Lit Up

By Angela Ledgerwood

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Episodes: 154

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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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Episode Date
Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,
Jul 09, 2024
Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture
Jun 25, 2024
Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
Jun 18, 2024
Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.
Jan 23, 2024
Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.
Dec 13, 2023
Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.
Nov 28, 2023
Re-release: Cody Keenan on Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.
Nov 14, 2023
Re-release: Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity (from 2018)
Oct 31, 2023
Adriana Trigiani on how she's written over 20 books and why she reinvents herself every seven years.
Oct 17, 2023
Shaina Feinberg and Julia Rothman on How We Got By.
Oct 03, 2023
Anya Von Bremzen on the national dishes of Japan, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and more.
Sep 19, 2023
Angie and Liam wrap up the summer by talking books, movies, and more!
Sep 05, 2023
Prachi Gupta on 'They Called Us Exceptional.'
Aug 22, 2023
Mattie Kahn on Young and Restless, the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions.
Aug 08, 2023
Angie and Helen Ellis chat in the Coral Lounge
Jul 25, 2023
LIT UP presents: DIE HARD ON A BLANK!
Jul 11, 2023
Gina Chung joins Angie to talk about 'Sea Change.'
Jun 27, 2023
Max Porter returns to talk about his new novel 'Shy,' how we talk to our children, and Japanese socks.
Jun 13, 2023
Hannah Goldfield on finding her way into food & restaurant criticism.
May 30, 2023
Samantha Irby on liking what you like without apology.
May 16, 2023
Adrienne Westenfeld returns to share what she’s reading (and watching) this spring.
May 02, 2023
Natasha Pickowicz on why she bakes for pleasure and community.
Apr 18, 2023
Lindsey Tramuta shares the new ideas shaping Paris.
Apr 04, 2023
Catherine Lacey on crafting her multilayered fictional Biography of X, unknowability, and the mysterious forces that draw people together.
Mar 21, 2023
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina on collecting a lifetime’s worth of New York City restaurant tales.
Mar 07, 2023
Reid Mitenbuler on getting swept up in explorer Peter Freuchen’s larger-than-life stories.
Feb 21, 2023
Revisiting our conversation with Elizabeth Day!
Feb 07, 2023
Kate Baer on ‘And Yet’ speaking truth through poetry.
Jan 24, 2023
Tarajia Morrell on collaborating with the late chef Fatima Ali and uncovering fascinating characters through food writing.
Jan 10, 2023
2022 in books (plus a gift guide!) feat. Ruby Smith.
Dec 20, 2022
The Cut’s Jen Ortiz on honing her editing skills and secret YouTube obsessions.
Dec 13, 2022
Nimarta Narang, Literary Editor of Brown Girl Magazine, on creating space for a multitude of South Asian stories.
Nov 29, 2022
The Bard Behind Bars: Introducing Where There’s a Will
Nov 22, 2022
Susan Orlean on living with animals and following her curiosity.
Nov 15, 2022
Alyssa Shelasky on 'This Might Be Too Personal.'
Nov 01, 2022
Laura Warrell on the 20-year journey to write her new novel Soft, Sweet, Plenty Rhythm.
Oct 18, 2022
Cody Keenan on his book, Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Oct 04, 2022
Belletrist's Karah Preiss stops to talk books, family, making TV , and a lot more.
Sep 20, 2022
Kal Penn on his memoir You Can't Be Serious.
Sep 06, 2022
A Labor Day rerelease: Stanley Tucci
Aug 30, 2022
Natasha Sizlo on All Signs Point to Paris
Aug 23, 2022
Isaac Fitzgerald on his memoir Dirtbag, Massachusetts.
Aug 09, 2022
Safia Elhillo on her new book of poetry, GIRLS THAT NEVER DIE.
Jul 26, 2022
Christopher Hermelin of So Many Damn Books on how to break out of a reading rut.
Jul 12, 2022
Lisa Taddeo returns to talk GHOST LOVER.
Jun 28, 2022
Abi Morgan on This Is Not A Pity Memoir.
Jun 14, 2022
Elizabeth Day on on the struggles that define us and make us stronger, and her new novel MAGPIE.
May 31, 2022
From Talk Easy: Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
May 22, 2022
Zarqa Nawaz on her career and making fun of ISIS in her new book Jameela Green Ruins Everything.
