WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

There’s a freedom to podcasting, it’s pretty close to stand up in that respect. You can just create something and put it out, you aren’t waiting for a green light from a production company. You have control that you don’t have in other types of media, you can decide what makes the edit and what content you want to focus on. Creatively it’s quite liberating. It’s also a brilliant way to connect with an audience.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST POD YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

I think it was Cariad Lloyds brilliant podcast Griefcast. It’s a really great podcast where people chat about grief, which sounds like it might be really depressing but it’s actually quite uplifting and hopeful.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

I am very lucky that I get to do two podcasts with two brilliant comedians Tom Allen on Like Minded Friends and Maisie Adam on Big Kick Energy and they both make me laugh a lot but its probably deeply cringe to use your own podcast as an answer. I really enjoy Kathy Burke’s podcast Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake, she always makes me laugh. I also love French and Saunders Titting About, there’s an episode where they’re chat about things that have gone wrong while touring and I was laughing so hard I was crying while driving on a
motorway. Probably not that safe to be honest.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

I love Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail. She’s such a great interviewer and manages to ask quite direct and exposing questions without feeling like she’s overstepping a line. She always has such brilliant guests, every week whether you’ve heard of them or not, I always come away feeling like I have learnt something and a little bit more comfortable with my own failures.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF YET?

Safe Space is a brilliant podcast hosted by friends Emma and Hester, it is a show about queer history confirming the fact that the queer community has always been around. My favourite episodes include ‘How Roman’s made the Yuletide Gay’, ‘Berlins Queer History’ and a recent episode on the Ballroom scene from its beginnings in the 1870’s. Fascinating stuff!

Listen to Big Kick Energy on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

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WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

I love podcasts for the autonomy they offer both consumers and creators. As a podcaster I appreciate the freedom to discuss what I want to, how I want to. My opinion isn’t being held back by a board of trustees or behind walls of compliance. My creativity isn’t held back by prescribed structure, or what people are used to listening to at 10 am. I’m not saying people should go around saying and doing what they want without consequences. There’s an old saying in the Black American community: f*ck around and find out. I just think the world is more fun when folks have the freedom to f*ck around.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST POD YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

The first podcast I had ever heard was WTF with Marc Maron. This was back in the day before I was a comedian, before I ever aspired to be a guest (pretty please Mr. Maron with a microphone on top). What delighted me about it was its simplicity and spirit. It was just a hilarious man talking to his guests about life, which often led to Marc using humour to navigate quite tender things. Not to be a wimp, but that’s quite an important life skill.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

Oh, this is definitely a tie between Helen Bauer and Josh Jones. Listening to Helen and Josh makes me wonder if I’ve lived a life – because if I have then why don’t I have a zillion incredible stories on tap? Listening to them makes me both concerned that childhood trauma has robbed me of my memory, and concerned for their safety. Maniacs. Helen can be heard on her pod Trusty Hogs and her old pod Daddy Look at Me, Josh can be heard on his new pod Hard Sell and his old new pod Chatting with Cherubs.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

Hands down, The Guilty Feminist podcast. I don’t think I truly understood what being a feminist meant before I encountered it. I knew how I felt, what I believed. I knew that something was wrong with Texas. I knew that there were forces working to hold women back and weigh us down, but I didn’t have the language to express it.

I have had the privilege of co-hosting The Guilty Feminist, and sitting next to Deborah Francis-White over the past 4 years while we meet activists has taught me so much about myself and the world.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF YET?

The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema. Before I go on, I want you to know I do realize that none of these answers have been funny. This one won’t be either – it’s gunna be sincere and earnest. For that I’m sorry. The show’s purpose is to “facilitate your journey home to yourself” using psychology, spirituality and artistic practice. I’m an incredibly spiritual person but you don’t have to be to connect to this offering. You just need to be curious about yourself, your needs, your healing and living your (wait for it…) best life.

Over the past few years, when I’ve found myself feeling hurt, lost or far from myself, this podcast has been a beautiful resource. It features 30 minute episodes on topics ranging from addressing self abandonment, overcoming perfectionism, even dealing with racial trauma. It’s an incredibly important resource and I’m honoured to recommend it.

