This week’s picks
53 minutes
All episodes widely available
Remember when football was less subtle and more cash-based? So do Dara O’ Brian and Josh Widdicombe, and in their new podcast, Ali Dier, who featured once for Southampton in 1996, tells the story of. Was Dia a hustler or a dreamer? Did he trick his way into a Premier League game? This is the incredible story of a “creepy man” who came out of nowhere and returned to obscurity, told with humor and understanding. Hannah Verdier
educate daisy
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It’s Season 2, but which of Daisy Mae Cooper’s guests can convince her that a book is worth reading? Greg Davis, Kerry Godliman and Sindhu Vee are candidates to work their magic I am among the people. Would Rylan Clark, also not a big reader, succeed with a book about celebrity gossip and embodiment? HV
Boar’s Nest: Sue Brewer and the Birth of Outlaw Country Music
Audible, all episodes now available
Sue Brewer was the mother of Nashville’s country music scene in the ’60s and ’70s, inspiring and encouraging big names like Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. This podcast tells her story from her perspective. It’s a vivid story full of heartbreak, dreams, and arrogance. HV
this week, Hannah Verdier choose the five best podcasts about con manfrom a fraudulent art dealer on a par with Warhol to a very malicious doctor.
sweet bobby
Tortoise’s Alex Mostrous is a man who knows how to dig deep into a mystery, and his catfishing podcast is a masterclass…
Why not try it…
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One suitor, six suitors, a series of phone dates, with a suitor dropping out after each round. A plot twist occurs at the end of a dating podcast. hang up.
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Is her life really a big, elaborate lie? Researched by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Sarah Ganim and Edward R. Murrow. Believable: The story of Coco Birthman.
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