Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
First off, this isn’t so much a podcast about food – it’s comedy where food is a recurring topic. Guests are invited to select their dream menu by the comedy pair Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Off Menu, launched in December 2018, finds a nice balance between food and comedy, as well as anecdotal stories. The guests ensure content remains fresh, and it’ll give the listener a lift during tough times. If you’re a fan of Ed Gamble and James Acaster it’s a must-listen.
True crime at its most appalling. Rodney Alcala won a date on the American TV show, The Dating Game, in 1978, at a time when research would have revealed a three year prison sentence for rape. In total, before and after his television appearance, the sadistic “Dating Game Killer” claimed that he killed between 50 and 100 people.
You may well have read about Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin), the wealthy heiress who ran up tens of thousands of dollars in debt at New York hotels, defrauded many she met out of thousands of dollars, claiming that her father was a Russian billionaire. Perhaps the most astonishing thing about Delvey’s story is how persuasive and convincing she was, and how ready to believe her her victims were. Always ready to pay when she claimed to have difficulty accessing her money or didn’t have her wallet. But it was only a matter of time before she got caught ...
Fi Glover and Jane Garvie Two of Radio 4’s most popular broadcasters get together for a weekly chat, ranging across anything and everything they’ve been up to, before welcoming a guest – among the many and varied guests the pair have caught up with have been Dani Dyer, Clara Amfo, Claudia Winkleman and Dr Tanya Byron (see below), fashion guru Susannah Constantine and football legend Ian Wright. It’s like being able to eavesdrop on a fascinating conversation at the next table without fear of being caught at it.
Claudia Winkleman and Dr Tanya Byron Claudia Winkleman and Tanya Byron became firm friends when working together on The BBC’s House of Tiny Tearaways, and, wanting to work together again, they came up with this format, which sees ‘Claude’ introduce a guest with family or personal issues who tells their story, before meeting ‘Tan’, a clinical psychologist for an in-depth conversation. This is revelatory, thought-provoking stuff – as, through this conversation, Byron helps people see how they can help themselves …
Peter Crouch, Tom Fordyce and Chris Stark, self-styled ‘laddish lads’ are back with their guide on how to be a professional footballer. Episodes include insight on everything from dressing rooms, transfers, keeping on the good side of your manager and where to sit on the team bus - plus your footballer confessions. Most recently, they got together virtually to discuss life in isolation, with no pint in front of them. In That Isolation episode listeners are invited to message in with a suggestion of a skill for Crouchie to perfect in lockdown, with wife Abbey Clancy chipping in from the sidelines.
Comedian and writer David Baddiel suffered with insomnia for many years, and his new podcast with sleep guru Dr Guy Leschziner is intended to make sure even those who aren’t plagued with insomnia, learn to recognise just how vital sleep is. Studies have revealed that more than 52% of Britons struggle to sleep but over the course of six episodes, Leschziner and Baddiel demonstrate that everything we thought we knew about sleep was wrong. They demystify the science of sleep so that we can use it to make real improvements to our health, wellbeing, and productivity.
Colin Murray looks back at 90 years of sport on the BBC by unearthing classic commentaries and interviews from the BBC archives. From the 1999 Five Nations match which saw Wales play England, and expectations turned on their head. Or the 2008 Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal, arguably one of the greatest matches ever. With a dearth of sport this summer, here's a chance to relive some golden moments.
Nowadays, even before the current coronavirus outbreak, every aspect of modern life is counted, with some big numbers making headlines. Thankfully, More or Less is available to get to the bottom of any numbers that might have had you scratching your head. A favourite was their discovery that the statistic that something like 90% of the jobs young people would be doing in future don’t even exist today had originated in … a novel!
The fascinating, extraordinary story of Bulgarian-born Dr Ruja Ignatova, founder of cryptocurrency OneCoin, and, it turned out, scammer on a scandalous scale, who disappeared without trace in 2017, just as law enforcement were getting interested. Due to attend an event in Lisbon, Ignatova instead got on a plane to Athens and vanished, leaving lives in ruins as investors, seduced by the promises she made, saw their dreams turn to dust.
One of the world’s most popular podcasts, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is a long form conversation hosted by comedian Joe Rogan with friends and guests that have included comedians, actors, musicians, mixed martial arts fighters, authors, artists, and beyond, including Elon Musk, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand and Sir Roger Penrose. In August 2010, nine months after its launch, the Joe Rogan Experience entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on iTunes.
A wealth of storytelling – but you never know what you’re going to hear, whether it will make you laugh or make you cry. The stories in any one edition share a theme, but little else – stories of love, loss, families, misadventure, mayhem – all human experience is hear as people take to the microphone to share a little slice of their life with a live audience. Compelling listening.
Join Sam Harris – neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author – as he explores some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events. In the most recent episode Harris speaks with Caitlin Flanagan, former staff writer for The New Yorker and contributing editor to The Atlantic, to discuss the different sorts of experiences people are having during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sam's conversations about the human mind, consciousness, meditation practice, ethics, and related topics from the Waking Up app are available to subscribers to the Making Sense podcast. Subscriber-only content at samharris.org
Hosted by English comedian, writer, and actor Adam Buxton, in which he interviews friends and celebrities. The first episode was released in 2015, going straight in at number one in the British iTunes Podcast Chart. Episodes usually begin with an introduction from Buxton as he walks through the Norfolk countryside with his dog Rosie, followed by a recorded conversation with his guest. Prevoius podcasts have featured Derren Brown, Dr Xand van Tulleken on conronavirus, Jeff Goldblum and British writer and actor, Daisy Haggard.
Each episode takes you on a storytelling journey to the heart of planet earth– in the same vein as the groundbreaking television series. Intimate and atmospheric, whether you're on a journey into the rainforest or watching a newly hatched chick make its first move, the series has been made in such a way that the listener will feel they're right there in the field with the naturalists. bbcearth.com
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