Episodes

  • E31: Ben Ambridge's The Stories Of Your Life

    E31: Ben Ambridge's The Stories Of Your Life
    Feb 3 2026
    Joel speaks to Ben Ambridge about how stories define our existence and his book that outlines the eight masterplots behind human behaviour. Joel explains how he can always tell when someone has never been in their overdraft.

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    56 mins
  • E30: Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room

    E30: Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room
    Nov 11 2025
    Romy Hall ends up in prison after killing her stalker. It's an excellent set-up to a novel, but does it deliver? The endorsements on the front cover certainly think so, but does Geordie Joel agree?

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    32 mins
  • E29: Benedict Townsend's Book Club?

    E29: Benedict Townsend's Book Club?
    Sep 8 2025
    Joel is joined by writer and comedian Benedict Townsend who takes full control of the show.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • E28: Rhys James' You'll Like It When You Get There

    E28: Rhys James' You'll Like It When You Get There
    Aug 26 2025
    Joel speaks to stand up comedian and author of You'll Like It When You Get There, Rhys James, about his new book!

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    58 mins
  • E27: Joel and Lucas Oakley Create A Character

    E27: Joel and Lucas Oakley Create A Character
    May 20 2025
    Joel creates a whole new format for the book club and pulls in writer Lucas Oakley to build a character from scratch. Expect dice, coin flips and... long necks.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • E26: Róisín Lanigan's I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There

    E26: Róisín Lanigan's I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There
    Apr 1 2025
    Joel speaks to Róisín Lanigan about her latest, I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There, a ghost story set against the horror of the current housing crisis.

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    41 mins
  • E25: Joel's Experimental Episode

    E25: Joel's Experimental Episode
    Dec 30 2024
    Joel reviews a graphic novel called Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann about Megg The Witch and Werewolf Jones who start a band called Horse Mania. He also digs through the finds of his latest book shop crawl.

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    33 mins
  • E24: Jente Postuma's What I'd Rather Not Think About

    E24: Jente Postuma's What I'd Rather Not Think About
    Nov 27 2024
    What I'd Rather Not Think About is a novel about grieving a twin, captured in little vignettes over roughly 200 pages, but what does Joel and his new co-host Geordie Joel make of it? And is it time to stop writing 7 line chapters?

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    32 mins