The Intellectuals Podcast

Episode 2, 01/05/2026

In this episode of The Intellectuals Podcast Kate North and Dan Anthony discuss Nataljia’s Stories by Danish poet and novelist Inger Christensen. Kate and Dan also speak to Godess Bvukutwa in Zimbabwe who reads for us from her novel Valley of Floods.  Anthony Cartwright is back with another episode of Cartwright on Culture and we reflect on introspection with some help from YA author Chelsey Flood. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful.   You can contact the show on theintellectualspod@gmail.com Nataljia’s Stories by Inger Christensen    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/475447/nataljas-stories-by-christensen-inger/9780241790465 [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/475447/nataljas-stories-by-christensen-inger/9780241790465] Anthony Cartwright https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] Godess Bvukutwa https://www.linkedin.com/in/godess-bvukutwa-a544431a/?originalSubdomain=zw Chelsey Flood https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChelseyFlood [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChelseyFlood]

Episode 1, 02/04/2026

The Intellectuals Podcast is presented by Kate North and Dan Anthony. In this episode Kate and Dan discuss Australian writer Helen Garner’s How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2025.  Kate and Dan also speak to winner of the Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize 2023-24, Italian Palestinian writer Sabrin Hasbun about her memoir Crossing and novelist Anthony Cartwright reports from Dudley about trams. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful. Helen Garner’s How the End a Story: Collected Diaries https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-End-Story-Collected-Diaries/dp/1399606743 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-End-Story-Collected-Diaries/dp/1399606743] Sabrin Hasbun: https://sabrinhasbun.com/ https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/crossing-a-love-story-between-italy-and-palestine-sabrin-hasbun/97e02aed8a93250a?ean=9781804441527&next=t&next=t&affiliate=15415 [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/crossing-a-love-story-between-italy-and-palestine-sabrin-hasbun/97e02aed8a93250a?ean=9781804441527&next=t&next=t&affiliate=15415] Anthony Cartwright: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] You can contact the show on theintellectualspod@gmail.com