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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · 19h
New on Podcast Rex: International Women’s Podcast Festival Announces Line-Up podcastrex.com/topics/internationa…
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The International Women’s Podcast Festival has released its schedule ahead of the event taking place on the 5th March in London. Presented by Content is Queen with the support of Spotify, the festival aims to bring together women working across podcasting, radio and audio storytelling. The day will open with a session on identifying and…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 5
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Get Birding with Sean Bean podcastrex.com/recommendation-engi…
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Plus Mercy, The Post Office Scandal and Strange Health

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 3
New on Podcast Rex: Tech Podcast Crafted Rebrands as Future Around & Find Out podcastrex.com/news/tech-podcast-c…
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Rebrand for the new season

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 2
New on Podcast Rex: Tesco Whoosh Secures Studio Naming Rights for For the Love of Rugby Ahead of Six Nations podcastrex.com/topics/tesco-whoosh…
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A rare deal in the podcast space

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 1
New on Podcast Rex: Project Bläckfisk podcastrex.com/reviews/project-bla…
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If you receive a mysterious box in the mail addressed to one of your relatives who died a decade ago, do you open it? It’s the premise of this new intriguing six part sci-fi conspiracy thriller. Amber (played by Amy James-Kelly from Industry and Everyone Else Burns) decides to go and open the box, creating…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 1
New on Podcast Rex: Codename Badger podcastrex.com/topics/codename-badger
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To start off with, you think you’re listening to a history podcast; a story about an army major called Robbie who died disembarking a submarine in 1955. After his death, a stranger turns up at his widow’s door and tells her that the story of his death was not accurate and that actually, Robbie was…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 1
New on Podcast Rex: Boss Class podcastrex.com/topics/boss-class
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Every day we are bombarded by information about the potential risks of AI. This new series by Andrew Palmer from The Economist stands out because it hones in on two specific questions: “What is the best way for bosses and employees to use the technology right now? And how do we prepare for the future…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Feb 1
New on Podcast Rex: The State of It: USA podcastrex.com/reviews/the-state-o…
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Rather than freaking out about the current state of America (like many political podcasts are doing at the moment), this new series brought to you by Katy Balls from The Times and Gerard Baker from the Wall Street Journal, tries to explain the Trump administration’s thinking and logic, so you can work out their next…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 30
New on Podcast Rex: Wisden Cricket Weekly podcastrex.com/topics/wisden-crick…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 30
New on Podcast Rex: Joe Marler’s Things People Do podcastrex.com/topics/joe-marlers-…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 30
New on Podcast Rex: The Late Braking F1 Podcast podcastrex.com/topics/the-late-bra…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 29
New on Podcast Rex: British Podcast Awards returns for 2026, celebrating a decade of podcastrex.com/news/british-podcas…
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The UK’s biggest podcast awards add a cultural impact prize and a Food & Drink category

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 29
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: The Return of The Harry Hill Show podcastrex.com/recommendation-engi…
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Platforms Apple Podcasts: New Shows Crime Next Door: The Vanishing Cyclist (BBC) Two Nottingham Lads (The History Podcast) Intrigue: Ransom Man (BBC Radio 4) The Bomb (BBC News World Service) The History Bureau (BBC Sounds) Spotify: New & 🔥 Museum of Pop Culture with Josh Widdicombe (Keep it Light Media) The History Bureau (BBC Sounds)…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 25
New on Podcast Rex: The Road to Anarchy podcastrex.com/reviews/great-briti…
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We’re fans of Fogland Lighthouse, a non-fiction series that manages to explore events in British history in a creative and distinctive way. This new mini-series looks at the 1926 General Strike, which caused Britain to grind to a halt. Dean retells the story, looking at it through its political, economic and social dimensions. “Trains and…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 25
New on Podcast Rex: The History Bureau podcastrex.com/reviews/great-briti…
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At the end of 1999, Russia was experiencing economic strife and endless political power struggles. As Vladimir Putin became Prime Minister, apartments across Russia were bombed in the middle of the night, killing hundreds of people and creating a climate of fear. In this new, detailed and informative BBC investigation series, Helena Merriman looks at…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 25
New on Podcast Rex: Hanging Out with Ant & Dec podcastrex.com/reviews/great-briti…
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It hasn’t been the smoothest launch for Ant & Dec’s first podcast, with the duo having to apologise for the marketing campaign tied to the series before it had even launched. Yet the series itself, very much in-keeping with the popular format of celebrities talking to each other about what they have been up to,…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 25
New on Podcast Rex: The Harry Hill Show podcastrex.com/reviews/great-briti…
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Nothing will ever beat TV Burp. As Richard Osman hinted in an episode of The Rest is Entertainment, there are reasons TV Burp cannot return to ITV, reasons even Osman couldn’t explain openly. So the best we can hope for is this new podcast series where Harry Hill interviews guests in a similar looking video,…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 23
New on Podcast Rex: All The Right Movies: The Story of Hollywood, One Film At a Time podcastrex.com/topics/all-the-righ…
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Getting to know the voices behind the podcast

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 22
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: The History Bureau podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Plus Lots More History Podcasts

