Podcast Radio Hour

This week Amanda Litherland is joined by producer Chris Pearson to hear a variety of podcast recommendations sent in by listeners. We hear voice notes and emails recommending:Just The Zoo Of Us The Countryside Hour (BBC Radio Norfolk) The Ballad of Billy Balls The History of English Floating The Stoop Constellation Prize Small Doses Decoder Ring TheatrePlus, listener Blossom joins to talk about her wellness podcast Tea with HB.

Amanda Litherland is joined by Caroline Crampton (podcaster - Shedunnit, writer - HotPod newsletter) to recommend great podcasts and speak to creators.Firstly, a round up of some addictive new listening: Nice White Parents (New York Times, Serial) You're Wrong About The Comb (BBC World Service) Bad People (BBC Sounds)The culture podcast The Cut from New York Magazine has recently relaunched with a new host - Avery Trufelman. Avery joins to discuss what's in store for the new podcast, and what she's learned from her years as a producer and reporter at 99% Invisible.Caroline chooses some superb game show podcasts to keep you entertained: Triviality Make My Day with Josh Gondelman Punch Up The Jam Got It Smash Boom Bestand comedians Fern Brady and Alison Spittle discuss their new game show for BBC Sounds - Wheel of Misfortune - where they turn tragedy into comedy.

Staying at home this summer? No problem! Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis suggest podcasts that let you visit museums, art galleries and the great outdoors all over the world - from the comfort of your headphones.And there's something to keep the little ones entertained too! CBeebies star Maddie Moate discusses her new podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers - and chats about the rise of family friendly podcasts. Recommended this week: The National Trust Podcast Women Who Travel - Conde Nast Traveler Black Women Travel Podcast The Armchair ExplorerMaddie's Sound ExplorersArt Matters Podcast - Art UK The Lonely Palette Simon Schama - The Great Gallery Tours - Radio 4 and BBC Sounds Bow Down: Women In Art - Frieze Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend great new podcasts and speak to creators. Firstly, some bingeworthy documentary and real life podcasts: The Town That Didn't Stare (Nick Hilton & Podot) Rabbit Hole (The New York Times) Real Dictators (Noiser) The Reality of Reality TV with Fleur East (Planet Radio)We hear from Shade podcast creator Lou Mensah about her series of discussions around creativity and anti-racism.And a selection of other notable new listens: The Joe Wicks Podcast (BBC Sounds) When Someone Great Is Gone (Izzy Lee-Poulton and Transmission Roundhouse) The Harrowing (Storyglass) Crossbread (ABC)

Following on from this week's British Podcast Awards ceremony, Amanda Litherland speaks to some of this year's winners. Firstly, the awards co-creator Matt Deegan takes up behind the scenes at the virtual ceremony, which involved 19 outside broadcasts.Then we hear from the team behind Best New Podcast, The Log Books. Tash Walker, Adam Smith and Shivani Dave discuss how they used the archive logs of Switchboard - the LGBTQ+ helpline, to tell stories from the community in the 70s and 80s. Helena Merriman, creator of Best Radio Podcast and Moment Of The Year winner Tunnel 29, gives tips on successful storytelling.And we speak to Podcast of the Year and Best Sex & Relationships podcast - Brown Girls Do It Too. Presenters Poppy Begum and Rubina Pabani, and producer Rayhan Rahman talk about how their podcast has opened up conversations around sex in the British-Asian community.

Neil Gaiman speaks to Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts about the new audio adaptation of his DC comic book series The Sandman, out next week on Audible. Neil discusses his love of audio fiction, and the Radio 4 dramas and comedies that have inspired him since childhood. Also, David Devereux from Tin Can Audio discusses his new podcast The Dungeon Economic Model.And Kaitlin Statz and Travis Vengroff from Fool & Scholar Productions offer tips on crafting adventures in your headphones.

