I Like….

Podcasts:

The finest Beatles podcast in the world. Steven Cockcroft and Jason Carty dig deep into all things Fab from Woolton Fete to the continuing adventures of Paul & Ringo. A brilliant blend of humour, high level nerd knowledge, intricate research and plenty of theories and opinions. With guests including Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, musicians Robyn Hitchcock, Kevin Godley & Wings drummer Danny Seiwell. as well as exclusive subscriber content – its the toppermost of the poddermost!

The PodDaddy, the Podfather, the King Of Edinburgh, Richard Herring attracts the best guests to the Leicester Square Theatre in London in front of a devoted live audience.
Episodes involving Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Brian Blessed, Harry Shearer, Iain McMillan, Sarah Millican, Tim Key and Bob Mortimer are demonstrative of how funny and moving podcasts can be. He also has podcasts on self playing snooker & stone clearing but this is vital listening.

The best podcasts are a simple concept that elicits as a wide range of responses as there are people in the world. Host Michael Fenton Stevens asks actors, writers, comedians, artists, musicians for 4 things from their life they would place in a time capsule to keep and one to banish forever. The gold comes from the myriad of items, memories and stories that the choices throw up with Michael effortlessly guiding his guests with his own observations and experiences.

Another early adopter was Andy Zaltzman & John Oliver’s The Bugle topical satirical podcast hosted by The Times as “an audio newspaper for a visual world”. After being set adrift after Murdoch discovered what they were saying about him and the departure of Johnny Hollywood to The Smurfs Movie, the podcast relaunched in 2016 with an international cast of comic correspondents. A family show but more Addams or Manson than The Waltons

With the above fine podcasts also highly recommended