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Anyone got any good podcasts for long journey with 19 year old?

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METR0NOMY · 25/04/2025 11:54

Anything interesting really, she is curious about the world and radio 4 is usually good call

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METR0NOMY · 25/04/2025 12:20

Thanks all. I’ve downloaded a few of these

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postmanshere · 25/04/2025 12:17

Lime Town is a classic. It’s a story about a town that disappears from what I remember.

BertieBotts · 25/04/2025 12:16

I love Ologies - have a look through and pick some subjects you both like the sound of.

Win-Win with Liv Boeree has some really interesting guests as well.

Lateral by Tom Scott is a fun sort of quiz one but it would probably get a bit boring to listen to too many in a row.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2025 12:16

The Isdal woman is excellent.

And on Sounds:
when Banksy comes to town
Mark Steel’s in town for a laugh
The Great Post Office Trial

loads of good podcasts on bbc Sounds

Bbq1 · 25/04/2025 12:12

The Battersea Poltergeist.

LionWings · 25/04/2025 12:11

Any BBC ones are usually good quality. I really enjoyed The Gift but it could throw up some philosophical discussions
https://www.bbc.com/audio/brand/p0gd2dgb

BBC Audio | The Gift

Listen to the latest episodes of The Gift on BBC Audio

https://www.bbc.com/audio/brand/p0gd2dgb

parietal · 25/04/2025 12:05

my slightly younger teens and I often listen to 'you're dead to me' in the car on long drives.

On BBC sounds you can also get Desert Island Discs which has some great people
Curious Cases
Tim Harford
In Our Time (but teens say it is dull)

McFuckFace · 25/04/2025 12:04

Wind of Change podcast is great, binged it on a long journey. It is the story of a rumour about the CIA collaborating with the German band Scorpions during the cold war to affect cultural change in the East before the wall came down.

NetballHoop · 25/04/2025 12:04

Ones my DS has enjoyed include:

The Infinite Monkey Cage - Science with a few laughs
No such thing as a fish - Sort of QI on the radio
13 Minutes to the Moon - Very good walk through of the first moon landing

LovelyCupOfTeaThankYou · 25/04/2025 12:02

Infinite Money Cage - always brilliantly entertaining and amusing.

HailMary1988 · 25/04/2025 11:59

One of the best I've listened to - In the Dark - Season 2 - Curtis Flowers. Absolutely superb, in-depth investigative journalism.

It's true crime, but raises so many issues to do with racism, jury selection, corruption and how the Supreme Court works. It's a long time since I listened to it but I can remember being so engrossed in the story and how things panned out.

Don't google it though. Just listen from the start.