From Nobody Panic to Matt Lucas’ Bitch Bitch Bitch and Popmaster: This week’s top podcasts

From Nobody Panic with Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates to Matt Lucas’ Bitch Bitch Bitch and Popmaster with Ken Bruce, this week’s top podcasts

Nobody Panic

Each week, peppy comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates offer advice about how to thrive as a millennial adult. 

Nobody Panic, in which peppy comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates offer advice about how to thrive as a millennial adult, makes me laugh out loud a ton. It’s a keeper

Recently they’ve given timely tips on working from home (‘Don’t go feral’) and the best ways of socially distancing without losing the plot. 

I return to this podcast again and again, and it makes me laugh out loud a ton. It’s a keeper.

 

Bitch Bitch Bitch

Little Britain comic Matt Lucas came up with this podcast after people kept telling him how amazing it must be to have his job. 

Matt Lucas came up with this podcast after people kept telling him how amazing it must be to have his job. Each week he meets 3 high-flyers who reveal what their working life is really like

Matt Lucas came up with this podcast after people kept telling him how amazing it must be to have his job. Each week he meets 3 high-flyers who reveal what their working life is really like

Each week he meets three high-flyers who reveal what their working life is really like. Guests range from influencers to cabin crew and paparazzi. 

It’s funny and engrossing with lots of weird anecdotes, such as the sports commentator who once had to resort to adult nappies…

 

Popmaster

Bored of the lockdown yet? This Radio 2 podcast should chase away your ennui – at least for half an hour. 

Every day on Popmaster, Ken Bruce hosts a pop music quiz using clips of songs and questions about acts, ranging from the Dixie Chicks to George Harrison

Every day on Popmaster, Ken Bruce hosts a pop music quiz using clips of songs and questions about acts, ranging from the Dixie Chicks to George Harrison

Every day, Ken Bruce hosts a pop music quiz using clips of songs and questions about acts, ranging from the Dixie Chicks to George Harrison. 

It’s pretty tough – I rarely get a single right answer – but it’s good fun and has cross generational appeal, if you’re marooned with your family.