May 17, 2022
Clemency Burton-Hill on surviving a brain injury and how it changed her relationship to music.
May 03, 2022
Re-Release: Max Porter on love through grief.
Apr 19, 2022
Pamela Paul on the art of boredom, buying a one-way ticket to Thailand, and what we've lost to the Internet.
Apr 05, 2022
Stephan Lee on the phenomenon that is K-Pop.
Mar 22, 2022
Jason Diamond on suburbs, cardigans, Russian literature, the Martini, and more.
Mar 08, 2022
Sheila Heti on God's First Draft, social anxiety in the metaverse, and Feldman, the, loyal, snoring dog beside her.
Feb 22, 2022
A Valentine's Day Re-release: Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
Feb 14, 2022
Maeve Higgins on her big family, migration, and making fun of Angie.
Feb 08, 2022
Wajahat Ali on 9/11, being American, and how his sense of humor landed him love.
Jan 25, 2022
Book and TV critic Hillary Kelly on her most anticipated books of 2022, and why she doesn't *get* books about happy people.
Jan 11, 2022
Angela got you a Christmas present! Plus an end-of-year review.
Dec 21, 2021
Uli Beutter Cohen on subways, stillness, and the next 10 thousand years.
Dec 07, 2021
Ann Patchett on a remarkable friendship, the importance of Snoopy in her life, and much, much more.
Nov 23, 2021
Emily Ratajkowski on why writing feels like a feminist act.
Nov 09, 2021
Brendan Borrell on the race to the Covid vacine
Oct 26, 2021
Adrienne Westenfeld on Matrix, Harlem Shuffle, My Body, and other books you should read this Fall.
Oct 19, 2021
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on interracial friendship, and their new book, We Are Not Like Them.
Oct 12, 2021
Stanley Tucci on Taste, life's journeys, and wooing through food.
Oct 05, 2021
Annie Daly on wellness, self-care, and what those words mean all over the world.
Sep 28, 2021
Reeves Wiedeman on his obsessive viral article ‘The Spine Collector.’
Sep 21, 2021
Liz Plosser on mornings, routines, and working from home.
Sep 14, 2021
Parker Posey on her friendship with Nora Ephron, acting with integrity and the past lives of dogs.
Aug 31, 2021
Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan (from 2017).
Aug 24, 2021
Katie Kitamura on the charismatic nature of power and her new novel, Intimacies.
Aug 17, 2021
Meredith Westgate on guarding what we share with those we love, and her new book The Shimmering State.
Aug 10, 2021
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on how history lives in our bodies and the joy of riding horses.
Aug 03, 2021
Stephanie Danler on confronting the past and the value of gentleness.
Jul 27, 2021
Raven Leilani on art & failure, writing to her past self, and Six Flags.
Jul 20, 2021
Lisa Taddeo on obsessions with mothers and the wisdom of French Actresses
Jul 13, 2021
Laura Dave on finding out who someone really is and different ways to be a mother.
Jun 29, 2021
Gabriela Garcia on Cuba, mothers and daughters, and the link between cigars and literature.
Jun 22, 2021
Trent Preszler on the healing power of building a boat with your hands.
Jun 15, 2021
Hala Alyan on family secrets and the charged history of the Middle East.
Jun 08, 2021
Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery in America
Jun 01, 2021
Lauren Oyler on who we are on the internet.
May 25, 2021
Te-Ping Chen on funeral strippers, and her collection of short stories, Land of Big Numbers.
May 18, 2021
Nadia Owusu on the healing power of a rocking chair and her new memoir, Aftershocks.
May 11, 2021
Elizabeth Gilbert on why being honest is better than being good, and her novel CITY OF GIRLS. (From the Archive)
May 04, 2021
Jess Walter on the ‘She-Dog of Anarchy’ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and his new novel The Cold Millions.
Apr 27, 2021
Jen Silverman on the art of the post-scandal comeback and her novel, We Play Ourselves.
Mar 31, 2021
Kaitlyn Greenidge on what freedom means in 2021 and her novel, Libertie.
Mar 29, 2021
From Sugar23, this is Lit Up.
