Bobby Bones is a young country DJ who does a widely syndicated morning show. He’s at his best with his BobbyCast, in which he talks to Nashville up-and-comers such as Kelsea Ballerini and Lauren Alaina. Guests are encouraged to relax on Bones’s couch and talk about anything they like. David Hepworth Read Quote
I once interviewed Anthony Burgess on the radio. I played pop records between the conversation. David Hepworth Read Quote
Intrigue: Murder In The Lucky Holiday Hotel’ is a podcast put together by the BBC’s Carrie Gracie that investigates the story behind the death of British businessman Neil Heywood in the Chinese city of Chongqing in 2011. David Hepworth Read Quote
They Walk Among Us’ is the work of husband-and-wife team Benjamin and Rosie. In the past, they’ve covered the Shannon Matthews case and the career of the prisoner known as Charles Bronson. David Hepworth Read Quote
Half the battle with successful podcasts is in the naming; here, the big media owners have a lot to learn from the smaller operators. David Hepworth Read Quote
The great children’s author and illustrator Shirley Hughes marks her 90th birthday by appearing as Michael Berkeley’s guest in ‘Private Passions’. David Hepworth Read Quote
I wouldn’t wish a night of 1971 television on my worst enemy. But the records of 1971, again, still live for us now. And they had the benefit at the time of having the kind of uninterrupted, unimpeded concentration of a huge generation of people. Because the only thing I wanted to spend money on when I was 21 was records. David Hepworth Read Quote
The packaging of Led Zeppelin’s IV doesn’t have the name of the band, doesn’t have the name of the album: It’s got a guy on the cover with a load of sticks on his back. This record didn’t quite get to No. 1 in the United States – it went to No. 2 – but stayed on the charts for years and years and years. David Hepworth Read Quote
I think getting people’s focus, getting people’s attention on anything has never been harder, because the media has done everything in its power to try and dissolve people’s attention, shift it round absolutely all the time. David Hepworth Read Quote
