Why Women Grow – A new series by author Alice Vincent on why women from all different creative pursuits and backgrounds share one common pursuit: gardening. With the new series featuring acclaimed novelist Maggie O’Farrell and florist and researcher Cynthia Fan, a common theme is how gardening can end up replenishing another creative pursuit, rather…

Adam Buxton’s Successpod – Adam Buxton is behind one of the most established and long-running podcasters in the country. Yet at the start of his new Audible series, he explains that he’s wrestling with feelings of inadequacy compared to some of his peers. So, in his own words, he’s created an “audio collage or soundscape…

The Surgeon of St Helena – The journalist Luke Jones received acclaim (and wards) for his thoughtful and necessary documentary looking at sexual abuse that took place on the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean. He’s now returned with another series of allegations on St Helena Island, another remote volcanic outpost…

Here for the History – After a bit of controversy where this show’s original name Talk History to Me was eerily close to Miranda Sawyers’ well-established interview fest Talk 90s to Me, BBC Sounds’ new history podcast has finally launched…and it’s good! Hosted by historians Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson, each episode poses an interesting…

Plus Swingers, Successpod and The Unfinished Promise

David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st Century (and also my personal favourite), died last week at the age of 88. In a special episode of the long-running, engaging art podcast, historian Dr James Fox and critic Alistair Sooke look back at his incredible legacy and the remarkable connection…

Tom Simons (or TommyInnit) has 27 million subscribers on YouTube, which is all the more impressive when you learn that he is only 22. One of his projects is this compelling interview format where he asks a guest 100 questions, or as many as he can, in an hour. There’s been quite the rotation of…

A new podcast looking at the history of popular objects and the lives of the inventors who came up with them. The subject matter is not something you would expect coming from Sky News, but host Ed Conway does a very good job at storytelling. The first episode looks at the history of the visually…

An interesting one, this. In recent years Andrew Neil has had a Times Radio programme at 1pm, providing his insights and analysis on global and domestic events, usually starting with a monologue with his take on the day’s news. It has now become a standalone podcast, more or less providing the same thing, just not…

Podcast announces rebrand highlighted by new artwork

Interview with hosting duo and British Podcast Awards Ambassadors

Plus The Louis Theroux Podcast, Foul Play, and Successpod with Adam Buxton

A new series of the British Podcast Awards award-winning podcast where experts answer questions sent in from listeners along with host Eloise Stevens. It is aimed at kids, but there are questions that adults (myself included) wouldn’t be able to answer if their life depended on it, so it makes an interesting listen either way. …

Radio 2’s Owain Wyn Evans is behind this new series where celebrity guests talk about their own interiors: the good, the bad and the ugly. It is essentially a Through the Keyhole but through audio, which at first you think wouldn’t work in audio, but weirdly it does. I think a lot about it comes…

More than 350,000 people in the UK today are affected by aphasia, a neurological language disorder that causes difficulty in someone’s writing, reading or speaking ability. It can be caused by a stroke, head injury or neurological illness and the effects of it can be life-long. Filmmaker Jonathan Hirons, who was diagnosed with aphasia in…

A return of the folk horror drama that has managed to become a bit of a sensation, fully independent and reaching more than 130,000 downloads through word-of-mouth alone. Written and performed by William Moore, the series spins British folklore and fairytale into unsettling territory. It’s about a bookseller who tries to work out what happened…

Judgemental, Foul Play, and Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake

Sticking with football, the 1970 Mexican World Cup for the England Men’s team was a truly cursed affair after legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks became ill with food poisoning before a major match. Now this seven-part series brought to you by his grandson Ed Jervis and the investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse looks at this crazy theory…

A new series of The Ark House podcast on recovery, aimed at those who are experiencing it themselves or want to know more about the science behind it. Brought to you by Ark House addiction rehabilitation centre in Scarborough, each episode features candid interviews with someone sharing their story, starting with presenter Ulrika Jonsson on…

Simon Calder is one of the hardest-working journalists in the country, regularly popping up on TV news channels from an airport or train station during any travel related story. As well as being hugely informed when it comes to a potential cheap deal or ideal getaway, he’s also trustworthy, as he refuses freebies and discounts…

As well as the TV adaptation of the James Graham play ‘Dear England’, there’s now this interesting BBC Sounds series looking at the complex topic of English national identity. Comedian and writer David Baddiel looks at how the England’s Men’s Team is a reflection of Englishness, more so than other institutions such as Parliament and…

Plus The Upshot, A History of the United States in 100 Objects and Manosphere Messiahs

A guide to the podcasts and voices covering football this summer

BBC brings live recordings, free events and iPlayer coverage to the Sheffield festival