Listen to FOC It Up on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

Want more from Issue #024? Check out interviews with Marc Maron, Dick & Dom and podcast recommendations galore! Read the magazine here >> 

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PB: WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

AL: I love podcasts for so many reasons. I love the feeling of really clicking with a show, learning the in-jokes and the idiosyncrasies of the hosts, the verbal foibles and when the rhythm of the format becomes familiar and hypnotic and you feel one of the gang. I love learning things through audio too, I’m such a slow reader and I just feel like podcasts are a format my brain can digest.

I listen to podcasts for a big part of the day, every day – so they soundtrack everything. So in a weird way they also offer companionship – a constant presence of someone smarter, funnier, cooler in my ears, improving me a little, osmotically!

WHAT WAS THE FIRST PODCAST YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

The Ricky Gervais Show with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant. I must have listened dozens and dozens of times now. I can quote large chunks of it still. Subconsciously (and maybe a bit consciously!) I think I was channelling a bit of that dynamic when we started My Dad Wrote A Porno.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

I’ve been a huge fan of Julia Davis for a long time now and it was through her that I discovered Vicki Pepperdine. Dear Joan & Jericha is so perfect, I love hearing podcasters genuinely making each other corpse.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

Recently I really loved Nice White Parents – great journalism and just so gripping even though on the surface the public education system in a specific neighbourhood in the US doesn’t necessarily sound like it would be. It was informative and educational without being preachy or inaccessible. You can really hear that it was a labour of love. Newscast is always clarifying and helpful so I never miss that, that’s one of only a few long standing regulars in my library.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF?

I’m always surprised when people say they haven’t heard The Mystery Show. Starlee Kine investigates mysteries ”you can’t solve with the internet” like ‘How tall is Jake Gyllenhaal?’ – why do we care? Because this is a prime example of the ordinary made extraordinary in story telling. It is a logistical feat, with the yarns sometimes unravelling over weeks or even months, and yet the production strikes a perfect balance between slick and DIY. The fact that it only ran for one season is a tragedy.

Want more from Alice Levine? Check out the Gospel According To… My Dad Wrote A Porno, where we hear form her and her podcast partners in crime…

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PB: WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

AZ: I love the authenticity of them, the best podcasts for me are when you feel like you’re genuinely listening in to a conversation between friends, almost eavesdropping as opposed to being spoken to directly by the hosts. When you get the feel that a podcast has been overly edited for me it loses that naturalism that I think the very best podcasts have. Also, there’s no other medium that allows such a wealth of information to be dispensed to the listener in such an entertaining fashion. The fact that podcasts are these longform chats between people who know their subject matter inside out for the most part, makes them incredibly

WHAT WAS THE FIRST PODCAST YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

Is it bad that it was one of my own!? I mean, this was years ago, and it wasn’t even called a podcast despite being exactly that. It had the snappy title of Mars Planets MySpace Radio. That should give you an idea of how old it is seeing as Mars Planets don’t exist anymore. Neither does MySpace really. I hosted a podcast with a different MySpace user each week and we played out the best tracks from unsigned bands on MySpace. Anyway, I listened to that in around 2006 which I think factually makes it the first.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

I love Wrestle Me, the podcast hosted by Marc Haynes and Pete Donaldson. I’m not even a massive wrestling fan but the two of them together are brilliant and I find the journey through the history of all the Wrestlemanias and Marc’s knowledge of the sport ridiculously entertaining.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

As a writer I find John August and Craig Mazin’s Scriptnotes a really useful podcast. They offer some great analysis of different genres of film and TV as well as giving their insight into the industry itself. So yeah, I’d say that’s probably educated me the most, especially when I started writing. Also, I don’t think anyone knows as much about Bond as John Rain on SmershPod, so in terms of an education in 007, that show is a must.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF?

I really enjoy Friends With Friends, where Dave Cribb and Pete Allison are going through and analysing every Friends episode is great fun. Also, the eternally affable Tom Price does My Mate Bought A Toaster, where he interviews guests based on their Amazon purchase history is a lovely listen.

