Robert Macfarlane: podcast appearances and interviews

Robert Macfarlane, born on 15 August 1976, is a British writer and a Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge. He is renowned for his works focusing on landscape, nature, place, people, and language. His notable publications include The Old Ways, Landmarks, The Lost Words, Underland, and Is a River Alive?. Magfarlane's contributions to literature have been recognized with the E. M. Forster Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received in 2017. Throughout his career, he has engaged with themes related to the environment and human interaction with the natural world, which have garnered critical acclaim. In addition to his writing, Macfarlane maintains an academic position at Cambridge University, contributing to scholarly discourse on topics related to his interests. He is married to Julia Lovell, who is a professor of modern Chinese history and literature. His literary work has garnered international recognition, with nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022 and 2024, although the prize was awarded to other writers in those years. Macfarlane's influence extends across both the literary and academic fields, where he continues to explore and articulate complex relationships between humans and their landscapes.