The Book Club

Sam Leith

Booking Overview

A weekly literary interview show focused on new books and publishing, featuring external conversations with prominent novelists, scholars, public intellectuals, and authors of significant nonfiction. Credible pitches include established writers, academics, scientists, historians, and cultural figures with a timely book release and substantive ideas; booking difficulty is high because recent guests have substantial public profiles and notable publishing credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 487

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

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Host

Sam Leith - British author, literary critic, and journalist.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established authors, scholars, scientists, historians, and public intellectuals with a significant new book and recognized expertise in its subject.
Required Achievements:  
Published notable books, Established expertise or public profile, Significant contributions to literature, science, history, or public affairs

Recent Guest Discussions

Dave Eggers - The Return From Technology-focused Satire To Art, The Development Of Contrapposto, Talent And Ambition, And The Relationship Between Art And Theory.

Ben Rhodes - The Competing Visions Shaping United States History, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Franklin, And Constitutional Ideas.

Carlo Rovelli - Nuclear Escalation, The History And Ethics Of The Atomic Bomb, World War II, And Threats To Civilization.

Recent Topics

Literature, Publishing, Fiction, Poetry, Science

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Book Club
:

Dave Eggers: Contrapposto

July 08, 2026

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the novelist Dave Eggers, talking about his new book Contrapposto. Dave tells me why, after years of writing tech-saturated satire, he returned to the world of art; how a novel 20 years in the making became a love story about talent, ambition and the mystery of making beauty; and why he thinks art ends when theory begins.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For mor...

Ben Rhodes: A History of the United States in 15 Speeches

June 30, 2026

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the former Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes, talking about his new book All We Say: A History of the United States in 15 Speeches. Ben tells me why a debate between two visions of what makes the US special has been playing out since the nation's conception, what Frederick Douglass has to say to the America of the 21st century, and why Ben Franklin didn't think the constitution was sacred. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast...

Carlo Rovelli: 85 Seconds to Midnight

June 24, 2026

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli to discuss his new book 85 Seconds to Midnight: A Physicist's Argument Against Rearmament, where in imitation of Einstein and Bertrand Russell, he uses his platform as a public intellectual to speak against the logic of nuclear escalation. He tells me what the Nazis got right and the US got wrong in the later years of the Second World War, why physicists have a bad conscience about the bomb – an...

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