Alex Zane was co-host of the recently concluded film podcast Clash of the Titles. You can catch up on the whole catalogue now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

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PB: WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

JW: I love that you can listen to them while doing other things like cooking or when you’re out walking. It gives you the chance to enjoy and learn things without having to be glued to a screen. They can also be really inspiring, especially the interview podcasts that talk to different people who’ve been on incredible journeys.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST PODCAST YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

The first one I got into was probably Desert Island Discs. My Dad used to have it on in the background and I used to get drawn into it. That was before it was a podcast though so on second thought it’s probably How I Built This which has really inspiring interviews with entrepreneurs and business owners. I also listened to My Favourite Murder quite early on as my wife is a big fan. They cover different murder cases and can be quite gruesome but they’re really interesting to listen to.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

I enjoy listening to some of The Joe Rogan Experience podcasts as he gets some great guests. I mostly check out the shorter clips though as the three hour conversations can be a bit much. The episodes he does with his other comedian friends always crack me up. They’re always winding each other up and it’s like spending time with a group of mates.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

I think I’d have to go for How I Built This again just because they’ve had so many inspiring people on there with incredible stories about how they’ve grown their businesses. That or Business Wars which is another great podcast where they talk about the classic business rivalries like Nike v Adidas, McDonalds v Burger King, Xbox v Playstation, that kind of thing. It’s really fascinating.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF?

A lot of people may have heard it as Wondery are a big production company but they do a podcast called Imagined Life, which is really fun. On each episode they guide you through the life of someone really famous but they don’t reveal who it is until the end. So often you’ll go through an episode thinking you know then at the end it turns out to be someone completely different. That’s a great listen and I’d really recommend it.

Listen to The Joe Wicks Podcast on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

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WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

So many reasons! Listening to a podcast, I definitely feel more connected to a world full of dissonance. We don’t all have to get along or agree but podcasts have opened me up to different perspectives and I realise we are not all that different. Ultimately though, I love the intimacy of listening to my favourite podcast. It always feels like you are wrapped up in a blanket talking to a friend about life.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST POD YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

The Moth. It was my introduction to podcasts and helped me realise what I prefer when listening to one. I loved how the personal stories were shared covering topics that were important to different people. I enjoy hearing people share their stories from their own point of view and in their own words. It helped me empathise as I heard more about the human experience and actually helped set me on the path I’m on today.

WHICH POD MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

Jesus & Jollof. Its two successful Nigerian women talking about their life interjected with lots of humour and honesty. It feels like you are listening to your sister circle give you encouraging and inspiring words to do better and be great. I am able to relate to so much of their conversation as an African woman and aspire to be just as fiery, fabulous and funny!

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST?

My own podcast, Dear Daughter! In hosting and co-producing the podcast, I have learnt to have more grace with others and myself. Listening to other people share their stories and trying to understand their perspectives is a step closer to me being more patient, forgiving and gentle with myself. It has been so enlightening to discover how many people experience life in a similar way and I have discovered a virtual support system in listening to others share their stories, it has been cathartic and quite honestly a life-changer.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A SHOW OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF YET?

Mantalk.ke. It’s a refreshing and candid take on the world around us. It’s hosted by two men so the commentary is from the male perspective but includes female guests to offer insight. They talk about everything from holding each other accountable to self-expression and I love the elevating conversation especially now that I am mother to a son.

Season Two of Dear Daughter is out now. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, BBC Sounds and other popular podcast apps >>

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Even as she moves away from the medium, this is why Emma Gannon loves podcast and podcasting.

PB: WHY DO YOU LOVE PODCASTS?

EG: I love the fact that it’s such a democratic medium — anyone can make and upload one as it’s a low barrier to entry and pretty easy to make! I’ve always loved audio and the way that as a listener you have to use your imagination, and that you can go on long walks with some company in your ears. I also love podcasting in general for female broadcasters who can get their views across without being interrupted

WHAT WAS THE FIRST PODCAST YOU EVER LISTENED TO?

Probably the Ricky Gervais podcast because it’s a million years old. But the first one I remember properly listening to was Elizabeth Gilbert’s Magic Lessons and it was the podcast that inspired me to start my own.

WHICH PODCASTER MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

Probably my friend Stevie Martin who hosts the Nobody Panic podcast. She cracks me up, and now that I can’t see her in person during this time, at least I get to laugh along to her podcast. I listen to it when I’m solo travelling — it’s a really comforting, warm and funny podcast.

