Former newspaper editor and royal spin-doctor to host Radio 4 podcast

when it hits the fan

A new Radio 4 podcast, When it Hits the Fan will be hosted by David Yelland and Simon Lewis.

David is a former editor of the Sun and Simon, former Communications Chief for the late Queen and Gordon Brown.

The podcast takes a look at who is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Each episode goes behind the scenes of the latest news stories to find out how, where and when it all began to hit the fan.

Jameela Jamil returns to the London Podcast Festival

Jameela Jamil will return to this year’s London Podcast Festival with her podcast I WEIGH on Friday 8 September and will be joined by Caitlin Moran.

In I WEIGH, Jameela challenges societal norms through conversations with thought-leaders, performers, activists, influencers, and friends about their own experiences and stories with their mental health. The podcast empowers diverse voices in an accessible way to celebrate progress, not perfection.

From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast returns for series 3

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The third series of the critically acclaimed From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast has now been launched on Audible.

Now as comfortable at the controls of a podcast as he is driving all cars and doing most swimming strokes, Alan returns with a series that “whooshes and pinballs” around the many areas (there are approximately nine) of his life and brain.

Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell host weekend episodes of Newscast

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The BBC’s Newscast podcast is going seven days a week, with Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell the hosts of the new weekend episodes.

Laura and Paddy will head straight to Newscast HQ, from the TV and radio studio, bringing together TV, radio and podcasting for the first time, talking about what it was really like on air, and in the green room.

New podcast uncovers realities for women working in gaming industry

sound proof podcast

Sound Proof is a new podcast hosted by veteran of the gaming world, Gav Murphy looking at the impact of misogyny on women working in gaming and digital content creation.

The podcast forms a part of the wider Sound campaign, launched by the Welsh Government in July, which aims to tackle gender-based violence by involving young men in solutions based conversations.

New podcast goes behind the scenes at leading teaching hospital

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Vital Signs is a new podcast capturing the daily lives of the people and services in at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

Following on the back of the BBC television series Saving Lives in Leeds, the eight-part access all areas documentary that aired earlier in the year, the Trust is now inviting listeners to take a deeper dive into some of the key areas of the hospital’s work.

Each 30-minute episode of the four-part podcast brings several voices together to explore a particular speciality they work in.

The Girlfriends release original music from chart-topping podcast

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The Girlfriend tells the true story of a group of women who formed a club to put a murderous ex-boyfriend behind bars.

Released by Novel last month in collaboration with global nonprofit NO MORE, the story illuminates the ways women unite to protect each other when systems of justice fail them.

The podcast made the top spot on the overall Apple Podcast Chart and the True Crime chart.

Outrage + Optimism launches new season with special guest Al Gore

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Leading climate change podcast, Outrage + Optimism will launch its eighth season with Al Gore as special guest.

The podcast is a weekly guide for anyone who wants to make sense of the complexity that surrounds the conversation of climate change.

Hosted by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac – who famously helped deliver the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015