From Julie Andrews’ new podcast, Julie’s Library to This American Life, Doing It Right & Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe, this week’s top podcasts
Julie’s Library
I could listen to Julie Andrews read the side of a packet of Pringles. In her new podcast, she settles down with her daughter Emma to read their favourite children’s books.
In Julie Andrews’ new podcast, she settles down with her daughter Emma to read their favourite children’s books; it’s made intelligently enough to be endurable for grown-ups too
The podcast is very much for kids but it’s made intelligently enough to be endurable for grown-ups too. The stories are laced with sound effects that elevate proceedings to something quite immersive.
This American Life
This is the grandfather of podcasts – its team made the hit show Serial, and the verbal tics of its host, Ira Glass, have become embedded in podcasts across the globe. I’ve recently tuned back in and am pleased to report the show is still top-notch. Episodes are arranged around quirky stories of American life. Start with ‘The Reprieve’, which plunges listeners into an intensive care unit in Michigan.
Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe
Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt is a sucker for conspiracy theories. In her joyful new BBC podcast, she attempts to persuade her sceptical ‘boyf’ and ‘bestie’, Scott, that the bizarre things she believes are rooted in fact.
Scarlett Moffatt is a sucker for conspiracy theories. In her joyful new podcast, she attempts to persuade her sceptical boyf, Scott, that the bizarre things she believes are rooted in fact
Boyfriend-girlfriend podcasts mostly set my teeth on edge, but this one is charming. A good starting point is the show about the Loch Ness monster.
Doing It Right
Journalist Pandora Sykes is one half of the couple behind hit podcast The High Low. Now she has a new series by herself about the ‘trivialities, myths and anxieties’ of modern life. Episodes are weekly, 40 minutes long, and dig into questions Sykes has been asking herself after years of writing about women, capitalism and popular culture. The first episode is with comedian Joe Lycett.