WHICH PODCAST HAS EDUCATED YOU THE MOST??

I would say Ester Perel’s podcast Where Should We Begin? – the first podcast that recorded real therapy sessions between couples. She is incredible and everything she says is eye opening. You’re basically getting free therapy.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A PODCAST OUR READERS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF?

I love the podcast Forever35 with two LA hosts Kate and Doree— a podcast all about selfcare, switchoff time and beauty treatments. I listen in the bath with a glass of wine – bliss! On Ctrl Alt Delete, Emma Gannon chats to guests about careers and their relationship with the internet. It has the same name as Emma’s book published by Ebury Penguin Random House and has had nearly 5 million downloads since launch. It has been recommended by The Times, ELLE, Marie Claire, Red Magazine and many more.

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Why do you love podcasts?

IG: I love them for the reason I think most people love them. There’s an intimacy to them, to just hearing people’s voices. It’s easier to connect. It’s easier to have feelings. A story told on podcast hits you harder than most films or books ever do.

What was the first pod you ever listened to?

I hope this isn’t a bratty answer but our show This American Life was such an early podcast – we were doing the show even before podcasts existed – that I’m afraid the true answer is – my own show was the first podcast I ever heard. What’s interesting about the popularity of our show as a podcast is that we really designed it as a radio show. It went on the air in 1995. But the style of the show – personal stories told in a compelling way, lots of them very funny – meshed naturally with what makes a great podcast. So when we started offering it for free as a podcast, it took off without us doing anything at all to promote it. Now roughly 3 million people download it each week, a bigger audience than our radio audience.

Which podcast makes you laugh the most?

I don’t listen to a lot of comedy podcasts but I do like Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out, and he has very funny people on: John Mulaney, Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Conan, Gaffigan.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

The Daily of course is the gold standard for clear explanation of complicated news on a super-fast turnaround, and I listen every day. I’m also a superfan of the Radiolab podcast – it invented a way of telling a story that’s so fun to listen to and – honestly, at this point – I listen partly to hear how they keep re-inventing what they do, over and over. Their recent mini-series on Harry Pace was just masterful, I thought, and a very tough story to tell: about a guy who left no recordings or writing to know his thoughts. They’re always trying new stuff and so out to entertain. I even listen to their host Jad Abumrad’s music podcast on Apple Music: Everything. Together.

Can you recommend a show our readers may not have heard?

Hard to restrict it to one! Our show S-Town was super-popular but there are people out there who still haven’t heard it. A great example of a story built around someone who’s intensely, magnetically charismatic and also quite a mystery. I loved Malcolm Gladwell’s Bomber Mafia which is on a subject I normally care nothing about but he pulls you in and tells a fantastic true tale. Couldn’t turn it off. You have to google it and pay for it, but IMO, worth it. I love the Dave Chapelle podcast on Luminary The Midnight Miracle where they sound design the hell out of it and it just feels so original and like nothing out there at all. If you’re in a rush, skip to the last ep where he talks about opening for Richard Pryor. Oh my. Perfect audio moments in that one and in so many of them. (Luminary you have to pay for but if you’re cheap, they give you a week for free.) Also: Heavyweight is still killing, after all these years. Check out their Barbara Ep from Season Six.

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Why do you love podcasts?

To be honest there’s not a lot I DON’T love about podcasts. I suppose one of the main things is the freedom that people have. They can talk about anything. Also, one minute it can be daft and silly and the next really heavy and heartfelt and that goes for long form interview type shows or true crime or some sort of magazine or quiz show. For example, the other day I was listening to Blood On The Tracks (Colin Murray’s ace music quiz show) it’s quite light hearted but has people on with great passion for music. It took a handbrake turn when Benjamin Zephaniah recalled the racism he suffered as a young child and it just floored me. That’s a wonderful example. Podcasts can take you anywhere.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

That’s a tricky one. I suppose the first one I dipped my toe in was Ricky Gervais but it wasn’t a regular thing. Answer Me This with Helen Zaltzman & Olly Mann was a very early one for me and one that I would be pretty religious about listening to. Marc Maron too. When I discovered WTF I went back through his back catalogue and devoured as much as I could….there’s a lot of episodes and because Marc is so personal it was really interesting to see how he changed, not only as a podcaster but in his personal life too. I also loved how and why he started his own podcast. I thought that was pretty inspirational. I remember when the BBC released the entire back catalogue of Desert Island Discs. I’ve always been I big fan, even when I probably shouldn’t have been, and again, absolutely fascinating to hear, not just the people on the show but the different presenters style and how they changed over the years. It was only on listening back that it was blatantly obvious what a cold and sometimes quite harsh interviewer Sue Lawley was. As I say this I’m starting to see a pattern of where my influences are in creating The Two Shot Podcast!

