INTERVIEWS

In February 2022, Katie Phillips was diagnosed with a rare and complicated form of thyroid cancer. In the early weeks following her diagnosis, she decided to keep an audio diary, speaking each week to journalist, and good friend, Clair Whitefield. That audio is now their weekly podcast, Talking With Cancer, tackles challenging topics that arise from facing life with cancer....

Interviewing people who help us as we die and after we’re dead may seem like a very sombre niche for a podcast. But Georgie Vesty’s podcast, Dead Honest, gives a positive platform to these professions that are often overlooked. The podcast won The British Podcast Award in 2021 for Best Interview (sponsored by Pod Bible), and the judges said that...

When Ed Gamble and James Acaster started Off Menu in 2018, they expected to make no more than 10 episodes. Three years later, we caught up with the pair to discuss their satiating success for Issue #015 of the Pod Bible magazine… PB: ED! JAMES! TELL US ABOUT YOUR SHOW! WHAT’S YOUR PODCAST ELEVATOR PITCH? Ed Gamble: It’s a food...

This is Let There Be Pod in Association with Acast. In each issue of the magazine, our partner Acast – home of the UK’s BEST podcasters – sits down for a chat with one of its creators to hear what they love about making podcasts. In this interview, from Issue #021, Acast spoke to Adrian Carty, Producer of the Beatles...

Have You Heard? is where the Pod Bible team meet the people behind the podcasts you may not have heard of yet. While the Oh. My. Pod. section in the magazine gives a quick shout out to shows of that ilk, Have You Heard? aims to go deeper in an effort to spread awareness for shows that deserve more exposure!...

We’ve seen a lot of creators from the theatre world make their into podcasting over the last few years. For some, it was a result of the pandemic, when podcasts offered a way to continue making stories. But for others, the lure of podcasting is purely about the freedom to speak your mind, and pick the minds of others. In...

In Issue #021 of the Pod Bible Magazine, Apple Podcasts spoke to the team behind The Diary of a CEO about the importance of community and goals to expand their business. This is ‘The Creator’, in association with Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts and Pod Bible partnered up for a series of interviews with creators to share their stories and how they...

In every issue of the magazine we ask a podcast disciple five questions about their love of podcast and podcasting. For issue #019, we were joined by Ira Glass, a true legend of the podcast game and the Creator, Producer and Host of This American Life! Why do you love podcasts? IG: I love them for the reason I think...

After getting married and starting a family, Chris and Rosie Ramsey soon disocvored that the only way to have an uninterrupted conversation was to start a podcast. We speak to the hosts of Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed. about the married couple dynamic, laughing too loud and their favourite pods. PB: If you could go back to just before you recorded the...

We wanted to know more about Square Hole, a new podcast that investigates neurodiversity, employment and the creative industries. We sent some questions to Producer, Lorna Allan… Who are you and what’s your podcast about? Our podcast is called Square Hole and it is a podcast about neurodiversity, employment and the creative industry. Talking around diagnosis and awareness, fitting into...

Have You Heard? is where the Pod Bible team meet the people behind the podcasts you may not have heard of yet. While the Oh. My. Pod. section in the magazine gives a quick shout out to shows of that ilk, Have You Heard? aims to go deeper in an effort to spread awareness for shows that deserve more exposure!...

Have You Heard? is where the Pod Bible team meet the people behind the podcasts you may not have heard of yet. While the Oh. My. Pod. section in the magazine gives a quick shout out to shows of that ilk, Have You Heard? aims to go deeper in an effort to spread awareness for shows that deserve more exposure!...

Broadcaster, satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is hosting a brand new podcast, The Spying Game, packed with fictional Hollywood spy tales and real-life espionage. Each week, host Rory Bremner sits down with a Hollywood filmmaker, international author or TV star, and a real-life international spy to separate the facts of true espionage from the fiction we see on screen. As...

In a new section of the magazine, Basia Cummings, Editor at Tortoise, talks about the value of slow news, and how to build listenership in podcasts. This is ‘The Creator’, in association with Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts and Pod Bible partnered up for a series of interviews with creators. In each issue, we ask creators about their podcast and how...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year’s theme is Loneliness. There are many ways to connect with people, with sports being one of the most popular. Yorkshire Grit, produced by This is Distorted, is a podcast targeting some of the biggest issues in men’s mental health, aimed at unlocking the stigma and bringing sensitive subjects to the fore, no...