Featuring Gary Lineker, Mel C, Marco Pierre White and Andrew Callaghan

Q&A with creator Oliver Smuhar

If you want a weekend being scared sh*tless about the near future, this new series by Missing Cryptoqueen podcaster Jamie Bartlett will do just that. A collaboration between The Observer and The Future of Life Institute, it looks at the deepest, darkest threats posed by the rise of artificial general intelligence, from unstoppable machines and…

A new audio documentary about one of the most notorious wanted fugitives in British history. Ronnie Biggs was part of a gang that stole millions in The Great Train Robbery of 1963. After fleeing Wandsworth Prison, he evaded British justice for 35 years by living in Australia and Rio de Janeiro. After returning to the…

Woman’s Hour and Celebrity Race Across the World participant Anita Rani is behind this new podcast featuring interviews with women who have paved the way for others. Her first guest is comedian, author and screenwriter Meera Syal, who talks about the key moments that shaped her life, the stigma of divorce within the South Asian…

You might know Sally Lindsay from her Madame Blanc series on Channel 5, which she stars in, co-writes and co-produces. Somehow, in her downtime, she is also behind this weekly podcast interviewing famous names about their lives and careers. In only a matter of weeks she has managed to be one of the best in…

Plus Sisters of Defiance, To Catch A King, and Out with Suzi Ruffell

This weekend are the Enhanced Games. Set in Las Vegas, the competition consists of athletes being able to use performance enhancing drugs under medical supervision (rest assured: they are not condoning the use of cocaine and heroin). In the latest episode, Jeremy Whittle and Chris Marshall-Bell look at why disillusioned athletes are now agreeing to…

One of the most highly celebrated documentary podcasts in recent years has been the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 Objects. Using a different artefact at the British Museum each episode, the series explores major events in global history and the forces that shape our world today. Now, to mark…

The return of the award-winning, and deeply unsettling, paranormal investigations podcast. Written by Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) and Joel Morris (Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe), the first series was all about a building featuring medical tests that didn’t exist. The second series is all about a strange recording at a local radio station. Its skill…

A podcast all about the importance of the home and how it helps shape our identity. Hosted by Matt Gibberd, the co-founder and author of The Modern House, episodes look at the homes of their guests and the creative endeavours they have taken on. A recent episode with Professor Yvonne Jewkes looks at whether prisons…

Plus Hit That Beat, Rivals, and History’s Greatest Fails

Marler and Jake Bhardwaj will visit seven UK venues this autumn

Interview and advice session with award-winning creative producer

A great oral history podcast all about how men found love and sex with each other in the years before Grindr and the internet. Presented by Murry, each episode features an interview with a guest over the age of 40, with conversations talking about gay life from the 1950s to the 1980s. There’s great (and…

London Records, the ‘rudeboy’ label has quite a back catalogue: Goldie, Orbital, Bananarama, East 17, Sugababes and All Saints to name but a few. This well-crafted and nostalgia-fuelled five-part documentary looks at how this label ended up becoming a force in the music industry, featuring contributions from insiders and established artists. Written and presented by…

If you are just that little too old to be listening to Radio 1 in the mornings (I’m there too, don’t worry), you can now listen to Greg James with Alice Levine on their great little chat podcast. The hook is confessions and admissions sent in from listeners but the best bit is just hearing…

There are a lot of mental health podcasts out there, which is great to see, but there aren’t that many that break down the neuroscience behind our brains and provide practical advice on what actually works. This new series by the magazine New Scientist and presented by award-winning journalists Helen Thomson and Cat de Lange…

Q&A with neurodiversity advocate and podcast host

Celebrating 30 years of the awards

Plus Bad Chat, The Calm in the Complicated, and History’s Greatest Fails

Supermodel and chronic pain advocate Jean Campbell leads conversations with a whole host of people from fellow models and actors, to activists, academics and researchers, all with the underlying theme of chronic pain. The conversations feel sensitive, engaging and practical, offering advice and soothing techniques. If you’re not sure where to start, go back to…

Back with Season 5, the hit podcast has a new story to tell: that of a mysterious man called Derek Alldred and the group of women he scammed and deceived over a decade. The scene is set by the detail in the narration, while the episodes unravel as we meet a new character in each.…

Hosted by two nature-lovers, Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley, each week they start by asking one another how they connected with nature that week. The pair have a calming, easy chemistry (helped by the greenhouse-backdrop if you are watching), it’s certainly visually appealing too. Their enthusiasm for the environment feels contagious as they chat to…

Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo are back with a baby and new branding. The podcast is the latest evolution from NearlyWeds, NewlyWeds and NearlyParents. They have returned energised (despite talking about their lack of sleep) and with lots of new experiences to share. Listening feels a bit like waiting for one of them to catch…

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