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

Funniest podcaster? Well that’s pretty hard to pin down and I suppose it’s because there’s such a broad spectrum of different styles of podcast out there. Which is incredible. Also, what makes me laugh may make someone else cry….actually that sounds awful doesn’t it? I suppose what I mean is there’s something out there for everyone’s taste. For example, I’m not a fan of the Radio 4 style of comedy shows. I’ve always found that style like a very exclusive club that I was never invited to become a member of, you know? But look, that’s just me and it seems pretty popular right? But that’s fine isn’t it? If we all laughed at the same thing what a dull and depressing world we’d live in. What’s made me laugh recently…. Well not so long ago the comedian Bob Einstein died. That’s not what made me laugh by the way. I was remembering when Bob was on Gilbert Gottfried’s podcast so I went back and listened to it and I cried laughing. It was outrageous and Bob was on fire, Gilbert Gottfried barely got a word in. There’s no way they could have had that conversation and told those stories in any other medium than on a podcast. A fine way to remember a great comic.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

I learn from podcasts all the time. I mean that. It can be anything and everything. You get educated on new music, history that you thought you knew (turns out you were wrong). If you’re open to listening to someone else’s opinion then you’re a sponge soaking it all up. I sometimes disagree with certain things but again, that’s healthy because you’re connecting with what your listening to. Before I started my own podcast, when it was the germ of idea, I would listen to very specific “interview style” long & short form conversation podcasts. It didn’t matter about quality, in fact I learnt most from some pretty awful ones. Some pretty bad podcasts were just as educational for me as the ones I looked up to and respected.

Can you recommend a podcast our listeners may not have heard of?

Last year I really enjoyed How to Fail with Elizabeth Day. It’s a medium/short form interview style podcast talking about failure and pitfalls in life. Failing is such an inevitable part of everyone’s life so it’s a good box ticker for most of us. The episode that really swung it for me was when the interviewer became the interviewee. Elizabeth thought she should get someone in to interview her as she thought everyone else had been so honest and thought it only right that she should do it. Now, I was a little sceptical when I heard this as when this happens it can fall into self serving narcissism. Quite the opposite happened. It was brutally honest and brave without a sniff of self congratulatory behaviour. I think she’s an ace human.

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In each issue of the magazine, we ask a Podcast Disciple five questions about their love of podcasts and podcasting. For Issue #006 of the Pod Bible magazine we were joined by Dr Suzi Gage, from Say Why To Drugs!

Why do you love podcasts?

My work means a lot of travelling to conferences or to give guest lectures, so I spend a LOT of time on trains. Podcasts are my saviour, making journeys across country fly by, and entertaining and educating me in the process.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

Oof. I have to dredge back in my memory for this. I would think it would either be Adam and Joe’s radio show podcast, or Collings & Herrin.

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

Bob Mortimer. A new episode of Athletico Mince is always a highlight, and I can’t watch premier league football in the same way after Gangs of the EPL. Special shoutout to Richard Herring too – his recent RHLSTP episode with Ed Gamble had me crying with laughter on a train recently.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

I have learnt a lot about crimes of the past via the amazing Drunk Women Solving Crime. Sodajerker is a great podcast about songwriting. top and Search has informed me loads about drug policy. But I think my fave is Rule of Three – I’ve learnt so much about the craft of comedy and storytelling from listening to comedians picking their favourite comedies and discussing them with Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley.

Can you recommend a podcast our readers may not have heard of?

I really love Why Aren’t You a Doctor Yet? I wonder if they need a rebrand though as a couple of them got their PhDs recently – congratulations Alex and Oz! The podcast talks about science and tech with experts, with humour, and with lots of millennial pop culture. It’s interesting, thoughtful and hilarious – what’s not to love.

