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  • The 2026 Shortlist: Andrea Wulf Read Smart Podcast

    October 23, 2026 · 32 min

    Our Read Smart shortlist series continues! In this episode, Prize Director Toby Mundy speaks with Andrea Wulf about her book The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity, shortlisted for the 2026…

  • The 2026 Shortlist: Matthew Sweet Read Smart Podcast

    October 21, 2026 · 35 min

    Our Read Smart shortlist series continues! In this episode, Prize Director Toby Mundy speaks with Matthew Sweet about his book The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland, shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction…

  • The 2026 Shortlist: Edmund Richardson Read Smart Podcast

    October 20, 2026 · 42 min

    Our Read Smart shortlist series continues! In this episode, Prize Director Toby Mundy speaks with Edmund Richardson about his book Alexander: God, King, Man, shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Drawing on new…

  • The 2026 Shortlist: Patrick Radden Keefe Read Smart Podcast

    October 13, 2026 · 37 min

    We’re back with a brand new series of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Director Toby Mundy speaks with Author Patrick Radden Keefe, shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with his new book London…

  • The 2025 Shortlist: Adam Weymouth

    October 23, 2025 · 30 min

    It's the final episode of the Read Smart podcast hearing from our 6 shortlisted authors! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with Adam Weymouth about Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe, one of the…

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  • The 2025 Shortlist: Richard Holmes

    October 23, 2025 · 35 min

    It's Episode 5 of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with biographer and historian Richard Holmes about The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief, a shortlisted…

  • The 2025 Shortlist: Jason Burke

    October 23, 2025 · 30 min

    It’s time for Episode 4 of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with journalist and author Jason Burke about The Revolutionists, shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction…

  • The 2025 Shortlist: Helen Garner

    October 23, 2025 · 20 min

    We’re diving into Episode 3 of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with acclaimed writer Helen Garner about How to End a Story, shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction…

  • The 2025 Shortlist: Justin Marozzi

    October 21, 2025 · 16 min

    We’re back with episode 2 of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with author and historian Justin Marozzi, shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for his book Captives…

  • The 2025 Shortlist: Frances Wilson

    October 15, 2025 · 13 min

    We’re back with a brand new series of the Read Smart podcast! In this episode, Prize Executive Director Toby Mundy speaks with Author Frances Wilson, shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with her new book Electric…

  • Read Smart: The 2024 Winner

    November 29, 2024 · 32 min

    Tune into the final Read Smart podcast of the year, where Georgina Godwin speaks to the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024 winner, Richard Flanagan. Hear more from Richard about his origins as an author, alongside how the events from both history…

  • Read Smart: Viet Thanh Nguyen

    November 15, 2024 · 15 min

    Tune into our final 'In Conversation' podcast, where we chat to Việt Thanh Nguyễn, who has been shortlisted for his book, A Man of Two Faces, which masterfully intertwines personal and historical narratives with humour and lyricism…

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About the show

The Read Smart Podcast is hosted by Razia Iqbal, John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton University, produced by The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The new series builds on last year’s successful podcasts released to celebrate the prize’s 21st anniversary. Each month, Razia explores the increasingly popular world of non-fiction books. Expect to hear from prize winning authors, judges and publishing insiders. It also goes behind the scenes of the 2020 prize, which is awarded this autumn. For more information, visit thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk and follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BGPrize