Biteback Chats Books
80 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Sit back and relax as we take you through a rotating list of some of our most exciting upcoming authors. From politics to French football, there's something for everyone!
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Kurt Barling on race and racism
July 23, 2020 09:50 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBProfessor of Journalism and former BBC journalist Kurt Barling takes the mic to chat about his book The R Word, his experiences of racism and the ways in which the UK should confront its history. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Christopher Othen on wartime Paris
July 15, 2020 13:19 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBSit down for a tale of deceit, ruthlessness and greed... We chat to Christopher Othen, the author of The King of Nazi Paris. Chris's book is about one of the most notorious gangs in French history, and we talk about its charismatic leader, Henri Lafont, the realities of wartime Paris and just what it took to blackmail a Nazi. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Christopher Othen
July 15, 2020 13:19 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBSit down for a tale of deceit, ruthlessness and greed... We chat to Christopher Othen, the author of The King of Nazi Paris. Chris's book is about one of the most notorious gangs in French history, and we talk about its charismatic leader, Henri Lafont, the realities of wartime Paris and just what it took to blackmail a Nazi. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Lord Andrew Adonis
July 08, 2020 09:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn the Biteback podcast today is Labour peer, author and academic Andrew Adonis! We chat about his new book Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill, that historic 1945 election and who today's Bevin might be... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Andrew Adonis on Labour's Churchill
July 08, 2020 09:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn the Biteback podcast today is Labour peer, author and academic Andrew Adonis! We chat about his new book Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill, that historic 1945 election and who today's Bevin might be... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Andrew Adonis
July 08, 2020 09:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn the Biteback podcast today is Labour peer, author and academic Andrew Adonis! We chat about his new book Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill, that historic 1945 election and who today's Bevin might be... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley
July 03, 2020 10:12 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week we welcome the authors of Last Rights, Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley, to talk about assisted dying, hospice care and why getting a bill through Parliament is a lot more difficult than you might expect... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley on assisted dying
July 03, 2020 10:12 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week we welcome the authors of Last Rights, Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley, to talk about assisted dying, hospice care and why getting a bill through Parliament is a lot more difficult than you might expect... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Colin Yeo
June 24, 2020 10:33 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week, we're chatting to barrister and blogger Colin Yeo about the UK immigration system! Find out more about the gaping flaws in how we welcome people to the UK, why we don't see immigration as much in the news anymore and what the government can do to fix things. Colin Yeo's book Welcome to Britain is out on 29 June: find out more by clicking the link below. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/welcome-to-britain Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmm...
Colin Yeo on immigration
June 24, 2020 10:33 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week, we're chatting to barrister and blogger Colin Yeo about the UK immigration system! Find out more about the gaping flaws in how we welcome people to the UK, why we don't see immigration as much in the news anymore and what the government can do to fix things. Colin Yeo's book Welcome to Britain is out on 29 June: find out more by clicking the link below. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/welcome-to-britain Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmm...
Lord Michael Ashcroft
June 16, 2020 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBOn the day of publication for his new book Unfair Game, Lord Ashcroft talks to Biteback Chats Books about South Africa's illegal lion trade, his undercover operations and what governments around the world can do stop the exploitation of lions. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Lord Michael Ashcroft on the lion trade
June 16, 2020 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBOn the day of publication for his new book Unfair Game, Lord Ashcroft talks to Biteback Chats Books about South Africa's illegal lion trade, his undercover operations and what governments around the world can do stop the exploitation of lions. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Matt Spiro on French football
May 28, 2020 16:06 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBFootball journalist Matt Spiro joins us in the virtual Biteback studio to talk about the rise and fall of the French national team, Les Bleus, to celebrate the release of his new book, Sacré Bleu. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Matt Spiro
May 28, 2020 16:06 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBFootball journalist Matt Spiro joins us in the virtual Biteback studio to talk about the rise and fall of the French national team, Les Bleus, to celebrate the release of his new book, Sacré Bleu. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Martyn Whittock: Trump and the Coronavirus
May 21, 2020 12:54 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBAlongside his colleague James Roberts, Martyn Whittock is the author of Trump and the Puritans, which examined America's puritanical legacy and that legacy's role in the rise of Donald Trump. Here, Martyn examines Trump's Presidency in the age of coronavirus and investigates just how much his policy is influenced by the evangelical right. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tom Quinn on the secrets of the royal family
May 14, 2020 11:05 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBSit down with the author of our latest book, Kensington Palace, and listen to Tom Quinn talk about everything from sweet-talking ex-servants to the more eccentric inhabitants of this iconic building... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tom Quinn
May 14, 2020 11:05 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBSit down with the author of our latest book, Kensington Palace, and listen to Tom Quinn talk about everything from sweet-talking ex-servants to the more eccentric inhabitants of this iconic building... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Iain Anderson for the Biteback Book Festival
April 26, 2020 09:25 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBAs the Biteback Book Festival gets political, we ask political expert and lobbyist Iain Anderson his opinion on Brexit, the coronavirus and the government's response to both. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jacqui Smith
April 22, 2020 14:12 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBWe interview former MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for the Biteback Book Festival! Discover what Jacqui's been doing in isolation, what inspired her to become involved in politics and who her inspiration is... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jacqui Smith reads for the Biteback Book Festival
April 22, 2020 09:56 - 17 minutes - 14.2 MBJacqui Smith gives a reading of one of her favourite biographies from her and Iain Dale's book The Honourable Ladies: Volume One: that of Betty Boothroyd, written by Nus Ghani. Sit back and relax! Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Robert O' Connor for the Biteback Book Festival
April 20, 2020 13:05 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBSit back and travel to Eastern Europe from the comfort of your chair as author Robert O'Connor talks about football and ex-Soviet breakaway states for the Biteback pod. Robert's book, Blood and Circuses, is out from Biteback Publishing on 28th April. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Seb Whale
March 26, 2020 15:58 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat to journalist Seb Whale about his new book, John Bercow: Call to Order, a biography of the most divisive Speaker in a generation... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Seb Whale on the life of John Bercow
March 26, 2020 15:58 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat to journalist Seb Whale about his new book, John Bercow: Call to Order, a biography of the most divisive Speaker in a generation... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Night and Day: Extract Four from John Bercow: Call to Order
March 24, 2020 14:46 - 6 minutes - 4.15 MBListen to this exclusive extract from Seb Whale's brand new book John Bercow: Call to Order, read by Seb himself...
Election Night: Extract Three from John Bercow: Call to Order
March 24, 2020 14:28 - 1 minute - 931 KBListen to the third extract from Seb Whale's new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
Rottweiler: Extract Two from John Bercow: Call to Order
March 24, 2020 14:21 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MBListen to the second extract from Seb Whale's brand new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
Extract One from John Bercow: Call to Order
March 24, 2020 13:57 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBListen to author Seb Whale read the first extract from his brand-new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
Mark Pack on navigating the media
March 19, 2020 14:27 - 22 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we talk to interim co-leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Pack, about the ups and downs of the news cycle, the leadership contest and why you should always read the last paragraph in a Daily Mail story... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Mark Pack
March 19, 2020 14:27 - 22 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we talk to interim co-leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Pack, about the ups and downs of the news cycle, the leadership contest and why you should always read the last paragraph in a Daily Mail story... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Kenny MacAskill MP
February 27, 2020 11:02 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWe sit down with new MP and long-time MSP Kenny MacAskill to chat about Scotland's hidden radical history, life as an MP and why Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting isn't all it's cracked up to be... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/