The Book Club

Sam is joined by Daniel Markovits, the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School. In his new book The Meritocr... Read more

In this week’s books podcast, Sam's guest is Robert Alter - who has just published the fruits of decades of labour in th... Read more

In this week’s books podcast Sam is joined by Bret Easton Ellis. The author of Less Than Zero, American Psycho and Imper... Read more

With Alex Clark and Damian Barr.Presented by Sam Leith.

In this week's Book Club, Sam's guest is the historian Tom Holland, author of the new book Dominion: The Making of the W... Read more

With Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, The Big Short and his new book, The Undoing Project. Presented by Sam Leith.

How are the subprime collapse in the US and the Eurozone crisis that came after linked? Why did a cartel of mega-wealthy... Read more

With Jonathan Meades, author of The Plagiarist in the Kitchen.Presented by Sam Leith.

The star New York Times columnist David Brooks has never been afraid to go beyond the usual remit of day-to-day politics... Read more

With Alex Renton, author of Stiff Upper Lip, and Ysenda Maxtone Graham, author of Terms and Conditions.Presented by Sam ... Read more

With Ben Lerner, author of The Hatred of Poetry and No Art.Presented by Sam Leith.

With Hilary Spurling, author of a new biography of Anthony Powell.Presented by Sam Leith.

In this week’s books podcast, Sam Leith talks to Sir Ian Kershaw about his new book Rollercoaster: Europe 1950-2017. Her... Read more

With Stuart Kelly, author of The Minister and the Murderer: A Book of Aftermaths. Presented by Sam Leith.

With Melvyn Bragg, author of William Tyndale: A Very Brief History.Presented by Sam Leith.

With Stig Abell, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and LBC talk radio host. Stig talks about Britain's magnificent... Read more

With Murray Lachlan Young.Presented by Sam Leith.

In this summer rewind, Sam Leith talks to the journalist and historian Simon Heffer, originally released in October 2017... Read more

In this week’s Book Club podcast, we’re talking about the life and loves of the greatest poet of the twentieth century. ... Read more

With Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine.Presented by Sam Leith.