The best podcasts of 2026 so far
Surreal genius from Harry Hill, trailblazing women and a passionate ode to an incredible New York rapper – these are the best listens from the last six months*** Continue...
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‘We’re bigger than the news!’ How spine-tingling paranormal show Uncanny took over the world
Knife-wielding skeletons, wild experiments with toilets, an audience with the bassist from The Jam … the team behind the globe-conquering spookfest open up about their astonishing success‘Oh. Em. Bloody. Gee.”...
Read MoreThe new Serial is here! Best podcasts of the week
M Gessen explores the wild truth about his cousin, who keeps kidnapping his own child. Plus: will the world of porn really be Screwed By AI?“Anyone’s first cousin could be plotting murder …” New York...
Read MoreHas Today had its day? BBC’s flagship Radio 4 show grapples with podcast age
As it searches for a new editor and presenter, programme is facing questions over its direction and status With well over 5 million listeners a week tuning in to hear whether another tongue-tied minister will fall foul of its...
Read MoreUnmasking US rap iconoclast MF Doom’s final years in West Yorkshire
Podcast by Adam Batty and BBC 6 Music DJ Afrodeutsche follows the leads to Leeds The hunt for clues about the life of the masked rapper MF Doom had taken Adam Batty to some strange places, none more so than a remote-control car...
Read More‘I’ve had to fight tooth and nail’: Amber Davies on Strictly trolls, Love Island hunks – and her Legally Blonde no-brainer
She started out performing in her living room, charging £1.50 a ticket. Now, having blazed through Love Island and silenced her Strictly haters, the Welsh sensation is really hitting the big timeAt the end of last...
Read MoreRory Stewart: ‘A superpower? Indifference to social media abuse’
The former Tory MP and The Rest Is Politics host on a dinosaur he’d bring back to life, being thin-skinned and hating his bandy legsBorn in Hong Kong, Rory Stewart, 53, served as Conservative MP for Penrith and The...
Read MoreBrawls, blackmail and Judi Dench: 75 staggering moments from 75 years of The Archers
From Jill’s flung flapjack to Nigel’s tragic fall, the Great Flood, Helen’s acquittal and a priceless cameo from Dame Judi, here’s an anniversary feast of epic Ambridge momentsThe Archers, Radio 4’s...
Read More‘After almost destroying the world, our families are friends’: the thrilling podcast from JFK and Khrushchev’s relatives
Their relatives might have been on opposite sides of near-nuclear war, but the US and Soviet leader’s descendants have teamed up for an intimate BBC podcast. They talk humanity, hate – and why Trump is a ‘very...
Read More‘Agony uncle’ Bill Nighy leads rise of the celebrity podcast
Ill-advised, in which 75-year-old actor doles out advice and his innermost secrets, is fast becoming cult podcast of the yearBill Nighy is single. He has never read a self-help book, had no intention of becoming an actor and...
Read MoreThe one change that worked: I had terrible insomnia – until I hit upon a gory solution
I had tried elaborate mind games, herbal teas and even a military method. Nothing worked. So I gave in, tuned into some macabre podcasts and had a very surprising reactionFor years I had accepted that sleep, just like the...
Read More‘I lost everything!’ Chris Sarandon on Dog Day Afternoon, ex-wife Susan and the fraud that took his life savings
At 83, the star of The Princess Bride, Fright Night and so much more is carving out a new career as a podcaster. He remembers the movies that defined him – and working with ‘malevolent’ Michael Winner on The...
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