Society, Investigative, Mental Health
Critic Review
"But the big draw of the series is host Dan Taberski, getting all Dan Taberski on us. His natural..."
Mystery, Fiction
Critic Review
"Wilson relishes the role of Slick...plenty of adventures to relay."
Nature, Pets, Leisure
Critic Review
"...immersive bird-watching series...relaxing, informative listen..."
Government, News, Politics
Critic Review
"Every episode, no matter the subject matter, gives me at least one moment that has me laughing out..."
Society, History, Marketing
Critic Review
"I don't say that podcasts are important lightly. This one? This one I think is one of the most..."
History, BIPOC
Critic Review
"Nichole is a masterful storyteller, the way she pulls us through episode one...It’s full of really..."
Comedy, True Crime
Critic Review
"...part mystery-thriller, part comedy, and allegedly partially a little true-crime adjacent. What..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"It’s hard to listen to yet another tale of a woman vanishing and society shrugging its shoulders,..."
Politics
Critic Review
"Sara Sadhwani and Juan Diego Ramirez bring their expertise and ability to clearly explain political..."
Society
Critic Review
"(Mini-Series) The Arc of Love) It’s fascinating to hear the prompts Perel uses to get her clients..."
Storytelling, Music, Conversational
Critic Review
"If you were someone who watched behind-the-scenes videos about your favourite bands or big events..."
LGBTQ, Music
Critic Review
"To be honest, I’ve never thought much about Bruce Springsteen, but listening to Jesse and Holly..."
Documentary, Society
Critic Review
"Not only does their name and so much of the language around their show include many delightful..."
Kids & Family
Critic Review
"It’s fine, though hosts Sam and Tim are so upbeat it makes your eyes water, with their terrible..."
Sports
Critic Review
"Not essential, but interesting enough...then much of what surrounds the Olympics is upside down..."
Music, History
Critic Review
"This show is part fanboy homage, part deep dive into how two separate ensembles...A lively piece of..."
History
Critic Review
"...the brilliance of In Our Time lies in both its broad applications, such as better understanding..."
Spanish
Critic Review
"Es muy difícil que te enganches y te conviertas en fan de Los Guardianes de la Espada si no te..."
Politics, Society
Critic Review
"The podcast, which has been in development for more than a year, also promises other influential..."
Comedy, True Crime
Critic Review
"...so far this is one to swerve, due to a decent concept being overshadowed by the mindless yap of..."
History, Society
Critic Review
"(Season: Gays Against Briggs) Slow Burn does this thing that makes you feel like you lived through..."
Music
Critic Review
"Amfo and Stephens share a warm and lively patter. A refreshing change from music by algorithm. …"
Food, History
Critic Review
"...lovely piece of nominative determinism...Buttery and his equally enthusiastic guests whip up a..."
Society, Technology
Critic Review
"If there’s one thing we implore you to take away from this six-episode banger of a podcast is that..."
Kids & Family, Comedy
Critic Review
"I am sceptical that all Hill’s guests will be recognised by the next generation...but all embrace..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"...questions are asked, but only partially answered...this series replicates that balance of..."
Politics, Government
Critic Review
"Jonathan Marland’s series dedicates each episode to a different member of the upper house,..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"Toby loved Sharon's writing and the way he commanded the investigative podcast. Lara loved how the..."
Society
Critic Review
"(Sounds of Wild Poland) ...listeners are treated to Dłużyk’s dense, immersive, atmospheric..."
Society, Nature
Critic Review
"...it's not a "cat lady" podcast where cat lovers, mostly women, tell super-cute stories about..."
True Crime, Society, Documentary
Critic Review
"“Dangerous Memories” is a meticulously crafted podcast...This weapons-grade thriller audio drama is..."
Drama, Fiction
Critic Review
"(Season: The Skies Are Watching)...captivating characters and truly unsettling vibes. The Skies Are..."
Politics
Critic Review
"What marks this podcast out is in part its host, Astead W Herndon, a black millennial who grew up..."
History
Critic Review
"But after a slow start, we’ve come to appreciate this story...Pack One Bag is an elegant show that..."
