Meet the Writers

Georgina Godwin meets former UK business secretary Sir Vince Cable to discuss his latest book, Eclipsing the West , which explores the global economic landscape as power transitions from the West to emerging superstates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Novelist Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard , sits down with Georgina Godwin and shares insights into recounting her parents’ origins in her new memoir, On This Spot Fell One Tear of Love. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma-Lee Moss, also known as Emmy the Great, joins Georgina Godwin to discuss her memoir, ‘My Cantopop Nights’, which expresses her love for the unique genre and how it helped to forge her identity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

British entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe reflects on his journey from a troubled upbringing to founding Yo! Sushi and Yotel, sharing lessons from rock and roll, Dragon’s Den, and business and personal reinvention. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets bestselling author Kathy Lette to discuss her rebellious youth, her Puberty Blues breakthrough, motherhood and her new novel, The Sisterhood Rules , which celebrates the power of sisterly relationships. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets writer Nicholas Boggs to trace the life of James Baldwin in his new biography ‘Baldwin: A Love Story’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Booker Prize-longlisted writer Chloe Aridjis is the author of Book of Clouds , Asunder and Sea Monsters . Her fourth novel, The Shadow of the Object , moves between Mexico City and London in a tale of illness, friendship, magic lanterns, silver polishing, grief and the strange charge of objects. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets Raoul de Jong to discuss his book ‘Jaguarman’, now translated into English, which explores his Suriamese heritage through the prism of a mystical ancestor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets writer and journalist Erica Wagner to discuss the life of Brooklyn Bridge engineer Washington Roebling, in her new work, ‘Wash’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets economist Victoria Bateman to discuss her latest work, Economica , which explores and rewrites our understanding of women’s role in the economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets Ben Faccini to discuss how his multicultural upbringing shaped his writing and the themes of his latest novel, ‘Other People’s Children’, including wartime Italy, memory and family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets journalist Oliver Bullough, who explores money laundering in the most unlikely of places in his latest work, Everybody Loves Our Dollars . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin speaks to Anuradha Roy on living in the Himalayas as detailed in her latest work, ‘Called by the Hills’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin speaks to former Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who reflects on identity, leadership and life after politics. From Brexit and Biden to the coronavirus pandemic and stepping down, he shares lessons from power and public service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin sits down with the winners of the 2026 Women’s Prize for fiction and non-fiction, Virginia Evans for The Correspondent and Lyse Doucet for The Finest Hotel in Kabul. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets Tim Wu, the man who coined the term “net neutrality” in Silicon Valley, and discusses his book ‘The Age of Extraction’, which critiques the extractive practices of tech giants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets Tayari Jones at the 2026 Hay Festival. Jones details her upbringing and her path into writing leading to her new novel, ‘Kin’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets award-winning writer Judy Blume at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. She shares career moments and her thoughts on the future of literary works in the US in the current political climate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin meets Julia Franck, a writer born in East Berlin, who shares insight into her upbringing, literary influences and her memoir, ‘Worlds Apart’, which explores her Jewish heritage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgina Godwin speaks to Romania-born author Oana Aristide about communism, satire and fiction, while tracing her journey from macroeconomics and political advising to her latest novel, ‘Astronaut!’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.