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   Julia Shaw

   Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem · Nov 2025

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   Oliver Burkeman

   Oliver Burkeman and Sara Collins · Mar 2025

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   Jung Chang
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   Andrew Roberts
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   Niall Ferguson

   Niall Ferguson & Tracy Chevalier · Nov 2015

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   Matthew Syed
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   Anil Seth
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   Helen Lewis
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   Steven Pinker
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    Joe Boyd
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    Mae Martin
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    John Wilson

    John Wilson and Chloe Petts · Oct 2022

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    Laurie Anderson

    Laurie Anderson & Stuart Maconie · Jun 2020

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    Jonathan Safran Foer

    Jonathan Safran Foer & Daliso Chaponda · Oct 2020

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    Jenny Kleeman

    Jenny Kleeman and Sam Knight · Nov 2024

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    Sam Knight
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    Stephen Fry

    Stephen Fry and Alan Davies · Jan 2018

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    Abi Morgan
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    Adam Kay

    Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral · Jun 2018

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    Ade Adepitan

    Ade Adepitan and Dominic Holland · Jul 2014

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    Alan Carr

    Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes · Jan 2017

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    Alan Titchmarsh

    Alan Titchmarsh and Amanda Owen · Feb 2022

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    Alex Horne
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    Alex Jones

    Alex Jones and Victoria Hislop · Jul 2016

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    Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith & Prof Lucie Green · Nov 2020

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    Alexei Sayle

    Alexei Sayle and Meg Rosoff · Nov 2017

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    Andi Oliver
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    Andy McNab

    Andy McNab and George the Poet · Nov 2018

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    Angela Barnes
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    Ann Cleeves
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    Ann Widdecombe
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    Anne-Marie Duff

    Anne-Marie Duff and Louise O'Neill · Jul 2018

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    Annie Mac

    Annie Mac and Kathy Lette · Mar 2014

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    Arabella Weir

    Arabella Weir & Deborah Levy · Nov 2020

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    Arlene Phillips

    Arlene Phillips and Jocelyn Jee Esien · Oct 2013

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    Bella Mackie
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    Bernardine Evaristo

    Bernardine Evaristo and Jolyon Rubinstein · Mar 2018

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    Brian Sewell

    Brian Sewell and Wendy Cope · Feb 2012

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    Cariad Lloyd

    Cariad Lloyd and Geoff Dyer · 2 episodes

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    Carlo Rovelli
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