The Modern Mann
Jul 8: Newsworthy - Society & CultureThe Modern Mann has joined Mercury, it's been announced. The show was with Acast and Auddy, and has just been announced by the British Podcast Awards as on its longlist this year.
Audio Indies
Jul 8: Newsworthy - LeisureIn the latest episode of Audio Indies, Matthew McLean talks to our Editor, James Cridland. "Radio is about two-thirds of all time spent listening to audio in the UK. Podcasting is 9%. We have so much space to grow, four, five, six times bigger than we currently are. How exciting to be at the beginning of a medium."
Lightcatchers Podcast: Stories for kids (and their adults)
Jul 8: New Season - Kids & FamilyIn Lightcatchers you'll hear the Ambie Nominated best podcast for kids returns with a second season: The Adventures of the Formerly Super Powered Forest Friends. A group of forest animals mysteriously lose their super powers and are on a mission to get them back. It's imaginative music-filled sonic theater. The show is produced by GUM Audio, Jonathon Roberts (Gimlet, Spotify, StoryPirates) and Dan Gummel (BibleProject)
Bravo Reality Gossip | The Good Edit Deep Dive
Jul 8: Newsworthy - TV & FilmThe Good Edit Unfiltered w/ Elle & Kat is a Bravo reality TV analysis podcast hosted by behavioral analyst and cultural and diversity expert Elle Schwartz and Bravo commentator Kat Vasseghi. Covering many different TV series, the show goes beyond the typical recap to examine how production editing shapes hero and villain narratives, how casting decisions drive storylines, and the psychological underpinnings of reality TV drama. It's produced by Layered Media Works Inc.
We call her Emma | Tortoise Investigates
Jul 7: New Season - Society & CultureThe Observer in the UK, and Tortoise, have launched a new investigative podcast We call her Emma. The story uncovers the astonishing dual reality of London-born Asma al-Assad. Was the middle-class girl from West London a complicit war criminal, or a hostage trapped by a terrifying regime? Following the collapse of the Assad regime, close acquaintances and survivors are finally breaking years of silence to seek justice.
Balls On The Table
Jul 7: New Season - ComedyBalls On The Table kicks off a new, second, season today. The show says it offers something increasingly rare: authentic conversations between people with different backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints.
Entropy Rising
Jul 7: Newsworthy - ScienceEntropy Rising has announced a move from biweekly to weekly episodes. Each week, you'll dive into the real physics behind interstellar travel, explore how humanity could build megastructures like Dyson spheres, and tackle some of the universe's biggest mysteries, including the Fermi paradox and why we may be alone. If you enjoy space, future technology, or the real science behind science fiction, this is the podcast for you.
Introverted But Willing To Discuss Tori Amos
Jul 7: Newsworthy - MusicOn Introverted But Willing To Discuss Tori Amos this week, the podcast hosts celebrate and anticipate the first date of Tori Amos's US tour starting on July 7 2026 in support of her 18th studio album, In Times of Dragons.
PodBiz | Where’s The Money In Podcasting?
Jul 6: Newsworthy - Business"The most successful ways that I've seen podcasters making money is really to adapt to a layered monetization strategy." In PodBiz this week: Rebecca Dalby, VP of Demand at Triton Digital. Rebecca shares how creators can maximize their earnings by adopting a layered monetization strategy, outlines the strategic alignment behind the Spreaker and Triton merger, and offers practical advice on shifting metrics from rigid CPMs to total revenue yield.
Red Hot Chili Dinos
Jul 6: Newsworthy - FictionA three-part fiction series in Spanish, Red Hot Chili Dinos, launched last month. Produced by one independent creator, June Curiel, AI was used right through the production process, from scriptwriting and music to voice direction, sound design and post-production - with human creative direction at every stage. She tells us that this might be a glimpse of what independent podcast production may look like over the next few years.
