Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Code Of The Woosters: The Funniest Book Ever Written?
Episode 18
How did P.G. Wodehouse become one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century? Why have Jeeves and Wooster become such an iconic pairing? A…
2 days, 6 hours ago
Oscar Wilde's Downfall: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Episode 17
How did the anxieties of late-Victorian Britain inspire Dorian Gray? Which real people lay behind the characters of Dorian Gray? What were the French…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Hunger Games: Rebellion and Violence In Dystopian America
What does The Hunger Games say about the state of modern America? How did reality TV inspire The Hunger Games? Why did Suzanne Collin's novel become …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Mrs Dalloway: Woolf, Sexuality, and Change
Episode 15
What does Mrs Dalloway express about female sexuality and experience? Why did its modernist style cause such controversy? And, what was Virginia Wool…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Beloved: Memory, Morrison, and Modern American Fiction
Episode 14
Who is Beloved, and what is the true historical story that inspired the novel? How does Toni Morrison use magical realism to explore the horror of Sl…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
The Woman In White: Victorians, Sensation, and Scandal
Episode 13
How did Wilkie Collins craft one of the earliest examples of detective fiction? What does The Woman In White reveal about the Victorian society? And,…
1 month ago
A Court of Thorns and Roses: ''Fairy Smut'' or Fantasy Sensation?
Episode 12
How was ACOTAR inspired by traditional folklore? Why has the novel become such a mass sensation? And, what is Romantasy?
Join Dominic Sandbrook and T…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Mystery, Folklore, and Sherlock Holmes
Episode 11
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Mystery, Folklore, and Sherlock Holmes
What is the true story that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's best-seller? Why have …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
East Of Eden: Steinbeck, Sin, and Redemption
Episode 10
Why did Steinbeck consider East of Eden his magnum opus? What does the novel reveal about human nature? How did Steinbeck interrogate early 20th cen…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Normal People: Class, Ireland, and Heartbreak
Episode 9
Is Sally Rooney's hit novel really a love story? How does class division impact the love Marianne and Connell feel for each other? Is Rooney creating…
2 months ago