Meet the Author
Kevin Powers
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
Jim Naughtie talks to American fiction writer Kevin Powers about his new book A Shout in the Ruins.
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Free Thinking
American slavery, the occult and modern politics, jobs for psychopaths
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Iraq veteran and novelist Kevin Powers, American writer Gary Lachman, plus the careers picked by psychopaths. Presented by Matthew Sweet. Show more
Front Row
Jane Horrocks, 20 Feet From Stardom, US war vets, Tim Barrow
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Arts news, including Jane Horrocks on playing Little Voice, a review of new film doc 20 Feet From Stardom, US Iraq war veterans writing fiction, and playwright Tim Barrow. Show more
Front Row
Leonard Cohen, BalletBoyz, Contemporary war poetry
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
An archive interview with the late Leonard Cohen, BalletBoyz directors on their WWI dance film Young Men, and Kevin Powers and Daljit Nagra on contemporary war poetry. Show more
Front Row
Akram Khan, Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman exhibition, soldier-turned-novelist Kevin Powers
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Akram Khan shows us around his studio at home and discusses a life in dance ahead of his final solo performance. Show more