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]]>This month’s list of new podcasts is tiny compared to previous lists – but it packs a punch! With some classics returning, a timely bonus episode about Afghanistan, and a podcast made purely from 1960s radio archive material all part of the mix, you’re sure to want to add some of these to your new favourites. Here are the best new podcasts to listen to this month!
New Podcasts
Let’s Talk To Lucy
Well this is a strange one, and I’m really not sure if I can include this in a ‘New Podcast’ line-up, because it’s not new. But it is new to podcast form. Let’s Talk To Lucy is actually an archive radio show with Lucille Ball, the famous American icon from I Love Lucy. And, it turns out, she was also ‘one of America’s first podcasters’ – according to the description anyway. But Let’s Talk To Lucy really does work as a podcast. This interview show from 1964 has Lucy interview some of the biggest names in Hollywood – the double interview with Dean Martin & Jeanne Martin could have been the inspiration for Coupledom. Listen now on Spotify >>
X-Ray Vision
For some people reading this, I think that ‘new Jason Concepcion podcast’ will be all you need to know. For people that are saying ‘should I know this guy?’ (I hold my hands up, please don’t @ me!) there is plenty to interest you in this podcast. This is an epic pop-culture podcast, with the first episode covering Star Wars: Visions, the new Spiderman: No Way Home trailer, WandaVision, Loki, and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and much more over 104mins of chat. Many spoilers are involved! Listen now on Spotify >>
The Elements
In 1997, Stuart Diver was the only survivor of a disastrous mountain slide in New South Wales, Australia, that killed 18 people, including his wife. Now, Diver is taking a close look at other natural disasters to ask: what does it take to survive? The first four episodes look events to do with water (a yacht caught in a storm), fire (the bushfires of 2019/20), earth (an earthquake in 1989 in New South Wales) and air (1974’s cyclone Tracey). It also has a truly epic website design. Listen now on Acast >>
Kitchens
Whilst there are quite a few podcasts about food, there are far less – if any – podcasts about the place it all happens: the kitchen. But Lucy Dearlove’s food podcast Lecker has now made a miniseries about the heart of the house. So how did it come about? As Lucy explained to us in this interview, “Kitchens is a self-contained series… Each episode focuses on a different aspect of kitchen design, but they’re all interlinked and themes come up throughout the series that relate to other episodes.” Listen now on Acast >>
Hello, Nature
This nature podcast from REI is a bit different. Host Misha Euceph didn’t grow up ‘outdoorsy’ and didn’t visit any National Parks until she was in her mid-twenties. Now, she’s asking – if the national parks in the US are public, why doesn’t everyone use? On a road trip around America’s parks, she starts to dissect some of the history and reasons why not everyone feels comfortable spending time in the National Parks. Listen now on Spotify >>
New Podcast Seasons
CONFLICTED
This podcast from Message Heard has an ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy (Aimen Dean) and a former monk turned filmmaker (Thomas Small) looking in depth at some of the most nuanced and complicated aspects of war in the Middle East. The first-hand accounts of the two, and the true friendship that they have makes the show compelling. Ahead of a third season, they’ve released a timely, bonus episode on ‘Afghanistan and the Taliban’ which starts with the caveat “there are no good guys in this”. Listen now on Acast >>
The Offensive
The football podcast that The Guardian described as “The Thick of It meets FIFA career mode” is back ahead of the new season. The Offensive has had over 1.6 million listens since it began in 2018, and there will be many who never miss an episode, but if you want a reason to listen this season why not check out the interview with co-creators Joel Emery and Adam Jarrell? Listen now on Acast>>
Blood On The Tracks: The John Lennon Story
A podcast that is difficult to pin down, Blood On The Tracks tells hidden stories behind the cult musicians we think we know. The podcast is described as “part true crime, part historical fiction, part spoken word lo-fi beat noir” – a description that confused me at first, but having listened to an episode encapsulates it… pretty well! This second season looks into the post-Beatle years and death of John Lennon, and features the fictionalized voices of people who knew him – including a terrifying distorted version of Yoko Ono. Listen on Acast now >>
You’re Dead To Me
The history podcast for everybody is back! For months, new episodes have popped up on my app, only to disappoint me with the ‘Radio Edit’ versions of episodes I’ve already listened to. But Greg Jenner and his team are finally dropping new episodes. Series 4 has started with a very ‘horrible history’ as we head to 16th Century Russia and learn about Ivan The Terrible. And… yeah, listener discretion is advised! Listen on Acast now >>
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]]>Things have slowed down somewhat this month and we have a slightly shorter list of new pods (hopefully many podcasters are taking a much needed break over Summer after such a busy year for our industry!) But don’t worry – we still have a good bunch of shows to keep you entertained on your own holidays. Whether you want to be an audio tourist, listen to a podcast about the Olympics, or delve deep into subjects like terrorism, there is something for everyone in this month’s list of new podcasts to listen to in August…
New Podcasts
Tipsy Tourism
