I used to host the LBC Book Club hour, which was highly popular. Unfortunately, it was discontinued last year, so I have decided to start a new podcast, called the Iain Dale Political Books Podcast. The idea is to talk to a political author about their own book and maybe also their three favourite books for anything between 20 minutes and three quarters of an hour. The great thing about podcasts is that they can be as long as I like.

I thought I’d start off with Gyles Brandreth. You can never really go wrong with Gyles! I think the sound quality leaves a little to be desired in the first episode but the quality of the conversation hopefully doesn’t! You can listen in a number of ways…

iTunes (press subscribe)
Sticher
Soundcloud
Politicos.co.uk

In the coming weeks you’ll be able to hear me talk to Andrew Marr, Damian Barr, Michael Dobbs, Stanley Johnson, James Bartholomew, Vicky Pryce, Eliza Filby and Neville Thurlbeck. Let me know if there are any authors you’d like me to include in the podcasts.