The LRB Podcast
Hosted by Tom and Thomas Jones and James and James Butler · The London Review of Books
4.6from 642 ratings
- 497
- Episodes
- 184
- Transcribed
- 642
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2011
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About The LRB Podcast
The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas, hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, and featuring our fortnightly 'On Politics' podcast hosted by James Butler. From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB: https://lrb.me/subslrbpod Close Readings podcast: https://lrb.me/crlrbpod LRB Audiobooks: https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: https://lrb.me/storelrbpod Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk
- Publisher
- The London Review of Books
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Feb 2011
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
184 of 497 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gaza and the Forever War
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
On Politics: Can the UK economy ever change?
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Gaza and the Forever War
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You write, there's something else people rarely consider. I was happy with my life in Gaza. I know how that sentence sounds to an American ear. Gaza is a place where most people have only seen burning. Before the war, it was a blockade, a ward in UN reports, an open-air prison, an unlivable place. […]
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- Aditya Chakrabortty
- Daniela Gabor
- Geoff Mann
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Jones
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,483,382
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 293 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 349 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 71
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The LRB Podcast?
Tom and Thomas Jones and James and James Butler host the show. Published by The London Review of Books.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The LRB Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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