PODCAST REVIEWS

COLD TAPES: Winter Over is a gripping murder mystery set in the depths of the Antarctic winter, told through a cache of meticulously crafted audio files. As I’ve gotten older and my friends have started going out less, we’ve begun to swap boozy nights out for increasingly bizarre murder mystery parties. Usually, an industrious volunteer will choose a theme (space...

Ghost Story was my podcast of the year in 2023 so I could barely contain myself when they announced a live show. To recap, Ghost Story is journalist Tristan Redman’s investigation into the haunting from his childhood, a murder in the house next door and a hunt for answers beyond the veil. An instant global hit, the show captured the...

A brand-new collaboration between Social Broadcasts, Scenery Studios and food entrepreneur Petra Barran, Lowlines is intense soundscape escapism… Described as a ‘sonic scrapbook and a passport to roam’ Lowlines follows Petra Barran as she travels solo through the Americas. What pulled me to listen to the series was the production process – the original audio was recorded on the fly...

Heirs of Enslavement is a new podcast from Persephonica exploring the history and social repercussions of the Transatlantic slave trade. At it’s core, it is telling the story of two individuals – Clive Lewis MP and Laura Trevelyan – who are both heirs of enslavement. Clive is a descendent of the enslaved, and Laura, of the enslaver. In fact, Clive’s...

Catherine Renton gives us a peak at the latest podcast from Wondery to focus on a scandal in the UK… Podcasts based on scandals are so ubiquitous that it takes a juicy story to stand out nowadays. Thankfully, Wondery has really upped the ante with Hooked on Freddie, the true story of a dolphin sex scandal set in a sleepy...

Takudzwa Mudiwa reviews the live launch of the new season of the Shade Podcast – called Interludes – an immersive audio experience that took place on 26th October. In Hauser & Wirth London, Axel Kacoutié and Lou Mensah sit in front of a Amy Sherald painting titled “For love, and for country” (2022). The piece is part of an exhibition...

In the first season of Dr Rae Wynn-Grant’s Nature on PBS’s Going Wild, we were given an insight to what it is like being a scientist in the field, and what obstacles Rae faces specifically being a black, female scientist. Rae shared anecdotes of what they don’t teach you at university. We followed her battle with both e-coli and imposter...

Carrie Morrison gives us a real taste of what it was like at the Drunk Women Caught RedHanded live show for London Podcast Festival… At the London Podcast Festival, the cast of Drunk Women Solving Crime (Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn) and RedHanded (Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala) head to the stage with bottles of Waitrose-branded Cava. This...

Global Pillage is a panel show podcast that pillages the globe for the best idiom, culture, customs and norms – and then turns it into comedy. In the wrong hands, such a concept could become very offensive, very quickly. Global Pillage avoids this simply: the guests have also been sourced from around the globe, and are introduced with a tongue-in-cheek...

Facing Evil is the latest offering from the hosts of the popular true crime podcast, Root of Evil. Writer and Podcaster Diana Safieh takes a listen… For those of you who missed Root of Evil, this 2019 hit saw hosts and sisters Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile unravel their own family secrets. They set about exploring their grandfather Dr George...

Ian Wright’s Everyday People is a Somethin’ Else production that aims to highlight everyday people who have achieved extraordinary things, despite encountering trials along the way. Hosted by footballer and broadcaster Ian Wright, the podcast talks to individuals who have experienced issues such as discrimination, cancer diagnosis, mental health problems and loss. Now at the end of its first season,...

Finding Natasha is an epic family story of ballet dreams and a search for a lost friend, played out against the backdrop of Soviet Russia. Every family has myths – the stories from older family members that are half-remembered, or half-told. Like many families, my own family stories range from the sublime (my Polish grandmother walking across continents as a...

Not too many years ago, in what now feels like a totally different life, a friend and I were chatting about the music (beloved to us both) that came to the world via the famed Factory Records and the truly horrific admission that I’d never seen the film 24-Hour Party People. Now, in the midst of lockdown, that same friend...

Pod Bible are proud partners with Audible, and they give a round-up of the most popular Audible Original podcasts in each issue of the Pod Bible Magazine. On the website, we will bring you a more in-depth look at some of those popular Audible Original Podcasts, starting with a fan-favourite listen, French & Saunders: Titting About.   If you watched any...

“Race is a lie that became real” is a line from a new show that doesn’t hold back in critiquing the misinformation that we’ve been given regarding race. Stay with me here. You really haven’t heard it all when it comes to talking about race. I imagine that you’ve been signposted to a few podcasts on this subject this year,...