
The TLS Podcast
Hosted by Charlotte Pardy and Toby Lichtig · The TLS
4.5from 227 ratings
- 678
- Episodes
- 91
- Transcribed
- 227
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About The TLS Podcast
A weekly podcast on books and culture from the TLS. Editors and writers join Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark to talk through the week’s issue. To read more, welcome to the TLS (https://www.the-tls.com/). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The TLS
- Category
- arts · fiction · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Apr 2014
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
91 of 678 episodes have a transcript.

5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Feasting on fiction

29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Murder Most Foul

22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Wind/Yikes Dichotomy
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Feasting on fiction
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so we felt, oh, let's use this chorus intermittently through the plays. to underscore those moments where you become aware of the wider world outside and, you know, use it in religious moments, almost like when Featherstone dies and is sort of his bed is lowered through the stage. […]
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- Nina Raine
- Frances Wilson
- Will Eaves
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Lily Herd
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 182 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 45 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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- Quality
- 68
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The TLS Podcast?
Charlotte Pardy and Toby Lichtig host the show. Published by The TLS.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The TLS Podcast take guests?
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