Take your seats for a showcase of movie podcasts. Suchandrika Chakrabarti joins Amanda Litherland to talk about the podcasts that have caught their attention this week, from bees to media giants. Plus Isabelle Roughol talks about her new project Borderline.Featuring: Oh Hello, the p'dcast Land of the Giants Living Beeing Obsessed With... I May Destroy YouYou Must Remember This Scriptnotes Black Men Can't Jump (in Hollywood) Unspooled The Next Picture Show

Greg Cochrane joins Amanda Litherland to offer a half time report into podcasting in 2020. Which episodes have particularly captured listener's attentions? What are the trends? How is podcasting adapting to new challenges as a business, and as an art form? Also, there's no getting away from talking about the effects the pandemic has had. Adam Fleming reflects on the challenges of reporting the last few months' news on The Coronavirus Newscast, and shares details on what's next for the podcast. Renay Richardson, CEO of Broccoli content discusses the Equality In Audio pact, an initiative to improve representation in the audio industry.And what can independent podcasts do to encourage a sense of community amongst listeners? What services exist to help them financially? We hear from Riley and Milo, two of the hosts of Trashfuture, about how the membership platform Patreon has helped their podcast thrive. Plus Amanda and Greg pick out a few of 2020's most engaging and impactful episodes Featuring: 1Xtra Talks Special - George Floyd and Black Lives Matter Wind of Change Happy Mum Happy Baby - The Duchess of Cambridge on the early years Reply All - The Case of the Missing Hit Grounded, with Louis Theroux - Miriam Margolyes

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend great podcasts and speak to their creators. First, a selection of new series: Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia (The Ringer) Nut Jobs (Audible) The Stubborn Light of Things (Melissa Harrison) Changes with Annie Mac Her Spirit PodcastsAnd as we are in the middle of Pride month, some recommended LGBTQ+ listening from: Pride And Joy (BBC Sounds) Anthems - Pride (Broccoli Content) I'm Grand Mam Growing Up With GaldemThen we speak to podcaster and refugee Abdulwahab Tahan about his new series Integrate That, launched as part of UK Refugee Week. We hear how the podcast tells stories with refugee voices front and centre. And continuing our review of some of this year's nominations for the British Podcast Awards, we hear who is nominated in the Best Entertainment category: George Ezra & Friends Help I Sexted My Boss No Country For Young Women Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Sam Walker's Desert Diaries Something Rhymes with Purple

Recorded outside in a London park (socially distanced!) Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis recommend some great podcasts and speak to creators.Firstly, following on from the Black Lives Matter protests happening across the world, a selection of podcasts to help you learn about the history of race and racism, and actions you can take now. Including Scene On Radio series 2 Seeing White, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and NPR's Code Switch. Also suggestions of nature podcasts which discuss environmental activism and encourage positive change. Including Costing The Earth, Mothers of Invention, Black Nature Narrative, Outrage and Optimism, and So Hot Right Now.And what is a branded podcast? More and more companies are not just buying advertising, but commissioning entire podcast series to spread the word about their brand. We hear from Radio Wolfgang's Holly Aquilina and Elle Scott, the team behind last year's award winning 'Selfridges Hot Air' to find out why companies are investing in this medium, and what goes into creating a successful series. We also hear the 2020 British Podcast Award nominations for Best Branded podcast; #QueerAF, DeepMind: The Podcast, Meet Me At The Museum, On the Marie Curie Couch, The Penguin Podcast, and The Rough Guide to Everywhere.You can contact the show at [email protected]

How have podcasts changed under current circumstances? Amanda Litherland speaks to cast and crew from The Archers about their new format - we hear from Sunny Ormonde (Lilian Bellamy) and producer Jessica Bunch.Deborah Frances-White discusses how The Guilty Feminist has adapted and continued despite live audience recordings being impossible for the time being.And a variety of Podcast Radio Hour listeners reveal how the situation has affected their podcast production, both positively and negatively. We hear from Soho Bites, Centuries of Sound, Alternative Stories and Fake Realities, Creative Cuppa, In Writing with Hattie Crisell, Wooden Overcoats, and The Hardy Report.

