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With ‘Sober October’ fast approaching, many will be considering stopping drinking. Giving up alcohol whether short-term or long-term can feel like swimming against the tide in an alcohol-centric society. I gave up drinking a couple of years ago for mental health reasons and whilst it’s mostly been a hugely positive experience for me, I’ve found sober podcasts to be a...

In my opinion, narrative non-fiction is the ultimate podcast style. You get the entertainment of storytelling with the rawness of reality and the simplicity of a single voice. What’s more, the stories are usually told by the writers themselves, given us lived experiences from the horse’s mouth. If you’ve heard one narrative non-fiction podcast, my bet is it’s probably The...

Each issue of Pod Bible magazine, our partners Audible bring you a round-up of the Audible Original Podcasts their members are loving, and press are buzzing about too. Without further ado, here’s The Holy Grail of listener favourites, from Issue #016 of the magazine… COUPLEDOM Idris and Sabrina Elba explore the power of partnerships with dues from all walks of life,...

Sleep podcasts have boomed over the last year and a half. I’m a total convert myself. When things started getting very, very sketchy in March 2020, I stopped sleeping properly. You might well have struggled too. Frustrated one night, I put on BBC Sounds’ Sleeping Forecast and found what felt like nirvana. It was blissful. Over the next six months...

Our Digital Editor brings you a list of the best outdoors podcasts from the UK to inspire you to brave the elements this summer…    As I write this, there is rain lashing at my windows and thunder rumbling in the distance, which can only mean one thing: English summertime has well and truly begun! But even with the bad...

The exams may be over and summer holidays starting soon, but it’s always a good time to learn something new! For Issue #005 of the magazine, our partners at Acast pulled together a list of clever podcasts to make you smarter. Something Rhymes With Purple Fancy yourself a budding lexicographer? Are you a bit of a logophile? If so, Susie...

After nearly 18 months stuck on our island, thoughts of travel seem to be more incessant than ever. If it’s not the reminders on Instagram of how you were snowboarding in the Alps two years ago or sunbathing in Tulum, then it’s the 40 days and 40 nights of rain that make you wish for the words ‘travel ban’ to...

Each issue of Pod Bible magazine, our partners Audible bring you a round-up of the Audible Original Podcasts their members are loving, and press are buzzing about too. Without further ado, here’s The Holy Grail of listener favourites, from Issue #015 of the magazine… THE GRAHAM NORTON BOOK CLUB Do you enjoy a good book? Do you love getting lost...

Issue #015 of the Pod Bible magazine was released on 6th of June, featuring the usual reviews, recommendations and interviews. As June is Pride month in the UK, we also asked Brendan Geoghegan and Matthew Riley from Bottoming to share with us some of the best LGBTQ+ podcasts. Now we’re halfway through Pride month, we thought we’d share their recommendations...

This week saw the launch of The Friendship Onion, a double act podcast with Lord of the Rings hobbits and real-life friends Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd. Of the many celebrity podcasts coming out, I am pretty excited about this one for a couple of reasons: I was such a big fan of The Lord of the Rings films when...

As the door to normality slowly creaks open for us in the UK, there’s a lot to look forward to. And one of those things is a jam-packed summer of sport. With everything from the delayed European Championship to the London Marathon to get stuck into, listeners will be hungry for sports and related content. Sport and Nutrition was Acast’s...

Hajar J. Woodland, co-host of The Dabbler’s Book Club, has long known that reading is a lifeline. But it isn’t always easy to keep up the habit, especially in trying times. Ahead of World Book Night, she writes about how her joy of novels isn’t just in the reading; it’s in podcasting about books too. Plus, find out her recommendations...

Each issue of Pod Bible magazine, our partners Audible bring you a round-up of the Audible Original Podcasts their members are loving, and press are buzzing about too. Without further ado here’s The Holy Grail of listener favourites, from Issue #014 of the magazine… SOUR HALL Sour Hall follows George and Ash, an interracial lesbian couple who move to an...

The Team at Pod Bible have been looking through the magazine back catalogue with more than a hint of nostalgia. With so many great articles and interviews, we thought it was time to make our archive accessible by sharing them here on the website. Here is a For The Love of Pod article from Issue #007 of the Pod Bible...

Originally published in April 2021. Updated in April 2023. If there’s one thing football fans love, it’s sharing their opinions about ‘the beautiful game’, and with the season about to reach it’s climax more fans than ever are tuning into football podcasts to revel in their team’s success, wallow in it’s failures or simply keep up to date with all...