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.

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

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 we've got a global catastrophe to which only lions seem indifferent,

a road trip with a blind Argentine author, and Hollywood in the heyday of the studios.

Joining me to share a book, They Love, are first the broadcaster Petroch Trelawney,

mainstay of Radio 3.

Petroch not only presents their daily breakfast programme,

but for the last 21 seasons,

he's introduced the BBC proms on radio and television,

and here on Radio 4 he frequently contributes to From Our Own Correspondent.

With him is the novelist Stuart McBride, author of the best-selling Logan McCray and Ash Henderson crime thrillers.

Stewart's also published novellas, short stories and standalone novels,

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