Podcast

Secret Life of Books

http://www.secretlifeofbooks.org

Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.-- To join the Secret Life of Books Club visit: www.secretlifeofbooks.org-- Please support us on Patreon to keep the lights on in the SLoB studio: https://patreon.com/SecretLifeofBooks528?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkinsta: https://www.instagram.com/secretlifeofbookspodcast/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@secretlifeofbookspodcast/shorts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

130episodes
36guest appearances
32unique guests

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Alexandra Harris 2 2025-09-08
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Stephen Greenblatt 2 2025-10-14
Andy Miller 1 2025-04-15
Anna Funder 1 2025-03-28
Autumn Womack 1 2026-03-06
Charlotte Wood 1 2025-01-06
Clara Tuite 1 2025-06-24
Colm ToibĂ­n 1 2025-11-24
Devoney Looser 1 2026-02-21
Dominic Rowe 1 2025-06-13
Dominic Sandbrook 1 2025-02-03
Geraldine Brooks 1 2025-01-31
Hermione Lee 1 2025-09-11
James Runcie 1 2026-01-08
Janice Hadlow 1 2026-05-05
Jennifer Egan 1 2025-09-25
Jill Lepore 1 2025-05-27
Jodi Picoult 1 2025-03-07
Kate Grenville 1 2025-07-29
Katherine Parkinson 1 2025-05-16
Lev Grossman 1 2024-09-17
Mary Beard 1 2024-11-25
Max Egremont 1 2025-03-21
Namwali Serpell 1 2026-03-21
Paul Muldoon 1 2025-09-18
Rachel Cohen 1 2025-03-13
Richard Ovenden 1 2026-02-06
Robert MacFarlane 1 2025-05-09
Rory Stewart 1 2025-02-10
Rowan Tomlinson 1 2025-10-14

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