Take a genre – find a friend – add a drink – make a podcast! It’s a format that has worked for true Crime (Drunk Women Solving Crime) folklore (Spirits) general interviews (White Wine Questions Time) and more. Now, Tipsy Tourism is looking at staycations through beer goggles. Holiday expert Chelsea and radio presenter James take a walk around London with a surreptitious tipple to entertain them and listeners. The ‘tipsy’ format could be chaos, but they keep us engaged with facts, and a well-structured show. Listen now on Acast >>
Taking Apart Terror
This podcast comes from the Global Coalition Against Daesh, and brings focus to an important topic that, like many, has been side-lined in the news since the start of the pandemic. Preventing acts of terror is still a major priority for governments across the globe, and hasn’t stopped over the past 18 months. This podcast asks how much do we really know about terrorism? And what is being done to stop it? Across 10 episodes, former British soldier Adnan Sarwar explores every aspect of how terrorist organisations operate, from how they’re funded, to the role of women in such organisations. Listen now on Spotify >>
Blind Landing
An Olympics podcast with a True Crime twist. The Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000 has been dubbed one of the most controversial Olympics in history, with the gymnastics leading the way in a number of controversies. (One gymnast was disqualified for being too young, several for doping.) But this podcast focuses on a mistake by the people running the gymnastics – and the how it was catastrophic for many of the competitors. Definitely an Olympics podcast for everyone. Listen on Acast now >>
Windfall from Outside/In
I was torn as to whether to put this as a new podcast or a new season, because this comes on the same feed as one of my favourite podcasts. Outside/In takes a look at the natural world and how we use it. Their new miniseries, however, is slightly different. Windfall looks very deeply at wind turbines in the USA – the politics, history, economics and more – and why it has taken just so long to start constructing them there. It is fascinating and I did not think I would come out of episodes with the opinions I did. Listen now on Acast >>
On The Outside
Would I be a true podcast writer if I didn’t sneak in my own podcast? On The Outside is a panel-show style podcast that share diverse views on outdoors news in the UK. Each episode, a different panel will bring the stories that matter to them to ask the others what they think. The first episode was recorded on Wednesday 28th of July with myself hosting, and Eden Elgeti (a.k.a. The Transgender Swimmer), Oge Ejizu (London Leader for Black Girls Hike) and Neil Russell (handcyclist and outdoor educator) on the inaugural panel. We talked about how the Olympics permeates the outdoors, staying safe in the water and a new fleet of beach wheelchairs in Pembrokeshire. Listen now on Acast >>
Other new podcasts for your list:
- Bridgewater – A new podcast from Aaron Manke and Grim & Mild (who brought us Lore) Bridgewater is a fiction podcast about folklore and the mysteries of the past. The trailer is already chilling. Listen now on Acast >>
- Puffin Podcast: Mission Imagination – The brand new series of the Puffin Podcast has two young Puffineers going on a new adventure for each week of the summer holidays, written by famous children’s authors. Read our interview with host Babatunde Aléshé to find out more. Listen now on Acast >>
- Deathbed Confessions – a new Spotify Original, this podcast unveils some of the incredible things that people have kept to themselves until the very end – affairs, murder, robbery – starting with a famous Hollywood murder. Listen now on Spotify >>
- Blind Date with a Book – a simple concept that does what it says, this aims to match guests up with the book of their dreams, by using dating app questions to find the one that they want. Listen now on Spotify >>
- Firebug – I find it incredible that this story hasn’t been investigated before now. I am not at all surprised to hear this will be followed by a Netflix series. When police were having trouble finding an arsonist terrorising Southern California, they found an unexpected lead – in an unpublished manuscript for a novel. Listen now on Acast >>
New Podcast Seasons
The Town That Knew Too Much
Another podcast that is new-but-not-new, and perhaps best described as a second instalment on the same feed. Nick Hilton took us through the bizarre history of East Grinstead in The Town That Didn’t Stare. Now, he focuses on Cheltenham, The Town That Knew Too Much, as we find out about the home of British spying, and the deception that goes throughout the seemingly perfect town. The first series was one of my favourite podcasts to come out of lockdown last year, and this new one has started well. Listen now on Acast>>
Prince: The Official Podcast
Previous seasons have taken a close look at some of Prince’s most famous albums and stories behind them, but the official podcast from The Prince Estate has stepped it up a gear for season 4. This season focuses on a brand new album, Welcome 2 American, a ‘prescient and political album’ the artist was working on in 2010-11. But it was never released before his death in 2016. This podcast is the premiere. Listen on Spotify now >>
Overheard A National Geographic
This podcast lets you listen in on what could possibly be the most interesting office chat in the world. National Geographic magazine covers topics from across the Anthropocene, and season 7 will cover subjects including the superpowers of sharks, remapping the solar system and illegal cheetah trafficking – all the types of things overheard at National Geographic headquarters. Season 7 starts August 3rd. Listen on Acast now >>
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