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Recommend me some podcasts

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PurpleDaisies · 13/07/2020 08:41

I’ve started walking miles every day (lockdown cliche!) and I’m fed up of all the music on my phone. I don’t really want to pay for a music service. I live rurally and the mobile data signal is rubbish so I need to be able to download things on to my phone.

I was thinking about trying some podcasts but I don’t know what’s worth listening to. What do you all enjoy? Generally I like smart and funny but I’m open to all suggestions.

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Blackandwhitehorse · 13/07/2020 21:42

So many! Smile

Table Manners - with Jesse Ware and her mum is a good laugh

Louis Theroux - Grounded

Dr Rangan Chatterjee - Feel Better Live More

The Highlow

Adam Buxton

The Russell Brand one I love, some really interesting discussions

How to fail

The best thing since sliced bread

You’re dead to me

The infinite monkey cage

I’m not walking to work now and getting such a back log!

EmmaStone · 13/07/2020 22:02

The first series of Serial should definitely be your first listen, I binged on a lot of it while solo in Barcelona for 24 hours - I can remember special landmarks and exactly where I was in the series (and places I gasped out loud 😂).

If you become obsessed with the case, you could then go onto Undisclosed, which digs into loads more detail (but be aware it is biased towards one party because of the production team).

My Favorite Murder - this is my current go to podcast, but there are quite a few in jokes, so try to listen to some early ones to be in on it too.

Adam Buxton - lovely chats with people, some brilliant (I like it when he's with Joe Cornish and/or Louis Theroux, it all gets very funny and schoolboyish), some quite thoughtful.

Louis Theroux Grounded - expected output from Louis, but interesting conversations. I liked the recent Gail Porter one where she kept turning the interview back on him.

In a similar vein (vane?) to Serial, there's others like Dirty John, Dr Death, Teacher's Pet, Untold: the Daniel Morgan story, Paradise. All several episodes concerning one case. Have enjoyed all of these.

Stuff You Should Know is good if you fancy learning a bit about something while walking - we listen to this one with the kids.

There's so many, and really something for everyone.

RozHuntleysStump · 13/07/2020 22:09

My favourite ones are:
Answer me this
Frank Skinner
Stuff they don’t want you to know

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coronaornona · 13/07/2020 22:17

Shagged, Married, Annoyed
Desert Island Discs - finds people you like in the archive
Infinite Monkey Cage
You're Dead to Me
Kermode and Mayo film review
Kitchen cabinet
Out to lunch with Jay Rayner

Zisforstripyoss · 13/07/2020 22:23

Table Manners with Jessie Ware definitely - the John Bishop one in particular was amazing.
No Such Thing as a Fish - random facts by the team from QI that they discuss, it's very funny.

Sammysquiz · 13/07/2020 22:28

I love...

Shagged Married Annoyed
An Hour or so with Sue Perkins
Off Menu
How to Fail with Elizabeth Day
Happy Place
The Bill Podcast (appreciate that one is rather niche!)

Luzina · 13/07/2020 22:28

I love Ear Hustle, its a fascinating podcast made by/about the inmates of San Quentin prison

Two Good Mums- made by the adoptive mum and birth mum of 2 kids, about their journey together to having contact between kids and birth mum

This American Life - narrative podcast about American life

Not podcasts, but downloadable from BBC Sounds:

Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics
Hope High

FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue · 13/07/2020 23:13

Really gripping and incredible story: Girl Taken (BBC sounds) the case of the British volunteer in the Calais camp who tried to smuggle a little Afghan girl into the UK and got caught - with many subsequent twists in the tale.

toomanyhobbies · 13/07/2020 23:26

For true crime I love case file. There are loads for you to binge to

Murder mice isn’t bad it’s tells the story’s of different non famous murder that all happened around a square mile of London (think it’s round oxford street can’t remember). The presenter does guided walks too so he talks about the street scene then and now.

Who the hell is Hamish follows the case of confidence trickster across America.

BBC sounds is great for series and radio plays I like Agatha Christie ones and the number 1 ladies dective agency.

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