Amanda Litherland and Caroline Crampton recommend super short podcasts. And Jacob Hawley chats about his latest series for BBC Sounds, 'Jacob Hawley's Job Centre'.Recommended this weekShort series to learn something: The World According to Sound 50 Things That Changed The Modern Economy The Story Behind On This Day In Esoteric Political HistoryShort fiction/story series: Listen, Rinse, Repeat Chompers The Roommate From Hell Havisham Kills Time Sam Walker's Desert Island DiariesShort thoughtful podcasts: 10 Things That Scare Me Now For Tomorrow The Rob Auton Daily Podcast The SlowdownNew Podcasts: Jacob Hawley's Job Centre The Missionary Swipe Left Swipe LeftYou can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

Amanda Litherland and Greg Cochrane recommend a selection of podcasts, including great new releases, podcasts for new parents and podcasts celebrating Eurovision. Recommended this week: James Acaster's Perfect Sounds (BBC Sounds) Dom Joly's Earworm (Audible) Prison Bag (Falling Tree) Son of a Hitman (Spotify) True Spies (Cup & Nuzzle) Over The Road (Radiotopia)Parenting Podcasts: Crib Notes Nappy Days Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenting HellEurovision/European Podcasts: Vision Again Second Cherry The Nordic Podcast Britalian

Amanda Litherland revisits the Podcast Radio Hour archive to see what budding podcasters can learn from some of her most inspirational guests:Ira Glass talks about the beginnings of This American Life.Dame Kelly Holmes discusses the challenge of moving from interviewee to interviewer.Clare Balding highlights the importance of getting a great idea on its feet.Jay Rayner talks about the joy of conversation over a good meal.George The Poet reveals how he combined disciplines to create the award winning Have You Heard George's Podcast.Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie talk about the much loved Table Manners.David Dimbleby shows how it's never too late to start your own seriesAnd Stephen Fry expresses his love for podcasts as a unique medium to feed our curiosity.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan suggest podcasts for lockdown learning - our selection of fact filled suggestions cam help with home schooling, or swotting up for a virtual quiz!Deborah James from the BBC Bitesize podcasts tells us about all the brilliant teaching resources available on tv, radio and online. Recommended listens: Home School History with Greg Jenner Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast The Allusionist Something Rhymes With Purple Radiolab for Kids 99% Invisible David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast The Listening Service Song Exploder Everything Under The Sun Radio Nonsense Sarah and Duck (CBeebies)Also, we suggest some great new series which have launched during the last few weeks, recorded remotely: Grounded with Louis Theroux Locked Together from Audible Out For Lunch/ In For Lunch With Jay Rayner Culture Call from the Financial TimesAnd a couple of TV companion podcasts Final Answer Obsessed with Normal People

Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts recommend a selection of independently produced comedy drama podcasts, to make you laugh during lockdown.Featuring whole episodes and extracts from: Quid Pro Euro (Felix Trench) Marscorp (Definitely Human) The Unseen Hour (James Carney) North West Footwear Database (Tim Foley)

Another chance to hear Amanda Litherland and critic Greg Cochrane pick their top ten favourite new podcasts of 2019. Including: Dolly Parton's America The Missing Cryptoqueen - presenter Jamie Bartlett and Georgia Catt chat to Podcast Radio Hour about the making of the series. Slow Burn Series 3 The Sun King Hunting Warhead Murderabilia The Next Episode - editor Dino Sofos chats about this new news podcast aimed at a younger audience. Giant Pleasure Studies You're Dead To Me

For Easter Weekend, Podcast Radio Hour considers religious podcasts and how they are helping communities come together remotely during the coronavirus crisis.BBC Religion and Ethics journalist Sophia Smith Galer suggests some of her favourites, including: Keeping It 101 Unorthodox Interfaithish Catholic Stuff You Should KnowElizabeth Oldfield from the religion and society think tank Theos speaks to Amanda Litherland about their podcast series The SacredYou can hear Sophia's series on Religion In The Digital Age for the BBC World Service by searching for Heart and Soul on BBC Sounds. And Amanda recommends a few other podcasts to keep you informed and entertained over the weekend:The Walkers Switch Bitch Bitch Bitch - Radio 2 99% Invisible - episode 397 Wipe Out Make A Difference - BBC Local Radio If you'd like to suggest any podcasts you can email [email protected] Easter!

Amanda Litherland and Greg Cochrane recommend podcasts to keep you entertained at home, including: United Zingdom (BBC Sounds) How To Build A Healthy City (Financial Times) You'll Do (BBC Radio 4) Gossipmongers (Acast) The Last Bohemians (Kate Hutchinson)Then the journalist Sue Mitchell joins Amanda down the line to discuss Radio 4's Girl Taken, an investigative series where Sue and former soldier Rob Lawrie search for the truth in the case of a missing refugee child. And Greg recommends some of the latest new music releases, including:Lifers, Ed Gamble's new podcast for Spotify Rivals, from iHeartRadio and Daughters of Reykjavik The Podcast.As always you can contact Amanda on [email protected] Stay safe and happy listening!

