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Little Atoms 372 – Wellcome Book Prize 2105 Part Two

April 29, 2015

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Neil Denny talks to two more shortlisted writers, Henry Marsh and Marion Coutts.

Little Atoms 371 – Wellcome Book Prize 2015 Part One

April 22, 2015

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On Wednesday 29th April the winner of the 2015 Wellcome Book Prize will be announced. In the first of two special editions of Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to three of the shortlisted writers. This week: Miriam Toews, Scott Stossell and Sarah Moss. Miriam Toews was born in 1964 in the small Mennonite town of […]

Little Atoms 370 – Christopher Bollen & Orient

April 15, 2015

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On this week's Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to New York writer Christopher Bollen about his new novel Orient.

Little Atoms 369 – Susan Pinker & Gary Wilson

April 8, 2015

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On this week’s Little Atoms, Susan Pinker on her book The Village Effect, and Gary Wilson on his book Your Brain on Porn. Susan Pinker is a developmental psychologist and award-winning newspaper columnist who writes about psychology and social science in the Globe and Mail. She has worked as a clinical psychologist for twenty-five years […]

Little Atoms 368 – Andrew Scull & Madness in Civilization

April 1, 2015

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Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego. He has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton. His many publications include Museums of Madness; Social Order/Mental Disorder; The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700–1900; Masters of Bedlam; Madhouse: A Tragic Tale […]