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Lit Up

Angela Ledgerwood

160 episodes

4 months ago

Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.

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Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.

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Episodes (20/160)

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Sister Monica Clare on A Change Of Habit

This week on the show, Angie talks to Sister Monica Claire, an author whose book, , she helped publish. Angie and Sister Monica talk about what led Sister Monica to become a nun, and also listen to some unexpected and beautiful cello music.

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4 months ago

50 minutes 46 seconds

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Glynnis MacNicol on the pleasures of Paris.

This week, Angela welcomes Glynnis MacNicol, author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris. Angie and Glynnis chat about how travel can bring out our most seductive selves

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5 months ago

49 minutes 50 seconds

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Annabelle Hickson on living in regional Australia, Galah magazine, and why the kids are gonna be all right.

This week Angela talks to her old friend Annabell Hickson about her life in the country. They discuss how they came to be friends, life outside the city, creating and publishing Galah magazine, and why maybe we all need to let our kids be on their own a bit more.

You can purchase the hardcover Galah collection here.

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5 months ago

46 minutes 54 seconds

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Cora Frazier (The New Yorker) on the beautiful strangeness of new motherhood.

Cora Frazier’s New Yorker piece for Shouts & Murmurs, Writing Prompts for New Parents, struck a chord with Angie as soon as she read it. Having just had a baby, she identified with the bizarre hallucinatory thoughts of the writer/mother in Frazier’s piece.

Cora Frazier has contributed to The New Yorker since 2012. She is a creator and writer of the podcast “I Think You’re Projecting.”

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5 months ago

46 minutes 27 seconds

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Anna Funder on The Invisible Life of Mrs. Orwell

This week, Angela is delighted to welcome Anna Funder, author of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life, to Lit Up. Angie and Anna discuss the untold story of Eileen Blair, the wife of Eric Arthur Blair, better known to the world as George Orwell. Angie and Anna talk about the challenges of being a writer and a mother, Eileen's role in Orwell's success, and how much we're still under the grip of gender roles today.

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6 months ago

52 minutes 27 seconds

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Katie Kitamura returns to talk about her new book Audition.

This week, Lit Up returns to your ears, and so does one of our favorite guests: Katie Kitamura. Katie and Angie dig into Katie's new book Audition through the lens of relationships, acting, and parenting.

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6 months ago

49 minutes 44 seconds

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Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,

This week Angie welcomes Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood, among other books.

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1 year ago

52 minutes 6 seconds

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Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture

This week, Bianca Bosker returns to discuss her new book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See.

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1 year ago

42 minutes 41 seconds

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Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

This week Angie welcomes model, activist, and author Cameron Russell on the podcast to talk about her memoir, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone.

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1 year ago

33 minutes 55 seconds

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Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.

This week we're re-releasing an episode featuring Trent Dalton. The adaptation of his book, Boy Swallows Universe, is currently a hit on Netflix. Angie and Trent talked about the book in 2019 when it came out.

Finding meaning in sadness, defining the different types of love and looking at the complexities of masculinity, are the overarching themes in Trent Dalton's novel, Boy Swallows Universe. Trent shares with host Angela Ledgerwood how he used this book to put a positive spin on some of the sadness of his past and how he used his character, Eli, to explore what a do-over on his life would have looked like.

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1 year ago

54 minutes

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Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.

Angie speaks with award-winning journalist Bianca Bosker about how hearing of the existence of ‘The Best Sommelier in the World Competition’ sparked an obsession to become a sommelier herself, a decision that upended her life and led to her best-selling book Cork Dork: A Wine-FUELED Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste. We also touch upon her latest obsession—the art world—which will be captured in her forthcoming book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See, out February 6, 2024. Bianca will be back on the pod in February, to talk about her next riveting read!

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1 year ago

44 minutes 13 seconds

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Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.

Hi everyone!

In celebration of the release of Isaac Fitzgerald's DIRTBAG, MASSACHUSETTS in paperback, we are re-releasing our episode with him from last year.