On Say Why To Drugs, Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode – providing information about what we know – the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances. here’s no hype, no spin and no judgement, just information. Listen now on ACAST, SPOTIFY or your favourite podcast app.

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Daniel, why do you love podcasts?

Well most of the podcasts I listen to are conversations with people about a bunch of the things I’m super interested in, mainly occult, esoteric and conspiracy type stuff. Haha. Magick and tinfoil hats for the most part. I think people would expect me to listen to music pods, but I’ve got that covered in everything I do for Radio 1 and with Someone Who Isn’t Me.

Generally, most of the esoteric stuff is kinda fringe and can be a bit starchy, so when I find a great podcast host who knows what’s up then
I get stoked on it. But, as far as what I love about DOING a podcast, I’m into sitting down with people I find inspiring and asking them about their work and how they approach the creative process. How they might view that in a wider more spiritual sense. I also kind of use it as a means of becoming friends or often better friends with the guests I have. I love the idea that I can do an episode that has a totally different conversation with someone like Marilyn Manson or Maynard James Keenan or Laura Jane Grace than they would have talking about their latest album or book with someone else. That’s the fun of it. It also gives me an excuse to paint portraits of people I like without coming across as too much of a creepy weirdo.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

I guess it was probably something like The Joe Rogan Experience. The first pod I really remember was episode 666 of his, where he had Duncan Trussell as a guest. That conversation blew my mind, made me laugh a bunch and I became a fan of Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour straight away.

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

One of my regular listens is Last Podcast On The Left and those dudes are really funny, Henry Zebrowski is always so out of order, I love it. But to be honest, recently the one that makes me laugh most is Craig Reynolds who’s pod is The Downbeat. It’s mainly a drum podcast, but he’s super funny. Definitely got a Ricky Gervais kinda thing with his humour. If Ricky was obsessed with blast beats, the band Tool, weightlifting and a dog called Luna.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

I think Gordon White’s pod Rune Soup is great. He’s very smart, very well read, a brilliant interviewer and he’s totally cool with subjects that can come across as mad pretentious, so to be very matter of fact and down to earth about paranormal / UFO / mystical subjects is great. So yeah, Gordon and Jason Louv from Ultra Culture is where I get all my book list tips from.

Can you recommend a podcast that our readers may not have heard of?

So aside from all the ones I mentioned already (and Someone Who Isn’t Me obviously), I guess The Higher Side Chats has some pretty interesting guests. To be honest though, I do have to pick and choose with that one because some of it is the craziest conspiracy stuff and it ends up making me scream at the podcast and I have to turn it off. But there’s definitely good stuff in there. Also I got way into Emil Amos’ Drifters Sympathy when it first started. I kinda skipped the episodes when he spoke about some obscure music scene and binged all the episodes when he talks about his life when he was growing up as he has got the maddest stories. Like proper David Lynch vibes.

Someone Who Isn’t Me features Daniel talking to artists about music, art, culture and the esoteric. He presents The Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 every Sunday from 7pm-10pm and is also the curator of The Pit at Reading & Leeds Festivals. Listen now on ACAST, SPOTIFY or your favourite podcast app.

@danielpcarter // @SWIMpodcast

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Why do you love podcasts?

I like to have the feeling of being with friends and listening to them chat but with the ability to turn them off whenever I want without hurting anyone’s feelings. Also, in the age of the short attention span and quick fix, I like the expansiveness of podcasts, and that in depth, shades of grey discussions can happen in them – and even continue with addendums the week after based on things learnt over the week. A continuous spectrum of empathy. The stuff you can’t get on TV anymore.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review which I’ve listened to from day one to now. Two hours, I can break into four journeys. Loooooove it.

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

Anne Edmonds on The Grub is maybe the funniest person I’ve ever heard on the medium.

Which podcast has educated you the most??

I love The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast with Stu Goldsmith. He is an excellent interviewer and manages to turn every chat into an intimate therapy session and there are lots of tips to cope with gigs and mental health.

Can you recommend a podcast our readers may not have heard of?

