Gyles Brandreth

Welcome to Rosebud.

This is my podcast with me, Giles Branruth, produced by my friend Harriet Jane.

And we're very lucky.

We have literally millions of downloads.

We've become a huge podcast worldwide.

There are millions of you out there.

So I'd like you all to join with me now as I say what I say every week as we begin another episode.

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Welcome to Rosebud.

Yes, it's a Friday, if you're listening in real time.

And it's me, Giles Brandreth, in a state of some excitement because today I'm talking to you from New York City.

It's very exciting.

We've done a few interviews in New York, and this is a very special one.

And my special guest today is someone who, well, really is the sensibility of New York, is the voice of New York.

In fact, the New York Times called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker.

As some of you may know, I'm the president of the Oscar Wilde Society, and at a recent gathering of Oscar Wilde enthusiasts, we fell to talking about who might be considered a contemporary Oscar Wilde.

And we bandied a few names around.