This week’s picks
in the smoke
Wide range of weekly episodes available
Adam Buxton’s new podcast is being billed as Serial meets Twin Peaks, bridging the gap between fiction and true crime. May Mac is Kay McAllister, a former tabloid journalist who launches her own pod to find out what happened to a missing man. Buxton plays a modest role as DCI Roy Burgess, who worked on the case. Although told in a true-crime style, there is no doubt that this is glossy, high-quality fiction, and is an engaging, slow-burning tale. Hannah Verdier
The Burden: Avenger
Wide range of weekly episodes available
When Miriam Lewin was 19 years old, she was kidnapped from the streets of Buenos Aires and tortured for her political beliefs. However, she survived, became a journalist, and continued to bring her perpetrators to justice. The Handmaid’s Tale’s Alexis Bledel tells Lewin’s powerful story based on in-depth interviews. HV
The Madman’s Hotel
Audible, all episodes now available
Niall Breslin grew up in the shadow of an Irish “mental hospital” and has been haunted by it ever since. But when he meets Julie Clark, whose great-grandmother was imprisoned at St. Roman’s Hospital until her death, he uncovers a story of abuse even more horrifying than he could have imagined. HV
my so-called middle age
Wide range of weekly episodes available
“You’ve read All For, right?” Reshma Saujani asks as she introduces the podcast. “Where’s my hotel room?” Even if that didn’t convince her target audience, her first guest wisdom would agree. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (above) is as stunning as ever, opening up about the ups and downs of midlife, including the joy of posing naked for Rolling Stone. HV
super sensual
Apple Podcasts, full episodes available to Apple TV+ subscribers on Mondays
If you were glued to last year’s Ghost Story, here’s a winding investigation into a creepy old family secret. This time I have a question about reincarnation. Will Sharp spoke to a woman who was involved with two girls who were hit and killed by a car on their way to church in the 1950s. However, the father says he will be reborn, and his wife gives birth to twin girls… Holly Richardson
There’s a podcast for that
this week, Ammar Kalia We choose the 5 best podcasts shocking developmentfrom unsolved murders to traumatic stories of catfishing.
Source: www.theguardian.com
