Oct 21, 202657 min
What does it mean to belong when you're caught between cultures, generations and the stories you've inherited?On this episode of Current Read , host Sam Herbst sits down with Nigerian-born, Sweden-based author...
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Sam Herbst (co-host of The Great Equalizer) catches up with authors to chat about their books. TGE's Current Read offers word nerds, bibliophiles and literature buffs a glimpse into the mind of an author and showcases the latest books that the world's biggest publishing houses have on offer. Subscribe and join the conversation with TGE and authors from around the globe.
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What is TGE's Current Read about?
Sam Herbst (co-host of The Great Equalizer) catches up with authors to chat about their books. TGE's Current Read offers word nerds, bibliophiles and literature buffs a glimpse into the mind of an author and showcases the latest books that the world's biggest publishing houses have on offer.
Who hosts TGE's Current Read?
TGE's Current Read is hosted by TGE. The show has published 43 episodes to date.
What has TGE's Current Read covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Who Gets to Belong? Lola Akinmade Åkerström on Bitter Honey" (21 October 2026, 57 minutes), "How far would you go for family? | Krystle Zara Appiah on love and sisterhood in Half Lives" (13 October 2026, 61 minutes), and "Psychedelics, power & the search for transcendence | The Ego Trip by Kimon de Greef" (13 October 2026, 65 minutes).
How often does TGE's Current Read publish?
TGE's Current Read publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 43 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on TGE's Current Read?
Booking probability for TGE's Current Read is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. TGE's Current Read requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. TGE's Current Read's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for TGE's Current Read are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. TGE's Current Read has an arts audience.
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TGE hosts TGE's Current Read, an arts podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Episode #43
How far would you go for family? | Krystle Zara Appiah on love and sisterhood in Half Lives
Oct 13, 20261h 1mWhat would you do for the person you love most? And what happens when that love becomes a betrayal? On this episode of Current Read, host Sam Herbst sits down with British-Ghanaian author Krystle Zara Appiah to discuss...
Oct 13, 20261h 5mWhat happens when a story about a toad that secretes a psychedelic toxin becomes an investigation into ego, transcendence, exploitation, conservation and the complicated business of turning a psychedelic drug into...
Episode #41
Why Some Marriages End So Suddenly | Eve Simmons on Divorce, Starting Over & What She Did Next
Jul 28, 20261h 10mSometimes the hardest chapter isn't the ending – it's what comes next.In this episode of Current Read , journalist and author Eve Simmons joins host Sam Herbst to discuss her powerful new book, What She Did Next .Part...
Jun 11, 20261h 7mWhat happens when love slowly erodes your sense of self?In this episode of Current Read , host Sam Herbst sits down with writer, feminist researcher and editor Joy Watson to discuss her powerful and deeply emotive...
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Jun 8, 20261h 3mInternational bestselling author Alka Joshi joins Sam in-studio for a very special episode of Current Read . Best known for her breakout debut novel The Henna Artist (the first novel in The Jaipur Trilogy ), Joshi’s...
Episode #38
Author Nadia Davids on Writing Cape Fever | Ghosts, power, and the making of a gothic novel
Apr 29, 202657 minWhat does it mean to live in a place that is as beautiful as it is haunted?On this episode of TGE’s Current Read, powerhouse South African creative Nadia Davids – an award-winning playwright and author – chats with host...
Episode #37
STEAM-y romances and the art of the slow burn | Inside Next Level Love with author Shameez Patel
Apr 26, 20261h 2mWhat happens when a real-life woman in STEM swaps equations for emotional slow burns? Shameez Patel – author, engineer, wife, mother, and storyteller – joins us on this episode of The Great Equalizer to talk about her...
Mar 5, 202657 minYour Current Read host Sam Herbst sits down with internationally bestselling author ML Rio to chat about her latest novel, Hot Wax . If, like so many of us, you became obsessed with If We Were Villains — the dark...
Dec 17, 20251h 9mOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, we sit down with Mpho Boshego — author, communications strategist and former South African diplomat — to unpack her bold and compelling debut novel, Diplomatic Ties . Drawing on...
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HEAP EARTH UPON IT | An interview with Chloe Michelle Howarth
Oct 30, 202554 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, we welcome Irish novelist Chloe Michelle Howarth. Best known for her debut novel Sunburn — a tender, searing portrait of queer adolescence and forbidden love — Chloe captured...
Episode #33
The Break in by Katherine Faulkner
Oct 24, 20251h 3mOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, hosts Sam and Charlene sit down with bestselling author Katherine Faulkner: journalist-turned-novelist and the mind behind Greenwich Park , The Other Mothers , and her latest...
Episode #31
Paper Heart by Cecelia Ahern
Oct 1, 202552 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read we welcome back international bestselling author Cecelia Ahern, who is currently promoting her latest novel, Paper Heart . Paper Heart is a story about dreams, having the courage to...
Episode #30
Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal
Sep 15, 202553 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read , Sam Herbst welcomes award-winning Indian-British author Gurnaik Johal for an in-depth author interview. No stranger to fiction, Gurnaik won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2022 for...
Episode #29
The Tradwife's Secret by Liane Child
Aug 8, 202552 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, we chat with author Liane Child, whose addictive new thriller, The Tradwife’s Secret , will have you turning the pages well into the wee hours, with a twist you probably won’t see...
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Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Jun 6, 202548 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, your host Sam Herbst chats with Holly Brickley, one of this year’s HOTTEST new authors, whose debut novel Deep Cuts has already made Hollywood inroads. Silver screen stars Saoirse...
May 9, 20251h 11mJoining hosts Sam and Charlene on this episode of TGE's Current Read is licensed marriage and family therapist – and founder of the popular Conscious Mommy community on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok – Bryana...
Episode #26
The Death of Us by Abigail Dean
Apr 12, 202541 minOn this episode of TGE’s Current Read, Sam speaks to New York Times bestselling author Abigail Dean about her latest novel, The Death of Us. Best known for her first novel Girl A, which was a runaway success and an...
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Apr 4, 202549 minOn this episode of TGE's Current Read, Sam and Charlene interview Sarah Harman, author of the most anticipated reads of 2025, so named by Readers Digest, Publishers Weekly, The Sunday Times Style, Time Magazine and...
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AUTHOR INSIGHT | Samantha Shannon
Feb 21, 20251h 4mJust before The Dark Mirror was finalised for early readers, TGE's Current Read host Sam Herbst caught up with epic fantasy author Samantha Shannon to pick her genius brain about the worlds her readers have come to...
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