This week, we spoke to the fascinating Tim Minchin. Tim and Ryan had a lot to chat about - and in one case - sing about. He came in to tell us about his new album TimMinchinTimeMachine! Tim mentioned why he doesn't think we should have big goals, how we should define ourselves by being pro-things rather than anti-things and also how he conducts 'the waiter test'...

We also spoke to Lynda La Plante. Lovely Lynda is crime writing royalty, selling over 5 million copies of her books in the UK alone! She told us about her new book The Scene of the Crime….

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This week, Ryan interviews the multi-talented Mark Gatiss! He told us about his new TV show called Bookish out on U&alibi. We had a great chat talking about books vs kindles, our mutual favourite Sherlock episode and how he was the first to cast Andrew Scott…

Ryan also reviews the latest Superman film - with a refreshingly honest take.

And we delved into the ethics of whether you can expose the book club frauds who never read the books, based on an article in the New York Times…

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This week, the Science editor of the Times Tom Whipple swung by to chat about the latest season of the Making Science podcast! He let us in the know on all the rivalries in the academic community, including snail scientists vs slug scientists!

Holly Jackson brought news of her latest crime novel, Not Quite Dead Yet! Following the amazing success of her ‘A Good Girl's Guide to Murder’ series.

And we also brought the nostalgia of the old wheel-in TV at school...

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