HEIST
Jul 6: New Podcast - Society & CultureToday, Berlin's new worker-owned magazine HEIST launches its podcast - also called HEIST. It kicks off with three episodes, featuring HEIST founding editors in conversation with journalists covering the most relevant stories for Berlin, Europe, and the world. In the next weeks, you'll hear investigative journalists and experts discussing: refitting Volkswagon factories to build tanks; life as a Palestinian in Berlin after October 7; and new American-style saunas hitting the Berlin scene.
Belief in the Future
Jul 6: New Season - TechnologyCan AI be conscious? Why are tech leaders increasingly turning to faith leaders for guidance? And what happens when the world's oldest belief systems collide with its newest technology? Hosted by researcher and educator DZ Kalman, Belief in the Future returns for a new season to bring together religious leaders, academics, technologists, and policymakers to explore the growing collision between faith and technology.
OCCUPY! An Unfinished Uprising
Jul 3: Newsworthy - EducationFuture Hindsight's OCCUPY! An Unfinished Uprising hosted by Mila Atmos is a new series tracing the era-defining Occupy Wall Street movement. The series features firsthand accounts from on the ground to illuminate the movement’s lasting impact as Occupy approaches its 15th anniversary this September. Future Hindsight is now also partnering with PRX to bring the show to listeners.
Navigating Net Zero with Alexia Kelly
Jul 3: Newsworthy - ScienceIn Navigating Net Zero with Alexia Kelly Series 1 in Review, Alexia steps back to reflect on what she's learned in a first series speaking with leading climate activists. It's an exploration of the ideas that surfaced again and again across thirteen remarkable conversations.
Mr Hugo's Little Library
Jul 3: New Podcast - Kids & FamilyA new kids podcast and video series launches today, Mr Hugo's Little Library, produced in partnership with RNZ, TVNZ, NZ On Air and Shaw Rocket Fun Canada. Mr Hugo's Little Library follows three young friends as they meet an enthusiastic librarian and discover a magic library where books come to life - literally! Produced in New Zealand and starring George Fowler, a.k.a Hugo Grrrl, the series features a glittering cast of characters brought to life by talented performers from New Zealand and Canada’s drag communities.
Grown & Growing by Keion and Shaunie Henderson
Jul 2: Newsworthy - Society & CultureGrown & Growing by Keion and Shaunie Henderson is now with Backyard Ventures. The partnership will include advertising opportunities across Grown & Growing’s podcast, YouTube channel, and social platforms. The show shares relationship insights, actionable real-life advice, and revealing moments.
Bending The Light: Vedic Wisdom for a Brighter World
Jul 2: New Podcast - Religion & SpiritualityBending The Light: Vedic Wisdom for a Brighter World has launched. Hosted by Vish Chatterji — a mechanical engineer turned executive coach and "karma mechanic" — the podcast bridges ancient Eastern wisdom with a practical, skeptical Western mindset. Episodes explore yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, dharma, and Jyotish (Vedic astrology) to help you navigate modern spiritual and life challenges.
Baggage
Jul 2: New Podcast - Society & CultureThe most recent episode of Baggage is one of the most compelling, terrifying, and heartfelt thus far. Hosts Ryan Frank and Eric Shaw speak to Cheryl about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a stranger when she was just 16 years old. Cheryl is joined by her brother, Scott, to provide a unique look at not just the immediate effects this experience has on a survivor but also the ripple effects it has on their loved ones.
Outsiding
Jul 2: New Podcast - LeisureFrom the team that produced the incredibly successful Dish with Waitrose, Outsiding is new today, with Caitlin Moran and Adam Moss. The show will be recorded outside in gardens, celebrating the simple joys of nature, wildlife, and gardening; and inviting celebrity guests to join them outdoors for a chat.
Buxton Fringe Weekly
Jul 1: New Podcast - ArtsLaunched today, Buxton Fringe Weekly is a programme guide for the festival’s crowds, and a snapshot of the ambience and magic across the town for those further afield. It features conversations with comedians, actors, musicians, poets, and filmmakers, and includes reactions from audiences fresh out of shows and stories from the streets. Familiar favourites and first-timers alike hype up their shows, spill some behind the scenes intel, and help you determine your Fringe plans.