As one of the most prestigious and anticipated literary awards of the year, the Booker Prize represents a designation of excellence for both the winner and the shortlisted titles. A new podcast from the Booker organization is on a mission to re-engage with winners and nominees from years past. Co-hosted by two English literary critics—the novelist Jo Hamya (Three Rooms) and the broadcaster James Walton (The Write Stuff)—topics ricochet from an analysis of Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass (longlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize) to an imagination of a Love Island season composed of characters from Booker Prize novels. Sharp yet accessible, profound but also lighthearted, this podcast packs highbrow content into a guilty-pleasure package. —Paulina Prosnitz