The Penguin Podcast is a fortnightly podcast by Penguin Books.
Authors talk about objects that have special meanings.
Initially the host was Richard E. Grant. He stepped down in November 2016 and the series was re-launched with guest hosts conducting the interviews.
The podcasts are hosted in iTunes, Acast and SoundCloud.
The show won "Best Branded Podcast" at the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
Episode list Episode Guest Interviewer Date 1 Kate Atkinson Richard E. Grant 15 July 2015 2 Bridget Christie Richard E. Grant 4 August 2015 3 Pat Barker Richard E. Grant 25 August 2015 4 Meera Syal Richard E. Grant 15 September 2015 5 Paula Hawkins Richard E. Grant 6 October 2015 6 Bill Bryson Richard E. Grant 27 October 2015 7 Elvis Costello Richard E. Grant 17 November 2015 8 Neil Gaiman Richard E. Grant 8 December 2015 9 Michael Acton Smith Richard E. Grant 29 December 2015 10 Phil Redmond Richard E. Grant 12 January 2016 11 Louis de Bernières Richard E. Grant 2 February 2016 12 Howard Jacobson Richard E. Grant 23 February 2016 13 Colm Tóibín Richard E. Grant 29 February 2016 14 Shami Chakrabarti Richard E. Grant 16 March 2016 15 Francesca Martinez Richard E. Grant 6 April 2016 16 Alain de Botton Richard E. Grant 27 April 2016 17 Chris Packham Richard E. Grant 5 May 2016 18 Irvine Welsh Richard E. Grant 25 May 2016 19 John Finnemore Richard E. Grant 15 June 2016 20 Emma Kennedy Richard E. Grant 6 July 2016 21 Shappi Khorsandi Richard E. Grant 27 July 2016 22 Highlights 1 16 August 2016 23 Highlights 2 7 September 2016 24 Robert Harris Richard E. Grant 28 September 2016 25 Clare Balding Richard E. Grant 4 October 2016 26 The Football Ramble 19 October 2016 27 Alexandra Shulman Richard E. Grant 2 November 2016 28 Johnny Marr David Baddiel 16 November 2016 29 Zadie Smith David Baddiel 30 November 2016 30 James Oswald Konnie Huq 14 December 2016 31 Tom Fletcher Konnie Huq 26 December 2016 32 Ali Land Paul Smith 10 January 2017 33 Ruby Wax David Baddiel 24 January 2017 34 Harriet Harman Konnie Huq 8 February 2017 35 John Boyne Paul Smith 22 February 2017 36 David Hepworth Paul Smith 8 March 2017 37 Elan Mastai David Baddiel 22 March 2017 38 Brad Stone David Baddiel 5 April 2017 39 Jon Culshaw Meera Syal 19 April 2017 40 Jo Nesbø Konnie Huq 3 May 2017 41 Jane Corry Paul Smith 31 May 2017 42 Carlo Rovelli Konnie Huq 13 June 2017 43 Helen Fielding Konnie Huq 28 June 2017 44 Simon Sebag Montefiore Paul Smith 11 July 2017 45 Naomi Klein David Baddiel 26 July 2017 46 Tim Weaver Paul Smith 9 August 2017 47 Kathy Reichs Konnie Huq 23 August 2017 48 Simon Sinek Konnie Huq 30 August 2017 49 Anthony Horowitz Konnie Huq 6 September 2017 50 Harlan Coben Konnie Huq 20 September 2017 51 Rachel Botsman Konnie Huq 4 October 2017 52 Malcolm Gladwell Paul Smith 17 October 2017 53 Stephen Fry David Baddiel 31 October 2017 54 No Such Thing as a Fish Paul Smith 14 November 2017 55 Nina Stibbe Konnie Huq 28 November 2017 56 Ian Rankin David Baddiel 13 December 2017 57 Jeff Kinney Konnie Huq 27 December 2017
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