Episodes

  • Interview – Nick Harkaway on Upcoming le Carre Projects

    Interview – Nick Harkaway on Upcoming le Carre Projects
    Apr 28 2025
    In part two of my discussion with Sleeper Beach novelist Nick Harkaway we discuss the latest in le Carré news. Nick talks about the upcoming adaptation of one of his novels into an Amason Prime show Kill Jackie, season 2 of The Night Manager and an update about the new comic series, The Circus: Losing […]
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    40 mins
  • Interview – Nick Harkaway on Sleeper Beach

    Interview – Nick Harkaway on Sleeper Beach
    Apr 14 2025
    In this episode I am pleased to welcome back novelist Nick Harkaway. We discuss his latest work, Sleeper Beach, the second in his Titanium Noir series of futuristic mysteries. We talk about his earlier nonfiction book The Blind Giant, how we should be using technologies, and what does it mean when tech companies turn un-Evil. […]
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    42 mins
  • Tod Hoffman on le Carré’s Landscape

    Tod Hoffman on le Carré’s Landscape
    Mar 31 2025
    In this episode I welcome Tod Hoffman, author of Le Carré Landscape, to the show. Tod is a former Canadian Intelligence Officer and used that knowledge to write his insightful book looking at le Carré’s work. We discuss le Carré’s use of interrogation in his novels, slow moving bureaucracy versus moving quickly and his decision […]
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Legacy of Spies TV series – Emergency Podcast

    Legacy of Spies TV series – Emergency Podcast
    Mar 15 2025
    In this episode we break down the news of a new George Smiley TV series – Legacy of Spies. I have TV and Film expert Matthew Bradford on to talk through what we know and might expect to come. We talk about the long gestating project, producers, and casting. All that and much more in […]
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    41 mins
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 50 years, 50 facts – 1 to 10

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 50 years, 50 facts – 1 to 10
    Feb 17 2025
    In this episode we are celebrating 50 years of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by counting up to 50 interesting things about the book. For numbers one to ten I’m welcoming Matthew Bradford back to the podcast. We talk that iconic cover, opening line and dig into the mystery of who the novel was dedicated to. […]
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    40 mins
  • Ben H. Winters on reading John le Carre

    Ben H. Winters on reading John le Carre
    Feb 4 2025
    In this episode I speak to author Ben H. Winters about his Crime Reads article “In Praise of Reading Le Carré’s Entire Oeuvre In Order”. We talk about the joys of reading an author’s work from start to finish, the connection between author and reader as well as The Looking Glass War as The Bad […]
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    53 mins
  • Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway Explored Part Two

    Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway Explored Part Two
    Jan 20 2025
    In this episode we continue to look at Nick Harkaway’s 2024 George Smiley novel, Karla’s Choice. You can find part one here. Steven Ritterman, le Carré expert and collector, returns to talk through what we thought about this new Smiley novel. Plus, an exclusive discussion with Nick Harkaway about Karla’s choice. All that and much […]
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    42 mins
  • Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway Explored Part One

    Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway Explored Part One
    Jan 9 2025
    In this episode we look at Nick Harkaway’s 2024 George Smiley novel, Karla’s Choice. Steven Ritterman, le Carré expert and collector, joins me to talk through all of our thoughts on this Smiley continuation novel. We talk reference Jurassic Park’s famous quote “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if […]
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    46 mins