The Book Club

Sam Leith

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Booking Overview

A weekly series of literary and intellectual interviews covering major publishing releases—from poetry to science—aimed at an audience that wants ideas with real-world relevance. For PR teams, it’s a strong platform to place authors, public intellectuals, and scholars discussing new books and their broader cultural impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 487

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

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Host

Sam Leith - Presented weekly by Sam Leith. The podcast description says it features literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases across genres, from poetry through physics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Well-established authors and writers (including subject-matter experts) with recent books; often with notable public profile as academics, scientists, historians, or major literary figures
Required Achievements:  
Recent major book release, Public recognition in their field (e.g., scientific/theoretical expertise or prominent literary roles), Prior thought-leadership or notable work recognized by mainstream audiences

Recent Guest Discussions

Carlo Rovelli - His New Book On Nuclear Escalation; Public Intellectual Commentary And History Of Wwii; Physicists’ Perspective On The Bomb.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce - His Book About British Childhood And Reading; Impact Of Parent Reading; Childhood Reading Crisis; Lessons From Travels With Booktrust.

Andrea Wulf - Her Book About George Forster; Exploration And Intellectual Life; Debates On Race And Human Civilisation; Involvement With The French Revolution.

Recent Topics

Publishing, Literature, Science, Poetry, Physics

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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