Book Shambles

Nov 21 2024 347 ep. 47 mins 7.4k

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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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Stewart Lee

Nov 11 2015 66 mins

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by Cosmic Genome, Robin and Josie will be joined by all sorts of amazing guests using their love of books as the jumpng off point for all sorts of shambolic discussions. Episode 1 - Stewart Lee joins Robin and Josie for a chat about Grayson Per

Sara Pascoe

Nov 18 2015 59 mins

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. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by Cosmic Genome, Robin and Josie will be joined by all sorts of amazing guests using their love of books as the j

Laura Dockrill

Nov 25 2015 37 mins

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. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by Cosmic Genome, Robin and Josi

Owen Jones

Dec 02 2015 69 mins

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 Kline and Ronnie Barker to Howard Zinn and the poetry of Louise Mensch. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by

Salena Godden

Dec 09 2015 58 mins

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. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by Cosmic Genome, Robin and Josie will be joi

Chris Hadfield

Dec 15 2015 44 mins

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 f

A Shambles Christmas Special - Mark Gatiss

Dec 24 2015 53 mins

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

Dean Burnett

Jan 22 2016 42 mins

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... Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Pr

Charlotte Church

Jan 28 2016 56 mins

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. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly presented by

A.L. Kennedy

Feb 04 2016 45 mins

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. Robin Ince and Josie Long have returned shamblier than ever in a brand new podcast, Book Shambles. Proudly pres