This week’s picks
Who will replace Avril Lavigne?
BBC Sounds, weekly episodes
“I know what you’re thinking. She’s definitely dead.” Joan McNally, the very funny comedian, said that in 10 years, Avril Lavigne died or retired and was replaced by a doppelganger. I’m obsessed with internet conspiracies. So she set up an office at her “current” boyfriend’s home and began this investigation. She’s not even a fan of Lavigne, but that only adds to the hilarity of her Stacey Dooley-like ambition. Holly Richardson
Very famous person: George Michael
Wide range of weekly episodes availableThis three-part series, hosted by the feisty duo Emily Lloyd-Saini and Anna Lyon Brophy, looks at George Michael’s life through the lens of ‘Post-Wham!’ baby”. Ideal for those who don’t remember how tough his 80s height of fame was. In this bonus episode, Russell Tovey talks about Michael’s life and legacy. Hannah Verdier
A place to be a woman
BBC Sounds, weekly episodesWhere and how can women live their best lives? Skaachi Kuhl and Sophia Smith Gaylor talk to women around the world about body image, parental leave, and friendships to find out who gets the best deal. In an age where wellness is promoted as something you can buy, they get to the heart of what women need. HV
sports agent
New episodes widely available on Tuesdays and ThursdaysGabby Logan and Mark Chapman are the hosts of this new behind-the-scenes sports podcast from the same stable as Newsagents. Familiar voices in the arena, both of whom have considerable experience at the Euros, Wimbledon and the Olympics, promise to bring big-name guests and analysis to a crowded sporting calendar. HV
Cover-up: The anthrax threat
Wide range of weekly episodes availableHow would you feel if you knew that just opening the mailbox could kill you? After 9/11, envelopes filled with anthrax started falling on the desks of journalists and politicians, and it became a reality. became. Josh Dean, who was working in New York at the time, is currently on a seven-year investigation to find the culprit. HV
There’s a podcast for that
this week, Rachel Areosti Our picks for the 5 best podcasts on Bookfrom Cariad Lloyd and Sarah Pascoe’s Book Club for Weird People to Pandora Sykes’ Exploration of Old Classics
good reading
Radio 4’s long-running series reviews three books each time. Two of his books were recommended by the episode’s celebrity panelists, and another by the pleasantly authoritative (and, at this point, frighteningly well-read) host Harriet Gilbert. Part of the appeal comes from the collision of worlds. Guests range from writers and comedians to chefs and doctors, and their recommendations are just as diverse. Alan Titchmarsh chose PG Wodehouse’s Summer Lightning. Musician Lauren Mayberry appears in Yoko Ogawa’s “Memory Police.” Explorer Ella al-Shamahi chose Abdulkader al-Ghuneyd’s The Prison of Sana’a. Criticism is relentless, advocacy passionate, and debate flammable. If you find yourself adrift among the vague opinions and random noise of other book review podcasts, this is for you.
strange book club
The origin story of a book podcast couldn’t be better. Comedians Sarah Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd met while studying English at the University of Sussex in the late 90s. They are now reviving student literary conversation in a medium that had not yet been invented at the time. Pascoe’s “Weird Book Club,” named after her recently released debut novel, sees her pals discuss old and new titles with each other, with friends, and sometimes with the people who wrote them. Let’s discuss. Hear Nish Kumar talk about Sheena Patel’s I’m a Fan of Her, Monica She Hey, and more. About her divorce comedy “Really Good, Actually” and the hosts getting hooked on Iris Murdoch’s “Under the Net.” The guests are good too, but Pascoe and Lloyd are her USP. Wonderfully funny and sophisticated, yet convincingly casual, with the kind of joint banter that only decades of friendship can foster.
Book a chat
This literary discussion show from journalists Pandora Sykes and Bobby Palmer is built on one important rule: That means the books featured must be at least two years old. That means no breathtakingly hyped debut novels or thrillers topping the bestseller charts. Instead, they looked beyond the zeitgeist, from Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) to Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (1978). It refreshingly pokes fun at the blockbuster hits of the past few decades, while also revisiting smaller titles. Recent works include Sarah Winman’s The Tin Man and Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You. It’s an approach that makes Book Chat feel like a peaceful respite from the chaotic hustle and bustle of the next big culture.
LRB Podcast
The London Review of Books contains some of the most compelling and interesting essays and criticism. He has a firm demeanor but is never formal, serious but often irreverent. This series is essentially a magazine in podcast form. Hosted by LRB staffers Thomas Jones and Marin Hay, it features conversations with published authors about the latest riffs on recent literature. The focus is usually nonfiction, and the subject matter is diverse to the point of eclecticism. Amia Srinivasan on octopuses, Rosemary Hill on Mount Vesuvius, Tom Crewe on wrestling, Deborah Friedel on J. Edgar Hoover, Jonathan Coe on British humour, and more. But the end result is that it teaches you something you didn’t realize you needed to know, and it’s the same every time.
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Reserved
Reading, by its very nature, is a solitary activity, and the books we consume become lifelong companions that no one else has. This podcast by journalist and novelist Daisy Buchanan goes some way towards capturing our intimate relationship with literature. Buchanan joins guest authors each week to peruse their imaginative bookshelves and discover the books that captivated them as children and teens (Naomi Klein, it was an interview with Oriana Fallaci’s History ), the novels they didn’t do well (Andrew Hunter Murray can’t stand Mitford), and the books that set them on the path to professional writing (Susie Dent looked up the dictionary) in our mutual friend).
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