The new podcast is out now with iconic broadcaster Gary Newbon looking back over 50 years in sports media the book is full of great stories and anecdotes quite a few involving the legendary Brian Clough here is a clip from the show with Gary reacting to the moment Brian Clough kissed him live on prime time television.

The full version of the show is out now

In this edition, we are joined by legendary sports broadcaster Gary Newbon as he looks back on his 50 years as a broadcaster his book "Gary Newbon Bloody Hell" which is out this week so coming up then a show filled with great sporting memories anecdotes and stories as Gary recounts life a life working with some of sports greatest names from Brian Clough, Sir Alex Ferguson, Pele, Muhammad Ali, Nigel Mansell and Barry Sheene. Also on today show Carl Frampton remembering the very early days of his boxing career and that night when it all began as a 7 year old on his way to a first experience in the ring.

On this edition of the show I am joined by legendary Irish boxer Carl Frampton to discuss his brand new autobiography.

Welcome back to the "Talking Sports Books" podcast for the new series and coming up today award winning writer Harry Pearson joins me to talk about his just released book "No Pie No Priest" which looks at the history of some of the great "Folk Sports" and this includes everything from Cheese Rolling to Aunt Sally.

And as we look forward to Carl Frampton appearing on the next show we look back at some of the great Boxing books we have reviewed over the years, we will hear from trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick who was talking about his book "Hats Handwraps and Headaches" and this clip remembers the moment his life took a turn for the good after a chance meeting with hall of fame trainer Freddie Roach.

In this edition of the podcast I am joined by Matt Majendie to talk about his book "Nazare" which looks at the rise of a small fishing town in Portugal

to becoming the surfing capital of the world, plus test match tales as Peter Baxter the former editor of "Test Match Special" on the early days of commentary how to join the BBC and receiving cake from the Queen.

In this edition the featured book is Dutch Masters by Gary Thacker which looks at the era of "Total Football" when Ajax dominated European Football plus a clip from Andy Bollens recent book "Number 10 More Than A Number More Than A Shirt" also we look ahead to the summer schedule and a selection of new books appearing on the upcoming shows .

This month we will be looking at the greatest-ever players to wear the number 10 shirt, Andy Bollen joins us to talk about his new book "The Number 10 More Than a Number More Than a Shirt" find out who made it into the book and who narrowly missed out it is a celebration of some of the greatest ever players.

In this edition we go back to April 1985 when Marvin Hagler met Thomas Hearns. Don Stradley joins us to talk about his book "The War" which chronicles the events in the build-up to the fight and its aftermath. 37 years on from that Monday night in April the fight is still viewed as one of the greatest in Boxing history .

In this edition Alexis James author of "Unsung" joins us to look at the lives of those whose contribution is essential to the smooth running , success and integrity 

we look at the lives of the interpreters, race starters, drug testers, club chaplains its a fascinating insight into the lives of those who regularly appear on tv at event coverage and who we know so little about, yet without their presence events would simply not happen.

These people have some great stories to tell including the drug tester, there are many tales about how athletes down the years have tried to avoid coming into contact with them and who try to cheat their way around a simple urine test , including one who used his pregnant wive's urine as his own sample.

In the first edition of the new year Rugby and NFL are the featured sports, "Rugby's Greatest Mavericks" is Luke Upton's book which looks at some of the game's most celebrated names whose contribution at times has been controversial both on and off the field but who ultimately would have fans flocking to see them play, and we look at espionage at Superbowl and the lengths some would go to in order to acquire that piece of information that could be the difference between winning and losing.