Podcast Episodes

Review Show: Pulp's new album More

Professor John Mullan and writer Lucy O’Brien join Tom to review More, Pulp's first album in nearly 24 years. They also discuss exhibitions by the 20…

1 year ago

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered

Turner Prize winning artist Rachel Whiteread talks about her retrospective exhibition at the brand new Goodw…

1 year ago

Was 1975 the best year for music?

Sarah Moss, the celebrated author of Ghost Wall, discusses her new novel Ripeness, which oscillates between tension-filled contemporary Ireland and a…

1 year ago

Remembering Twin Peaks

Samira Ahmed talks to Twin Peaks' co-creator Mark Frost and podcaster Mike Munser about the show's enduring legacy, 35 years after it began. And Hol…

1 year ago

Review show: Paris Lees drama What It Feels Like for a Girl

Tom and guests review What it Feels Like for Girl, the BBC's coming-of-age drama based on the memoir of Paris Lees; Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel, …

1 year ago

Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser

Daisy Goodwin discusses her debut play, By Royal Appointment, which stars Anne Reid as Queen Elizabeth and Caroline Quentin as her dresser, and which…

1 year ago

Nick Mohammed on comedy and improvisation

Comedian Nick Mohammed on his stand-up show Mr Swallow, and Deep Cover, his action thriller about a group of comedy improvisers.

Kate Wasserberg, Arti…

1 year ago

Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage

Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof with its star Adam Dannheisser and director Jordan Fein.

Sarah Dunant tal…

1 year ago

Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession

Samira Ahmed and writers Dreda Mitchell and Mark Ravenhill review Imelda Staunton and her daughter, Bessie Carter, in Mrs Warren's Profession.

They co…

1 year ago

Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.

Paul Hartnoll of electronic music duo Orbital talks about the reissue of the band's Brown album which was originally released in 1993, with the addit…

1 year ago