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Start here · how the club works

Thank you for joining. Here’s what happens now:

• A bonus episode lands every Thursday, here and in your private podcast feed.
• New public episodes reach you a day early.
• Inner Circle members get the monthly live Q&A (the next one is in your members’ home).
• Your perks (shop discount, early tickets) come off at checkout when you’re signed in.

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Bonus #43 · Inside the studio

A minute in the room where it happens: setting up, the edit and the last mix before Thursday.

Voice note · the new theme tune, rough mix

Theme tune · rough mix

We’re replacing the theme for season 4. This is the first rough mix: tell us what you think before it’s final.

Photos · our first live show

Thank you to everyone who came to The Lantern Room. A few favourites from the night.

Who should we interview next?

Our next guest should be…

0 votes · Closed

You picked last season’s best episode. Choose again.

Show notes & reading list · Episode 118

Timestamps, the three books we mentioned and this week’s prompt, as a PDF.

30 September 2026

Live Q&A replay · Your questions on finishing things

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Bonus #42 · The draft we threw away

Forty minutes on the episode we scrapped, and what it taught us about cutting.

Every book from season 3, in one list

The Second Draft shelfuk.bookshop.org

We put them all on one shelf. Buying through it supports independent bookshops.

15 August 2026

Welcome series 3 · Our editing checklist

Opens for you on 9 December

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Why we started Second Draft

Five years ago we had two microphones, one spare room and a list of people we wanted to ask one question: what did it really take? This is the story of the first episode, and the forty that nearly didn’t happen.

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