Misha Glenny

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1,430 appearances 22 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4d ago

Misha Glenny’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 22 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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In Our Time · Joseph Roth · 4 Jun 2026 podcast

Helen Chambers, we've heard how he had a rather stellar career in the 1920s, certainly in the first half. voice-verified

But with the 1930s onwards, after the illness of his wife, voice-verified

His health starts to decline, he has an unreliable stream of income, no fixed abode really, yet he remains very prolific. voice-verified

How does he sustain all this? voice-verified

For obvious reasons. voice-verified

Those are his essays about the Eastern Jews, the Osteodon. voice-verified

Yes, so, I mean, he was drinking very heavily and nonetheless writing at the same time. voice-verified

I don't know about all of you, but the experience of trying to write when you've had a drink is really, I mean, for me, it just doesn't work. voice-verified

But he appeared to be inspired by it. voice-verified

Deborah, by the late 30s, he was drinking himself to death. voice-verified

What were the ghosts he was struggling with or the... voice-verified

And towards the end, of course, the Nazis invade Austria. voice-verified

So he loses Austria. voice-verified

Is there a sense of abandonment running through his work? voice-verified

I mean, perhaps starting with his father. voice-verified

So two final questions for you all. voice-verified

But Helen, let me start with you. voice-verified

How appropriate is it that his final... voice-verified

work was The Legend of the Holy Drinker. voice-verified

And what was that about? voice-verified

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