Best of The Usual Suspects
Pat Kane introduces a series of major interviews drawn from the archives of the acclaimed ±«Óătv Radio Scotland arts show The Usual Suspects, which ran from 1993 - 1999. Guests include Doris Lessing, JG Ballard, George Steiner, Gore Vidal and Mort Sahl.
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Kane Over America – John Kenneth Galbraith
Pat Kane in conversation with the late John Kenneth Galbraith, friend and advisor to John F Kennedy, and a towering figure of world economics.
Duration: 47:40
The Usual Suspects – Doris Lessing
In an interview recorded in 1996 for Radio Scotland’s art show The Usual Suspects, fabulously feisty Doris Lessing takes on Pat Kane, who remembers it as a challenging conversation.
Duration: 50:54
The Usual Suspects – J G Ballard
The late JG Ballard – unparalleled and subversive giant of contemporary English literature and author of fictions such as Crash, and fictionalised memoir Empire of the Sun – chats to Pat Kane in 1996.
Duration: 48:27
The Usual Suspects – James Macmillan
In a live episode, Pat Kane in relaxed conversation with James Macmillan and disovers, among other things, his love of progressive rock during his school years.
Duration: 48:28
The Usual Suspects – George Steiner
In a 1995 episode of Radio Scotland’s arts programme, Pat Kane interviews literary critic and linguistic polymath George Steiner.
Duration: 51:13
The Usual Suspects – Gore Vidal
The American historical novelist graces Pat Kane with his presence North of the Tweed, in a 1993 episode of Radio Scotland’s arts programme.
Duration: 20:26
The Usual Suspects – Alasdair Reid
Pat Kane travels to New York to visits Galloway-born Alasdair Reid, one of the New Yorker’s most illustrious writers for over 40 years.
Duration: 20:34
The Usual Suspects – Mort Sahl
Pat Kane meets stand-up comedian, satirist, Kennedy speech-writer and conspiracy theorist, Mort Sahl.
Duration: 23:52
Broadcasts
- Thu 22 Apr 2010 00:30±«Óătv Radio Scotland Extra
- Thu 29 Apr 2010 00:30±«Óătv Radio Scotland Extra
- Thu 3 Mar 2011 00:30±«Óătv Radio Scotland
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