There are lots of podcasts that look at films from the audience’s point of view. There are also plenty that look at it from the combatants’ point of view. It’s invariably the case that the less likely you are to have heard of the people talking, the more interesting they’ll be. David Hepworth Read Quote
Constitutional’ is an unashamedly educational podcast from the ‘Washington Post.’ Sub-titled ‘a podcast about the story of America,’ it’s presented by Lillian Cunningham, who engages scholars to explain the fascinating story of how a nation is designed from scratch. David Hepworth Read Quote
Radio people can’t entirely shake off radio habits when they start doing podcasts. They sometimes bring with them things we don’t need, like producers and explanatory voiceovers. David Hepworth Read Quote
Adrift With Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port’ features Absolute Radio escapee Geoff and erstwhile colleague Annabel doing something similar. All are appealing individuals with plenty to say, tentatively getting used to their new freedom to talk about anything. David Hepworth Read Quote
The ‘Art of Charm’ podcast can be intimidating. Not just because it’s the work of a lawyer called Jordan Harbinger. Not simply because Jordan has worked out how to weaponise all the many elements of the human personality that go to make up charisma in order to get people to listen to him, be impressed by him, or hire him. David Hepworth Read Quote
Talking about smart thinking, The British-made ‘Brain Training Podcast’ is a brief daily workout for the mind that could easily get addictive. David Hepworth Read Quote
Both traditional broadcasters and podcasters are betting heavily on the growth of voice-driven technology and so-called smart speakers, the theory being that it is as easy to ask Amazon’s Alexa to play you the ‘Guardian Books’ podcast as it is to get it to play Capital FM. David Hepworth Read Quote
The ‘PBS NewsHour’ podcast is the audio version of the nightly TV broadcast. David Hepworth Read Quote
From Public Radio International, there’s ‘PRI’s The World’, which is the States looking out at the rest of the globe. Elsewhere, the ‘Global News Podcast’ from the BBC World Service offers something similar. David Hepworth Read Quote
There’s only one podcast subject that can give Donald Trump a run for his money when it comes to vulgarity, excess, and base comedy, and that’s football. David Hepworth Read Quote
