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Conversations with the world’s most interesting writers
Mar 17, 2025
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Ryan Murdock
4
Rory Maclean on the cross-cultural geography of heaven
When Rory Maclean’s wife died of cancer at age 55, he set out on a series of journeys that changed his life.
Aug 4
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Ryan Murdock
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4
July 2026: What Am I Reading?
Your monthly podcast Member’s Club update
Jul 31
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Ryan Murdock
3
5
Colin Thubron's Reading List
by Colin Thubron
Jun 30
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Ryan Murdock
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47:42
June 2026: What Am I Reading?
Your monthly podcast Member’s Club update
Jun 29
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Ryan Murdock
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8
1:15:50
Colin Thubron on Russia and Asia's borderlands
Colin Thubron’s keenly observed travel writing has made him one of our greatest writers on place.
Jun 16
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Ryan Murdock
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4
Tokyo’s Hidden River System
Tokyo has always been a city of rivers.
Jun 1
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Ryan Murdock
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May 2026: What Am I Reading?
Your monthly podcast Member’s Club update
May 29
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Ryan Murdock
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2
59:28
Tom Feiling on Japan’s warning for the future
When Tom Feiling lived in Tokyo in the early 1990s, Japan was a vision of the future: prosperous, peaceful, and incredibly high tech.
May 19
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Ryan Murdock
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2
1:10:45
Katja Hoyer on life at the edge of catastrophe
The little town of Weimar was the crucible of German high culture, democracy, and dictatorship.
May 5
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Ryan Murdock
4
2
1:21:48
April 2026: What Am I Reading?
Welcome to your monthly podcast Member’s Club update: What Am I Reading?
Apr 30
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Ryan Murdock
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5
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37:39
Nicholas Crane on the hidden history of Britain's paths
Landscapes contain hidden histories that shaped the development of the world we live in.
Apr 20
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Ryan Murdock
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4
1:27:57
March 2026: What Am I Reading?
Welcome to another instalment of What Am I Reading?
Mar 31
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Ryan Murdock
7
4
31:52
Volumes and pages
An update from Tokyo
Mar 24
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Ryan Murdock
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Ryan Murdock talks with the world's most original writers to get the story behind great books about place.
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