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Granta

Granta Magazine

Arts

Fiction

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/50d. Total Eps: 116

From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of Granta turns the attention of the world’s best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. Our podcasts bring you readings and in-depth discussions with highly acclaimed authors and rising stars from the quarterly magazine of new writing.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Arts
29/04/2026
#93
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25/04/2026
#93
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24/04/2026
#98
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Arts
25/08/2025
#91
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24/08/2025
#93
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23/08/2025
#94
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05/06/2025
#93
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Arts
04/06/2025
#76
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Arts
20/09/2024
#79
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Arts
19/09/2024
#54

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Diane Williams, The Granta Podcast

Friday, August 1, 2025 • Duration 43:54

In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Diane Williams, author of eleven books of fiction, including the short story collection I Hear You’re Rich.

We discuss the four short stories Diane Williams contributed to the summer issue, Granta 172: Badlands, as well as her various collections, her love of surprise in fiction and the porosity between her identity as a writer and an editor.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the author of The Boys (2025).

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Tao Lin, The Granta Podcast

Friday, July 11, 2025 • Duration 54:19

In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Tao Lin, the author of ten books, including Leave Society and Taipei.

We discuss two of Tao Lin’s recent essays, ‘My Spiritual Evolution’, and ‘Gian’, which appeared in Granta 171: Dead Friends, as well as the effects of psychedelics and the possibilities of reincarnation.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the author of The Boys (2025).

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Susie Boyt, The Granta Podcast

Thursday, May 29, 2025 • Duration 45:18

In this episode of the Granta Podcast we speak to Susie Boyt, the author of seven novels, most recently Loved and Missed, and the memoir My Judy Garland Life.

We discuss Susie Boyt’s short story, ‘All Being Well’, from Granta 171: Dead Friends, and consider the function of ghosts, Henry James, and how to be mourned.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. He is the author of The Boys (2025).

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Nico Walker, The Granta Podcast

Monday, March 31, 2025 • Duration 39:47

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Nico Walker, author of the novel Cherry.

We discuss Nico Walker’s essay ‘Mucker Play’, published in Granta 170: Winners, which considers American football as a reflection of the country’s violence, the intimate relationship between the military and sport, and how athletes cultivate their public image, from Deion Sanders to Jim Thorpe.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. His first novel will be published in 2025.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

Thomas Meaney is the editor of Granta.

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Declan Ryan, The Granta Podcast

Friday, February 28, 2025 • Duration 52:13

Granta 170: Winners is out this week. In this episode, we speak to Declan Ryan about his essay on the British heavyweight boxing today, ‘The Hurt Business’, which appears in the magazine's new sports issue.

You can read the essay discussed in this episode here.

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Declan Ryan is the author of Crisis Actor, a poetry collection published with Faber in 2023.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review.

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Wang Xiaoshuai, The Granta Podcast

Thursday, January 30, 2025 • Duration 44:24

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the film director Wang Xiaoshuai, known for the films Beijing Bicycle (2001) and So Long, My Son (2019).

We discuss Wang Xiaoshuai’s thoughts on the porosity between literature and cinema, and the challenges facing independent filmmakers today.

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Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Allen Bratton, The Granta Podcast

Friday, November 29, 2024 • Duration 47:45

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Allen Bratton, whose short stories Barbarism and Honeymoon have been published online at granta.com. His debut novel Henry Henry was published in 2024.

We discuss Shakespearean adaptations, the fine line between humour and cruelty and the legacy of the British aristocracy.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. His first novel will be published in 2025.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Alan Hollinghurst, The Granta Podcast

Friday, October 18, 2024 • Duration 42:16

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Alan Hollinghurst, author of seven novels including The Swimming-Pool Library, the Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty and Our Evenings, which was published in 2024.

We discuss his new novel, writing from the outsider's perspective and cataloguing the chapters of queer life from the mid-century to now.

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Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Rachel Kushner, The Granta Podcast

Thursday, September 5, 2024 • Duration 48:22

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner, author of the books The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, Telex from Cuba and The Hard Crowd. Her latest novel, Creation Lake, will be published in September 2024.

We discuss her story, ‘The True Depth of a Cave’, which appeared in Granta 167: Extraction, as well as the mysteries of prehistory and the variance between abstract and mimetic art in fiction.

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Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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Benjamin Kunkel, The Granta Podcast

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 • Duration 47:40

In this episode of the Granta podcast we speak to the novelist and journalist Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision (2005) and co-founder of the journal n+1.

We discuss his short story ‘Prairie Dogs’ (Granta 167: Extraction), his return to writing fiction, involuntarily becoming a ‘Marxist public intellectual’ and being politicised by literature.

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Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.

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