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The Book Club: Steven Pinker
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Sep 30, 2026
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker to discuss his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…Pinker explores the powerful idea of ‘common knowledge’ - …
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The Book Club: John Sellars – Stoicism Is Not What You Think
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Sep 23, 2026
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by philosopher John Sellars to discuss his new book, Stoicism Is Not What You Think.Sellars explores the ancient philosophy of Stoicism and challenges some of its mos…
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The Book Club: Anand Gopal – Days of Love and Rage
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Sep 15, 2026
In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by The New Yorker writer Anand Gopal, whose new book, long-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize, is Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Revolution.What does freedom mea…
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The Book Club: James Marriott
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Sep 2, 2026
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by The Times columnist James Marriott, whose new book is The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-literate Society.Are we witnessing the end of th…
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The Book Club: Simon Sebag Montefiore – The Cauldron
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Aug 25, 2026
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Simon Sebag Montefiore, the author of a number of fantastic books, including The Cauldron, which released this week. Simon and I talk about the making of the modern middle eas…
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