A Chat with Tade Thompson
From Tales From The Bridge by Sam, Kevin, James, Hannah, Ryan, Tristan
April 29, 2026 · 50 min · Season 5 · Episode 152
About this episode
Tade Thompson discusses his novel Rosewater and various themes including A.I. and career ambitions.
You’re in for a treat as Tade Thompson joins us on the Bridge. Our regular listeners know that his novel Rosewater, part one of the Wormwood Trilogy, is our current book of the month. We touch on this series, accidental apocalypse (apologies!), his thoughts on A.I., lore-keepers (Who?), and... we learn Tade's earliest, amazing career ambition and the limits of responsibility, despite great power, in the face of an empty bank account. There was so much to discuss that we’re hoping to have him ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Sam, Kevin, James, Hannah, Ryan, Tristan
Guest: Tade Thompson
Topics covered
- Tade Thompson
- Wormwood Trilogy
- A.I.
- career ambitions
- responsibility
- apocalypse
Keywords
- Tade Thompson
- Rosewater
- Wormwood Trilogy
- A.I.
- apocalypse
- career ambition
- responsibility
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Rosewater, Wormwood Trilogy
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