Podcast review: Macmanus shows a lockpicker’s skill in opening up her high-profile guests
Annie Macmanus steers guests on her podcast, Changes, through a more profound contemplation of changes and how her high-profile guests turned to face the strange
You probably already know Macmanus, who was born and raised in Dublin but has spent most of her adult life in London, where she made her name as the Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. She’s also the writer of two well-received novels, Mother Mother and The Mess We’re In.
It’s in the artistic realm that Macmanus really shines: she’s an empathetic interviewer but also deeply engaged, and draws some winning tales from her guests: Elba talking about his full embodiment of an egg in a frying pan, freshly cracked and sizzling, in an early drama class; the editor and writer Lorraine Candy describing the creeping sadness that spread through her like ink during her late 40s ; Louise Kennedy matter-of-factly laying out the different times her granny’s Belfast pub was...
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