Founded
Oct 17: Sponsor - HistoryNew with Airwave: Founded is a history podcast that takes a look at the stories you missed in history class about the founding of the United States of America. Instead of boring you with dates to memorize, the show digs into the drama of the Founding Fathers.
Scam Detectors
Oct 17: New Season - BusinessFinancial crime is 40% of all criminal activity in the UK. Scam Detectors has returned for a second season, and will delve deep into this issue, looking at the latest consumer scams, bringing awareness to the different tactics fraudsters are using and how these are impacting customers globally. It's hosted by Jane Wakefield.
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
Oct 17: Newsworthy - Society & CultureAll There Is with Anderson Cooper is expanding to an always-on show, and will also have a weekly live streaming show, CNN has announced. It returns on Oct 28.
Football’s Greatest: Could It Be Magic?
Oct 17: New Season - SportsCould It Be Magic?, the FA Cup podcast with Joe Cole and Ashley Cole, is back for a second season. The show is available in video as well as audio, and started earlier this month with fellow former England teammate, goal-scoring sensation Jermain Defoe; it's sponsored by Carling.
The Preventionist
Oct 17: New Podcast - True CrimeThe New York Times announced a new show: The Preventionist, a new three-part series from Serial Productions. The show is an investigation of a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley - a pediatrician who falsely accused parents of abuse, took their children away from them.
Surviving Trump: Your Essential Guide to His Second Term
Oct 17: Newsworthy - NewsPolitical violence is no longer rare — and its steady growth is destabilizing the heart of America. Surviving Trump has just started a three-part series on the rise of political violence since January 6, 2021. It examines the victims, the escalation, and the rhetoric that fuels violence, alongside the distortion of accountability.
Suspicious Minds: AI and Psychosis
Oct 17: New Podcast - ScienceSuspicious Minds: AI and Psychosis is a new documentary series, made by Agoric Media and Wondermind, that investigates issues around AI-fuelled delusions, and aims to understand where it fits into humanity’s history of delusional thinking. With a spirit of empathy, the podcast combines real patients' accounts with insights from Joel and Ian Gold, the brothers that discovered the Truman Show Delusion.
The (Not Boring) Boring Small Business Bookkeeping and Accounting Podcast
Oct 16: New Season - BusinessSeason 2 of The Not Boring, Boring Bookkeeping Podcast dives deeper into the real-life stories behind the numbers. In this preview, Paul Rosenblum teases what’s ahead — from pricing transparency and 1099 chaos to the unexpected Tarot reading that launched his business. If you’ve ever wondered what it really takes to build a lasting bookkeeping career, this season peels back the layers with humor, honesty, and hard-earned wisdom.
Mudgin-Gal Yarns
Oct 16: Newsworthy - DocumentaryWhen Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence, what happens next? Mudgin-Gal Yarns is a five-part series where inner-city Aboriginal women speak openly about the systems meant to protect them: police, government, and services. What works, who fails us, and what could change? Recorded inside yarning circles at Sydney's Mudgin-Gal Women’s Centre, the series is hosted by Ashlee Donohue and features voices rarely heard in the national conversation.
Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa
Oct 16: Newsworthy - EducationIn the latest episode of Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa, journalist and author Alex Renton speaks about his book Blood Legacy: Reckoning with a Family Story of Slavery - uncovering his family's links to British Caribbean slavery, and highlighting how history shapes present-day privilege and inequality.
Daily Variety
Oct 16: New Podcast - News and TV & FilmDaily Variety is new from showbiz industry publication Variety - "Variety journalists and entertainment leaders deliver business news and analysis tailored for industry insiders" is the curiously non-showbiz description.
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Oct 16: New Podcast - HistoryIn a world that’s on fire, what is the role of art? What can music actually... do? Can a song save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed? In Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, Jad Abumrad tells the story of one of the great political awakenings in music: how a classically trained 'colonial boy' traveled to America, in search of Africa, only to return to Nigeria and transform his sound into a battering ram against the state — creating a new musical language of resistance called Afrobeat. But when the mix of art and activism got too hot, the state pulled out its guns, and literally opened fire.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Oct 16: Sponsor - Business and EducationNew with Airwave: The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex your weekly dose of mindset, money, and mission-driven motivation. It's hosted by Paul Alex, ex-Detective turned 8-figure entrepreneur. After leaving law enforcement, he built multiple businesses helping everyday people create residual income and freedom on their own terms.
Tribute Band Sessions
Oct 15: New Podcast - MusicFrom Pantheon Media and new today - Tribute Band Sessions looks at a billion-dollar corner of the live music industry that rarely gets mainstream attention — until now. Expect exclusive interviews with acts like Get The Led Out, Dark Star Orchestra, leading Taylor Swift tribute performers, and a spotlight on The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
Answer for It!
Oct 15: Sponsor - Comedy and LeisureNew with Airwave: Ever wonder why barber shops have that striped pole out front? What does it mean? Is it a warning? We don’t know. But we will pretend to know, on Answer for it! - the podcast where trivia meets comedy, facts meet improv, and where fumbling the answer for laughs is both an art and a science.
Dances For Buildings with Emily Dust
Oct 15: New Season - MusicDances For Buildings explores DJ life and club culture. DJ, broadcaster and curator Emily Dust speaks with the world's most vital DJs about how, where and why they play. Now into its second season, you'll hear intimate conversations about everything from burnout to global migration to motherhood. This week's episode features BBC presenter and grime legend DJ Target.
How Do We Manage?
Oct 15: Newsworthy - Health & Fitness“You absolutely can get pregnant during perimenopause.” Dr Naomi Potter busts menopause myths on How Do We Manage? for a Menopause Awareness Month special this week - the latest episode takes aim at some of the biggest myths surrounding menopause, with specialist Dr Naomi Potter delivering blunt truths and practical advice - and making it clear that women deserve better information and support.
Darren Palmer’s Almost Home
Oct 14: New Podcast - ArtsDarren Palmer’s Almost Home is brand new from MIK MADE this month - featuring one of Australia's most renowned and influential interior designers. You missed Myf Warhurst last week, but the show's guests today for the second episode are Tiktok darlings, the Aussie design team Josh & Matt. It's available in both audio and video.
Women’s World: Equity By Design
Oct 14: New Podcast - Society & CultureStudents at City St George's University of London have launched Women’s World: Equity By Design, working with the United Nations Population Fund. The podcast focuses on the global efforts to advance gender equality and empower women and girls.
Patrick Picklebottom Everyday Mysteries
Oct 14: New Podcast - Kids & FamilyWolf Entertainment — the production powerhouse behind Law & Order and One Chicago — is partnering with Realm’s kids and family division, Pinna, to launch its first children's property, Patrick Picklebottom Everyday Mysteries. The show launched today, and features Patrick Picklebottom, a precocious 11-year-old with a love for reading and an uncanny ability to solve mysteries.