Eras
Oct 8: New Season - MusicStop right now! This year marks 30 years of the Spice Girls, and the BBC's Eras podcast uses the BBC's archive and new interviews, to take a look back at thirty years of Girl Power. Hosted by Rosie Ramsay, say you'll be there for one more zig-a-zig-ah.
Matters Arising
Oct 8: New Podcast - FictionEvery week, the members of the Lower Clumpthorpe Parish Council generously devote their free time to work tirelessly for the betterment of their community. If only they could agree on what that actually is... Matters Arising - a comedy of small minds in a small village. The first sitcom from new British indie Nova Audio.
Stroud's Wild Valleys
Oct 8: New Podcast - ScienceIn Stroud’s Wild Valleys former BBC Radio 2 producer-turned conservation volunteer Al Booth explores some of the hidden, and not so hidden, wildlife havens in the nature loving town of Stroud, in Gloucestershire. Accompanied by the team from environmental charity Stroud Valleys Project she experiences first-hand how people and nature can thrive together.
Zaskia
Oct 8: Newsworthy - Society & CultureIn Zaskia, you'll hear the story of the Library of Alexandria, its legendary collection of knowledge, and the mystery surrounding how so much of the ancient world's knowledge was lost.
High Notes
Oct 8: New Season - ArtsHigh Notes returns for its fourth season with The AI Voice: a series about what happens to the human voice as AI gets good enough to replicate it. That affects not just performers, but anyone who's ever recorded a voice note, sat on a Zoom call, or had their voice used by the business they work for. Hear experts explore how the law is (and isn't) keeping up, and how performers can negotiate, license and protect their voices.
American History Hit
Oct 8: Newsworthy - HistoryIn American History Hit - the image of the fur trapper in the early decades of the American Frontier is iconic one. But what did fur trappers actually do? Who were they? How did they live their lives? Don Wildman goes in search of answers.
Mud, Sweat and Cheers
Oct 7: New Season - Society & CultureThe world's oldest football club is Sheffield FC, formed in 1857. But - it's in the ninth tier in English football; it doesn't even play in Sheffield; and has been bought by a local musician, who has big plans - plans not every fan likes. A new season of Mud, Sweat and Cheers from the BBC focuses on Sheffield FC's last extraordinary season.
IBS Nutrition, Digestion & Gut Health: Inside Knowledge for people with IBS
Oct 7: New Season - Health & FitnessInside Knowledge for people with IBS has launched a special season looking at one of the most-requested topics: constipation. It's a special four-part series released this week.
The Payments Shed
Oct 7: Newsworthy - BusinessWhat do you do when your podcast begins growing? How about hire six new hosts, right across the world? That's what payments and fintech podcast The Payments Shed has done, announcing an international expansion for the show.
After Aston I...
Oct 7: New Season - EducationSeason 3 of After Aston I... is officially on the way! Join co-hosts Geoff Savage and Aimee Postle as they jump back behind the mics to catch up with more of Aston’s brilliant graduates. This series, they're diving into the genuine stories behind the careers—the bold choices, the challenges, the big ideas, and the unexpected turns that happened after leaving university.
The Audio Flux Podcast
Oct 6: New Season - ArtsThe Audio Flux Podcast is back with Season 2! From now through the end of the year, you'll hear three-minute narrative shorts (called "fluxworks") from Circuit 02, as well as behind the scenes interviews with each producer. Circuit 02 fluxworks are all inspired by composer Annea Lockwood’s beautiful idea of “Listening With” the world (as opposed to listening to it). Season 2 kicks off with "Breath," by Bianca Giaever, who shares why she was driven crazy by the sound of her boyfriend breathing.
ROAR with Danielle Davies: Women, Culture and Impact
Oct 6: New Season - Society & CultureIn ROAR with Danielle Davies, you'll meet women who saw a problem affecting women and did something to fix it. Season 5 brings 13 new conversations, including a menopause doctor on the symptom still dismissed as "irritability," the creator of Show Her the Money on why women-led companies get just 1–2% of venture capital, and a self-defense coach on why freezing isn't failure.
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Oct 6: Newsworthy - HistorySpooky Season - the Dark Side of the Past: On After Dark, we’re getting into the spooky season with stories of werewolf trials, a woman murdered for being branded a “fairy changeling”, the origins of Dracula, the dark side of the Brothers Grimm, England’s most haunted house and much more!
Cities 1.5
Oct 6: New Season - ScienceIn a new Cities 1.5 miniseries, 'Oh, Canada', tune in for discussions about the future of climate action in Canada...couched in a clear-eyed history of how Canada has gone from being a global leader in combating climate change, to doubling down on pipelines, overshooting on emissions targets, and continuing to stake our future on a path that we know is not viable for the health of the planet - or us.
Dispatches from the Divide
Oct 6: New Podcast - Society & CultureIn the limited series Dispatches from the Divide, Monica Guzman follows individuals into moments of extreme conflict—relationships, careers, and communities on the line. But just when you think you know how the story ends, one person does something to turn the whole plot on its head. From the team behind Top of Mind with Julie Rose, Dispatches from the Divide is a co-production of BYUradio, Braver Angels, and Disagree Better.
Curiosity Meets The Past
Oct 6: New Season - HistoryIn Curiosity Meets The Past this week, host and archaeologist, Dr. Smiti Nathan, meets with biocultural anthropologist, Alex McDougle. She guides us through her work on free and enslaved Black communities in Maryland during the 1700s and 1800s and the present-day implications of her work. This episode is part of 50x50: Science Across America, a national series uncovering exceptional science in all 50 states.
Zero Reject: The Uncertain Future of Special Education
Oct 6: New Podcast - Society & CultureGetting your child the support they need at school shouldn’t feel like a fight. But for millions of families, it does. In Zero Reject, an investigative podcast from Understood.org, award-winning journalist Anya Kamenetz looks at how changing federal policies are reshaping special education — and what’s at stake for families trying to access the support their children are legally entitled to.
Birds of a Feather Talk Together
Oct 6: Newsworthy - ScienceBirding podcast Birds of a Feather Talk Together recorded a live episode at the Chicago Urban Birding Festival. The hosts talked birds, shared stories and answered questions from festival attendees.
The Vardø Witch Trials
Oct 6: New Podcast - HistoryWhy did women in Arctic Norway confess to turning into whales and to meeting wolves at witches' gatherings? The Vardø Witch Trials is a new 6-part documentary series about Norway's deadliest witch hunt, which claimed 91 lives, most of them women. Lisa Williams travels to the remote places where the accused lived and works through the surviving 17th-century court records with Professor Liv Helene Willumsen, the leading expert on the trials, to find out why it went on for more than 70 years. Sound design is by Craig Edmondson (The Pitcairn Trials).
The Room We Wanted
Oct 5: New Podcast - Society & CultureIn The Room We Wanted, longtime broadcasters Brian Colburn and Jay Sweet take guests back to the things that mattered when they were growing up: the records they played, the movies and shows they watched, the toys and games they obsessed over, and the food they couldn’t get enough of. Each guest (roommate) chooses four things from their childhood and explores not only why they loved them then, but what those things say about who they are now.