Podcast Episodes featuring Bill Bryson

218. Bill Bryson (writer) – the most extraordinary machine

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - November 02, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
Do you have a body? I do, but I was mostly unaware of this fact until somewhere in my mid-30s, when my life strategy of living like a bourbon-loving brain-in-a-vat became increasingly untenable. Since then, I’ve come to understand something that might have been obvious to you all along. The body’...

Windsor Great Park with Bill Bryson

Ramblings - September 22, 2015 14:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 139 ratings
Clare Balding heads out across Windsor Great Park in the company of writer and prolific walker, Bill Bryson. He explains how he developed a passion for exploring both Britain and parts of America on foot. They discuss how ones notion of distance changes dramatically when you walk. 'A mile becom...

1549: A 2013 Interview with Bill Bryson

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - November 03, 2013 17:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"It was the most amazingly eventful and magical summer..."

Bill Bryson

Bookclub - February 06, 2005 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 208 ratings
James Naughtie talks to author Bill Bryson about his book A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Bill Bryson

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 - January 31, 1999 11:15 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Sue Lawley's guest this week is the American travel writer Bill Bryson. His inspiration was his father; a great traveller who never quite made it to his intended destination. His best-selling books, Notes from a Small Island and The Lost Continent, chronicle his experiences of facing up to fears...