A Good Read: Heidi Regan & Neil Delamere

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4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss their favourite all-time books with Harriett Gilbert. Heidi chooses a non-fiction book on the cult of positive thinking by the late Barbara Ehrenreich, called Smile or Die. Neil suggests a novel by Ronan Hession about two unambitious friends in their thirties; Leonard and Hungry Paul, and Harriett picks the novella Foster by Irish writer Claire Keegan, who has recently been nominated for the 2022 Booker Prize. Producer: Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio, Bristol Join the conversation on Instagram @agoodreadbbc

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:07.0	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.0	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:14.0	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for
0:21.7	Leukin. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex von
0:26.7	Tunselman. This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.2	Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcast, where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.
0:46.1	We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.
0:51.2	Here's a question thrown up by two of our books today, which is better for you,
0:55.4	optimism or scepticism. With me to debate that while introducing books they love, a two award-winning
1:02.2	comedians. Heidi Regan has performed on stage around the world, and here on Radio 4 she's done
1:08.0	two stand-up specials, Overthinker, and last year's No Worries.
1:12.8	She hosts the podcast, a thin layer of film, and among much else, she's written for The Now Show and The News Quiz.
1:20.4	Neil Delamere is a regular on The Now Show and the News Quiz, also on the unbelievable truth and fighting talk.
1:27.2	With his live stand-up show,
1:28.7	he's toured from Melbourne to Montreal via Edinburgh
1:30.9	and he's presented TV documentaries on the Vikings and on St Patrick.
1:36.5	Neil Delamere, would you start us off?
1:38.0	What are you suggesting as a good read?
1:40.0	I have picked Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hessian.
1:44.8	And Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hessian. And Leonard and Hungry Paul are two fellas.
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