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend podcasts to distract your mind away from the news. This week we focus on series which are nothing to do with the virus, but if you do want the latest updates in podcast form then subscribe to The Coronavirus Newscast on BBC Sounds. We also recommend Stories Of Our Times as another good news podcast.Right now we all need distractions more than ever, here's what we suggest this week: The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show The Immaculate Deception Anthems by Broccoli Content The Space Programme - Fun Kids Radio Dr Kevin Fong chats about the new series of 13 Minutes To The Moon from the BBC World ServiceWe also suggest some podcasts which might help with virus related anxiety: Field Recordings The Happiness Lab with Dr Laurie Santos Feel Better Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee Get SleepyAnd if that's not enough to be getting on with, finally Scott suggests some great tv box sets to binge on too.

Podcasts can be a vital tool in exploring tough topics, this week Amanda Litherland is joined by Chrystal Genesis to recommend great series which tackle issues such as addiction and recovery. We hear from Melissa Rice and Jade Wye, hosts of BBC Radio 5 Live's Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts, a series which only began a year ago after winning the Rachel Bland New Podcast Award, and has now won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for Radio Programme Of The Year. Dave from Dopey podcast dials in from New York to tell us how his podcast helps thousands of recovering addicts and their loved ones around the world. We also hear excerpts from BBC Sounds' Jacob Hawley on Drugs, and Wondery's Dying For Sex.

Amanda Litherland and Becca Bryers recommend great storytelling podcasts from the UK. Includes interviews with Ross Sutherland (Imaginary Advice) and Eleanor McDowall (Short Cuts).Also featuring BBC's Mortem, Fake Heiress, and Dan Leone's Podcast Meander.

Anne-Marie Luff and Rachel Wheeley kick off Radio 4 Extra's cosmic weekend to celebrate the 42nd Anniversary of 'The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy'; blasting through space to find stellar sci-fi audio-fiction podcasts.We also recommend Beware of the Leopard, the complete podcast compendium to Douglas Adams' creation, and speak to it's creator Mark Steadman.Podcast recommendations include: We Fix Space Junk The Strange Case of Starship Iris Diary of a Space Archivist

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend top podcasts to listen to this month. Includes a chat with Luke Doran and James Ward from The Boring Talks about their new series.Also recommended: Americast Happy Mum Happy Baby You're Dead To Me We Need To Talk About The British Empire In Writing with Hattie Crisell Dogcast with Clare Balding Edge of England

Amanda Litherland and Suchandrika Chakrabarti explore the rising success of TV companion podcasts.They speak to podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Jenny Owen Youngs about their podcast Veronica Mars Investigations, which recaps the 00s teen show. Why are there still so many fans eager to hear discussion about it?And Lily Ames, Head of Production at Chalk and Blade chats about their series Obsessed With... made for BBC Sounds. Each series of the podcast focuses on a hit BBC show, like Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders or Killing Eve. How can podcasts give viewers a glimpse behind the scenes on their favorite programme?Amanda and Suchandrika also recommend a few of their favourite TV companion series: The Chernobyl Podcast, Inside Inside No 9 and The Good Place: The Podcast.

Amanda Litherland and Greg Cochrane travel to Shaftesbury to recommend podcasts celebrating local areas, with series from around the UK and beyond. They meet Keri Jones who makes This Is Alfred, a podcast about the Dorset town, and on the way listen to other series including Speak Up Sunderland, Buddy's Buddies, Gibraltar Stories and Soho Then.

Tom Service of 'The Listening Service' and producer Clara Nissen pick some favourite classical music podcasts, including 'Aria Code', 'Case Notes' and 'This Classical Life'.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend great listens for February. They chat to Clara Amfo about her new series 'This City', and Steve Bland discusses the Rachael Bland New Podcast Award from BBC 5Live. Other recommended series: Your Broccoli Weekly Early Work with Rhys James Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins Cheerful Book Club Chasing Cosby We Are History In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer Scene On Radio

Amanda Litherland and Caroline Crampton recommend self improvement podcasts, and chat to Where Is My Mind's Niall Breslin and Forever 35's Doree Shafrir. Also featuring Caught Off Guard with Patricia Bright and Thirst Aid Kit.

Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis recommend podcasts telling the stories behind food. Including Dinner For One, The Racist Sandwich Podcast, The Food Chain, All Hail Kale and The Splendid Table.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend the best new podcasts out this month, including a chat with Clare Balding about her new show 'Dogcast'.Also recommended: The Rob Auton Daily Podcast The Bugle Presents The Last Post With Alice Fraser Talking To Actors with Anna Mann CliMates How Did We Get Here? Money 101 Blood Ties Obsessed with... Dracula

Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts recommend some great British audio fiction. Featuring We Fix Space Junk, Victoriocity and Murmurs. Also David K Barnes discusses Wooden Overcoats.

Amanda Litherland presents a festive selection of podcasts to get you through the holidays. Featuring Christmas specials from: You're Dead To Me, Box Of Delights, Shedunnit, Multi Story, Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts, No Country For Young Women, Girl Chaat, Do The Right Thing and Date Fight

Podcast Radio Hour is celebrating it's 100th episode! Amanda Litherland shares 10 things she has learned about podcasting. Includes chats with Ira Glass and Stephen Fry.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend this month's best new podcasts, including a chat with David Dimbleby about his series 'The Sun King' - an in-depth study of Rupert Murdoch and his empire. Also featuring: Deep Down and Desi: But Where Are You Really From? Max and Ivan: Fugitives Mystery On The Rocks The Bank Robber Diaries Hunting Warhead The Crown Official Podcast Cautionary Tales In This Place: Gaychester The Log Books So Lucky With Dawn O'Porter Off The Record with Alistair Bunkell On The Marie Curie Couch The Political Party with Matt Forde

Amanda Litherland is joined by Suchandrika Chakrabarti (Freelance Pod) to discuss podcast live events. How can you create a great show? How is it different to a normal recording?Podcasters Monty Onanuga and Sadia Azmat (No Country For Young Women) and Ben Partridge (Beef and Dairy Network) discuss adapting their shows for the stage.Promoter Ollie Catchpole (WAVE Festivals) gives his insights into the audience experience, and gives advice for podcasters who want to take their show to a live venue for the first time.

Amanda Litherland and Luke Jones chat to the hosts of two popular podcasts.First, a fun fact filled conversation with Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber from No Such Thing As A Fish - the weekly podcast from the makers of QI.Then the comedians and best friends Elis James and John Robins chat about their 5Live show and their new series How Do You Cope... With Elis and John - conversations with inspirational people about the challenges they have faced.

Amanda Litherland chats to George The Poet about his audio inspirations. Featuring clips from Have You Heard George's Podcast and his Radio 4 special. From November 2019.

Laura Grimshaw and Jake Yapp discuss new comedy podcasts. This week, Jake and Laura chat to Dave Cribb and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean from the Amusical Podcast at the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival. They also talk to Julia Raeside about her TV memories podcast Box of Delights, and to Tom Neenan about his new BBC Sounds podcast, Tom Neenan is Not All Men.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend the best new podcasts for November. Also, Radiolab's Jad Abumrad chats about his new series Dolly Parton's America.To Make You Laugh: Daddy Look At Me, Heavy Pencil, Second Best: A DnD Adventure, Sue Perkins: An Hour Or So With. To Keep You Informed: Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts, Rachel Botsman's Trust Issues, PolarisedTo Keep You Up At Night: Dolly Parton's America, Tunnel 29, Tell It: Random Men Pay My Bills, Homeless Bodies And Other Stories From The Wellcome Collection. To Make You Feel Good: Power Hour, Midnight Chats

How do you measure happiness? Could you be happier?This week Amanda Litherland is joined by Chrystal Genesis to recommend podcasts that make you feel better, including:-A comic look at self help in By The Book-Understanding what our feelings are telling us, with Philippa Perry in Fearne Cotton's Happy Place-Why silver medalists are nowhere near as happy as bronze medallists! Dr Laurie Santos speaks to Podcast Radio Hour about The Happiness Lab, where she shares insight into psychological studies on the science of happiness, and shares some practical, easy tips on how to make your life better every day.-How everything is 'figure-out-able' in an excerpt from Happier with Gretchen Rubin-And how fake productivity might be getting you down, from Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris.

