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Broccoli Book Club

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Every month we'll be reading and discussing books that we believe push us to be inquisitive and give us a better understanding of society today. Hosted by multimedia journalist Diyora Shadij...

Episodes

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Rachel Clarke: Breathtaking

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) speaks to the author of ‘Breathtaking: the UK's human story of Covid’ - Dr Rachel Clarke...

24:59Nov 25, 2021

Breathtaking

Breathtaking: the UK's human story of Covid is written by Palliative Care Dr Rachel Clarke. Dr Clarke gives us an in-depth overview of the f...

24:18Nov 4, 2021

Educated

Educated is a coming of age #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, which has been translated into 45 languages. Written by the author Tara We...

35:13Oct 20, 2021

James Daschuk: Clearing The Plains

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) speaks to the author of ‘Clearing The Plains’ - James Daschuk. They discuss how it took n...

29:13Sep 22, 2021

Clearing The Plains

Clearing The Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life authored by James Daschuk presents an intricate examin...

30:47Sep 8, 2021

Greg Cochrane: On Climate

As part two of Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ book club we wanted to delve further into why climate change is important for us to u...

36:07Aug 18, 2021

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything is a hard-hitting book written by Naomi Klein which explores the direct impact capitalism has on the climate and wha...

40:38Aug 4, 2021

Ingrid Newkirk: Animalkind

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) speaks with the co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - Ingrid...

31:14Jul 14, 2021

Eating Animals

Eating Animals is a unique account from the author Jonathan Safran Foer who gives us an indepth view into the effects of eating animals in A...

38:09Jun 30, 2021

Acts of Desperation: Megan Nolan

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) talks with one of today's most exciting Irish writers - Megan Nolan, the author of Acts o...

21:21Jun 16, 2021

In The Dream House

This episode contains strong language. In The Dream House is a memoir and a diary-like account from author Carmen Maria Machado (https://twi...

38:46Jun 2, 2021

Johny Pitts: Afropean

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) talks with Jhalak Prize winning author, Johny Pitts (https://twitter.com/johnypitts). The...

30:14May 19, 2021

Afropean

Afropean sets out to explore “Black Europe from the street up.” The book is compiled of on-the ground reports detailing Jhalak Prize Winner...

33:27May 5, 2021

Rutger Bregman: Humankind

Diyora Shadijanova (@TheDiyora) talks with Dutch Historian and Author of Humankind: A Hopeful History, Rutger Bregman (https://twitter.com/r...

29:03Apr 14, 2021

Introducing: Zombiemum

Hi Broccoli Book Club listeners, here's a podcast we think you'll love; it's called Zombiemum. When writer and illustrator Laura Dockrill fi...

10:06Apr 1, 2021

Humankind

Humankind: A Hopeful History pushes the revolutionary theory that “most people, deep down, are pretty decent”. Written by Dutch historian Ru...

40:13Mar 31, 2021

Nikesh Shukla: The Good Immigrant

Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) talks with award winning screenwriter and editor of the anthology The Good Immigrant, Nik...

27:04Feb 18, 2021

The Good Immigrant

The Good Immigrant is an anthology of twenty-one essays written by accomplished writers, comedians and actors, who share their experiences g...

28:44Feb 4, 2021