Mar 29, 2021
Christopher Bollen on writing likeable characters who do bad things
Mar 26, 2021
Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
Dec 18, 2020
Mira Jacob on drawing her family
Dec 03, 2020
Veronica Roth on the consequences of fame
Dec 03, 2020
Kate Elizabeth Russell on power
Apr 21, 2020
Dolly Alderton on being comfortable being alone
Feb 19, 2020
Lauren Mechling on being out of Vogue
Feb 04, 2020
Leslie Jamison on turning animals into characters
Jan 14, 2020
Jami Attenberg on dysfunctional families
Dec 31, 2019
Vicki Laveau-Harvie on surviving her family
Oct 30, 2019
Elaine Welteroth on having the perfect life
Oct 16, 2019
Courtney Maum on heeding your own instincts
Oct 10, 2019
Jia Tolentino on self-reflection
Aug 07, 2019
Kathleen Alcott on searching for America
Aug 01, 2019
Lisa Taddeo on the effects of past relationships
Jul 24, 2019
Ocean Vuong on inheriting our values
Jul 17, 2019
Elizabeth Gilbert on exploring our desires and sexual freedoms
Jul 04, 2019
Mickey Rapkin on writing a Hollywood hit
Jun 19, 2019
Ceridwen Dovey on the privilege and vulnerability of being a young woman
Jun 12, 2019
Stan Grant reflects on the privilege of nostalgia
May 29, 2019
Monica Tan on understanding Australia
May 15, 2019
Bret Easton Ellis on the danger of so-called thought-crime
May 08, 2019
Taylor Jenkins Reid on women not aspiring to be merely the muse
May 01, 2019
Hermione Hoby is seeking to understand people
Apr 24, 2019
Trent Dalton on what makes a good man
Apr 17, 2019
Natalka Burian on writing about family dynamics
Apr 10, 2019
Sheila Heti on the ties between female identity and motherhood
Apr 03, 2019
Mary Gabriel on placing females artists back into art history
Mar 27, 2019
Rachel Kushner on Understanding Stalkers
Mar 20, 2019
Kerry O'Brien on the importance of investing in journalism
Mar 13, 2019
Courtney Maum on the importance of touch
Mar 06, 2019
Lucie Greene on forecasting desire through data
Feb 27, 2019
Georgia Clark on representing someone else's experience
Feb 20, 2019
Olivia Laing and dealing with the contradictions of the world
Feb 13, 2019
R.O. Kwon and the cult of religion
Feb 06, 2019
Rebecca Traister and the positive power of female rage
Jan 30, 2019
Glory Edim on representation in literature
Jan 23, 2019
James Frey wants to burn the world down
Jan 16, 2019
Ingrid Fetell Lee and the aesthetics of Joy
Jan 09, 2019
Parker Posey compares acting to writing
Jan 02, 2019
Meg Mason on Motherhood's effect on her writing
Dec 26, 2018
Neil Gaiman and Norse Gods
Dec 19, 2018
Caitlin Moran on sexual shame and gender boundaries
Dec 11, 2018
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Vietnamese-American refugee experience
Jul 22, 2018
Jami Attenberg on being a woman in NYC and finding success
Jul 22, 2018
Tom Perrotta on porn addiction, suburban America and exploring gender norms
Jul 22, 2018
Trevor Noah live at NeueHouse
Jul 22, 2018
Jennifer Egan on Manhattan Beach, gangsters and following her instincts
Jul 22, 2018
Maggie Nelson reflects on her work
Jul 22, 2018
Claire Messud on long-lost friendships
Jul 22, 2018
The way forward with Lidia Yuknavitch
Jul 22, 2018
Karl Ove Knausgaard on fate, shame, prolonging pleasure, and iconic memories
Jul 22, 2018
Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity
Jul 22, 2018
Maria Semple on friendship, city living, and coping mechanisms
Jul 22, 2018
Max Porter on love through grief
Jul 22, 2018
Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan
Jul 22, 2018
Salman Rushdie on how life is Stranger Than Fiction
Jul 22, 2018
Mohsin Hamid on immigration, life in Pakistan, and Donald Trump
Jul 22, 2018
The ever introspective Mary Louise Parker
Jul 22, 2018
Samantha Irby on intentional dating, epic sexual mishaps and redefining family
Jul 22, 2018
Stephanie Danler on coming of age in NYC
Jul 22, 2018
The inimitable roxane gay
Jul 22, 2018
Ann Patchett on opening up in fiction
Jul 22, 2018