The Penguin Podcast

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The Penguin Podcast is back with a brand new series called Ask Penguin. In each episode, we will take you inside Penguin Books to meet some of the incredible authors we publish as well as the people who work here, to get answers to all of your book-related questions. Do you need to find your next page-turning read? Are you curious to find out what a day in the life of an editor is like, or simply why a small, aquatic, flightless bird became the iconic emblem that adorns Penguin books worldwide? Look no further than Ask Penguin, The Penguin Podcast.


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Recent Episodes
  • 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
  • ScottMichaelNash
    Good Conversation
    The rare podcast where it genuinely feels like a conversation rather than an interview.
  • Agnus H
    Average
    Brilliant authors. Dopey hosts and average questions. Why bring props to a podcast?
  • G-Bunny720
    Love this show from the States!
    My daily commute must listened station! Love it!
  • orange-juicer
    #GrowTheShow
    I 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.
  • MemYesThatsRightMem
    Brilliant!
    Love the podcast but the Suggs episode was just so excellent - great stuff!!
  • nudetomatosmiles
    I say
    Very neat indeed
  • jeremysanders100
    Bravo!!!!!!!!
    Excellent Podcast. Wish there were more.
  • roalddahlia925
    excellent 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.
  • Kate G
    Uneven, poor quality sound
    I 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!
  • TaguchiJapan
    Thoughtful, interesting, fun
    Penguin 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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