Disorder is a podcast from Goalhanger that seeks to explain the real dynamics and interconnections that underlie our contemporary global system. Hosted by Alexandra Hall Hall and Jason Pack, the show is based around the paradigm of ‘Global Enduring Disorder’, a concept created by Jason to describe a new era of deliberate disorder, where major international players actively undermine global order, eschew collaboration, and block knowledge accumulation. We caught up with the hosts of the show to learn more about this concept, the inspiration behind the podcast and where new listeners should star ..read more

As the UK goes to the polls this Thursday in a round of local elections, we’re recommending some politics and current affairs podcasts to keep you plugged into the political goings-on. The UK’s political landscape can be confusing at the best of times. We continue to gain and lose party leaders quicker than it takes a lettuce to wilt, and when it comes to election season, UK politics can be downright impenetrable. Trying to keep up with local elections, general elections, by-elections and party-internal-elections, it can be easy to be overwhelmed, angered or downright bored by what’s happening ..read more

Pod Save The UK is one year old tomorrow! That’s right, the first episode of the chart-topping show fronted by Nish Kumar and Coco Khan was released on 27th April 2023. We can’t quite imagine a time when this show wasn’t in our podcast queue. To celebrate the success of our Issue #027 cover starts, we’re revisiting our interview, where was discussed following in the footsteps of Pod Save America, making sense of the constant chaos of the UK news cycle, and the podcasts that help them switch off.. PB: TELL US ABOUT POD SAVE THE UK! WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PODCAST ELEVATOR PITCH? Coco: A progressive ..read more

Celebrating podcasters is a common occurrence, but in this modern world being a solid, grade-A guest is something that needs celebrating. Our Podcast Prophet for Issue #016 is Diane Morgan! Diane Morgan may be best known as the queen of deadpan Philomena Cunk or for her roles as Liz in Motherland and Cath in Afterlife, but it’s easy to forget how entertaining and interesting a person she is in her own right. Luckily for us, podcasts provide the perfect platform for personalities to shine through. Here’s a selection of our favourite podcast episodes featuring Diane… AS YET UNTITLED #ThatlsALie ..read more

Although Status: Untraced marks Liam Luxon’s first foray into True Crime podcasting, his experience could rival that of a veteran foreign correspondent. Over three years, his investigation has spanned four countries across two continents, leading him down dark alleys and risky encounters. Amassing 200 hours of interviews, Luxon has unearthed revelations that have eluded others, shedding new light on untold aspects of the case. We spoke to Liam to find out more about his podcast journey… Who are you and what’s your podcast about? I’m outgoing, midwestern-grown, and on the brink of turning thirt ..read more

Claire Gould, the Podcast Audience Development Specialist at Lower Street, takes a look at some podcasts that can help make sense of the everyday tech revolution… Technology has recently been dominating the headlines. Elon Musk mentioned, “I think we really are on the edge of probably the biggest technology revolution that has ever existed,” – a bold statement, but fair. From travel to medical, cyber security to everyday activities, the technological landscape is wonderful and terrifying in equal measure, and also vast. We’re careering headfirst into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which for ..read more

Have You Heard? is where the Pod Bible team meet the people behind the podcasts you may not have heard, but we think you should have. Sonder & Salt is a weekly podcast for food lovers by Malaika Malz and Harleigh Reid. Based on the concept of ‘sonder’, the realisation that every passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own, and the fact that salt is a kitchen essential, the show recognises the complexity of food and the individual lives of people experiencing it.    Who are you and what’s your podcast about? We are Harleigh & Malaika, and we host Sonder & Salt – t ..read more

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 cowboys, the set of a 1970s porn film, a 1950s office party, that sort of thing…) and proceed to write a murder mystery plot line so nutty and so ridiculous that the group will spend the evening in fits of laughter. At the start of th ..read more

It’s time to spring into our 2024 podcast recommendations! There has been such a wide range of shows sprouting up over this season, and we have some great podcasts from the BBC, independent production companies, solo podcasters and even brands investing in great audio content. Some of our writers have recommended their favourite new shows – all of the released in the past four months. And of course, we catch-up on some of the shows we’ve been recommending weekly in our newsletter… Self Help by Scottee Recommended by Suchandrika Chakrabarti Multi-hyphenate writer and performer Scottee has made ..read more

What happens when you turn the process of documentary making inside out and purposely bend the rules? Well according to Radiotopia’s Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative, boundaries get blurred, mistakes proceed and lessons are learnt. Those familiar with nonfiction audio documentary maker Jess Shane, may know her as the producer of BBC 4 Lights Out: Accounts and Accountability which explored the ethics and monetary value of storytelling, so this is nothing new to Jess. In the five part series Radiotopia presents Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative, she takes it further In its first epi ..read more