New podcast makes sense of US Presidential Election for UK audience

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A new weekly podcast, AMERICAN FRICTION, is designed to explain America’s electoral chaos to the curious, busy and quite possibly baffled British listener.

From Podmasters, the show is co-presented in London by Jacob Jarvis (Oh God, What Now?, Newsweek) and former Washington reporter Chris Jones with on-the-spot analysis from Rolling Stone political reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez in Washington.

New podcast This is Not a Drill explains world’s urgent issues

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This Is Not A Drill is a podcast bringing geopolitics out of the sterile think tank world to explain urgent issues affecting us today.

Presented by veteran BBC foreign reporter Gavin Esler and guest journalists, the podcast from Podmasters examines great power rivalries, corruption, disinformation, climate upheavals and raw realpolitik that could be pushing our world to the brink of disaster.

Podmasters launches brand-new science podcast Why?

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Why? is a new podcast series from Podmasters, that will answer baffling questions from the frontiers of science.
The podcast will include immersive sound design, startling scientific facts and expert guests to “journey to the edge of knowledge”.

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.

Popular podcast We Are History partners with Podmasters

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The less-than-serious history podcast We Are History is teaming up with Podmasters.

Written and presented by comedian Angela Barnes and author and comedy writer John O’Farrell, We Are History already has a formidable following and over a million downloads.

Mugshots podcast lifts the lid on the powerful and influential

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Award-winning journalist Michael Crick delves into the hidden backgrounds of the powerful and influential in his podcast Mugshots.

In a new collaboration with Podmasters, former BBC and C4 journalist, Michael presents no-holds-barred profiles of key people in the headlines, with each episode taking a deep dive into a major figure’s past, principles and motivation.

Crick talks to friends, colleagues and associates who know a major personality well

New podcast asks uncomfortable questions about who we are

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In Jam Tomorrow, the new series from Podmasters, host Ros Taylor investigates Britain’s history and modern identity by talking to politicians, commentators and eyewitnesses to find out how Britain’s history still holds back its future.