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Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy:
- Mother Lovers Club
- Origins with Cush Jumbo
- The Rise and Fall of Oasis
- Mo Gilligan: Beginning Middle & End
- It Can’t Just Be Me
Spotify New & 🔥
- Perfect Day with Jessica Knappett
- Naughty Corner
- Famously… Winona
- Communicating with Ros Atkins
- The Body Coach: Extraordinary People
Fiona Sturges in the FT
- #1 Dad - “As a character study, #1 Dad is fascinating. Vider talks to old colleagues, college friends and relatives of Manny’s, who talk of his charisma, his chutzpah and his extraordinary ability to bend others to his will. All, Vider discovers, have washed their hands of his father.”
Clair Woodward in the Sunday Times
- Close Readings - “This series from the London Review of Books offers consistently revealing deep dives into the world of literature.”
- Peak Travel - “Overcrowding in Venice is one example, but also the lives of the porters in Machu Picchu who are often badly treated.”
- Waterlands - “Have you ever wondered what happens in our wetlands, from the wild marshes filled with birds to the humble pond?”
The Guardian’s Hear Here column recommends
- Mo Gilligan: Beginning, Middle & End - “He invites famous guests such as George the Poet, Aisling Bea and Joel Dommett to talk him through their careers and the legacy they want to leave behind.”
- Famously… Winona - “Why now? Well, Ryder returns in the new Beetlejuice sequel and her life has certainly had its ups and downs.”
- The Godfather: A Film We Can’t Refuse - “So much ground is covered, from tender family dynamics to Francis Ford Coppola’s approach to improvisation.”
- Scamtown - “They lift the lid on twisted stories, wild hustles and almost unbelievable tales.”
- The Worst Podcast - “Alan Zweig grills guests about the bad stuff on his intentional downer of a podcast.”
In the Guardian’s Guide newsletter
- The Godfather: A Film We Can’t Refuse - “You might have thought, half a century on, that we had collectively run out of words to say about Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark mob drama.”
Highlights from the Radio Times
- The Opinions - “There are occasions when the revered newspaper’s Olympian certainty gets a bit much, such as in its present state of Kamala Harris fever.”
- Amazing Sport Stories: The Legend of Takhti - “Also serves as an education in modern Iranian history and politics.”
- Everything is News - “A darkly comic take from new writer Helen Price on those podcasts in which a pair of commentators pick over the news.”
Heat’s Top of the Pods
Scott Bryan in Great British Podcasts
- Short Cuts - "Collates and showcases the very best in short documentaries from around the world.”
- Mo Gilligan: Beginning, Middle & End - “There are a lot of podcasts that ask people about their careers now, but not as many that look at how they got started and how they got to where they are now.”
- Willy Willy Harry Stee… - “Broadcaster Charlie Higson learnt a rhyme in school that helped him remember the names of the Kings and Queens of England. It only dawned on him later in adulthood that he had no idea of who these people actually were.”
- Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club - “Finally, a book club for people who don’t actually like going to book clubs.”
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