New podcast My Unlived Life launches its second season

Robinson added: "All our lives contain within them shadows of the lives we nearly lived: moments where we turned left instead of right, where we closed one door and opened another. The paths we choose create the story of who we are, but the unlived life—the wish unfulfilled, the need unmet, the question unanswered—has much to teach us, if we let it. The podcast opens a new channel for writers to reach readers, along with offering new content for publishers’ and authors’ own channels."

The first season of "My Unlived Life" launched in December 2021, with authors including Philippa Perry, who explored a path where her high school guidance counsellor had encouraged her to go to university instead of suggesting she get a job at M&S; Karrie Fransman, who imagined a life where her IVF failed and she did not conceive her first child; and Irenosen Okojie, who explored a path where she took a job as a magazine assistant in Manhattan in her twenties.

Season Two’s episodes will be released one per week from Friday 10th June on Acast, and also available on Apple, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

The full line-up is:

Tanya Shadrick (W&N)

Louise Kennedy (Bloomsbury)

Edward Carey (Gallic)

Deesha Philyaw (Pushkin)

Andrew Hunter Murray (Hutchinson Heinemann)

Sandra Newman (Granta)

Sabrina Mahfouz (Tinder Press)

Chris Haughton (Walker)

Travis Alabanza (Canongate)

Lisa Jewell (Century)

Season Three, to air this autumn, is currently open for new guests. Email pitches can be sent to myunlivedlifepod@gmail.com.