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This week in podcasting: Zoe and Jo Launch and Glasto Covered

Zoe Ball and jo Whiley to Launch New Show

A podcast to look out for. Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley have been announced as the hosts of a new twice-weekly visualised podcast, out in July,

It’s made by Perspehonica, behind Miss Me? With Miquita Olivia and Lily Allen and Dua Lipa: At Your Service. The show says that it will cover topics beyond what you hear Zoe and Jo typically talk about on the radio, with the format covering their 30 years of friendships along with “life, kids, health, grief, gardening, interiors, food and everything in between.” There’s also no scripts.

Elsewhere, if you’re packing for Glastonbury this weekend, there’s an interview with the festival organiser Emily Eavis in this week’s episode of Sidetracked with Annie and Nick. She reveals why they have cut the number of visitors at the festival this year after concerns of overcrowding.

Meanwhile Festival Sounds unpacks who exactly might the cryptic ‘Patchwork’ is on the line-up and has a Glastonbury packing guide so you don’t forget anything.

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