Review jokes to Ella Berthoud about starting The White Lotus reading list with Knut Hamsun’s Hunger, the story of a struggling journalist; housing insecure, unsure how to make ends meet, in a European city, hallucinating from one meal to the next. He comes good when... 1/5

Being unmothered is hard to say today. But other women help my heart ache a little less. To Wiesia, my mama who gave me life. Basia, my godmother who started our collection of cups from around the world. Benia, my stepmother, a constant through the ups and downs. Dana, my aunt who teaches me to cook

In the third and final episode of Poles Apart, go back to the start… but did it really begin there? Interviews with people who begin again, and again… link in bio, listen where you get your podcasts
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In Australia, or other Western countries where the system works smoothly, you trust the process. But in countries where the system still doesn't work well for the uninitiated, you can't trust the system. Not knowing how to navigate the process is an unwritten test you have to pass.

Has he confided to someone in person? Review asks. Three people. His close circle knows about his alter ego. “Do I want to have this conversation with them? If they hear it and they want to chat about it, that's fine,” he says.