# Victoria Pile and Julian Baggini

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-good-read-7332172/victoria-pile-and-julian-baggini
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-good-read-7332172/victoria-pile-and-julian-baggini.md
Podcast: [A Good Read](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-good-read-7332172)
Published: 2026-03-16T15:02:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sn92
Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n5krgh.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-good-read-7332172/episodes/victoria-pile-and-julian-baggini
Duration seconds: 1663

## Resource

THE LIVES AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL by Fay Weldon, chosen by Victoria Pile THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway, chosen by Julian Baggini CLEAR by Carys Davies, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Comedy writer and director Victoria Pile joins philosopher and author Julian Baggini to talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. On the menu is a feminist revenge novel that is as dark as it is funny, a classic Hemingway novella that casts us out to sea, and an evocative short story set on a remote island off Scotland. Join the conversation on Instagram: agoodreadbbc Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Becky Ripley

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-good-read-7332172/episodes/victoria-pile-and-julian-baggini/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-good-read-7332172/victoria-pile-and-julian-baggini.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.