Salman Rushdie on Truth, Language and the Power of Stories

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Salman Rushdie, internationally bestselling author and ‘Best of the Booker’ winner, is a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating truths about our society and culture through his dazzling prose. Best known as a novelist, he is also a compelling essayist and last month he came to Intelligence Squared to talk about the ideas in his latest collection of nonfiction, Languages of Truth. In conversation with cultural critic Shahidha Bari, Rushdie shared with us his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Philip Roth and Toni Morrison. We heard his thoughts on Christopher Hitchens and the American Right, Osama Bin Laden and Pakistan, and on the role of artists, intellectuals and ordinary citizens in fighting for freedom of speech and thought. To buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/languages-of-truth-essays-2003-2020-salman-rushdie/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello, podcast listeners. I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligent Squared.
1:04.2	Today, we're joined by Salmon Rushdie, Booker Prize-winning author and original thinker,
1:08.8	to discuss the themes and ideas in his latest collection of non-fiction, Languages of Truth.
1:13.9	He spoke to Shaheedabari about everything from Christopher Hitchens to the rise of the new American
1:19.2	right. It's a really fascinating conversation. And if you do enjoy it, you can find a link for the
1:23.0	book in the podcast description. But now let's go to the episode. Hello there. Welcome to this
1:28.3	Intelligent Squared event. I'm Shaheedabari, critic, academic and broadcaster. And as Hannah says,
1:33.2	I'm your host for this conversation with Salmon Rushdie. Perhaps one of our most famous living
1:38.8	novelists. Novelist, he's the author of 14 novels, including Midnight's Children, for which he won
1:44.1	the Booker Prize and the Best of the Bookers. Shame, the Satanic Verses, and more recently,
1:49.1	the Booker shortlisted Quyshopped. He's written across different forms, including his memoir,
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