Nick Hornby on His New TV Project and Knowing Whether His Writing is Any Good

With Fever Pitch, About a Boy and High Fidelity, Nick Hornby created a niche penning romantic comedies from the male perspective and launching the crush worthy careers of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Jon Cusack on both sides of the pond. Then he went on to prove that he can deftly embody a female lens with the box office hits Wild and Brooklyn and the critically acclaimed Education. Now, Hornby has teamed up with Stephen Frears to tackle marriage from both male and female perspective in their new TV series State of the Union, which stars Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd. In the interview, Hornby discusses the new project, whether philanthropy is harder to pull off in the US than in England, and how Brexit will be the end of everything. He also talks about what he gets out of doing philanthropy and why it is easier to get honest feedback in the film industry than publishing books. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Employee of the Month and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts.

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Nick Hornby on His New TV Project and Knowing Whether His Writing is Any Good is an episode from Employee of the Month by Slate Podcasts.

This episode is 47:28 long.

This episode was published on Feb 23, 2019.

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