An interesting way into the celebrity interview podcast is via their dogs. Celebs may not be keen to let us into their homes, because they don’t like us to see how wealthy they are. However, tell them you want to go for a walk on Hampstead Heath with them and their mutt, and they’re only too happy. David Hepworth Read Quote
The Anthill’ is the podcast wing of The Conversation, the site that presents news and views derived from the academic and research community. David Hepworth Read Quote
How I Built This With Guy Raz’ asks entrepreneurs to tell the story of how they made their name and, in some cases, their fortune. Whether they’re in the business of selling burritos or dating apps, there’s inevitably something you can learn from their stories. David Hepworth Read Quote
The age of the rock star ended with the passing of physical product, the rise of automated percussion, the domination of the committee approach to hit-making, the widespread adoption of choreography, and, above all, the advent of the mystique-destroying Internet. David Hepworth Read Quote
In ‘The High Low’, in some respects an audio version of ‘Grazia,’ Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton wonder whether they missed something in their survey of the Harvey Weinstein story. Maybe they did, they decide. David Hepworth Read Quote
Spectator Books’ is presented by the genial Sam Leith. Leith has a little catch in his delivery that quickly becomes addictive. It’s things like this that give podcasts their charm. David Hepworth Read Quote
The Canon’ is a film podcast that also has much in common with books podcast ‘Backlisted.’ Both suggest you can get a lot of pleasure out of things that aren’t new. David Hepworth Read Quote
The podcast most likely to encourage you to fully appreciate your food is the episode of BBC World Service’s ‘The Food Chain’ in which Antonio Carluccio talks to Emily Thomas about his life in five dishes. David Hepworth Read Quote
Karina Longworth, the genius behind ‘You Must Remember This’, has quite correctly spun off her series about the Sharon Tate murders as a separate podcast called ‘You Must Remember Manson’ to mark the passing of the man who unleashed hell because he couldn’t get a recording contract. David Hepworth Read Quote
Athletico Mince’ started life as a football podcast but has dropped the football, unless the latest on the state of the ‘hair island’ atop Steve McLaren’s head is your idea of football coverage. David Hepworth Read Quote
