The Start
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Weekend: episode two of a new podcast
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators....
Weekend: episode one of a new podcast
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators....
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known gu...
Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from a...
Innermost: another episode of our new series
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relat...
Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind ...
Mark Guiliana on the album that sounds like innocence – The Start podcast
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The drummer and composer talks about Locked in a Basement, the album he recorded with his band Heernt, before facing the pressures of adulthood
Shirin Neshat on the video art that reconnected her with Iran - The Start podcast
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The visual artist reveals how her installation Turbulent built a community among the Iranian diaspora in New York, and expressed her feelings for her ...
Will Self on the cartoon strip that set him on the road to writing – The Start podcast
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The novelist and journalist shares how living a life of austerity inspired his first professional work, Slump
Peaches on the song that defined her new sound – The Start podcast
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The electronic musician relates how a breakup, a new keyboard and a hunger for feminist rock’n’roll led to her signature track Lovertits and album...
Lemn Sissay on the 'radical' poem born of heartbreak – The Start podcast
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The poet shares the story behind Invisible Kisses, a poem that impressed on him the true value of family
Abi Morgan on the play fuelled by fury - The Start podcast
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The playwright and screenwriter reveals how a fascination with tyrants and their wives compelled her to write Splendour
Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildren’s deaths in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation, Remember...
Ann Hirsch on the art project that invaded her private life – The Start podcast
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The internet artist recalls how her groundbreaking YouTube project Scandalishious allowed for self-reflection, but also invited the scrutiny of a watc...
Damien Hirst on the break-in that changed his art – The Start podcast
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of our new culture podcast about artistic beginnings, Damien Hirst reveals how his neighbour – a compulsive hoarder – trigge...
Sofia Coppola on the film that launched her – The Start podcast
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our new culture podcast, The Start, brings major artists to the mic to reveal how they began their careers. In this first episode, Sofia Coppola talks...
Coming Soon: The Start
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A new podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. The first episode will be coming soon...