The Walker Mysteries monologue podcast to return for second season

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The light-hearted and feel-good crime/mystery podcast, The Walker Mysteries is to return for a second series.

Currently part way through its first series, the podcast created by Andrew White, goes on a heart-warming journey through the comedic crime-solving world of Charlotte Walker, a quirky yet sassy Yorkshire detective with a knack for solving crimes, but always with a dollop of humour and often involving her loyal Border Collie, Bronte.

Diss and Tell podcast unpacks our favourite celebrity feuds

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A new podcast from Wondery goes deep into pop culture’s most iconic celebrity feuds.

Savage subtweets. Scathing diss tracks. Tell-all memoirs. These are the weapons that celebrities use to wage modern social warfare against each another.

Feuds between celebrities captivate us like nothing else. Why are there so many fights that play out for everyone to watch? How do public figures tap into the arsenal of weapons at their disposal to come out on top? And why do we have such a hard time looking away?

PAPER CUTS is the brand-new podcast from Podmasters

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Indie studio Podmasters is launching PAPER CUTS, a brand-new podcast dissecting our national press.

The series is hosted by Miranda Sawyer, who will be joined by seasoned journalists including Marie le Conte (Independent), Rob Hutton (The Critic), Jonn Elledge (New Statesman) and Alex Von Tunzelmann, plus exasperated comedians Fin Taylor, Athena Kugblenu Ria Lina, Fergus Craig and Grainne Maguire.

Maya Jama stars in new series of Sleep Sound podcast

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Host of Love Island, Maya Jama is the latest star to feature on Audible’s Sleep Sound series.

The TV and radio presenter follows in the steps of Jamie Dornan and Sienna Miller, who have previously featured.

Maya’s voice and soothing narration puts the listener in a deep state of relaxation, while the soundscape plays out with stunning recordings and fades away.

Philips launch super-discreet recording pen for podcasters

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Speech Processing Solutions has added two innovative new models to the leading Philips VoiceTracer range.

Both the DVT 1600 VoiceTracer Audio Recorder Pen and DVT 2015 VoiceTracer Audio Recorder can be used with Sembly’s AI Speech-to-Text Cloud Software to turn recordings into text quickly and accurately.

Podcaster Damian Kerlin to host new Iris Prize Podcast for Pride Month

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Organisers of Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival have launched the Iris Podcast hosted by Damian Kerlin.

Critically acclaimed podcaster Damian is a UK LGBT+ and culture journalist. In each episode across the series, he catches up and speaks with filmmakers to cover hot topics such as authentic casting and representation on screen, the portrayal of queer youth and the dramatizing of our true stories.

Helena Bonham Carter celebrates WW2’s unsung heroes in Radio 4 podcast

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Helena Bonham Carter narrates the new BBC Radio 4 podcast History’s Secret Heroes, available on BBC Sounds.

She tells the extraordinary stories of some of the most fascinating unsung heroes from the Second World War. These are those who might not have always made the headlines or the history books, but what they did, changed the course of the war.

Podcast agency Listen is acquired in landmark UK deal

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Audio producer Listen has announced been acquired by global podcast group, PodX.

With Listen’s market-leading position and reputation in the UK, this deal is a milestone acquisition for PodX. For Listen, it will take the company to the next phase of growth and give it global reach.

BBC Scotland podcast explores conspiracy theory about big legal names

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A true crime podcast series from BBC Scotland delves into a conspiracy theory that shook the legal establishment to its core in the 1990s.

The claim was that gay judges and lawyers, who were afraid their reputation would be damaged if their homosexuality was revealed, were posing a threat to the justice system.

A media feeding frenzy followed, which gripped Scotland for years.

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