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 18
New on Podcast Rex: Victoria Derbyshire’s Unbelievable Britain podcastrex.com/topics/victoria-der…
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Victoria Derbyshire is one of the most skilful interviewers in the UK. Usually interviewing politicians and pundits on BBC Two’s Newsnight, she now has a new podcast chatting to people with extraordinary stories. It starts with a chat with Luke Dyson, one of the UK’s most prolific fighters, who has competed in hundreds of MMA…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 18
New on Podcast Rex: This Week in Podcasting: What is a podcast anyway? podcastrex.com/topics/this-week-in…
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Question for you: when is a podcast not a podcast? This week, Netflix announced that Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson is set to launch a new podcast. Yet, being exclusively on Netflix, it won’t be available to stream or listen to anywhere else. It also, seemingly, won’t be available in audio-only form either. So…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 18
New on Podcast Rex: Armchair Adventures podcastrex.com/topics/armchair-adv…
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The sixth series of the award-winning children’s story podcast debuted this month. With a mission statement of encouraging the imagination of children between the ages of 6 and 8, while also gently nudging them to get off their digital devices for a bit, the podcast has recently expanded to offer engaging three-part stories and spin-offs.…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 18
New on Podcast Rex: The Walkers: The Salt Path podcastrex.com/topics/the-walkers-…
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The Observer broke a major story last year, accusing Raynor Winn, the author of the phenomenally popular book The Salt Path, of fabricating some of the major aspects central to the book’s premise. Winn denies the accusations, and the story sparked a national conversation about whether the publishing industry should go further in checking claims…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 18
New on Podcast Rex: Unmissables: Explosive Lies podcastrex.com/topics/unmissables-…
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Sticking with investigative podcasts, this new six-part series fronted by Alice Levine looks at how governments and security services backed an innovative cutting-edge bomb detector and used it in conflict zones. Only, it was a scam. It created millionaires of the scammers who flogged the products, but it also cost countless lives from those who…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 15
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Reset Your Health With Jamie Oliver podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Plus The Stigma Shift and Mad, Sad and Bad

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 15
New on Podcast Rex: Whats The Call: All the Sport. None of the Yelling. podcastrex.com/topics/whats-the-ca…
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Thanks to support from What’s The Call There’s no shortage of sports podcasts — but very few that explain the biggest moments clearly, thoughtfully, and without turning sport into a shouting match. What’s the Call? exists for listeners who love following sport but want smarter conversation, broader context and space for nuance. It’s a generalist…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 11
New on Podcast Rex: Josh Widdicombe’s Museum of Pop Culture podcastrex.com/reviews/josh-widdic…
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Many investigative podcasts are grizzly and intrusive deep dives into some unsolved crimes. Here Josh Widdicombe has launched a four-part series on the rise and fall of Mr Blobby, the pink foam character who crashed into television studios mortifying most young viewers (including me.) He unpacks his rise and fall, from how the character was…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 11
New on Podcast Rex: Tond podcastrex.com/reviews/tond
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Speaking of acting, last year we featured the excellent audio drama Broken Veil, which was all about an actor who turned up for a test in an unsettling medical facility. Ahead of a much anticipated second series, writers Joel Morris and Will Maclean are back with this creepy one off drama perfect for these cold…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 11
New on Podcast Rex: War Hall: A Theatre of the Mind podcastrex.com/reviews/war-hall-a-…
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I love small local podcasts that tell a story or reflect a community really well. Last week, we featured a delightful series looking at people’s jobs and passions. This week, there’s a fantastic series looking at the history of Walthamstow Assembly Hall, a legendary concert hall that was built during the Blitz. Hosted by 96…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 11
New on Podcast Rex: How to Be an Actor and Not Lose Your Sh*t podcastrex.com/reviews/how-to-be-a…
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“For any actors about to lose your sh*t, what’s your advice?” is the question at the heart of this new series by actor and writer Shvorne Marks, where guests talk about the day-to-day reality of this respected but completely precarious industry. The series is an informal guide to anyone who is keen to enter the…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 8
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Museum of Pop Culture podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Plus SEND in the Spotlight and The Runna Podcast

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 4
New on Podcast Rex: Other Lives Are Available podcastrex.com/reviews/other-lives…
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In the last year there has been a rise of podcasts that feature interviews with everyday people, mostly through an anonymous lens, going about their lives. This genius idea by a former BBC journalist features unstructured interviews with a range of people in different jobs, from volunteers at Hackney City Farm, to graffiti writer to…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 4
New on Podcast Rex: Trapped History podcastrex.com/reviews/trapped-his…
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The writer James Baldwin once said: “People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” This engaging and well researched podcast hosted by Oswin and Carla takes this philosophy by profiling forgotten people generally ignored by the history books and school lessons, but shouldn’t be. These include stories of notable women, people who…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 4
New on Podcast Rex: The Log Books podcastrex.com/reviews/the-log-books
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Speaking of LGBTQ+ history, the award-winning series The Log Books, which looks back at the history of the community through the preserved call records of the community support line Switchboard, has returned for a fourth season six years after its last outing. Tied to the forthcoming release of their book of the same name, the…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 4
New on Podcast Rex: Self Help podcastrex.com/reviews/self-help-2
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New year, new Scottee. The established actor, writer and podcaster, has come back with his new series of what he refers to as an ‘Amateur’s Guide to Staying Alive,’ with reflections and observations on mental health and how we all live our lives. There’s a great sense of intimacy in each episode between Scottee and…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Jan 1
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Podcasts to Take into 2026 podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Plus Radical with Amol Rajan and This Life of Mine

