‘Mavericks’ with Jenny Draper

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  For one week, we're trying something new - Audiobook Clubber - where you come on and evangelise about an audiobook you love and recommend why we should all 'ear read' it. Our first Audiobook Clubber, Claire, joins Steve to discuss the brilliant 'James' by Percival Everett from the world of Mark Twain's  Huckleberry Finn.   'James' A: Percival Everett N: Dominic Hoffman Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins Publisher: Mantle Release date: 11-04-24 Read more of Claire's reviews at wordywitterings.com   Want to come on the pod and recommend an audiobook?  Get in touch below! @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X 

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    The book of the moment!   Shocking revelations from the highest echelons of The Metaverse from Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Careless People A story of where I used to work A: Sarah Wynn-Williams N: Sarah Wynn-Williams R: 13-03-25 L: 13 hrs and 16 mins P: Macmillan Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Why We Sleep The New Science of Sleep and Dreams A: Matthew Walker N: John Sackville L: 13 hrs and 31 mins R: 07-12-17 L: English  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    We head to a parallel universe, forty years in the future, where Sherlock Holmes roams the gas-lit streets of a post-apocalyptic, future London…   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton and Anthony Horowitz N: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Want Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous A: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous N: Gillian Anderson R: 05-09-24 L: 12 hrs P: Bloomsbury Publishing  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    The most modern of historians!   YouTube and TikTok sensation Jenny Draper joins Steve and Matthew to talk about her first audiobook ‘Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits’   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Mavericks Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits A: Jenny Draper P: Jenny Draper R: 11-02-25 L: 8 hrs and 21 mins P: Watkins Publishing   Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz P: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  William Henry Gates III. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, ‘Source Code’, a memoir from the world’s first tech billionaire, Bill Gates  Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  The aliens are coming!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, rather than reviewing a single title, Matthew and Steve take a dive into the world of Big Finish - the loving family of audio craftspeople most famous for lovingly keeping Doctor Who alive. They produce high quality dramas that are the audio equivalent of a fine malt whisky - a highquality refined product best consumed by people who really appreciate the good stuff. We shall be listening to and recommending their reimagining of 80s sci-fi classic V… V UK: Visitation …and their ‘free-to-air’ back catalogue, now available in podcast form… Into the TARDIS  Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  The television interview that marked the beginning of the end for Margaret Thatcher Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Matthew’s mid-life crisis continues Steve reveals how he was traumatised by Brian Walden as a small child Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? Searching for the Truth on Political TV A: Rob Burley N: Rob Burley L: 13 hrs and 8 mins P: HarperCollins   Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  We unleash our inner Don Drapers with the help of avuncular adman Rory Sutherland    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Alchemy The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense A: Rory Sutherland N: Rory Sutherland L: 9 hrs and 38 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  We head to New York in the roaring twenties, where we shall drink hooch in speak-easies with fairies and flappers Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The Masquerades of Spring A: Ben Aaronovitch N: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith L: 4 hrs and 34 mins P: Orion Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  A minke whale, a kung-fu chicken and the rabbit equivalent of Jason Statham, Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. My Animals, and Other Animals A memoir of sorts A: Bill Bailey N: Bill Bailey L: 5 hrs and 03 mins P: Querkus Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X