#97 Viv Groskop: Even Tolstoy Got Trolled

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Viv Groskop is a writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian. Viv’s brand new 2017 show ANCHORWOMAN: WHEN THE NEWS GETS TOO MUCH was performed at Edinburgh Fringe this year and featured on: BBC R2 and BBC R4. We chat about Viv’s new book, acquired by Penguin The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature. Viv is also a Columnist and agony aunt called Dear Viv at The Pool. She reviews TV for the Guardian and is the author of “stand-up meets mid-life crisis memoir” I Laughed, I Cried. AND she was shortlisted Glamour Woman of the Year: Columnist of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016. We talk about how you shouldn't rush creative projects, how trolling isn’t new, how her new book was in the works for 15 years and how to many projects on the go at the same.

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0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-Alt Delete. I'm very excited to bring you
1:01.8	a very interesting wise and wonderful guest today.
1:05.0	So today's guest is Viv Grozkop. She is a writer, critic, broadcaster, stand-up comedian,
1:11.6	and she hosts lots of amazing live events.
1:15.0	She is someone who I really kind of look up to in the industry without sounding too
1:18.6	cringe because she's someone that does lots and lots of different things and so do I and it's nice to have someone to sort of look at and think, oh, she's making it work.
1:27.8	So a bit about Viv, so her brand new 2017 stand-up show was called Anchor Woman and it was performed this year at Edinburgh Fringe
1:36.2	and it was featured on the BBC 2 and BBC 4 radio programs.
1:40.2	And in this episode we talk about Viv's new book, which is out now with Penguin, and it's called the Anna Karenina Fix life lessons from Russian literature.
1:49.0	And we talk lots about that book on the podcast and sort of the life lessons from the book.
1:54.8	Talking of life lessons, Viv is also a columnist and Agony Aunt for the Pool,
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