The Grub. An Australian improvised chat and sketch show with three people that weekly makes me piss myself and I don’t have a bladder problem. Anne Edmonds, Greg Larsen and Ben Russell are so funny together. Makes my week. Also, you probably all know this one, but if not listen to Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble. Funnyyyyyyy.

Brett’s podcast Films To Be Buried With comes out every Thursday via the Distraction Pieces Network. You can also catch him in SuperBob, a film he wrote alongside director Jon Drever.

Twitter: @brettgoldstein // Insta: @mrbrettgoldstein

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Why do you love podcasts?

I’ve always loved audio – as a kid I used to listen to tapes of Winnie the Pooh to fall asleep. The immersive experience you have when listening to a podcast is amazing and the fact there are no rules to creating a podcast is something that I’ve always loved. I also believe this is just the beginning of audio and the growth is going to be astronomical. So if anyone is keen to get into the podcast game I would massively encourage it. Plus creating a podcast is simple – a couple of mics, an idea and a little persistence is really all you need.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

The first podcast I ever listened to (like a lot of people I’m sure) was Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchants podcast with Karl Pilkington.  WOW that was genius!! I think it’s had over 150m downloads… I first listened to it while travelling around South America and it honestly kept me a little sane. The relationship between the three of them was so fascinating, compelling and easy to listen to. I’ve always used that idea as a base for all of my podcasts that I’ve created and am a part of. A comfortable, funny relationship is a winner for a good podcast I believe.

What podcaster makes you laugh the most?

I want to say my podcast partner Francis Boulle but I probably can’t say that. Hmmmm tricky – perhaps Conan O’Brien from Conan O’Brien
Needs A Friend or the My Dad Wrote A Porno guys – but there are so many podcasters out there who are incredibly funny. The amazing thing about the podcast world is that there are so many hidden gems – try not to just listen to the popular ones, most of the time the ones that people don’t know or speak about are the ones which are in fact the funniest. I also believe when a podcast becomes too formatted it can lose it’s humour. The podcasts which are the most free tend to be the ones that make me laugh the most.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

Again there are a few but the podcasts that are ‘in conversation with’ educate me a lot.  I learn from other people so I’ll have to be boring and go for The Joe Rogan Experience just because there are so many episodes. That or the podcast Without Fail by Gimlet. Again – the podcast world is open to so many different areas that in fact if you wanted to learn about fashion, gardening, even cycling it’s there for you. All you have to do is a little bit of searching.

Can you recommend a show our readers may not have heard of?

Yes – Believed by NPR is a great journalistic podcast into the story behind Larry Nassar. I haven’t ever gone down the route of creating a journalistic, story telling podcast but they’re extremely popular and incredibly hard to make in my opinion. But have a listen to it, it’s such a
good podcast. That or Missing Richard Simmons which is another story telling podcast focusing on the mysterious disappearance of the 90’s
fitness Guru Richard Simmons. Richard was an incredibly wealthy man due to his enormous following and the videos he created but one day
he suddenly went missing. Why….? That’s what the podcast tries to uncover and its only 6 or so episodes long.

On Private Parts Jamie and his co-host Francis Boulle discuss the most sordid and intimate details of their lives and are often joined by  guests including Vicky Pattison, Lydia Bright, Iain Stirling, Jordan Banjo, Elizabeth Day and Ollie Ollerton. Listen now on ACAST, SPOTIFY or ELSEWHERE.

@JamieLaing_UK / privatepartspodcast.com

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Why do you love podcasts?

Podcasts are a great way to learn and a great way to escape your day to day environment. I never thought I would be a podcast listening type of person, so you can imagine my surprise when I listened to a podcast for the first time and I felt like I was instantly part of the conversation taking place and I looked forward to listening to the next episode. There are different podcasts for different activities in my life. There is the podcast I’ll listen to while running or if I’m at the gym. There is also the podcast I’ll only listen to when I’m cooking or doing household chores. Then there is the podcast I listen to only when I’m on my commute. There’s a podcast for literally everything and that is why I love podcasts so much!

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

The Read by Kid Fury and Crissle was the first podcast I had ever listened to. It was recommended to me by a woman I used to pole dance with. She tried to explain to me why it was so good and I just wasn’t grasping the concept of listening to people I don’t know chatting in my
ear for ages. During the Christmas holidays that year I was bored and decided to listen to one episode, by New Years Day I think I had listened to about three years of the podcast episodes. I was clearly a podcast convert.