We'll be back in two weeks with Bianca Bosker, author of CORK DORK, to talk about wine for the holidays.

Enjoy!

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1 year ago

54 minutes 33 seconds

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Re-release: Cody Keenan on Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.

Angie's got a cold, and it's making her think about hot toddys. And the time she sipped some bourbon and talked with with Cody Keenan, President Obama's speech writer and author of Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.

Grace has just arrived in paperback, so it's a perfect time to revisit this conversation. We hope you enjoy it!

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1 year ago

40 minutes 26 seconds

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Re-release: Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity (from 2018)

This week. we're re-releasing of our best and most popular conversations: Angie's 2018 conversation with Esther Perel.

Psychotherapist Esther Perel joins Angie to talk about her latest book "The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity," the provocative follow up to her New York Times best-seller "Mating in Captivity." This conversation, like Esther's book, will no doubt push some buttons and leave you questioning--and perhaps rethinking--the boundaries of your romantic relationships!

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2 years ago

54 minutes 29 seconds

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Adriana Trigiani on how she's written over 20 books and why she reinvents herself every seven years.

Angie speaks with Adriana Trigiani, the author of 20 best-selling books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently the novel THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE. She is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed the greats such as Whoopi Goldberg and Ashley Judd and now she’s hosting a new podcast, You Are What You Read, with Book of the Month. Angie and Adriana talk about how her Appalachian and Italian heritage shaped her, why she reinvents herself every seven years, and how her time as a temp on Wall Street in the 80s has shaped how she organizes her days ever since.

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2 years ago

35 minutes 16 seconds

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Shaina Feinberg and Julia Rothman on How We Got By.

This week Angie is joined by writer and filmmaker Shaina Feinberg and illustrator Julia Rothman to talk about their new book, How We Got By: 111 People Share Stories of Survival, Resilience & Hope through Hardship. The book was inspired by the success of their illustrated column for the business section of The New York Times called Scratch about people’s relationship with money, small businesses, and resilience. They talk about how writing a book can help you find a husband (!), how speaking with strangers has encouraged them to live more fully, and the quirks that define their friendship.

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2 years ago

32 minutes 5 seconds

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Anya Von Bremzen on the national dishes of Japan, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and more.

This week on the podcast, Angela speaks with the James Beard award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen about her book National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home. Angie and Anya also talk about what makes a memorable meal, the joy of Neapolitan pizza, and how the ongoing war in Ukraine has irrevocably changed her relationship with Borscht.

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2 years ago

39 minutes 43 seconds

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Angie and Liam wrap up the summer by talking books, movies, and more!

This week, LIT UP producer and podcaster Liam Billingham comes back to chat with Angie about her vacation reading, things to watch, and a whole lot more! A chill end of summer episode for your ears. Enjoy!

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2 years ago

52 minutes

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Prachi Gupta on 'They Called Us Exceptional.'

This week on the podcast, Angela speaks with writer Prachi Gupta about her new book They Called Us Exceptional. Angie and Prachi also talk about her work as a reporter during the 2016 election, and her award-winning essay Stories About My Brother.

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2 years ago

37 minutes 3 seconds

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Mattie Kahn on Young and Restless, the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions.

This week Angie is joined by award-winning journalist and writer Mattie Kahn. She's written one of the buzziest books of the season: Young and Restless, the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions.This book highlights the gutsy girls and the women whose voices and courageous actions have helped shape American society for the better.Maddie has made a career of championing women's voices. She was the culture director at Glamor where she specialized in women's issues. She's covered news and politics at l and her journalism has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, the New York Times Vanity Fair, and more.Angie and Mattie talk about the book, those we choose to highlight through history (and those we don't), and also about the young women making names for themselves in politics today. They also talk about how much Mattie loves BRAVO.

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2 years ago

41 minutes 6 seconds