You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

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Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

Hello, today, Scandi Noir, a visionary black poet, a man fighting locked-in syndrome.

And here to tempt you with their choice of good read are first the palliative care doctor and us-twile TV journalist Rachel Clark,

whose books include Dear Life and most recently breathtaking inside the NHS in a time of

pandemic. With Rachel is author and barrister Moss in Zeddy, currently a management consultant

with Hacklett and Company and the author of A Dutiful Boy, a memoir addressing

sexuality, race and class. Rachel, Rachel Clark, would you start us off? What is your

choice of good read? I have chosen a short memoir written by a French author called Jean-Dominique

Bobie called The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

And to my mind, this is one of the most remarkable books ever written.

And I really don't think that's an exaggeration.

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