Recent Episodes
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S2 E2: Love and Romance with Emily Henry
Apr 24, 2025 – 38:57 -
S2 E1: Children's Books with Greg James and Chris Smith
Apr 10, 2025 – 36:11 -
Ask Penguin Series 2 Trailer
Apr 3, 2025 – 0:59 -
Jodi Picoult on the theory behind Shakespeare’s plays
Jan 24, 2025 – 6:36 -
A day in the life of a Publicist with Alison Barrow
Jan 23, 2025 – 8:49 -
The human experience and AI with Jeanette Winterson
Jan 22, 2025 – 8:16 -
A day in the life of a Books Editor with Simon Prosser
Jan 21, 2025 – 8:26 -
How to tackle reading the big Classics with Henry Eliot
Jan 20, 2025 – 7:30 -
Episode 12: Best books of the year
Dec 19, 2024 – 12:00 -
Episode 11: Winter Reads with Jeanette Winterson
Dec 12, 2024 – 35:16 -
Episode 10: History Special with Al Murray, James Holland and Terry Deary
Dec 5, 2024 – 48:46 -
Episode 9: How to Get Published with Jennie Godfrey
Nov 28, 2024 – 40:49 -
Episode 8: Christmas gifting with William Hanson
Nov 21, 2024 – 47:28 -
Episode 7: Historical Fiction with Jodi Picoult
Nov 14, 2024 – 42:35 -
Episode 6: Books to Screen with Robert Harris
Nov 7, 2024 – 26:37 -
Episode 5: Crime and Mystery with Kate Atkinson
Oct 31, 2024 – 24:40 -
Episode 4: Spooky reads with Daisy Johnson
Oct 24, 2024 – 30:22 -
Episode 3: The Classics with Henry Eliot and Gill Hornby
Oct 16, 2024 – 43:48 -
Episode 2: Black History Month with Zeinab Badawi
Oct 10, 2024 – 29:29 -
Episode 1: Prize-winning books with Sara Collins
Oct 8, 2024 – 37:27 -
Ask Penguin Trailer
Sep 26, 2024 – 0:53 -
The Best Of the Penguin Podcast 2023
Dec 27, 2023 – 36:09 -
Sebastian Faulks with Nihal Arthanayake
Dec 20, 2023 – 42:34 -
C Pam Zhang with Nihal Arthanayake
Dec 6, 2023 – 45:57 -
Peter Singer with Nihal Arthanayake
Nov 22, 2023 – 52:03 -
Yanis Varoufakis with Nihal Arthanayake
Nov 21, 2023 – 54:47 -
Alain de Botton with Isy Suttie
Oct 18, 2023 – 50:07 -
David Mitchell with Isy Suttie
Oct 5, 2023 – 50:02 -
Megan Nolan with Isy Suttie
Sep 20, 2023 – 42:59 -
Rob Rinder with Isy Suttie
Sep 6, 2023 – 37:47 -
Michael Magee with Nihal Arthanayake
Aug 23, 2023 – 45:45 -
Shaparak Khorsandi with Isy Suttie live from Latitude Festival
Aug 9, 2023 – 48:08 -
Brandon Taylor with Isy Suttie
Jul 26, 2023 – 44:05 -
Isabella Hammad with Isy Suttie
Jul 12, 2023 – 46:33 -
Tom Crewe with Nihal Arthanayake
Jun 28, 2023 – 47:07 -
Maxine Mei-Fung Chung with Isy Suttie
Jun 14, 2023 – 48:41 -
Sophie Mackintosh with Isy Suttie
May 31, 2023 – 53:05 -
Chris van Tulleken with Isy Suttie
May 17, 2023 – 55:47 -
Jyoti Patel with Nihal Arthanayake
May 3, 2023 – 49:50 -
Jonathan Kennedy with Isy Suttie
Apr 19, 2023 – 42:14 -
Diana Evans with Isy Suttie
Apr 5, 2023 – 49:51 -
Sarah Bakewell with Isy Suttie
Mar 22, 2023 – 52:21 -
Carlo Rovelli with Nihal Arthanayake
Mar 8, 2023 – 52:12 -
Julian Barnes with Nihal Arthanayake
Feb 22, 2023 – 47:19 -
Paul Harding with Nihal Arthanayake
Feb 8, 2023 – 47:08 -
Nadiya Hussein with Isy Suttie
Jan 25, 2023 – 40:58 -
Jane Fallon with with Nihal Arthanayake
Jan 11, 2023 – 39:03 -
The Year in Review 2022 (Part 2) with Nihal Arthanayake
Dec 28, 2022 – 28:06 -
The Year in Review 2022 (Part 1) with Nihal Arthanayake
Dec 14, 2022 – 31:49 -
Malorie Blackman with Nihal Arthanayake
Nov 30, 2022 – 35:55
Recent Reviews
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ScottMichaelNashGood ConversationThe rare podcast where it genuinely feels like a conversation rather than an interview.