Why are four-hour-long Dungeons and Dragons podcasts so popular?Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts explore Actual Play podcasts - where people play board games (often DnD) in real time. Episodes are often multiple hours in length, with some shows reaching 100+ episodes per season. This format has seen huge success, with the most popular series boasting millions of fans all over the world, selling out huge arena live shows, and even inspiring graphic novels and animated adaptations. Podcast Radio Hour speaks to stars from two of the most popular series - Critical Role's Marisha Ray, and The Adventure Zone's Travis McElroy. What are the challenges of delivering such a complex, improvised show, week after week?And just what is it about these super long form podcasts that makes them so appealing to fans? Ella is a self-proclaimed 'Critter', as is Radio 4 & 4Extra Assistant Producer Chris Pearson, who joins to discuss his experience in the Critical Role fan community, and to answer Amanda's most important question - where do you find the time?!

Radio 1 DJ Phil Taggart joins Ali Gardiner for a rapid rundown of music podcasts.There will be podcasts about musicians, featuring musicians and music-lovers, as well as musical soundscapes that really enhance the speech.The pick of the podcasts will include Digging Deep with Robert Plant, Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash, Pops! The Louis Armstrong Story, and an entertaining roundtable show from the BBC, Blood On The Tracks.We’ll hear from BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt, Rob Fitzpatrick at Spotify, as well as Axel Kacoutié, a poet, composer and the sound designer of the Guardian's Today in Focus podcast. He shares a few insights into creative possibilities waiting for podcasters in music libraries.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend the best podcasts out this month.To Make You Laugh: You're Dead To Me The Birthday Game Ru Paul's Drag Race Dear Joan And JerichaTo Keep You Up At Night: The Missing Crypto Queen Passenger List MurderabiliaTo Make You Feel Good: The Breakup Monologues MusicPlus Modern BirthTo Keep You Informed: The Documentary Podcast - Detours (BBC World Service) You're Booked

Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis recommend some great podcasts made on the African continent. Including Sound Africa's true crime series They Killed Dulcie, Afroqueer, Not Your African Cliché and Afropop Worldwide.

From September 2019. Frances Tophill of Gardeners' World and producer Clara Nissen get out into the garden to dig up some fascinating - and surprising - podcasts about plants. Plus, Charlotte Petts on her award-winning show 'Growing Wild', and Jane Perrone on her indoor gardening podcast 'On the Ledge'.

Presenters recommend their favourite podcasts. Amanda Litherland speaks to editor John Shields and producer Seren Jones about how the Beyond Today podcast is made.

Amanda Litherland and Scott Bryan recommend the best recently released and upcoming podcasts:To Make You Laugh: The Gemma Collins Podcast, London Actually, Brown Girls Do It TooTo Keep You Informed: The Bellingcat Podcast, DeepMind: The Podcast, Obsessed With... Peaky BlindersTo Keep You Up At Night: Unheard: The Fred And Rose West Tapes, Unravel, HagTo Make You Feel Good: Birth Stories With Clemmie Hooper, Things I Told My Daughter, The Hang With Gregory Porter

Amanda Litherland visits Becca Bryers in Leicester to recommend listens from all corners of the UK. Featuring: Cornwall Woman Scotland Outdoors Weird Norfolk Breaking Bread Best Of Belfast

Need some podcast recommendations for the long weekend? Look no further - the BBC's finest podcasters recommend some of their favourite listens to Amanda Litherland.Brexitcast's Chris Mason begins, recommending RadioMoments - Conversations, a podcast by David Lloyd which tells the life stories of some influential people in radio. He also recommends Media Masters and 13 Minutes To The Moon.Amanda chats to Fi Glover and Jane Garvey about Fortunately, before they suggest some of their own favourite downloads: The Archers, Talking Politics, The Times Red Box, For The Many, The High Low, The Teachers Pet and Murder In The Graveyard.Caitlin Benedict, host of NB: My Non Binary Life recommends Gender Reveal, Someone Knows Something and Uncover.And Linda Adey from The Next Episode asks - Have You Heard George's Podcast? She also suggests The Receipts, The Sista Collective and Ear Hustle.