The Follycast

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The Follycast is a bookclub podcast series focused on the Rivers Of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. Each episode we discuss a book in the series.

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Jul 27, 2025 · 52 min
The Follycast #18 – Stone & Sky
In this episode… It’s here! The latest juicy novel in the Rivers of London series for Margaret, Jan and Richard to get their teeth into and it doesn’t disappoint. As the focus moves from London to Aberdeen, it’s a tale of men with
Dec 16, 2024 · 42 min
The Follycast Episode 17: The Christmas Quiz
In this month’s episode… Up to date with all the books and novellas, the Follycast breaks its usual format for a quiz about all things Folly-related. Seven rounds of (hopefully) guessable questions as Margaret and Jan fight it out for the cov
Oct 28, 2024 · 48 min
The Follycast Episode 16: Winter’s Gifts & The Masquerades of Spring
In this month’s episode… Margaret, Jan and Richard discuss the two remaining books in the ‘four seasons’ quartet of novellas in the Rivers Of London universe. Along the way we debate such issues as: Wodehouse and the X-Files: inf
Aug 21, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
The Follycast 15 – In conversation with Ben Aaronovitch
The Follycast Episode 15: In Conversation with Ben Aaronovitch In this month’s episode… Richard and Margaret welcome Ben Aaronovitch onto the podcast. The interview was recorded a few weeks ahead of the publication of the Masquerades of Sprin
May 1, 2022 · 40 min
The Follycast 14- Amongst Our Weapons
The Follycast Episode 14: Amongst Our Weapons In this month’s episode… Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch, book nine in the Rivers Of London series, is hot off the press at the time of recording and we meet up to share our views. No spoil
Mar 3, 2022 · 46 min
The Follycast Episode 13 – Monday, Monday and Amongst Our Weapons preview.
The Follycast Episode 13: Monday, Monday and Amongst Our Weapons preview In this month’s episode… We make our first foray into the world of the Rivers Of London graphic novels with the recently released ‘Sunday Sunday’. We have a
Sep 3, 2021 · 48 min
The Follycast Episode 12: False Value
The Follycast Episode 12: False Value In this month’s episode… We reach the end of our quest (for the time being) as we review the most recent Rivers Of London novel, False Value, published in 2020, just before the pandemic turned the world u
Jun 21, 2021 · 36 min
The Follycast Episode 11: What Abigail Did That Summer
The Follycast Episode 11: What Abigail Did That Summer In this month’s episode… We conclude our look at the three Rivers Of London novellas by Ben Aaronovitch that have been published so far, with the (at time of recording) recently published
Apr 21, 2021 · 31 min
The Follycast Episode 10: The October Man
The Follycast Episode 10: The October Man In this month’s episode… We continue our three part look at the Rivers Of London novellas by Ben Aaronovitch that have been published so far, with The October Man. For the first time in the podcast we
Mar 24, 2021 · 29 min
The Follycast Episode 9: The Furthest Station
The Follycast Episode 9: The Furthest Station   In this month’s episode… With the recent publication of ‘What Abigail Did That Summer’, we embark on a three part look at the Rivers Of London novellas by Ben Aaronovitch that h
Feb 11, 2021 · 36 min
The Follycast Episode 8: Tales From the Folly
The Follycast Episode 8: Tales From The Folly In this month’s episode… …..after reading the first seven novels and still recovering from the climax of Lies Sleeping, we take a sidestep to look at the recently published short story colle
Dec 18, 2020 · 41 min
The Follycast Episode 7 – Lies Sleeping
The Follycast Episode 7: Lies Sleeping In this month’s episode… …..we review Lies Sleeping, book seven in the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. The book brings to a conclusion the Faceless Man and Mr Punch plotlines (or does i
Nov 8, 2020 · 37 min
The Follycast Episode 6: The Hanging Tree
The Follycast Episode 6: The Hanging Tree In this month’s episode… … after a magical midsummer sojourn with unicorns and fairies, we are firmly back in London and the hunt for the Faceless Man takes centre stage. Peter and Guleed invest
Sep 21, 2020 · 42 min
The Follycast Episode 5: Foxglove Summer
The Follycast Episode 5: Foxglove Summer In this month’s episode… …after a summer break we discuss, appropriately enough, Foxglove Summer – book five in the bestselling Peter Grant series of novels by Ben Aaronovitch. It’s a story
Jul 27, 2020 · 38 min
The Follycast Episode 4: Broken Homes
The Follycast Episode 4: Broken Homes In this month’s episode… …we discuss ‘Whispers Underground’, the fourth novel in the Rivers Of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. In Broken Homes, Peter finds a whole new set of senior of
Jun 30, 2020 · 36 min
The Follycast Episode 3: Whispers Underground
The Follycast Episode 3: Whispers Underground In this month’s episode… …we discuss ‘Whispers Underground’, the third novel in the Rivers Of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. We review a tale of pigs, potteries, FBI agents, s
May 24, 2020 · 48 min
The Follycast Episode 2: Moon Over Soho
  The Follycast Episode 2: Moon Over Soho In this month’s episode… …we discuss ‘Moon Over Soho’, the second novel in the Rivers Of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. We all loved the first book, so how does this live up
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Apr 17, 2020 · 51 min
The Follycast Episode 1: Rivers Of London
  The Follycast Episode 1: Rivers Of London In this month’s episode… …we start our look at the Rivers Of London novels by Ben Aaronovitch with – logically enough – Rivers Of London itself, the first book in the series.
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The Follycast – the trailer!
About the Follycast Welcome to the Follycast, a Rivers of London bookclub podcast, in which we discuss each book in the PC Grant series of fantasy detective novels by Ben Aaronovitch. Each podcast will contain plot points for that particular book but, t

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