It was a “lovely listen”, full of warmth and wisdom.įrom the US, Blocked and Reported offers “good-humoured, common-sense and often entertainingly exasperated” dispatches from the culture wars, said James Marriott in The Times.Īnother acclaimed US pod, You’re Wrong About, explores events, people and phenomena that the hosts believe have been miscast or misunderstood in the popular imagination. Nolan Investigates: Stonewall, from the BBC’s own Stephen Nolan, is an instant classic in the investigative genre, said Charlotte Runcie in The Daily Telegraph: witty, fearless and “masterfully produced”.Īn older generation of “LGBTQ+ pioneers” was the subject of Call Me Mother, said Miranda Sawyer in The Guardian. It remains a stimulating listen, drawing on insights from a range of disciplines including economics and psychology. Tim Harford’s terrific series about learning from painful mistakes, Cautionary Tales, returned this year, said The Sunday Times. Death at Deepcut is an essential re-examination of the case, which combines forensic detail and exemplary storytelling with cool anger. The scandal at the Deepcut camp in Surrey – where four young recruits were found shot dead between 19 – is “the wound that never healed” for the British Army, said Mick Brown in The Daily Telegraph. Also recommended: Matthew Syed’s Sideways. It’s a “slither of hope that slides through your headphones”. And in Reasons to be Cheerful, Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd discuss some of society’s biggest problems – with a “banter-based chemistry” that makes it remarkably uplifting, said GQ. The second series of Louis Theroux’s Grounded is just as “enthralling” as the first, said Miranda Sawyer in The Observer.
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