Podcast reccs:

DOC. Articles of Interest - fascinating independent documentaries about the clothes we wear from diamonds, to knockoffs, to suits: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/articles-of-interest/id1455169228

ESSAY. Dolly Parton’s America - The whole of the USA through Dolly as a lens. Absolutely captivating- and SUCH good music. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762

CHAT. No Such Thing as a Fish - four researchers of panel quiz show QI meet and discuss the weird facts they found in the week. I find this podcast SO fun and soothing, funny people being gentle and clever and funny. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-fish/id840986946

ESSAY. Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell relooks at things in the past and asks if we interpreted them wrong. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revisionist-history/id1119389968

CURRENT AFFAIRS. PIvot - Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway casually titans of industry get together to swearily discuss tech and news... and power. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sway/id1528594034

DOCS. RadioLab - science meets true life meets woah! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110

HUMAN. This American Life - an absolute classic. Themed each week, stories about the theme - this is the big daddy of podcasting https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-american-life/id201671138

HUMAN. The Moth - true stories told live. That's it! A box of gems always. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth/id275699983

DOCS. 99% Invisible - tiny podcast about design of everything from neon tubes to secret staircases to the hashtag symbol.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/99-invisible/id394775318

MULTIEPISODE DOC. Winds of Change - an investigation into whether the FBI wrote the regime ending song 'Winds of Change'... spy meets shaggy dog story meets music meets international intrigue and giggles.

ESSAY. You Must Remember This - dry as a bone, but I love it, deep dives into history of Hollywood. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-must-remember-this/id858124601

ESSAY. My Year in Mensa - personal journalism, this woman wanted to report on mensa from the inside. So she took a test, and got in! It's absolutely mad. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-year-in-mensa/id1492147103

MUSIC/CHAT. Desert Island Discs - One of the longest running programmes of all time on the BBC. A famous person talks about the 8 songs they'd take to a desert island. That's it! But it's ALWAYS interesting. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/desert-island-discs/id342735925

FUNNY. MDWAP - a guy’s dad literally wrote porn and he gets drunk and reads it with friends https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-dad-wrote-a-porno/id1044196249

FUNNY/CHAT. How Did This Get Mate - 3 comedians discuss terrrible films https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/

MUSIC. Switched on Pop - two nerds talk about pop songs from academic angle. One is a songwriter, the other is a musicologist. https://switchedonpop.com/