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

Definitely Kid Fury! I have a very deadpan sense of humour at times but I think his style of deadpan cuss you out type of humour far outshines mine. I love that he is so informed yet he delivers the things he knows in a really witty and irreverent way. A true King of comedy.

Which podcast has educated you the most??

Ooooh, this is a tough one. I think I’ve been educated the most by Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations because of the wonderful guests she has on the podcast and the amazing life experiences they share. It truly humbles me to know there are others out there on a spiritual journey and I could potentially learn from the things they’ve encountered and implement the lessons into my own life. The other podcast that has educated me is Esther Perel’s “Where Should We Begin” because I’m a no nonsense type of girl and Esther is similar in her approach to therapy. I’m a big advocate for mental health awareness and it is brilliant to listen to real people talk about the very human challenges they face in their relationships and how they are guided by Esther to work through them and to live through them.

Can you recommend a podcast our readers may not have heard of?

Shades of Black podcast is one that people really need to get into. I think in the landscape of podcasting it is dominated by white male voices. The reason I enjoy this podcast by Sam and Ola is because they shine a light on Black British parenting which is often left out of the narrative of mainstream parenting podcasts. One of my favourite episodes is the National Anti-Bullying Week feat Woke Babies because in this episode they explore how parents navigate the reality of their child being bullied in school especially if the bullying is also racialised. They are true, true Baby Girls and deserve to be celebrated.

Kelechi Okafor is the host of Say Your Mind. Tune in every Monday for her unique and hilarious take on Tarot, current events and pop culture sprinkled with bad language and an abundance of straws. Listen now on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY and ELSEWHERE.

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Why do you love podcasts?

They make a squished train journey or an airport delay far more bearable. They keep you company during a sleepless night or a mentally trying time. They showed me ideas and voices and stories I’d otherwise never know about. They brought me together with people all over the world, virtually and really. They gave me a living where I can do what I want, no permission or commissioners required. They forced me to do the best I can, creatively and intellectually. They’re free to hear.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

Before I started podcasting in 2007, the only podcast I had heard was couple of episodes of Adam and Joe’s XFM Show. I didn’t actually start listening to podcasts until about a year into making podcasts myself, when my brother gave me an iPod for Christmas in return for babysitting his daughter while he played football on Tuesdays. The first podcast I listened to that wasn’t a rebroadcast radio show, but was made specifically as a podcast, was probably the late lamented Guardian’s Media Talk.

Which podcaster makes you laugh the most?

I rarely listen to funny shows, but in person, Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder and The West Wing Weekly makes me laugh. On his shows he seems so cool – which he is, frankly he lives a dream life – but behind the scenes he’s a big goofball with an extreme aptitude for puns. I hate puns, but I have to appreciate the artistry. My brother Andy also makes me laugh on and off The Bugle, but he’s a comedian so if he didn’t, he would be bad at his job.

Which podcast has educated you the most?

99% Invisible made me see the world differently, and think about things I’d never consciously thought about before. Even when episodes are on topics I thought I knew about, they’d bring a whole new perspective. The show also taught me how to make a different kind of podcast to what I knew: chopping up an interview to create a narrative; dropping in links after; trying to make listeners feel feelings whilst delivering a dose of information; making a factual show that’s very unlike how Radio 4 would do it. My original pitch for The Allusionist was “99% Invisible but about language”.

Can you recommend a podcast our reader may not have heard of?

Mostly Lit is a podcast I’m actually jealous of! They’re so smart and well-read and witty; their brains are just lightning-fast. I’m also jealous of Imaginary Advice, because it’s so amazingly written and conceptualised and delivered. It is unlike any other podcast out there. I only started listening to 10 Things That Scare Me yesterday, and blew through several episodes on the bus. They’re really beautifully produced, and they’re only five minutes long. More podcasts should be only five minutes long.

You can listen to adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman on The Allusionist podcast on Acast, Spotify and all other podcast apps. Or you can hear Helen alongside Olly Mann host the award-winning podcast Answer Me This! which has been answering the world’s questions since 2007. Listen now on Acast, Spotify and all other podcasts.

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