Comedy
Critic Review
"The three get a prompt from a famous person...but really, this is a conversationally-driven show..."
True Crime, LGBTQ
Critic Review
"With so many threads, the narrative could easily have grown messy or focused only on one salacious..."
Performing Arts, Music
Critic Review
"in this refreshing series Sam Tyler takes a look at the history and culture of British music..."
Climate, Society
Critic Review
"While Ashby and Taylor’s relentless fawning over Sheen made me want to shred my own ears...the..."
Games, Comedy, Leisure
Critic Review
"Imagine if you can then, a podcast about quizzes, hosted by these two incredible women. Actually,..."
Society, Entertainment (Pop Culture), True Crime
Critic Review
"...presented by Stacey Dooley and the stand-up comedian Larry Dean. I like the sharp, savvy Dooley,..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"There is fascinating academic insight here...The presenters are knowledgeable and fluent, but for..."
Comedy, Society
Critic Review
"...pleasurably escapist activity...The audience of locals whoops with delight as their town is..."
News, Commentary, Politics
Critic Review
"The Economist strikes again...As the baby boomer rule comes to a close, the series also tries to..."
Technology, Climate
Critic Review
"Skarsgard’s bro-like delivery can be annoying but the intention is laudable and the trailblazers..."
True Crime, Society
Critic Review
"Investigative journalist Runako Celina brings a rich tapestry of voices to depict the full scale of..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"(Season: Ripple Effect) Kevin found himself empathizing with a man's quest to find forgiveness for..."
Pets, News, Society
Critic Review
"Sam Anderson grabs our attention from the start...Anderson’s storytelling is delightful as he..."
Society
Critic Review
"Come by Chance is a little bit of everything, in a nearly quiet and thought provoking way. Life,..."
Comedy, News
Critic Review
"Part reenactment, part reaction...The Deposition keeps in all the character breaks, laughs, and..."
Comedy, TV & Film (Movies)
Critic Review
"(updated) anchoring a breezy retrospective of the collected works...I don’t mean to oversell the..."
Sports, Cycling
Critic Review
"Ghost in the Machine is an exemplary yarn...downward spiral ensued...Since dropping five episodes..."
Parenting
Critic Review
"...it’s a reminder of the gamut of motherhood and of the real need for this kind of..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"This could’ve been fodder for any number of true-crime shows, but this podcast stands apart from..."
Documentary, History
Critic Review
"The Curious History of Your Home is an accessible primer meant to help you take more delight in the..."
Sports, True Crime
Critic Review
"Broomgate is rough around the edges, but it’s hard not to be charmed and fascinated by a series..."
Investigative, Women, True Crime
Critic Review
"...startling discovery...which refracts into a parallel history of a city ravaged by the ’80s drug..."
Women, Society
Critic Review
"The production pretty much delivers on the promise...the series further strengthens its diaristic..."
Music
Critic Review
"...Christian Dueñas, joined by Yosuke Kitazawa, delivers a highly accessible and enjoyable..."
Society
Critic Review
"(Season 2) Less an anthology of “hidden histories” and more an exercise in drawing attention to..."
Comedy, Comedy Fiction
Critic Review
"(updated) ...the pungent charm of this bizarro indie production, which makes an art out of..."
Conversational, Society, Sports
Critic Review
"(Katt Williams) ...the form of shifting formats altogether; these days, podcasting is leaning..."
TV & Film (Movies)
Critic Review
"...David Canfield and a roster of VF correspondents capably host the podcast. Little Gold Men is an..."
TV & Film (Movies), Rewatch
Critic Review
"There is much waxing lyrical about favourite visual gags, which makes for dubious listening...."
Technology
Critic Review
"Ed Zitron exposes just why the tech you use every day is so annoying to use (and it isn't why you..."
Health & Wellness
Critic Review
"...quite scary...It’s also enraging...It’s hard to find a single likable person in it, especially..."
History
Critic Review
"Gone Medieval is presented in an unfussy manner by the historian Matt Lewis....replete with..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"Toby thought it was flawed, but gave a mild thumbs up based on its sheer ambition. Rebecca thought..."
