Season two of ground-breaking audio fiction podcast BOOM to launch

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The groundbreaking audio drama, BOOM returns for season two on Monday 10 July.

Produced by Stak and written and directed by the makers of The Offensive and Jackie the Ripper, BOOM is set at the turn of the millennium in the headquarters of Enron, an American energy, commodities and services company.

The second season continues Jim’s story from the first season, where he now goes even further down the rabbit hole.

Real Lives Untold raises awareness on topics to help others

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True crime and human-interest podcast Real Lives Untold creates a space for people from all walks of life to tell their stories.

Friends and Criminologists Sarah O’Connor and Trina O’Connor host the show, with the aim to raise awareness on a variety of topics and help others in similar situations.

A wide range of guests feature, including Jody Duggan, Women’s Aid ambassador and survivor of domestic abuse, #TooIntoYou Project Lead Mary Hayes and a host of others.

BBC Radio 4 podcast launches to help us understand tech and AI

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A new podcast from BBC Radio 4, Understand: Tech and AI has been launched today.

It follows the success of Understand: The Economy and the new 10-part series is hosted by Spencer Kelly; presenter of the BBC’s technology programme Click.

Technology has already completely altered our lives over the last few centuries, and Artificial Intelligence will probably transform our future even more.

New podcast from charity Smart Works explores power of clothing

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Women’s employment charity, Smart Works is launching a new podcast exploring the transformative power of clothing.

Fashion As A Force For Good is hosted by renowned fashion journalist and Smart Works supporter Tiffanie Darke. Her guests on the podcast include Angela Scanlon, Gemma Cairney, Felicity Hayward, Jo Elvin, Emma Gannon and Gina Martin. Each of them delves into their relationship with fashion, the power of clothing and the transformative role clothes have played at key moments in their careers.

New true crime podcast from Novel teams with charity NO MORE

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Novel is to launch The Girlfriends, in collaboration with NO MORE, a global nonprofit organisation dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence.

The podcast tells the true story of a group of women who formed a club to put a murderous ex-boyfriend behind bars. The story shows the ways women unite to protect each other when systems of justice fail them.

The history of Silverstone explored in new BBC podcast

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The Total Sports Podcast, Corner By Corner: Silverstone explores the home of British motor racing 75 years on from the first British Grand Prix.

Some of UK motor racing’s most thrilling events that have taken place on the historic circuit are looked at in the new series.

Trawling the Silverstone archives for stories and using specially created sound production, each of the five, 15-minute episodes takes listeners on a journey through a different incident that happened on the racetrack.

BBC Radio 6 Music podcast to mark 30th anniversary of Britpop

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The Rise and Fall of Britpop is a new BBC Radio 6 Music podcast marking the 30th anniversary of the mid-90s British music culture..

Its timespan is considered to be 1993–1997, and its peak years to be 1995–1996. The most successful bands linked with Britpop were Oasis, Blur, Suede and Pulp. One of the memorable moments of the era was the legendary chart battle between Blur and Oasis, which became known as “The Battle of Britpop”.

Audio Always and The Gossip Gays podcast partner Manchester Pride

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Audio Always has signed as an Official Media Partner of Manchester Pride 2023 with its The Gossip Gays podcast.

The Gossip Gays, the Audio Always Original podcast that celebrates LGBTQ+ life in the UK, is at the centre of the new deal, with hosts Danny Beard and best friend DJ Billy Andrew set for a weekend of special coverage at the August bank holiday weekend event.

Danny and Billy will be counting down to the event in their twice-weekly episodes.

Wondery and AT WILL MEDIA launch young-adult audio-fiction drama

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A new coming-of-age audio drama, Academy is being launched by Wondery and AT WILL MEDIA.

The story is about the overly ambitious student body of one of the most prestigious boarding schools in America, a secret society brewing chaos and power struggles on campus and romantic entanglements that threaten to destroy everything.

Among the star-studded cast are Myha’la Herrold (Industry, Black Mirror) and Benjamin Norris (Never Have I Ever, Superstore).