Music Uncovered: David Bowie – Changeling (BBC Radio 6 Music) - “It covers his early years, up to the mid-70s and Young Americans, and in a coup for the station it’s presented by Kate Moss! Mossy does a pretty good job, her girlish voice clear and engaging throughout, though I’ve always struggled to call it presenting when it’s just reading out someone else’s script. Anyway, she’s not why you should listen to this series. You should listen because of the detail, the unheard archive and the excellent interviews, many of them brand new.”
Origin Stories (Apple Music) - “For the first two episodes we have Mancunian rapper Aitch interviewed by Rebecca Judd, and Leicestershire singer-actor Mahalia, who talks to the DJ and presenter Dotty. Both are engaging listens, with a strong sense of place, not always easy in audio.”

Fiona Sturges in the FT

World of Secrets: Death in Dubai (BBC Sounds) - “Seasoned pod listeners may feel they are inured to tales of death and murder but, in this case, it is the events leading up to the death that are most shocking — almost intolerably so.”

Patricia Nicol in the Sunday Times

Music Uncovered: David Bowie – Changeling (BBC Radio 6 Music) - “There is a real sense from this series of the young Bowie as a singular visionary, pulling those around him forwards, yet sufficiently ruthless to cut himself loose whenever he felt they would hold him back.”

James Marriott in the Times

Plain English with Derek Thompson (The Ringer) - “Plain English with Derek Thompson (try to say it without yawning) is not, as you probably assumed, a podcast by a grammar pedant or an advocate for clearer public communication. The unmelodiously named Thompson — formerly of The Atlantic and now blogging on Substack — is one of my favourite journalists. He is a much more exciting and glamorous character than his dull moniker implies. The bafflingly titled Plain English is really about science and ideas. Big ideas. I love ’em. Plain English is a veritable oasis of intelligent thought amid the desert storm of hot air and egotistical blather that is the modern podcasting landscape. ★★★★★

Gerard O’Donovan in the Daily Telegraph

You’re Dead to Me (BBC Radio 4) - “The power pairing of historian Dr Lucy Worsley and comedian-actor Sally Phillips is, in itself, enough to make this edition, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth, worth tuning into.”
Wisecrack (ind.) - “Captivating, in parts deeply disturbing.”
A Question of Science (BBC Studios/Francis Crick Institute) - “A wide range of experts and communicators debate questions put by an audience on topical issues in science, from cancer and climate change to battling the spread of nutritional misinformation.”
Through the Square Window (ind.) - “The opening episode takes us back 50 years to September 1975, and looks at the launch episodes of three iconic shows: Fawlty Towers, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s live-action sci-fi series Space: 1999 and the BBC’s hospital drama, Angels.”
Dish (Cold Glass) - “Of the many food-based podcasts out there, one of the best – and certainly most star-studded.”