Barbara Demick

14 Podcast Episodes

Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick’s book 'Nothing to Envy' has been short-listed for this year’s Baille Gifford Pr... Read more

27 Mar 2023

42mins

Read Smart: The Winner of Winners shortlist – Barbara Demick

Read Smart: The Winner of Winners shortlist – Barbara Demick

The latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast kicks off the first of our special Winners of Winners episodes, in which ea... Read more

23 Mar 2023

32mins

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Life Under Dictatorships with Michael Burleigh, Barbara Demick and Frank Dikötter

Life Under Dictatorships with Michael Burleigh, Barbara Demick and Frank Dikötter

Make sure you tune into the latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast, which explores what life is like in dictatorships ... Read more

Episode 57: Barbara Demick - Inside North Korea

Episode 57: Barbara Demick - Inside North Korea

Barbara Demick is a journalist, an essayist, and is the author of both "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" ... Read more

15 Aug 2022

1hr 17mins

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"Eat The Buddha" By Barbara Demick

"Eat The Buddha" By Barbara Demick

Note: This is an encore episode of Reader's Corner. The original episode first aired in January 2021.

22 Apr 2022

30mins

Eat the Buddha: A conversation with award-winning author Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: A conversation with award-winning author Barbara Demick

Barbara Demick is the author of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020), Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives... Read more

10 Sep 2021

48mins

Book Review of Nothing to Envy - (Author Barbara Demick)

Book Review of Nothing to Envy - (Author Barbara Demick)

In this episode, I talk about my personal take on the book - Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. The book exposes the dar... Read more

13 Mar 2021

5mins

Barbara Demick: True stories from North Korea

Barbara Demick: True stories from North Korea

North Korea and Tibet are two of the most tightly-controlled societies on earth, and as a consequence their peoples are ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

26mins

Eat the Buddha: Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: Barbara Demick

Pulitzer prize-nominated writer, former LA Times Beijing bureau chief and foreign correspondent Barbara Demick's new boo... Read more

17 Aug 2020

33mins

#64: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Rebroadcast)

#64: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Rebroadcast)

(Recorded June 07, 2015) This week: a discussion of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick.

6 Aug 2019

50mins

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