National Emergency
Oct 20: New Season - FictionListen. Obey. Survive. National Emergency returns today for a new season - and the unexplained emergency Broadcasts are still taking over devices without warning: and one mistake means you disappear forever.
Rewriting the Illness Story
Oct 20: New Podcast - Health & FitnessIn Rewriting the Illness Story they talk about illnesses and how they affect people on all levels; emotional, mental, spiritual and physical. Host Paula Hescock interviews practitioners, people that have had near-death experiences, people living with chronic conditions, and people who have overcome adversities and are now thriving. They're real stories about living authentically through personal agency and accepting life even when it’s not perfect.
Strange Health
Oct 20: New Season - Health & FitnessFrom the curdy world of cottage cheese to migraine hacks and homemade sunscreen, Strange Health from The Conversation is back for a second season. Hosts Katie Edwards and GP Dan Baumgardt dive into the science behind bizarre and sometimes questionable health trends going viral on social media with the help of experts. Expect honest, funny and sometimes stomach-turning discussions.
The Builders
Oct 20: New Podcast - Society & CultureWhat have Elon Musk and Peter Thiel got in common? Apart from that, they're also on the new Walter Isaacson podcast The Builders which launched this week. Isaacson examines the ideas, ambitions, and decisions behind the AI revolution, from its impact on jobs and misinformation to the possibility of superintelligent machines.
The 7 Percent
Oct 20: New Podcast - News93% of transformation programmes fail to deliver their full value. Today, The 7 Percent is new from Sullivan & Stanley - built entirely around the people who get it right. Senior leaders are more confident than ever in their strategy, technology budgets have never been bigger, and yet value continues to leak out of transformation programmes at an alarming rate. The average organisation loses 27% of the value it originally committed to deliver; this podcast aims to fix that. It's hosted by Goup CEO Andy Haley.
FIT4HER Unplugged: Fat Loss, Hormones, and Reinvention for Women Over 40
Oct 19: New Podcast - Health & FitnessFIT4HER Unplugged just launched, covering fat loss, hormones, and reinvention for women over 40. Host Karen Gallagher, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Strength and Conditioning Coach, and her guests will bring raw, whole-life guidance that covers your body, mindset, relationships, and sense of purpose, without the extremes or the advice that was never built for a woman at this stage of life.
Crown and Controversy - King George III and the American Revolution
Oct 19: New Podcast - HistoryCrown and Controversy: Kate Middleton, premieres this week from Caloroga Media: an ordinary girl from a village in Berkshire who went on to become the future Queen of England. The show traces the life of Catherine, Princess of Wales, from her childhood in Bucklebury to St Andrews, through the years of waiting the press labelled "Waity Katie," and on to a wedding watched by hundreds of millions. It follows the rift with the Sussexes and a cancer diagnosis she shared publicly, in her own words. Nine episodes. Twenty years. The girl who chose the hardest life imaginable, and what it made her.
Don't Call Me Darlin'
Oct 19: New Podcast - ArtsBefore social media, the women of bluegrass had a bright blue newsletter that showed up in the mailbox and said what no one would say out loud. In Don't Call Me Darlin', host Carolyn Kendrick and co-creator Tristan Scroggins hit the road to find the women Murphy Henry profiled decades ago, in a story about genre, identity, feminism, and the communities we built before the internet. In conversations with legends such as Alice Gerrard, Kristin Scott Benson, Laurie Lewis, Missy Raines, Alison Brown, Rhonda Vincent, Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, and many more, our hosts learn how tradition can bring community together and how it can break it apart.
Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet
Oct 16: New Season - Society & CultureThe Zune. LaserDisc. The Game Boy Camera. Some pieces of technology never got the future they deserved, but they left a mark on the people who used them. Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet returns today for Season Three, as award-winning host Danny Brown revisits forgotten gadgets, lost formats and the curious corners of tech culture that still live rent-free in our memories.
