Steve Toltz
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222 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 20 Apr
Steve Toltz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He visits them at their respective aged care homes, you know, once a month.
What is Russell's adult relationship like with his mum and dad?
And why don't they want to see him?
There's this line in the book that really jumped out at me.
It sucks that the cure for loneliness causes loneliness.
I found this so powerful, you know, this idea that our need for love and connection with people means it hurts so much when we lose it.
Can you talk to me a little bit about that line?
And when we're talking about loneliness in this day and age, it seems like in an increasingly digital world, perhaps it's easier to be lonely than ever before.
There's a lot in this novel about tech and AI.
Also this idea that we're perhaps becoming redundant, Steve.
Tell me what you were seeing in the world that made you want to write about this.
Tell me about the world you've created for this book.
What kind of tech exists in the world of our narrator, Russell?
Yeah, and it's certainly not, you know, you're not writing dystopian future here, Steve Tots.
What are your concerns when it comes to your job as an author?
What are your concerns about AI?
That's so depressing, Steve.
I don't know.
I have to believe that you novelists, you're doing something novel.
You are doing something.
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