Recommendation Engine: Full of Fashion

Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy:

• Dish
• Joanne McNally Investigates…
• The Rest Is Politics US
• Origins with Cush Jumbo
• 40ish

Spotify New & 🔥

• Shut Up I’m Talking
• Binge!
• The Life of Bryony
• The Louis Theroux Podcast
• Crossways

Fiona Sturges in the FT 

• Question Everything (KCRW/NPR) - “Self-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.”

James Marriott in the Times

• Uncharted with Hannah Fry (BBC Radio 4) - “Sex 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 “army of bots” 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 “every single search” made by women in his area.”

Patricia Nicol and Clair Woodward in the Sunday Times

• Origins with Cush Jumbo (Sony Music) - “She’s a really personable host and clearly subscribes to the mantra that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.”
• Cooking the Books (ind.) - “Gilly Smith hosts a series in which she talks to fellow food writers and gets them to discuss their latest books.”
• What’s Your Map? (Oculi Mundi) - “A 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.”

The Guardian’s Hear Here column recommends

• Mind Your Own (Lemonada) - “Lupita 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.”
• Cursed (RAW/Audible) - “When 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.”
• Giving Done Right (Center for Effective Philanthropy) - “Whether 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.”
• Empire City (Crooked/Wondery) - “Functions as an alternative history of the US police and a challenge to the notion that they have the safety of New Yorkers at heart.”
• Split Screen: Thrill Seekers (CBC) - “What happens when you get people to sign up to a reality TV show they know nothing about?”

In the Guardian’s Guide newsletter

• Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News (Slate) - “How did Fox mutate into its final form today, as an election-denying, Trump-enabling media giant?”

Yolanthe Fawehinmi in the Independent

• Mind Your Own (Lemonada) - “It’s a storytelling show that navigates what it means to belong – from an African perspective.”
• Naked Beauty (ind.) - “Even though Naked Beauty is classified as a beauty podcast, the conversations go so much deeper.”
• To My Sisters (ind.) - “As part of a new three-part series on To My Sisters, Renée Kapuku and Courtney Daniella Boateng are the guests on their own podcast.”
• Dressed to Confess (ind.) - “Though 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.”
• Soccer A-Z (Daily Mail) - “Sky’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 “golden era” of football, while also tackling weekly news from the beautiful game.”

Highlights from the Radio Times

• Articles of Interest (Radiotopia)  - “Wears its cleverness lightly and makes you think.”
• Empire City (Crooked/Wondery) - “Unpicks the hidden, chequered history of the NYPD.”
• Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club (Plosive) - “So unguarded and unpretentious, even the most unsociable readers will be back for more.”

Heat’s Top of the Pods

• The Louis Theroux Podcast (Spotify) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• The Rise and Fall of Oasis (BBC Radio 6) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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.”
• Pop Top 10 (BBC Radio 2) - “The music they play is nostalgic, the debates are entertaining and ridiculous and it never takes itself too seriously either.”
• Split Screen: Thrill Seekers (CBC) - “This 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.”
• 40ish (ind.) - “Podcasters 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.”