Red Hot Chilli Writers
By RED HOT CHILLI WRITERS
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Episodes: 125
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Joined each episode by special guests, British Asian authors, Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee take a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything from bestsellers to pop culture and Big Fat Asian Weddings. Insightful, funny, packed with stellar interviews – Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves, Mike Gayle, to name a few – and the odd dose of cross-cultural confusion, they dare to explore the parts other podcasts cannot reach. Find out more: www.redhotchilliwriters.com
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Stig Abell, Death in a Lonely Place, press complaints, and falling satellites
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 123 - Erin Young, gold kitchens, banned trousers, and Christianity's oldest religious book to ever go on sale
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 122 - Harriet Tyce, A Lesson in Cruelty, Chaucer's unfinished Canterbury tales
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 121 - Tony Kent, The Shadow Network, great legal thrillers, and the Old Bailey
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 120 - BA Paris, The Guest, and Arabian Noir with Michael Lynes and Alex Shaw
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 119 - Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest, dog poop DNA, and cold fusion powered hot baths
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 118 - Anna O and Matthew Blake, homicidal sleepwalking, Guy Kennaway and Good Scammer, and the best ever Caribbean books
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 117 - Chris Hammer, Scrublands, Funnel-Web Spiders, and New Year Gut Health
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 116 - Fenton's ten best novels of 2023, dodgy Xmas parties, and Micky Mouse set free
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Episode 115 - Andrew Lycett and The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes - with added Cucumber Sherlock.
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 114 - Imran Mahmood and Finding Sophie, author winterwear, and the most famous tea party in fiction
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 113 - Susi Holliday, female serial killers, and the meaning of Diwali
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 112 - Fiona Cummins, meeting George Clooney, cats' facial expressions, and the Aussie mushroom poisoning
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 111 - Suk Pannu, The Kumars at No 10, and the unstoppability of Indian aunties
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 110 - Nev March, the Bombay Clocktower deaths, and the secret to happiness in orangutans
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 109 - Matthew Parker, One Fine Day in the British Empire, the Booker shortlist, Seven Deadly Bins
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 108 - AJ West, greatest ever ghost stories, Big Brother, and the saucy ghost ape of Dorset
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 107 - Evil Under the Sun, India's Moon Landing, and Hercule Poirot's bottom
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 106 - Simon Toyne, St Hilda's Crime, Bute rap battle, and how to avoid being eaten by a tiger
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 105 - Sarah Hilary, Neurodiversity in fiction, a Death of a Lesser God competition, and the invention of the 'blousers'
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 104 - Karin Slaughter, remembering Cormac McCarthy, and gruesome author deaths... including death by flying tortoise
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 103 - Ambrose Parry, Shakespeare's grammatical legacy, the short-sighted monster of envy, and nude 'blind date'
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 102 - Mark Billingham and The Last Dance, Hitler's Nazi playground in Blackpool, and 'Broken Arse-gate'
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 101 - MOTIVE festival in Canada, the Joffe Books Prize, Harini Nagendra, and male trees v female trees
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 100 - Robert Dugoni, the British Book Awards, and appropriate behaviour at literary festivals
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 99 - A special episode recorded live at Malice Domestic, USA debating: Which is better? American or British Crime Writing?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 98 - Sophie Hannah, Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night, and continuing the legacy of iconic characters
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 97 - Graham Bartlett, the world's oldest police forces, corrupt cops, and in the footsteps of Napoleon
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 96 - Alis Hawkins, A Bitter Remedy, The Rebecca Riots, and history's most infamous poisoners
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 95 - John Lincoln Williams, interviewing the Great American Crime Writer, and writers who were terrible people
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 94 - Andrew Taylor, Restoration England, Poe in London, and TV crime show 'Ozark'
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 93 - Laura Wilson, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, French publishing
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 92 - Peter May, crime fiction meets climate change, Friday the 13th
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 91 - Helen Fields, The Institution, Prince Andrew's autobiography, and the best biographies of all time
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode 90 - Lisa Jewell, New Year's resolutions, books to look out for in 2023, and 101 recipes using chickpeas
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Episode 89 - Jane Harper, The Dry, Outback Noir, and sexy Christmas underwear
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 88 - Peter Hains, wildlife poaching, apartheid protests, and the different forms of meditation
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 87 - Kate Mosse and Greg Mosse, historical fiction, the Cathars, climate grief, women pioneers, the Matilda Effect, and Granny Rosie
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 86 - Kellye Garrett, why women should rule the world, and strange laws in small town America
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 85 - Claire McGowan, David Beckler, The Booker Prize, and Ireland's 'vanishing triangle' disappearances
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 84 - Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, medieval owl cures, and the Declaration of Arbroath
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 83 - Erin Kelly, The Skeleton Key, the Queue, and professional mourners
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 82 - The Queen's passing, Anthony McGowan and Dogs of the Deadlands, canine philosophy and Fenton's Faves
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode 81 - Rev. Richard Coles, Murder at Evensong, St. Guinefort the greyhound, the meaning of modern faith, and the energy crisis.
