Podcast Episodes

Stephen Fishbach: Escape!

What happens when the promise of reinvention collides with the ruthless machinery of reality television?

Drawing on his own experience as a two-time S…

7 hours ago

Kate Grenville: A Mystery in 88 Letters

Hear from one of the country’s most acclaimed authors, Kate Grenville, on her dazzling new work of non-fiction – a colonial-era cold case that’s part…

2 weeks ago

Geetanjali Shree in Conversation

India’s great chronicler of memory, family, identity and belonging sits down with host Mridula Nath Chakraborty to discuss her luminous, genre-defyin…

1 month ago

Cory Doctorow: Enshittification

Tech critic Cory Doctorow on the broken promise of the utopian internet, the systems that sustain it and what it might take to reclaim a more open di…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The 2026 E.W. Cole Lecture: Alice Pung on Keeping Calm and Carrying On

What does it take to keep showing up to the blank page? Award-winning author Alice Pung offers reasons for optimism in this year’s E. W. Cole Lecture…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mick Herron: Slough House and Slow Horses

An unmissable episode for Slow Horses fans, writer Mick Herron unveils the next instalment in his phenomenally successful Slough House series with ho…

2 months, 1 week ago

Stan Grant: When Words Fail Us

Hear from acclaimed author and broadcaster Stan Grant in this special edition of The Fifth Estate as he reflects on the fragility of words and why co…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ed Coper: Angertainment

Ed Coper explains how angertainment has co-opted our social media feeds and taken over our lives, in conversation with Sushi Das.

Originally presented…

3 months ago

Amitav Ghosh in Conversation

Celebrated writer and thinker Amitav Ghosh explores rebirth, regeneration and the cycles of life with host Dr Sreedhevi Iyer.

Originally presented on…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jimmy Wales: Founder of Wikipedia

Hear from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as he discusses the importance of trust in our online and offline communities and how Wikipedia evolved into …

4 months, 1 week ago