Logroll
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sarah Ditum: Toxic
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an interview with the journalist Sarah Ditum, discussing her book Toxic and her journalism.The book is about our treatment of famous w...
John Niven: O Brother
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an interview with John Niven about his writing career, particularly his latest book O Brother, which was shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn ...
Chris Mullin: Error of Judgement
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an interview with Chris Mullin about his 1986 book Error of Judgement, which was an investigation into the conviction of six innocent men for ...
Michael Holden: The Reluctant Carer
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this epsiode I interviewed Michael Holden, an exceptional writer who started his career at Loaded magazine in 1994. He ended up in a psychiatric ho...
Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke to Sally Hayden about her book My Fourth Time, We Drowned. It's about people who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe b...
David Whitehouse: About A Son
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features David Whitehouse discussing his Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted nonfiction book About A Son. It's about Colin Hehir's battle to kn...
Philip Gould: When I Die (interview with Keith Blackmore)
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interviewed Keith Blackmore, who edited Philip Gould’s book When I Die, which was published after Philip had died.Philip was one o...
David Wolf: The Guardian Long Read
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A slightly different episode, this time I spoke to David Wolf, editor of The Guardian Long Read, about their new magazine-format publication comprisin...
David James Smith: The Sleep of Reason
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke to David James Smith about his book The Sleep of Reason, which is about the murder of James Bulger.David is a tremendous journalist who has wr...
Will Storr: The Status Game
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is an interview with Will Storr about his book The Status Game, which was named a book of the year by The Times and was recently championed on Jo...
David Blum: Flash in the Pan
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This was a hugely revealing conversation with David Blum, who now works for Audible, but once wrote books. We started off talking about David's early ...
Jo Ann Beard: Festival Days
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I spoke to American writer Jo Ann Beard about her latest collection Festival Days and her previous collection The Boys of My Youth. W...
Sam Knight: The Premonitions Bureau
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I spoke to Sam Knight about his book The Premonitions Bureau, published by Faber. It's nonfiction, about a phsyciatrist, a journalist...
Michela Wrong: Do Not Disturb
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Michela Wrong about her book Do Not Disturb, which is about the murder of Rwanda's former head of intelligence Patrick Kar...
Adam Hochschild: King Leopold's Ghost
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a bit of a wait, finally this is the Adam Hochschild episode. Adam teaches journalism at Berkeley, which we talk a bit about as well as some of ...
Alia Malek: The Home That Was Our Country
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interviewed American journalist and lawyer Alia Malek, whose work has been published by the New York Times and New Yorker. I spoke t...
Jon Ronson: So You've Been Publicly Shamed
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talked to Jon Ronson about his book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. We covered his career leading up to the book, how he nailed do...
Jon Mooallem: This is Chance!
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I spoke to New York Times writer Jon Mooallem about his book This is Chance!The book is about a huge but little-known earthquake in Alask...
Cathy Rentzenbrink: The Last Act of Love
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Logroll I spoke to Cathy Rentzenbrink about her book The Last Act of Love.The book is about her brother, Matty, who was hit by a ca...
Carl Anka: You Are A Champion
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Logroll I spoke to Carl Anka, writer for the Athletic, about his book You Are A Champion, which he wrote with professional football...
Suzy Hansen: Notes on a Foreign Country
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Logroll I spoke to Suzy Hansen, contributing writer for New York Times Magazine, about her book, Notes on a Foreign Country. We tal...
Andy Miller: The Year of Reading Dangerously
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I spoke to author Andy Miller about his book 'The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life'. We spoke about what ...
Helen Lewis: Difficult Women
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I spoke to Atlantic writer Helen Lewis about her book 'Difficult Women: A history of feminism in 11 fights'. We spoke about digging throu...
Chris Heath: Feel
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with GQ writer (for the American edition) and author Chris Heath about his book about Robbie Williams, 'Feel'. We also talked about his P...
Terri White: Coming Undone
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with author Terri White about her memoir 'Coming Undone'.Here is a link to buy Terri's book:https://uk.bookshop.org/books/coming-undone-a...
Ed Caesar: The Moth and the Mountain
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with 'New Yorker' writer Ed Caesar about his book 'The Moth and the Mountain' and his career before he wrote it, including his debut book...