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode 80 - Nadine Matheson, intimacy co-ordinators, hamsters in space, and fun facts about Grease
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Episode 79 - Mark Wightman, a potted history of Singapore, Agatha Christie and the Old Swan, and the origins of the Singapore Sling
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 78 - Luca Veste, Victoria Selman, the meaning of Scouse, and plagiarising C.S. Lewis
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode 77 - Imran Mahmood and Ayisha Malik, barristers on strike, the illusion of free will, and a world that just shuts up
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Episode 76 - David Fennell and serial killer thrillers, Jaipur Lit Fest and Borders Book Fest, and the man with no opposable thumbs
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 75 - National Crime Reading Month, Sir Ian Rankin, Vanessa O'Loughlin/Sam Blake, the Platty Joobs and fun facts about the Queen
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 74 - Stephanie Merritt & S.J. Parris, Storm and Giordano Bruno, and the world's worst teachers
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 73 - Lord Jeffrey Archer, the Domesday Book, and the village of Great Snoring
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - British Book Awards special with Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Abigail Dean ... and Mahatma Gandhi
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 71 - David Baldacci and Dream Town, orang-utan blues, and the slap heard around the world
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 70 - The British Book Awards shortlist, Janice Hallett and The Appeal, The Dying Day paperback, and epistolary novels
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 69 - Maxim Jakubowski, The Perfect Crime, the "bad review", and 100 Shades of Brown
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 68 - Anna Mazzola and The Clockwork Girl, war in Ukraine, and pole-dancing geckoes
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 67 - Adele Parks and Alex Preston, Both of You and Winchelsea; from domestic noir to re-assessing the image of smugglers.
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 66 - Dean Koontz and Quicksilver, dude ranches, dogs in literature, and a canine quiz
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 65 - Craig Robertson and Amy McCulloch, cleaning up after dead bodies and climbing into the "death zone"
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 64 - A look back at 2021, a look forward to 2022, and a crime-writer's teapot
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 63 - Antti Tuomainen and Finnish noir, Fenton's Faves, and the world pillow fighting championships
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 62 - Stuart Turton and Seven Deaths, Imran Mahmood and BBC's You Don't Know Me, and where does the word 'tomfoolery' come from?
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 61 - Mikhail Sen and an actor's life, The Shadows of Men, and the Hollywood great quotes quiz
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 60 - Charles Cumming and spy fiction, Bay Tales, and how to reduce your carbon footprint
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 59 - Clare Whitfield, Jack the Ripper, the PG Tips tea chimps, and awkward plurals
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 58 - Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den, ancient Pompeii, French literature and Abir's French junket
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 57 - Tim Marshall and The Power of Geography, the best ever literary Scottish fiction, and a Bloody Scotland round-up
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 56 - Ann Cleeves & The Heron's Cry, Bloody Scotland live podcast, and wearing sliders and socks in public places
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 55 - Orenda Books special with Karen Sullivan, Awais Khan, Will Carver and Lilja Sigurdardottir
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 54 - S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears, a new Writing Crime Fiction course, and events that shouldn't be at the Olympics
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 53 - Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh, Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, and the meaning of altruism
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 52 - The Dying Day, racism in sports films, and Fenton's Favourites
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode 51 - Amit Dhand, the horrors of Partition, Tariq Ashkanani, and the Capital Crime New Voices
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 50 - Alex Michaelides, The Maidens, Imran Mahmood, I Know What I Saw, and judges with a sense of humour
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 49 - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Will Shaw, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and why Truman Capote was jealous of Harper Lee
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 48 - Richard Osman & The Thursday Murder Club, Rahul Raina & How to Kidnap the Rich, Ajay Chowdhury & The Waiter
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - British Book Awards special with Lee Child & Andrew Child, Ian Rankin, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and Joy Ellis
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 46 - Mike Gayle, The British Book Awards and Count Binface
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 45 - Felicia Yap, Godzilla v King Kong, a race report bombshell, and talking apes
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 44 - Dean Koontz, The Other Emily, the biggest selling authors of all time, and a brief history of the Bible
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 43 - Saima Mir, The Khan, royal shenanigans, Craig Sisterson, Australian & NZ crime fiction
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 42 - Chris Brookmyre, weird titles, the celeb writer phenomenon, and sci-fi film trivia
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Val McDermid, busted boilers, the Tebbit test, and the Great Scottish-India quiz-off
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 40 - Ausma Zehanat Khan, the Bosnian conflict, human rights law, and the strange animal facts quiz
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 39 - Frank Zafiro, American crime, Idi Amin and other coups, and ruined sleep cycles
