[display_podcast] Michael Collins is a television producer and journalist, and has written for various publications including the Observer, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times. His book The Likes of Us: A Biography of the White Working Class was published by Granta in July 2004 and won the George Orwell Book Prize. The paperback followed […]
February 16, 2007
[display_podcast] A welcome return to Little Atoms for Nick Cohen. Nick is a columnist for the Observer and New Statesman. He does occasional pieces for many other publications, including the London Evening Standard and New Humanist. Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous, a collection of his journalism, was published by Verso in […]
February 2, 2007
[display_podcast] Seth Shostak is Senior Astronomer at the SETI (The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) Institute, and has been an observer for Project Phoenix as well as an active participant in various international forums for SETI research. He is a frequent presenter of the Institute’s work in the media, through lectures, and via the Institute’s weekly […]
January 19, 2007
[display_podcast] Brett Lock is a writer and blogger for the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association. Brett is also a campaigner and writer with OutRage! and a contributer to the political blog Harry’s Place. Following the high profile demonstration outside Parliament against gay rights by various religious groups, and the increasing protection given to religious viewpoints, […]
December 22, 2006
[display_podcast] The 20th December 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the death of the astronomer, astrobiologist and populariser of science, Carl Sagan. This program will explore aspects of the life, work and influence of Sagan, and includes a number of short interviews with Sagan’s family, friends and former colleagues. Contributors include Ann Druyan, Founder of […]
November 24, 2006
[display_podcast] Julie Burchill has been writing her often controversial journalism for almost 30 years, for publications as diverse as The NME, The Spectator, Daily Mail, The Times, The Express and The Guardian. She was also founding editor of The Modern Review. Julie’s colourful private and social life has generated almost as many column inches over […]
November 10, 2006
[display_podcast] Jon is a writer and documentary film maker. He began his journalistic career as an award-winning columnist for Time Out. He also wrote the popular “Human Zoo” column for The Guardian and produced the BBC Radio 4 documentary Hotel Auschwitz. He also presents the late night Radio 4 series, Jon Ronson on… For Channel […]
October 27, 2006
[display_podcast] Johann is an award-winning journalist and playwright. Since 2003 he has been a columnist for The Independent, and a Contributing Editor to Attitude. Johann’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, The GuardianSydney Morning Herald amongst others. Johann has written a play, “Going Down in History” and a […]
October 13, 2006
[display_podcast] Francis Wheen is a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He is the author of several books including a biography of Karl Marx, which won the Isaac Deutscher Prize and is now regarded as one of the definitive sources on the subject. An award-winning column for The Guardian ran for several years. He is the deputy […]
September 26, 2006
[display_podcast] Laurie Taylor began his broadcasting career as a regular contributor on Robert Robinson’s Stop the Week and can currently be heard presenting Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed. He was educated at St Mary’s College, Liverpool, the Rose Bruford College of Drama in Kent, and Birkbeck College, University of London where he obtained his BA. He […]
March 16, 2007
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