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Recommendation Engine: The Joni Mitchell Story

10:00 AM GMT+1 on October 2, 2024

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    Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy:

    Spotify New & 🔥

    James Marriott in the Times

    Patricia Nicol and Clair Woodward in the Sunday Times

    • Legend: The Joni Mitchell Story (BBC Radio 4) - “Even if you are already a committed fan, the six-part [series] offers an engrossingly moving biographical overview of a continually questing musician who has overcome multiple setbacks, while never betraying herself artistically. No hagiography either — I was unaware of her mid-1970s blackface experimentations.”
    • The Road to Joni (Talkhouse/SHEROES)- “The presenter Carmel Holt’s intention is to undertake a cross-country US road trip, converging on Mitchell’s LA shindig next month. Each pitstop involves interviews with musicians under her influence.”

    The Guardian’s Hear Here column recommends

    • The Wonder of Stevie (Higher Ground/Audible) - “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.”
    • Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News (Slate) - “A forensic and accessible examination, informed by the people who worked there in the early 2000s.”
    • Holly Burn’s Dream House (ind.) - “It’s like listening to Grand Designs episodes too weird to air..”
    • Talking Rubbish (18Sixty) - Eye-opening stuff – and only rarely dry.
    • In All Honesty (ind.) - “Within 24 hours, TV life coach Michelle Elman announced her engagement on Instagram, received messages about her fiance’s infidelity and called it off.”

    In the Guardian’s Guide newsletter

    • The Deserter (NYT) - “Liev Schreiber narrates a reported story about a Russian army captain who decides to desert the war in Ukraine and flee for a safe country with his wife.”

    Highlights from the Radio Times

    Heat’s Top of the Pods

    Scott Bryan in Great British Podcasts

    • Lady Swindlers (BBC Radio 4) - "The series is rich in detail, illuminating in insights and a notable series in a very crowded true crime market.”
    • What’s Your Map? (Oculi Mundi) - “In this illuminating new series, map historian Jerry Brotton invites a guest who also shares their interest in maps to unfold and explore their favourite and unpack its significance and historical context.”
    • Brainwash Me (Little Wander) - “A guest with a passion is invited onto the programme and has to convince Poppy Hilstead that their passion is actually interesting. Poppy finds out whether they have succeeded by attaching her head to a brain scanner whilst they are talking and then having her and a scientist check the results.”
    • The Rest is Politics US (Goalhanger) - “A new four part series looking into how Trump managed to pull off the Presidency the first time round.”
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