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 38 - New Year 2021, Putting 2020 on trial, Calendars from around the world and New Years resolutions,
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode 37 - Sadsacks Assemble, Books and TV of the year, and Brown Christmas shenanigans
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 36 - Martin Edwards and Golden Age Crime Fiction, Great Christmas Novels, and the Great Craisin Controversy
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode 35 - Ragnar Jónasson, Icelandic crime fiction, fun facts about Iceland, and political chicanery on screen
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode 34 - Dan Smith, a political scandal from the sixties, How to Tame a Lion, and a tribute to Sean Connery
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode 33 - C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man, In the Heat of the Night, and the greatest ever movie quotes
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Episode 32 - Antonia Hodgson, Georgian smut, whisky investing, and the curious relationship between authors and alcohol
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Episode 31 - Lucy Foley and The Guest List, David Headley and Goldsboro Books, This Green and Pleasant Land
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 30 - Aziz Ibrahim & The Stone Roses, BBC radio broadcaster Amanny Mohamed, Farhana Shaikh… and our Desert Island Discs
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 29 - Tracy Fenton, The Book Club, great historical fiction, Waverley, Wolf Hall, & Shogun
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Episode 28 - Sanjida Kay, Naked Lunch, how to catch bees, and the world's worst poet
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode 27 - Career Criminals at Theakston Old Peculier Festival, Literary festivals, Mud Festivals, Phallic Festivals
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode 26 - Gillian McAllister, assault in fiction, The Accused, Lolita on trial, and a review of The Luminaries.
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode 25 - Mark Edwards, writing great screenplays, Trumbo, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects and Seven.
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Episode 24 - Imogen Robertson, more civil rights literature, fun facts about Martin Luther King Jnr, diversity in YA fiction
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 23 - Mike Craven, The Curator, race protests, books about race, and facts about the civil rights movement that you didn't know.
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 22 - Antony Johnston, mental health awareness week, books featuring mental illness, and Sigmund Freud on trial
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May 30, 2020 |
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Episode 21 - Mary Paulson-Ellis, books with dual timeline narratives, Ramadan and Hemingway, farewell to Irfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 20 - Stephanie Scott, books about long walks, John Lennon on trial, Alex Hawley, online bookfest
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Episode 19 - Ruth Tross - an editor's guide to publishing, alternate history fiction, books that foretold the future
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Episode 18 - Will Dean, post apocalyptic pandemic fiction, how to survive working at home
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Episode 17 - Kia Abdullah, political thrillers, John le Carre, and turmeric - the cure for all ills
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Episode 16 - Tony Kent, dodgy boxers, the broken legal system, virtue signalling, and democracy on trial.
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Episode 15 - Amer Anwar, diversity initiatives on trial, Black Frankenstein, diversity in romance fiction
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Episode 14 - Onjali Rauf, children's fiction from around the world, Lewis Carroll's jabberwocky words
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Episode 13 - Barry Forshaw, BBC’s new Dracula adaptation, gothic fiction, and Count Duckula.
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Episode 12 - Natasha Pulley, New Year's resolutions and strange New Year's customs, and how not to use the phrase 'deus ex machina'
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 11 - Dorothy Koomson, Christmas movies on trial, 'Brown Christmas', 2019 lowlights, Area 51 and a strange banana
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Episode 10 - Nikesh Shukla, Great Literary Themes with Dorothy Koomson, Your name in a novel competition, Bollywood battle: Mum v Alex
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Episode 9 - Luan Goldie, Brownface on trial, Death in the East, Asia-set classics, the secrets to writing and pitching a new TV series.
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Episode 8 - Chris Whitaker, Introverts v Extroverts, a review of "Quiet" by Susan Cain, and how Bollywood took over the world
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Episode 7 - Patrick Gale, the CWA Dagger awards, weird Stephen King facts, fairytales on trial, and the greatest ever horror films
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Episode 6 - Elly Griffiths, Agatha Christie's disappearance, a fat bear contest, the Booker Prize, A Very Expensive Poison and book blurbs
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Episode 5 - Bobby Seagull, who invented Zero, Bloody Scotland, Robert Burns, Capital Crime, Roald Dahl on trial and Quickreads
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Episode 4 - Helen Jukes, how to keep bees, Bond on trial, visiting Jane Austen, "Blinded by the Light" review, and how to write screenplays
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Episode 1 - Ann Cleeves, Shakespeare on trial, Reality TV and the world's unluckiest parrot
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 2 - Ruth Ware, Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Festival, Rudyard Kipling on trial, and a play called Sweat
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 3 - Clare Mackintosh, judging literary prizes, the Bradford Lit Fest, Escape Rooms, and a novel use for the hula
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Introduction to the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast
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Jul 31, 2019 |