Podcast recommendations 2022-23

[rubbershoes]

The BBC Wales documentary about the silent twins is good

 

[hitmouse]

Think I've asked this before, but are there any good UK politics/news podcasts that are preferably funny, from a "from below" perspective (i.e. focused on things like unions and social movements more than parliamentary politics, ideally from people actually involved), and not super posh? It doesn't sound like that much to ask but it does seem to be a bit of a gap in the market.

 

[zedr]

Think I've asked this before, but are there any good UK politics/news podcasts that are preferably funny, from a "from below" perspective (i.e. focused on things like unions and social movements more than parliamentary politics, ideally from people actually involved), and not super posh? It doesn't sound like that much to ask but it does seem to be a bit of a gap in the market.

I guess this is what Novara were trying to do but I cba with that lot and guess they don't really fit into the 'from below' bit. Would also be interested in something like this.

 

[hitmouse]

I guess this is what Novara were trying to do but I cba with that lot and guess they don't really fit into the 'from below' bit. Would also be interested in something like this.

Not sure how they score on the "not posh" bit either. Tbf I quite like ACFM despite the silly name and occasional annoyingness, but it's definitely not quite what I was thinking of above.

 

[PR1Berske]

Topical political comedy (USA) Lovett or Leave It | Crooked Media

The opening monologue can be extremely good.

 

[DotCommunist]

I know Mike Duncan's Revolutions has its detractors, but whatever the quality of the historical analysis, I found each series engaging and illuminating.

He's back, and covering a topic new: