The Penguin Podcast
Hosted by host and Rhianna and Rhianna Dhillon · Penguin Books UK
4.1from 138 ratings
- 265
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 138
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 76M
- YouTube views
About The Penguin Podcast
What should I read next? Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books UK
- Category
- arts · arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Jul 2015
- Latest episode
- 15 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 265 episodes have a transcript.
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
How can I help someone fall in love with reading? with Nadia Shireen and Jonathan Douglas
1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Which books help us reconnect with nature? with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
17 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee
Inside a recent episode
How can I help someone fall in love with reading? with Nadia Shireen and Jonathan Douglas
Published 15 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It just kind of broadens everything out for a change. I mean, social media, obviously there's so much about it that's bad, but there is some good stuff. And so we can't shy away from that. It is fascinating because so many reading cultures exist almost underground. We did a lot of research in the pandemic around what kids were doing when they weren't in school. And there was a huge amount of hidden reading and writing activity. And we dived deeply into the kind of fan fiction space around video games. Massively important. So an awful lot of teenagers who appear not to be reading are reading and writing in the fan fiction space around video games in particular. […]
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- Nadia Shireen
- Jonathan Douglas
- Robert Macfarlane
- Jackie Morris
- Abir Mukherjee
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 76,474,460
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 138 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 66
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Who hosts The Penguin Podcast?
host and Rhianna and Rhianna Dhillon host the show. Published by Penguin Books UK.
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