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Fiona Sturges in the FTĀ 

  • Question Everything (KCRW/NPR) - ā€œSelf-indulgent? Well yes, it is a bit. There’s nothing journalists love more than to sit around with other journalists talking about their Very Important Work — and I say that as a journalist who has been known to do exactly that. Plus, a show that takes off in the way S-Town did is always going to have its detractors. For Reed to be obsessing about this seven years later feels a little precious. There is a wider context to Question Everything, though, and that is the rise of online misinformation and the growing distrust of mainstream journalism.ā€

James Marriott in the Times

  • Uncharted with Hannah Fry (BBC Radio 4) - ā€œSex is the theme of the first episode, which features Fry’s brisk retelling of the story of a workaholic Californian mathematician named Chris McKinley who used an ā€œarmy of botsā€ to hack the algorithm of a dating website, allowing him to work out the criteria he would have to display on his profile to send it to the top of ā€œevery single searchā€ made by women in his area.ā€

Patricia Nicol and Clair Woodward in the Sunday Times

  • Origins with Cush Jumbo (Sony Music) - ā€œShe’s a really personable host and clearly subscribes to the mantra that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.ā€
  • Cooking the Books (ind.) - ā€œGilly Smith hosts a series in which she talks to fellow food writers and gets them to discuss their latest books.ā€
  • What’s Your Map? (Oculi Mundi) - ā€œA novel podcast concept in which the historian and writer Jerry Brotton and guests discuss maps, leading to both historical and personal stories from the maps they have found inspiring.ā€

The Guardian’s Hear Here column recommends

  • Mind Your Own (Lemonada) - ā€œLupita Nyong’o came up with the idea for this podcast when she was stuck in traffic and wanted to hear a story from Kenya, where she grew up.ā€
  • Cursed (RAW/Audible) - ā€œWhen a woman turned up at a German brothel in 2016 and refused to say how she’d got there, authorities uncovered a human trafficking ring that made women take an oath with a spiritual ritual.ā€
  • Giving Done Right (Center for Effective Philanthropy) - ā€œWhether you’re an occasional donor, a charity or a big bucks philanthropist, this new podcast looks at how to make the most of what you give.ā€
  • Empire City (Crooked/Wondery) - ā€œFunctions as an alternative history of the US police and a challenge to the notion that they have the safety of New Yorkers at heart.ā€
  • Split Screen: Thrill Seekers (CBC) - ā€œWhat happens when you get people to sign up to a reality TV show they know nothing about?ā€

In the Guardian’s Guide newsletter

Yolanthe Fawehinmi in the Independent

  • Mind Your Own (Lemonada) - ā€œIt’s a storytelling show that navigates what it means to belong – from an African perspective.ā€
  • Naked Beauty (ind.) - ā€œEven though Naked Beauty is classified as a beauty podcast, the conversations go so much deeper.ā€
  • To My Sisters (ind.) - ā€œAs part of a new three-part series on To My Sisters, RenĆ©e Kapuku and Courtney Daniella Boateng are the guests on their own podcast.ā€
  • Dressed to Confess (ind.) - ā€œThough Dressed To Confess is a fashion podcast first and foremost, it’s also where guests – who also co-host the episode – play games, let their hair down, share some of their most vulnerable moments, confess their deepest and sometimes darkest secrets and so much more.ā€
  • Soccer A-Z (Daily Mail) - ā€œSky’s Soccer AM’s beloved hosts, Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain, have reunited for a brand-new project, Soccer A-Z, to relieve the Nineties ā€œgolden eraā€ of football, while also tackling weekly news from the beautiful game.ā€

Highlights from the Radio Times

Heat’s Top of the Pods

Scott Bryan in Great British Podcasts

  • I’m ADHD! No You’re Not (ind.) - "The mixture of having a doctor who has ADHD alongside someone who does not makes an interesting broadcasting duo.ā€
  • Pop Top 10 (BBC Radio 2) - ā€œThe music they play is nostalgic, the debates are entertaining and ridiculous and it never takes itself too seriously either.ā€
  • Split Screen: Thrill Seekers (CBC) - ā€œThis engrossing series hosted by Nick van der Kolk explores a British dating show where 12 people were offered an extraordinary reality television opportunity, only for it to not match with their expectations.ā€
  • 40ish (ind.) - ā€œPodcasters and friends Lauren and Nicole, who you might recognise from the podcast Self Care Club, which unpacks wellness fads, have reunited for a new podcast exploring the trials and tribulations of your forties.ā€

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