Reckoning with Mary Gauthier
Oct 16: New Podcast - MusicReckoning with Mary Gauthier is a nine-episode journey into the stories, songwriting craft, and deeper meaning behind the songs on Mary Gauthier’s new album of the same name. Mary sits down with her co-writers (including Vince Gill, Lori McKenna, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and more) to explore how songs come to life and the deeply personal and universal subjects at its heart.
Pacific Dark
Oct 16: New Podcast - ComedyNew comedy podcast Pacific Dark from RNZ, dives headfirst into the stories that keep people awake at night, and the ones you probably shouldn't Google at 2am. Hosted by Pasifika comedians UceGang (Simeon Fiapule) and Just the Norms (Regan Foa’i), they investigate supernatural encounters, haunted locations and Pacific urban legends laced with fictional elements, letting loose with their jokes, turning some truly wacky stories into crack-up sessions.
The Greg Laurie Show
Oct 16: Newsworthy - Religion & SpiritualityIn a special episode of The Greg Laurie Show, Rick Rubin, the legendary producer behind Johnny Cash, Adele, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, just flipped the script and interviewed Pastor Greg Laurie. They dig into where music and faith collide, from the Jesus Movement to today's music scene, and what may have been lost along the way.
The Vardø Witch Trials
Oct 16: Newsworthy - HistoryThe Vardø Witch Trials, an independent English-language documentary about Norway’s deadliest witch hunt, is No. 1 in both History and Top Series on Apple Podcasts in Norway. The series was made independently by Lisa Williams, with sound design by Craig Edmondson (The Pitcairn Trials), and its audience has been driven largely by women in both Norway and the UK.
The Late Bloomer Actor
Oct 15: Newsworthy - ArtsThe Late Bloomer Actor, hosted by David John Clark from Adelaide SA, Australia, is celebrating five years of the show. He's produced over 50 monthly episodes of insightful interviews with actors, Directors, Casting Directors and a myriad of other industry guests. The special anniversary episode revisits the journey of the podcast from the last five years, and is also ended with some testimonials of previous guests.
Commons Healthcare
Oct 15: New Podcast - BusinessCommons Healthcare is a new narrative journalism podcast that skips the interview format to tell reported stories about the people who run healthcare. In the first episode, you’ll follow reporter Britta Lokting inside Zocdoc to profile CEO Oliver Kharraz, from the five bookings in the company’s first month to the car crash that changed how he thinks about succession.
The Ancients
Oct 15: Newsworthy - History2,000 years ago, centuries before the Vikings, there was another Scandinavia. An Iron Age world. In The Ancients, Tristan Hughes uncovers the deep roots of the seafaring North, journeying through a forgotten world of elite halls, Roman encounters, and ancient burial rites.
3 Finger Salute
Oct 15: New Podcast - Society & Culture3 Finger Salute launches today, Conflict Resolution Day, bringing together three US TV journalists as the connector, the cynic and the wildcard. Joined by a guest each episode, they tackle subjects from tipping and psychics to see whether they can find any middle ground. They often disagree, occasionally agree to disagree, but never disrespect.
Women in the driving seat
Oct 15: New Season - NewsWomen in the driving seat from Autotrader is back - with a new voice: Vicki Butler-Henderson, a TV and radio presenter and racing driver, who joins Erin Baker. The show offers an unvarnished, authentic look at life as women navigating the automotive world.
Business for Good Podcast
Oct 15: Newsworthy - BusinessCan a business make more money by giving it away? Business for Good marks its 200th episode today with Peter Singer, considered one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, to discuss Profit for Good - his new initiative encouraging companies to donate at least 10% of their profits. And after more than 50 years trying to change how people think about money, animals, and morality, what does Singer believe actually changes the world?
Irish Books
Oct 14: New Season - ArtsIrish Books returns for a second season this week. The Independent Podcast Awards nominated show brings academics, writers and curators together to discuss contemporary literature, building your reading list one episode at a time.