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The Start

The Guardian

​The Start is a podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. Focussing on one piece; they share how these early moments of creativity shaped them, the influence i...

Episodes

17 episodes

Weekend: episode two of a new podcast

Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented...

00:49:39Apr 1, 2022

Weekend: episode one of a new podcast

Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented...

00:48:45Feb 5, 2022

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast

Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking wel...

00:39:46Jul 1, 2021

Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series

The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible storie...

00:25:34Feb 8, 2021

Innermost: another episode of our new series

We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how t...

00:20:21Aug 3, 2020

Innermost: episode 1 of a new series

The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on...

00:16:34Jun 25, 2020

Mark Guiliana on the album that sounds like innocence – The Start podcast

The drummer and composer talks about Locked in a Basement, the album he recorded with his band Heernt, before facing the pressures of adulth...

00:18:28Mar 29, 2018

Shirin Neshat on the video art that reconnected her with Iran - The Start podcast

The visual artist reveals how her installation Turbulent built a community among the Iranian diaspora in New York, and expressed her feeling...

00:18:57Mar 22, 2018

Will Self on the cartoon strip that set him on the road to writing – The Start podcast

The novelist and journalist shares how living a life of austerity inspired his first professional work, Slump

00:19:04Mar 15, 2018

Peaches on the song that defined her new sound – The Start podcast

The electronic musician relates how a breakup, a new keyboard and a hunger for feminist rock’n’roll led to her signature track Lovertits and...

00:16:35Mar 8, 2018

Lemn Sissay on the 'radical' poem born of heartbreak – The Start podcast

The poet shares the story behind Invisible Kisses, a poem that impressed on him the true value of family

00:21:58Mar 1, 2018

Abi Morgan on the play fuelled by fury - The Start podcast

The playwright and screenwriter reveals how a fascination with tyrants and their wives compelled her to write Splendour

00:16:53Feb 22, 2018

Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast

The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildren’s deaths in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation,...

00:17:50Feb 15, 2018

Ann Hirsch on the art project that invaded her private life – The Start podcast

The internet artist recalls how her groundbreaking YouTube project Scandalishious allowed for self-reflection, but also invited the scrutiny...

00:20:14Feb 8, 2018

Damien Hirst on the break-in that changed his art – The Start podcast

In the second episode of our new culture podcast about artistic beginnings, Damien Hirst reveals how his neighbour – a compulsive hoarder –...

00:21:22Feb 1, 2018

Sofia Coppola on the film that launched her – The Start podcast

Our new culture podcast, The Start, brings major artists to the mic to reveal how they began their careers. In this first episode, Sofia Cop...

00:15:28Jan 25, 2018

Coming Soon: The Start

A new podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. The first episode will be coming soon...

00:00:58Jan 18, 2018