Reader's Digest Podcast

This month, we chat to journalist and author Jon Ronson about public shaming, Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley discusses her new epic trilogy, Digested Youth looks at the growing influence of the website Buzzfeed, and Moviemail critic Mike McCahill shares his favourite cinema and DVD releases.

Debut author Louise Lee reads an extract from her novel, The Last Honeytrap, and introduces us to a beautiful and brainy – and very funny – private investigator, Florence Love. Flo’s specialty? Cheating spouses…

March’s podcast features a lighthearted interview with Louise Lee, author of The Last Honeytrap, and we discuss female detectives of the Nordic Noir ilk, including Spiral, The Killing, The Bridge and The Tunnel. Tom, Farhana and Anna also review Sidney Lumet’s The Group in honour of its recent DVD release, while Laura and Mandi dissect modern slang in their new segment Digested Youth.

This month, we venture into the National Portrait Gallery and discuss Grayson Perry’s exhibition; ask whether literary spin-offs are just money spinners; film critic Mike McCahill predicts some Oscar wins (and revelations); fashion editor Georgina Yates tells us why London Fashion Week is something we should pay attention to; and things get a little heated during a discussion of Selma.

With: Tom Browne, Laura Dean-Osgood, Farhana Gani, Mandi Goodier, Anna Walker and Sophie Taylor.

Discussing the smash hit podcast Serial, talking to the League of Gentleman’s Steve Pemberton about his new BBC series Mapp and Lucia, and busting some Medical Myths with Dr. Max Pemberton (no relation)

Welcome to the first Reader’s Digest Podcast. Featuring an interview with Julie Walters about her forthcoming film Paddington, our editorial cultural roundtable, books editor James Walton tells us which of this year’s books will make the best Christmas gifts, and we explore the funniest jokes from our readers, well-known comedians and the internet.