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 28, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Our Podcasts of the Year Part 2 podcastrex.com/topics/our-podcasts…
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Rounding off an incredible year for podcasting

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 25, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Podcasting never stops, even on Christmas Day podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Plus The Uncanny Christmas Casebook and This Natural Life

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 21, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Our Podcasts of the Year Part 1 podcastrex.com/topics/our-podcasts…
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Highlights of 2025

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 18, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Dish’s Christmas Special Features Keira Knightly podcastrex.com/topics/dishs-christ…
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Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett are joined by beloved British star Keira Knightly for a festive episode of Dish from Waitrose, the UK’s most talked about foodie podcast. Following the launch of this year’s highly popular Waitrose Christmas advert ‘The Perfect Gift’, Knightly shares behind-the-scene notes on kissing co-star Joe Wilkinson. “We were both minty…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 18, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Game’s Gone podcastrex.com/topics/recommendati…
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Welcome to this week’s Recommendation Engine from Podcast Rex, rounding up the week in podcast reviews. Get this in an email each week by signing up to be a supporter of Podcast Rex from £3.99. Platforms Apple Podcasts: New Shows The Blindboy Podcast (Ind.) The Brian Badonde Bodcast (Ind.) Trapped History (Ind.) Do you really…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 15, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Robin Ince steps down from The Infinite Monkey Cage, citing disagreements with BBC podcastrex.com/topics/robin-ince-s…
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After sixteen years and over two hundred episodes of co-hosting popular BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, Robin Ince says he has been pressured into stepping down. The announcement was made to a live audience during Ince’s final recording of the show in Manchester last week. In a message to his fans, he…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 14, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Married to the Machine: Living with AI podcastrex.com/reviews/married-to-…
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There seems to be excitement about artificial intelligence at the moment (even though a lot of the innovations so seem to be rather naff). So this new podcast by husband and wife team Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power looks to cut through the hype and dish out the reality, with Reid having years of…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 14, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Today in Focus: The Latest podcastrex.com/reviews/today-in-fo…
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Trying to capitalistise on the rise of news podcasts that give you analysis at the day’s end rather than at the beginning, The Guardian’s Today in Focus: The Latest now gives you a speedy deep dive on a developing news story in fewer than ten minutes. Expect new episodes in the same feed as the…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 14, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: The Mystery Of… Angela Lansbury podcastrex.com/reviews/great-briti…
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Broadcaster Sarah McGlinchey has been a fan of Dame Angela Lansbury for as long as she can remember, even admitting at the start of this new BBC Radio Ulster documentary that she still watches an episode of Murder She Wrote every single day. Following Lansbury’s death at the age of 96 in 2022, McGlinchey came…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 14, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: The Rest Is Science podcastrex.com/reviews/the-rest-is…
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The rise and rise of Goalhanger and The Rest Is brand continues unabated, with their latest launch featuring two more excellent experts. Mathematician Hannah Fry, who always pops up on BBC Two, has been teamed up with the science educator Michael Stevens for a weekly series that looks at the latest scientific developments and trivia. …

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 11, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Recommendation Engine: Katherine Ryan’s Christmas Intervention podcastrex.com/recommendation-engi…
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Welcome to this week’s Recommendation Engine from Podcast Rex, rounding up the week in podcast reviews. Get this in an email each week by signing up to be a supporter of Podcast Rex from £3.99. Platforms Apple Podcasts: New Shows Bottoms Up! With With Alan Carr and Lee Peart (Listen) Behind the Business (Ind.) Emer…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 7, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Aftershock: The War on Terror podcastrex.com/reviews/aftershock-…
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A well told documentary series, put together by the London Review of Books, looking at how 9/11 changed the world we live in and how it altered everything from our personal liberty to an unprecedented expansion of American surveillance around the world. The series uses the archive of the London Review of Books to look…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 7, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: Toast podcastrex.com/reviews/toast
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Sliced Bread is a BBC Sounds series looking at the innovations that have shaped our lives, from cough medicines to dehumidifiers (hence the name Sliced Bread.) Now its spin-off series Toast has returned, which looks at why certain products or services ended up quickly falling out of favour (hence the name Toast!) The first episode…

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Podcast Rex podcastrex.com · Dec 7, 2025
New on Podcast Rex: The View from Here podcastrex.com/reviews/the-view-fr…
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A longform interview podcast featuring key activists and trailblazers in British LGBTQ+ history, hosted by Jonathan Chambers and James Alexander. It brings you in on key moments from our past that should not be forgotten, from the fearmongering and hatred in the British press during the AIDS crisis, to the vital work of Switchboard and…

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