Sarah Churchwell: podcast appearances and interviews

Sarah Bartlett Churchwell is a professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, with particular attention to the 1920s and 1930s. She has contributed to British television and radio and has served as a judge for prominent literary prizes, including the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature. As the director of the Being Human festival, she promotes public engagement with the humanities.

Churchwell is also an author of three books: The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe; Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby; and Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream. Her work and insights have been recognized in the field of journalism, as evidenced by her long-listing for the Orwell Prize for Journalism in April 2021.