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Hosted by David Freeman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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Authors talking to David Freeman about their books. Most of the conversations are from David’s personal archive that have been collected over the past 40 years.
David Freeman hosts The Author Archive Podcast, a arts show with 100 episodes published.
It is five years since the Taliban regained control in Afghanistan. Science is one of the many things they disapprove of. Religion is believed more than evident truth. All over the globe there are powerful politicians wh
The new war that is happening now and the the appalling inhumanity still happening in the world makes this conversation distressingly relevant. There is the thought that some people are less human then others. Some peopl
Joe Boyd is a man about music, record producer, a film producer and author. He arrived in London in 1964 with Muddy Waters and a host of blues musicians who played to sold out UK audiences when they were unappreciated in
Kind of Blue is the most successful jazz LP ever made. It was recorded over two sessions in New York in 1959 and is still revered as a masterpiece. The session was lead by Miles Davis who was born 100 years ago. Ashley K
Simon Nicol was one of the founder members of Fairport Convention in 1967. Fifty nine years ago. He talks about being a member of the ground breaking Folk Rock band who still draw a capacity crowd at the Cropredy Festiva
David Sedaris now fills arenas with enthusiastic fans but when I interviewed him in 2000 he was almost unknown. His book 'Me Talk Pretty One Day ' was just published. There is a new collection of Sedaris writing just pub
Harry talks to me about his book which tells of the harsh life lived by gladiators, but also extends to the ideas and philosophies that defined Roman life. This is not fiction. It's an account written using evidence from
It is very easy to get very troubled by the current US administration . Who could have predicted that the American Vice President would have thought it part of his task to question the Pope's understanding of theology? W
Sir Anthony Seldon has written about a 1,300 kilometre walk he took across Europe from Southern France, through Austria and the Czech Republic finally reaching his destination, Auschwitz in Poland. On the journey he seek
Steve Ashley played a gig to a hometown Cheltenham crowd on June 26th 2026. It was a triumph. Steve has had a long illustrious career in music and political activism. This conversation was recorded in November 2025, a fe
Racism is sadly on the rise. Misogyny is on the rise. All of these opinions remind me of what Nina Simone said to me. She was the victim of cruel prejudice. She was angry. Nina Simone was born on February 21st 1933. Ther
When 'Entitled ' was published last year it caused quite a stir, changed the lives of the Duke and Duchess of York for ever .... and became a number one bestseller. The new paperback of Entitled contains a whole chapter
Doubles is a powerful compact story, a novella. The protagonist is a 12 year old girl who finds comfort and security in numbers and maths. It takes place in 1968 in an institution for troubled youth. The novella explores
Antonio Forcione is a brilliant guitar player who is just about to go on tour. Antonio really likes to entertain and he is joined by comedian, singer and songwriter Boothby Graffoe. When we talked Antonio was in a museum
Prue is back as a judge on The Great American Cooking Show. In our conversation Prue talks to me about her life and how she still has a lot of fun. Ageing, acting your age, health, exercise, fame ...... she talks about i
Some interviewees I remember as 'troupers'. At the very top of that tree were the Collins sisters. Joan is now 93. She is still looking galmorous at Cannes! I remember a televised conversation I had with Joan. Her assist
In this early Author Archive podcast John Le Carre talks about writing politics , and Mallory Blackman explains the political thinking behind Noughts and Crosses. Maggie Gee gives the background to her novel The White Fa
Who could have predicted that the American Vice President would have thought it part of his task to question the Pope's understanding of theology? Who could have predicted that Donald Trump would think it a good idea to
The American president now suggests that he is closely associated with Jesus. He has distributed pictures. He is performing Bible readings. Will he include the bits from Matthew 5:9? Blessed are the peacemakers? He decla
The war that is spreading across the Middle East has a religious dimension. American aggression is supported by evangelical Christians, Iran is an Islamic state and Israel has its own Jewish deity. Donald Trump seems to
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