Claudia Hammond
Author and host of 'All in the Mind', Claudia Hammond joins Robin and Josie this week to talk about her new book, psychology, Primo Levi, George Saunders and her own teenage book diary..
Jun 23, 2016•49 min
Book Shambles
Using books as a jumping off point, hosts Josie Long and Robin Ince and a different special guest each week, dive into interesting, passionate and shambolic discussions. Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network.
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Lisa Dwan
Actor and Beckett performer extraordinaire Lisa Dwan joins Robin and Josie this week ahead of her upcoming World Premiere of No’s Knife at The Old Vic later this year. There’s obviously plenty of Samuel Beckett’s work to discuss as well as everyone’s favourite short story authors, Dante and the best music to read Mills and Boons by.
Jun 16, 2016•52 min
Alex Bellos
Season 3 of Book Shambles kicks off with Robin and Josie joined by mathematician, author and Pelé biographer, Alex Bellos with talk of football, Feynman, Euclid, reader offers in 1970s comic books and a whole lot more.
Jun 09, 2016•51 min
Jon Ronson
Quest For Wonder Launch Special - With the Cosmic Genome site buzzing this week with the launch of our new series, The Quest For Wonder, we thought we'd celebrate with a Book Shambles special. Author Jon Ronson joins Robin and Josie to talk about the influences on his own work, Hunter S Thompson, Albert Camus and a whole lot more.
Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Eddie Izzard
Season 2 - Episode 6 - In the season two finale of Book Shambles, Robin and Josie are joined by the comedian and actor Eddie Izzard. Along with discussions of theories of the universe and improv, they get into the work of John Higgs, Monty Python and Charlie Chaplin.
Feb 25, 2016•59 min
Natalie Haynes
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Writer, performer, broadcaster and Man Booker Prize judge Natalie Haynes is in the studio with Robin and Josie this week to talk about reading two books a day for a year, Greek classics and an excess of novels set in WWII.
Feb 18, 2016•57 min
Reece Shearsmith
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Taking a break from trying on wigs for the new series of 'Inside No. 9', Reece Shearsmith joins Robin and Josie to talk all things horror. There's talk of books of horror movie history, Stephen King, talking mongooses called Gef and everything else horrific in between.
Feb 11, 2016•55 min
A.L. Kennedy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Award winning writer and comic A.L. Kennedy joins Robin and Josie this week to talk about her own work plus that of Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip Ridley and secret books of magic... Please note that this episode contains a discussion about suicide.
Feb 04, 2016•45 min
Charlotte Church
Season 2 - Episode 2 - In this week’s episode Robin and Josie are joined by singer-songwriter Charlotte Church to talk of books to read to your children, books that make you cry, quantum physics and get into why Charlotte hasn’t read the entire works of Plato.
Jan 28, 2016•57 min
Dean Burnett
Season 2 - Episode 1 - In the Season 2 premiere of Book Shambles, Josie and Robin are joined by neuroscientist and author of the popular Brainflapping blog as well as new book The Idiot Brain, Dr Dean Burnett to talk psychology, science fiction, Spike Milligan and horse punching...
Jan 22, 2016•43 min
A Shambles Christmas Special - Mark Gatiss
Season 1 - Christmas Special - With special Christmas episodes of both Sherlock and Doctor Who due on screens this holiday season, who better to join Josie and Robin for the Book Shambles Christmas Special than Mark Gatiss?! Expect musings on Sherlock and Doctor Who, naturally, as well as Dickens, The League of Gentlemen, Dennis Wheatley and a surprisingly in-depth discussion about wigs.
Dec 24, 2015•53 min
Chris Hadfield
Season 1 - Episode 6 - On the day that Brit Tim Peake begins his journey to the International Space Station, the Book Shambles crew wondered what sort of books he might want to read while he’s up there and what sort of books might inspire an astronaut. So who better to ask than Chris Hadfield, author, musician and former Commander of the ISS. Chris joins Josie and Robin for the final episode of Book Shambles, Series 1.
Dec 15, 2015•44 min
Salena Godden
Season 1 - Episode 5 - It’s poetry week on Book Shambles as Robin and Josie are joined by poet Salena Godden to talk about everything from Lenny Bruce and Elizabeth Smart to the virtues of writing in your books. In pen.
Dec 09, 2015•59 min
Owen Jones
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Political books are the starting point for this week's episode as Josie and Robin are joined by author and political activist Owen Jones to talk of everything from Naomi Klein and Ronnie Barker to Howard Zinn and the poetry of Louise Mensch.
Dec 02, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Laura Dockrill
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Author and performance poet Laura Dockrill joins Robin and Josie for episode 3 of the series for a shambolic ramble through the world of children’s books via Roald Dahl, Maurice Sendak, Michael Rosen and more.
Nov 25, 2015•38 min
Sara Pascoe
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Josie and Robin are joined by Sara Pascoe to talk of Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, the aquatic ape theory and a whole lot more.
Nov 18, 2015•59 min
Stewart Lee
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Stewart Lee joins Robin and Josie for a chat about Grayson Perry, Ray Bradbury, Alan Bennett and dog muck.
Nov 11, 2015•1 hr 7 min
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