{"podcast":{"title":"Ask Penguin","slug":"ask-penguin-555431","podcast_index_feed_id":555431,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/d2a69c65-3300-4484-abcb-ea3e7d712478","website_url":"https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60eecae845fc69e6c03398b2/1759395784307-946f7f84-df95-4115-8e44-621373467698.jpeg","author":"Penguin Books UK","episode_count":266,"summary":"What should I read next? Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:21:13.437335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431"},"episode":{"title":"What can fiction teach us about queer history? with Charlie Porter","slug":"what-can-fiction-teach-us-about-queer-history-with-charlie-porter","published_at":"2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431/what-can-fiction-teach-us-about-queer-history-with-charlie-porter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepenguinpodcast/episodes/s2-e5-queer-literature","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepenguinpodcast/e/6824b394a9ce4d3694127d57/media.mp3","summary":"This week on the Penguin Podcast we talk to writer, critic and curator Charlie Porter about his novel Nova Scotia House , discuss queer books and the importance of hearing queer voices in art. Plus we provide plenty of book recommendations for LGBTQ+ stories. Explore the full list of books discussed on this episode and read the transcript by visiting: Season 2, Episode 5: Queer Literature Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk Website: www.penguin.co.uk/podcast Charlie's Nova Scotia House playlist k0ELQR3nAZkyaGf26GZP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week on the Penguin Podcast we talk to writer, critic and curator Charlie Porter about his novel Nova Scotia House , discuss queer books and the impo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ask-penguin-555431/episodes/what-can-fiction-teach-us-about-queer-history-with-charlie-porter/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-penguin-555431/what-can-fiction-teach-us-about-queer-history-with-charlie-porter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}