Comedy, Politics
Critic Review
"Given the scale of the challenges this country faces, we could all use a few laughs."
Society, Investigative
Critic Review
"As the series began, I found the two-host interesting, but also, a bit quite jarring. They borrowed..."
Music, History
Critic Review
"...it’s a fantastic music/internet mystery about armchair detectives, lost media and how the song..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"The ransom kidnapping is only a tiny piece of the story, but it is an interesting one. There was a..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"...Fur and Loathing is pretty much exactly what I want in true crime. there is a sense of care and..."
Fiction
Critic Review
"Welcome to the second year of the Harbridge University Classics course, covering Modes Of Thought..."
News, Comedy
Critic Review
"I agree that we live in serious times. I do not accept that means we have to become constantly..."
Books, Literature
Critic Review
"This podcast is confusing: there often isn’t is a link between the book Queen Camilla graciously..."
Fiction
Critic Review
"...pitches a chilling yet fascinating scenario, where the boundary between games and reality..."
Sports
Critic Review
"Broadcasters Colin Murray and Elis James have launched their own podcast looking at some of the..."
Sci-Fi, Comedy Fiction, Fiction
Critic Review
"Join Captain "Jerzy" Standard and his oddball crew aboard The Watercress, and travel the galaxy..."
Comedy, Drama
Critic Review
"(Season 2: The Case of the Tiny Suit/Case) ...very funny new (podcast) series...mixes absurd Scandi..."
Entertainment (Pop Culture)
Critic Review
"...it is a little heavy....it’s also witty, sprinkled with personal insights and honesty, and of..."
True Crime, Investigative, Society
Critic Review
"...opening episode doesn’t really mention the drug...episode 2 is a bit jarring...it’s let down by..."
Society
Critic Review
"(Season: Stormy Daniels) Far less fun, though interesting throughout...Excellent interviewing by..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"I really liked this podcast this a lot. In a time when journalism is seen by the public..."
Personal Journals, Society, Health & Wellness
Critic Review
"By tackling loneliness and by breaking it down into this structure of conversation then action, How..."
Politics, History
Critic Review
"(Season 2)...an unsettling and largely forgotten political mystery...A thing you might mull over..."
Politics
Critic Review
"Just in time for a bumper election year comes Beth Rigby shepherding Conservative peer Ruth..."
Storytelling, Women, True Crime
Critic Review
"Ard's powerful storytelling weaves a tapestry of resilience, empowerment, and the unwavering..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"Dead Man Running is a good show...simply because the central character is so horrible. Bonnar is an..."
Society
Critic Review
"...Carr, who’s a beautiful interviewer, talks to a variety of young men. There are some gorgeous..."
History
Critic Review
"I'm just blown away by the content … super digestible, and fun to listen to..."
Society, News
Critic Review
"In each episode they both crunch the latest polling numbers and work out what really matters…"
True Crime
Critic Review
"A fascinating little series, presented by the BBC’s Culture Editor Katie Razzall, exploring the..."
Comedy
Critic Review
"The joy of this series is you don’t really know exactly where it is going to go next, but also the..."
Music
Critic Review
"One popular conspiracy theory is the "celebrity replacement". In this (possibly) newest iteration,..."
LGBTQ, Society, Personal Journals
Critic Review
"It’s small details such as this that I love. What’s appealing about this series is its sweetness;..."
Politics, News
Critic Review
"It’s this duality of mission that is explored in a new series from the Economist, The Modi Raj...."
Comedy
Critic Review
"...it’s a very comedy podcast playing off other true-crime podcasts that feels half-scripted,..."
Science, Educational
Critic Review
"It feels daunting, and yet this podcast is calming. John Green has figured out his podcasting voice..."
True Crime
Critic Review
"The host is good (former true crime reporter and romance novelist who was in Nancy’s writer’s group..."
Spirituality, Religion, Sexuality, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Critic Review
"...experience real, vulnerable stories—about the challenges and complexities of Black queer culture..."