Please recommend me a podcast

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I’m fast running out of things to listen to. Haven’t found an audiobook series I like in ages, love R4 comedy but mainly sitcoms and I’ve worked out which ones I enjoy. I’m a veritable virgin when it comes to podcasts and I’d love to know about some good ones. Ideally I’d like:

• based on crime or true crime, or espionage
• quite detailed and factual
• at least 30mins in length per episode
• I really enjoyed Ladykillers and I’m re-listening to those in the absence of anything else

Help!

The Rest Is Classified (espionage) ?

Thanks @EineReiseDurchDieZeit I will look that one up

Can I suggest Jane Casey’s Maeve Kerrigan series as an audiobook crime series?

Sea of Lies? Episodes are about 45mins though.

It’s intriguing and pulls you in. (Crime).

More or Less (should be compulsory. Looks at stats quoted in the news)
Sliced Bread (is x the best thing since ..)

You're Dead To Me
The Rest Is History
Short History Of...

Real Lives, Totally true crime, This much is true crime, the affair are all really good

The I am not a monster series
To catch a scorpion
the smugglers’ trail

They Walk Among Us
Casefile
Uncanny
After Dark

Small town dicks is good.. different to others as it has the detectives on that worked on the case they’re talking about

The rest is science. Best one I've ever listened to. Mind boggling info from 2 incredibly clever, articulate and funny people.

The Dropout pod

fascinating

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QCCaQb5LbpEDd7gC1jINT?si=_Wx11ye8SLe9C4PDZx1lww

Spycops (undercover police scandal)

The Missing Cryptoqueen (con artist)

Hunting Warhead (trigger warning - child sex abuse)

Carrie Jade Does Not Exist (con artist)

Sweet Bobby (online catfishing)

Any of the "The rest is xxx" - I'm currently addicted to The Rest is Politics.

100% agree with More or Less as compulsory listening
The Gift
Lifechanging
Cautionary Tales
Some of the Revisionist History potcasts by Malcolm Gladwell are riveting - look up the one on golf courses in Los Angeles

Love Trapped

The Con: Kailtlyns Baby

Real survival stories

the only crime podcasts I like are about fraud. Other types or crime are too depressing!

Most are repetititve bcz they recap at start and end. Allowing that:

The Missing CryptoQueen
the Lost Boys

and you can google for others

CyberHack - in particular series 1 which is about the Lazarus Heist and completely compelling.

I’m a semi regular listener to TRI History and TRI Science.

I find TRI Politics unlistenable - two smug blokes showing off how clever they are and how much better things would be if only they were in charge.

Decoding the Gurus - often fascinating accounts of individuals, organisations and ideologies ranging from “simply batshit” to “malign con artists”.

Blocked and Reported and Reflector, both from the same stable - focus is on internet/cultural insanities ranging from the bizarre to the serious.

Scotland Yard Confidential, narrated by John Hopkins. Spotify and YouTube.

The Lady Vanishes
The Missing Matter

I really loved Fools Gold on BBC Sounds. It’s a real life crime story about the two detectors who dug up a Viking gold hoard, didn’t declare it as they should have done and about what happened next. There’s 8 30 minute episodes.

The Missing

Just returned to this thread, thanks everyone- loads to plough through!