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Independent Bookshop Week, the new Booker Prize Quick Read and other stories
2026/06/13 | 30 mins.
Tira Shubart joins Georgina Godwin for a culture and news roundup. We also speak about Independent Bookshop Week in the UK and Gaby Wood on the new Booker Prize Quick Read.
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Wiener Festwochen controversy and forgotten textiles
2026/06/06 | 39 mins.
Tessa Szyszkowitz joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the Wiener Festwochen controversy, Ukraine’s growing drone industry and the week’s news. Plus: designer Walid Damirji on giving forgotten textiles a second life.

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Live from the Hay Festival 2026
2026/05/30 | 31 mins.
Live from the 2026 Hay Festival, Georgina Godwin is joined by international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche and the winner of the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize. Plus: a preview of the Badi Market.

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Stephen Colbert’s final show and Moomins on the road
2026/05/23 | 34 mins.
Emma Nelson and Charles Hecker unpack Stephen Colbert’s final show, Hungary’s proposed constitutional amendment and New York bagel drama. Plus: the Moomin exhibitions at Seattle’s National Nordic Museum.
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Trump-Xi summit, UK political turmoil and Eurovision Asia
2026/05/16 | 39 mins.
Isabel Hilton joins Fionnuala Sweeney to discuss the fallout from the Trump-Xi summit, ongoing turmoil in British politics and more. Plus: the debut of Eurovision Asia and a look ahead to Hay Festival 2026.
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