The Follycast

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  • The Follycast is a bookclub podcast series focused on the Rivers Of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. Each episode we discuss a book in the series.
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Episodes
  • The Follycast Episode 17: The Christmas Quiz
    Dec 16 2024

    In this month’s episode…

    Up to date with all the books and novellas, the Follycast breaks its usual format for a quiz about all things Folly-related.

    Seven rounds of (hopefully) guessable questions as Margaret and Jan fight it out for the coveted ‘Rivers Of London’ Mastermind title.

    Pit your wits against the Follycast team by playing along at home.

    Will Margaret have a significant advantage in having read all the books twice, compared to Jan just the once?

    Does Richard’s complicated scoring system make any sense at all?

    These questions and many more will be answered in the Follycast Christmas Quiz.

    Hosted by Margaret Holborn, Richard Marks and Jan Trott

    Produced by Richard Marks for Uncertain Smile productions

    Theme tune: ‘London Is Inspired’ by Cutwater: www.cutwaterband.co.uk.

    Cover image: Mack Chater (@MackChater)

    Contact us

    Email follypodcast@gmail.com with your feedback on this and upcoming books. We particularly like short (max 2 mins) audio feedback via mp3 or the audio format of your choice!

    Follow us on Twitter @thefollycast

    We are available via iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube and all good pod catchers, so don’t forget to subscribe.

    Subscribe to our RSS feed for further updates

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    43 mins
  • The Follycast Episode 16: Winter’s Gifts & The Masquerades of Spring
    Oct 28 2024

    In this month’s episode…

    Margaret, Jan and Richard discuss the two remaining books in the ‘four seasons’ quartet of novellas in the Rivers Of London universe.

    Along the way we debate such issues as:

    • Wodehouse and the X-Files: influence or parody?
    • Nightingale’s de-aging and whether Augustus Berrycloth-Young actually could turn up in the main range.
    • Richard’s experience listening to a Rivers Of London audiobook for the first time.
    • Our impressions of the novellas overall and the results of a reader poll ranking the four novellas.
    • Listener feedback on Masquerades of Spring

    …all in just 48 minutes.

    Shownotes:

    PG Wodehouse Bertie Wooster Jazz Age Tin Pan Alley Big Finish Pinkerton Agency Tecumseh confederacy 1812 War Latest Graphic novel – Stray Cat Blues

    Hosted by Margaret Holborn, Richard Marks and Jan Trott

    Produced by Richard Marks for Uncertain Smile productions

    Theme tune: ‘London Is Inspired’ by Cutwater: www.cutwaterband.co.uk.

    Cover image: Mack Chater (@MackChater)

    Contact us

    Email follypodcast@gmail.com with your feedback on this and upcoming books. We particularly like short (max 2 mins) audio feedback via mp3 or the audio format of your choice!

    Follow us on Twitter @thefollycast

    We are available via iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube and all good pod catchers, so don’t forget to subscribe.

    Subscribe to our RSS feed for further updates

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    48 mins
  • The Follycast 15 – In conversation with Ben Aaronovitch
    Aug 21 2024
    The Follycast Episode 15: In Conversation with Ben Aaronovitch

    In this month’s episode…

    Richard and Margaret welcome Ben Aaronovitch onto the podcast. The interview was recorded a few weeks ahead of the publication of the Masquerades of Spring and we discuss the origins of the series, cover the novels, novellas and graphic novels and look to the future.

    Along the way Ben reveals:

    • What order the books originally were supposed to be released in
    • When book ten and eleven are set
    • How Molly was not supposed to be a regular character
    • Ben’s writing process
    • What the graphic novels can do that the books just can’t
    • The latest status of ‘Schroedinger’s TV series’, and the potential challenges of casting Nightingale
    • The timetable for the next main novels.

    Hosted by Margaret Holborn and Richard Marks,

    Produced by Richard Marks for Uncertain Smile productions

    Theme tune: ‘London Is Inspired’ by Cutwater: www.cutwaterband.co.uk.

    Cover image: Mack Chater (@MackChater)

    SHOW NOTES AND LINKS

    The book tour for Masquerades Of Spring

    Ben’s interview with Radio Free Skaro

    Ben enjoyed reading: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree.

    Ben’s collaborator Andrew Cartmel has his own hit book series, The Vinyl Detective.

    Ben’s novel Genius Loci, sadly not currently in print.

    Remembrance Of The Daleks, which happily is..

    Cutwater live at The Bedford on 25 September (free to attend or watch live stream)

    Ben discusses Rivers of London with Kobna Holbrook-Smith

    Contact us

    Email follypodcast@gmail.com with your feedback on this and upcoming books. We particularly like short (max 2 mins) audio feedback via mp3 or the audio format of your choice!

    Follow us on Twitter @thefollycast

    We are available via iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube and all good pod catchers, so don’t forget to subscribe.

    Subscribe to our RSS feed for further updates

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    1 hr and 6 mins

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For Us Diehard Fans🙂

Read the books first. This is a chat with fellow fans. It has filled a desperate gap between books for me. I thought the series had ended with the last major book and I am overjoyed to find out that there are going to be at least two more. The interview with the author is great fun - thank you Ben you make my trips to London so much fun.

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