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Agnus HAverageBrilliant authors. Dopey hosts and average questions. Why bring props to a podcast?
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G-Bunny720Love this show from the States!My daily commute must listened station! Love it!
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orange-juicer#GrowTheShowI have told everyone I know about this show. It keeps my reading list current, and gives me insights into the books that I wouldn't have without listening to the podcast. Plus, almost every book I've read from the list of episodes has been wonderful!! Thank you.
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MemYesThatsRightMemBrilliant!Love the podcast but the Suggs episode was just so excellent - great stuff!!
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nudetomatosmilesI sayVery neat indeed
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jeremysanders100Bravo!!!!!!!!Excellent Podcast. Wish there were more.
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roalddahlia925excellent podcast!I love The Penguin Podcast. It takes book reading to the next level. I like hearing what the writing process is like from the author's mouth. There are also tidbits of info you won't find in the books. The books and authors are really varied which is nice, because it means I get to hear things I ordinarily wouldn't. It's actually turned me onto a few good books, like The Memory Keeper's Daughter. And best of all, it's intelligently done. Bravo.
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Kate GUneven, poor quality soundI loved the idea of the Penguin Podcast, but I've ended my subscription. Why? The quality was so uneven. One week, a set of intriguing selections from murder mysteries; the next, the gawdawful Hairy Bikers with their less than knowledgeable stories of traveling Vietnam and the Middle East looking for food. Perhaps they would be funny if you'd seen the TV show, but I hadn't. It was by no means the cultural coup the announcer for the Penquin Podcasts claimed it was. I loved the reading of Dicken's Christmas Carol. Sure, it's been done, but it was seasonal and reminded me of the intense descriptiveness of Dickens. But then there was the long, uninspired reading from someone's gastronomical tourbook of London. No description, just "you know the xxxx, well next time you're there, have some of the chips at yyyy." No attempt to draw in the listener. The real killer, though, was the truly abysmal sound quality. I can handle accents -- jeez, I know 7 languages myself, I can handle some difference -- but when I'm walking along city streets or on the El listening, the sound needs to be clear enough that I can listen without blowing out my eardrums a la that guitarist from the Who. I had to turn the Penquin Podcasts up full blast to hear -- and I use high quality, closed headphones, not those little buds. Penquin Podcasts were notably quieter and fuzzier than all the other podcasts I listen to. So, Penquin, clean up your act! At least get the sound quality good enough, and then I'll listen even if I'm less than impressed with the content. Sorry, I WANTED to like it!
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TaguchiJapanThoughtful, interesting, funPenguin Books has done a very nice job on their podcast, which features readings and author interviews from the publishing company's authors. They consistently put out a wide variety of subjects, ranging from crime novels to cooking and children's books to "acclaimed novels." While a podcast about books has the potential to be extremely droll, this is not this case here. At the end and beginning of most shows, a "Penguin remix" is featured; these are upbeat dance remixes of book recordings, and are often quite funny. With this and its sharp, tight format, the Penguin Podcast should remain entertaining and listenable for a long time.
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