Farrah Jarral's guest appearances

Farrah Jarral

Books and Authors

2 GPs in a Pod

Scientifically...

Kevin Fong

Adam Rutherford

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Henry James

Jane Eyre

Iris Murdoch

Siri Hustvedt

Colson Whitehead

Yanis Varoufakis

Ethan Hawke

Lucy Porter

Lloyd Langford

Laurie Anderson

Toni Morrison

James Joyce

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As part of Radio 4's Day of the Scientist Harriett Gilbert asks two scientists and broadcasters to choose a book on a science theme. Adam Rutherford chooses Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian love story Never Let Me Go. Dr Farrah Jarral says when she first read the novella she has chosen - Octavia Butler's Bloodchild - it blew her mind dealing as it does with interspecies procreation and with underlying themes of control and power imbalance.Harriett Gilbert's choice is Piranesi by Susanna Clarke in which the character 'Piranesi' lives in The House populated by endless corridors and statues and The Other.Producer: Maggie Ayre for BBC Audio, Bristol.First broadcast on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

As part of Radio 4's Day of the Scientist Harriett Gilbert asks two scientists and broadcasters to choose a book on a science theme. Adam Rutherford chooses Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian love story Never Let Me Go. Dr Farrah Jarral says when she first read the novella she has chosen - Octavia Butler's Bloodchild - it blew her mind dealing as it does with interspecies procreation and with underlying themes of control and power imbalance. Harriett Gilbert's choice is Piranesi by Susanna Clarke in which the character 'Piranesi' lives in The House populated by endless corridors and statues and The Other. Producer: Maggie Ayre for BBC Audio, Bristol. First broadcast on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

A Good Read with Adam Rutherford and Farrah Jarral

Harriett Gilbert

Adam Kay

Two former doctors join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. Adam Kay is a writer and comedian whose first book, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, was published to great acclaim in 2017. Farrah Jarral is a writer and broadcaster who was, until recently, a London GP.The good reads up for discussion are Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson.Producer: Mair Bosworth.

Two former doctors join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. Adam Kay is a writer and comedian whose first book, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, was published to great acclaim in 2017. Farrah Jarral is a writer and broadcaster who was, until recently, a London GP. The good reads up for discussion are Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson. Producer: Mair Bosworth.

A Good Read: Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert

Shubs talks to Dr Farrah Jarral - GP and Broadcaster.In this enlightening discussion, Farrah uncovers challenges she has had to overcome in order to be a GP and Broadcaster. They discuss her Fulbright Scholarship studying Anthropology at Harvard, and how this has impacted her role as a GP, as well as how she got into media work, especially her Anthropology Series with Radio 4. They also discuss her recent piece on Resilience on BBC Radio 4 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wg6gp], particularly in the context of the NHS and her own experiences. A sweeping, heartfelt discussion about Farrah's experiences with the complexities of NHS clinical practice, Shubs and Farrah 'wax philosophical' about society, systems and how sometimes, pursuing your passion means making tough choices.

Shubs talks to Dr Farrah Jarral - GP and Broadcaster. In this enlightening discussion, Farrah uncovers challenges she has had to overcome in order to be a GP and Broadcaster. They discuss her Fulbright Scholarship studying Anthropology at Harvard, and how this has impacted her role as a GP, as well as how she got into media work, especially her Anthropology Series with Radio 4. They also discuss her recent piece on Resilience on BBC Radio 4 [<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wg6gp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wg6gp</a>], particularly in the context of the NHS and her own experiences. A sweeping, heartfelt discussion about Farrah's experiences with the complexities of NHS clinical practice, Shubs and Farrah 'wax philosophical' about society, systems and how sometimes, pursuing your passion means making tough choices.

Farrah Jarral - GP, Broadcaster, Anthropology Enthusiast