novels and two collections. Her work has been translated into twenty-four languages and her novel they was published in English this year, translated by Martin Aitken. Six short stories by Helle Helle will be appearing in our forthcoming issue, Granta 175: Scandinavia. We discuss writing about familiar places, Raymond Carver and the process of being translated. Leo Robson is a cultural ...
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  Christopher Bollas, The Granta Podcast 06.03.2026 42min

  In this episode of the Granta podcast, we speak with Christopher Bollas, a leading figure in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and author of the forthcoming Essential Aloneness and Streams of Consciousness. A wide-ranging interview about his life and work appeared in Granta 174: Therapy. In this further conversation, Bollas reflects on the relationship between psychoanalysis and literature, the significance of daydreams, and whether analysis can speak to the great crises of our time. Thoma...
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  Sujatha Gidla, The Granta Podcast 11.02.2026 33min

  In this episode of the Granta podcast, we speak to Sujatha Gidla, author of Ants Among Elephants: an Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India. Gidla’s essay, ‘I Am My Mother’s Older Brother’, about dementia and caring for her mother, appeared in Granta 173: India. We discuss the history of the caste system, writing a political memoir, and Gidla’s experiences as a train conductor for the New York City Subway. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the Lo...
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  Karan Mahajan, The Granta Podcast 19.12.2025 49min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Karan Mahajan, author of Family Planning, The Association of Small Bombs and the forthcoming The Complex. Mahajan’s essay ‘The Killing of a Canadian Sikh’, on an extrajudicial killing in Surrey, Canada, appeared in Granta 173: India. We discuss his forthcoming novel, the Khalistani separatist movement, Salman Rushdie’s influence and the relationship between India and the US. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the...
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  Zoe Dubno, The Granta Podcast 14.11.2025 35min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Zoe Dubno, author of Happiness and Love (2025), whose short story ‘The Full Package’ appeared in Granta 166: Generations. We discuss her novel, Happiness and Love, its relationship to Thomas Bernhard’s Woodcutters, and the differences between homage and appropriation. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the author o...
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  Guadalupe Nettel, The Granta Podcast 02.10.2025 48min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Guadalupe Nettel, author of four novels and three collections of short stories, including the most recent collection The Accidentals. We discuss her novel, Still Born, as well as her stories, ‘The Wanderers’, ‘Divination’ and ‘Bonsai’, as well as her approach to the politics of motherhood, realism and exile in her writing. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New L...
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  Diane Williams, The Granta Podcast 01.08.2025 43min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Diane Williams, author of eleven books of fiction, including the short story collection I Hear You’re Rich. We discuss the four short stories Diane Williams contributed to the summer issue, Granta 172: Badlands, as well as her various collections, her love of surprise in fiction and the porosity between her identity as a writer and an editor. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the ...
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  Tao Lin, The Granta Podcast 11.07.2025 54min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Tao Lin, the author of ten books, including Leave Society and Taipei. We discuss two of Tao Lin’s recent essays, ‘My Spiritual Evolution’, and ‘Gian’, which appeared in Granta 171: Dead Friends, as well as the effects of psychedelics and the possibilities of reincarnation. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the aut...
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  Susie Boyt, The Granta Podcast 29.05.2025 45min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Susie Boyt, the author of seven novels, most recently Loved and Missed, and the memoir My Judy Garland Life. We discuss Susie Boyt’s short story, ‘All Being Well’, from Granta 171: Dead Friends, and consider the function of ghosts, Henry James, and how to be mourned. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the author of&n...
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  Nico Walker, The Granta Podcast 31.03.2025 39min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Nico Walker, author of the novel Cherry. We discuss Nico Walker’s essay ‘Mucker Play’, published in Granta 170: Winners, which considers American football as a reflection of the country’s violence, the intimate relationship between the military and sport, and how athletes cultivate their public image, from Deion Sanders to Jim Thorpe. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York...
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  Declan Ryan, The Granta Podcast 28.02.2025 52min

  Granta 170: Winners is out this week. In this episode, we speak to Declan Ryan about his essay on the British heavyweight boxing today, ‘The Hurt Business’, which appears in the magazine's new sports issue. You can read the essay discussed in this episode here. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Declan Ryan is the author of Crisis Actor, a poetry collection published with Faber in 2023. Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta. Le...
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  Wang Xiaoshuai, The Granta Podcast 30.01.2025 44min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the film director Wang Xiaoshuai, known for the films Beijing Bicycle (2001) and So Long, My Son (2019). We discuss Wang Xiaoshuai’s thoughts on the porosity between literature and cinema, and the challenges facing independent filmmakers today. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New...
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  Allen Bratton, The Granta Podcast 29.11.2024 47min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Allen Bratton, whose short stories Barbarism and Honeymoon have been published online at granta.com. His debut novel Henry Henry was published in 2024. We discuss Shakespearean adaptations, the fine line between humour and cruelty and the legacy of the British aristocracy. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. His first nov...
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  Alan Hollinghurst, The Granta Podcast 18.10.2024 42min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Alan Hollinghurst, author of seven novels including The Swimming-Pool Library, the Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty and Our Evenings, which was published in 2024. We discuss his new novel, writing from the outsider's perspective and cataloguing the chapters of queer life from the mid-century to now. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has ...
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  Rachel Kushner, The Granta Podcast 05.09.2024 48min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner, author of the books The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, Telex from Cuba and The Hard Crowd. Her latest novel, Creation Lake, will be published in September 2024. We discuss her story, ‘The True Depth of a Cave’, which appeared in Granta 167: Extraction, as well as the mysteries of prehistory and the variance between abstract and mimetic art in fiction. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on...
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  Benjamin Kunkel, The Granta Podcast 31.07.2024 47min

  In this episode of the Granta podcast we speak to the novelist and journalist Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision (2005) and co-founder of the journal n+1. We discuss his short story ‘Prairie Dogs’ (Granta 167: Extraction), his return to writing fiction, involuntarily becoming a ‘Marxist public intellectual’ and being politicised by literature. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the...
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  Sheila Heti, The Granta Podcast 28.06.2024 46min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist Sheila Heti, author of the books How Should a Person Be?, Motherhood and Pure Colour. Her latest book, Alphabetical Diaries, was published in 2024. We discuss her new book, along with her interview with the academic Phyllis Rose that appeared in Granta 166: Generations. You can find all of Heti's contributions to the magazine here. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leo Robson is a cu...
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  Andrew O’Hagan, The Granta Podcast 31.05.2024 49min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist and journalist Andrew O’Hagan, author of seven novels and several books of non-fiction. We discuss his short story, ‘The Sensitivity Reader’ (Granta 166: Generations), and the new novel Caledonian Road (2024), both of which explore the value of challenging the established narrative as a journalist, and the capacity for fiction to offer different forms of truth. You can read ‘The Sensitivity Reader’ here. Follow these l...
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  Lauren Oyler, The Granta Podcast 30.04.2024 44min

  In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist and critic Lauren Oyler, author of No Judgement (2024) and Fake Accounts (2024), about living in Berlin, the boundary between our private and public selves, and the trajectory of autofiction. We also discuss Oyler’s essay, ‘Last Week at Marienbad’, which appeared in Granta 165: Deutschland. You can read ‘Last Week at Marienbad’ here. Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leo Robson i...