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Omid Djalili's fascinating story begins with an unconventional childhood spent at his family's London guesthouse for visiting Iranians. At school he is kept busy with the beginnings of a passionate love affair with football but he hopes one day to live a more intellectually fulfilled life. For one wonderful summer in California it seems that maybe he will find his spiritual home at UCLA.

A probing biography of world-renowned Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson and the history of his performance in and the making of The Jazz Singer Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from a shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1894 after his father secured a job as a rabbi in Washington...

Symphony Space invited three renowned biographers, James Atlas, Edmund Morris, and Stacy Schiff, to reveal the fascinating, all-absorbing process of researching and writing another person's life story. The conversation delved deeply into the challenges the authors encountered and the pleasures they enjoyed in writing the lives of Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Vera Nabakov, and Saul Bellow, as well as the difficulty of getting past the "unreliable narrator".

Journey through the captivating life of Jules Turnour, a renowned clown with a captivating story to tell. This podcast is based on his as told to autobiography that graced the pages of the Saturday Evening Post in 1909. Uncover the hidden stories of the circus, both in Europe and the United States, as told by Jules himself. Experience the laughter, tears, and love of a life devoted to circus craftsmanship. As the bands music fills the air, and the crowds anticipation builds, I am brought to life, my fatigue miraculously disappears, and I am once again youthful. This podcast is sprinkled with ...

Norman Wisdom's early years could easily have come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. Left by their frightened mother and ill-treated by a brutal father, Norman and his brother were forced to fend for themselves, sleeping rough in London and stealing food to survive. This is a rags to riches tale of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on to make millions laugh around the world for over five decades.

Explore the riveting world of acting through the autobiographical lenses of renowned American, British, and Italian actors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Delve into the compelling narrative of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth, as recounted by his brother Edwin Booth, a revered actor of his era, and the celebrated actress Clara Morris. The playwright may shape the plot, characters, and dialog, but the true essence of life is breathed into a play by the artistry of the actor. Join us as we uncover these captivating stories.