The 4 Best The Book Club Podcast Episodes
1) Robert Macfarlane: Is a river alive?
Sam Leith's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Robert Macfarlane. In his new book Is A River Alive? he travels from the cloud forests of Ecuador to the pollution-choked rivers of Chen...Show More
2) Sathnam Sanghera: Empireworld
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is Sathnam Sanghera, author of the new book Empireworld about the effect of British imperialism around the globe. He tells me why he's trying to get beyond th...Show More
3) Victoria Smith: Hags
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer Victoria Smith, whose new book Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women explains why one of the oldest forms of misogyny is seeing a vicious ...Show More
4) Philip Oltermann: The Stasi Poetry Circle
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Philip Oltermann, whose new book The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War, unearths one of the most unexpected co...Show More
5) Peter James: Jack Higgins's The Eagle Has Landed
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the crime writer Peter James. Peter has contributed the introduction to a new edition of the classic thriller The Eagle Has Landed, whic...Show More
6) Luke Kemp: The History and Future of Societal Collapse
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Luke Kemp. In his new book Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse, Luke seeks lessons from prehistory to understand how societies gro...Show More
7) Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Languages
This week Sam is joined by Ben Schott, who many listeners will remember as the author of Schott's Miscellany, a world conquering gift book that appeared in every stocking for many years. He's back wit...Show More
8) Speaker series: Jeffrey Archer – End Game
Michael Gove speaks to Jeffrey Archer about his life, career and his new novel End Game, which marks the gripping finale of the William Warwick series. This discussion was part of the Spectator's spea...Show More
9) Philippa Gregory: Boleyn Traitor
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the historical novelist Philippa Gregory. In her gripping new book Boleyn Traitor, Philippa seeks to rescue Jane Boleyn from the vast condesc...Show More
10) Sudhir Hazareesingh: Daring to be Free
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian Sudhir Hazareesingh, whose new book Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World reframes the story o...Show More