Steve Coogan stars as Alan Partridge on this week's Radio Times podcasts special
Steve Coogan on why his new podcast is Alan Partridge at his purest - and funniest. Aha! Plus the 30 podcasts to listen to right now from true crime to current affairs.
This week's Radio Times magazine is a special edition devoted to podcasts. A few weeks ago we were sitting in the office talking about the podcasts that we listen to. It was interesting to hear how quickly people become loyal to a relatively small set of productions when there are thousands to choose from.
Most of us at RT, it transpires, listen to The Rest Is Entertainment, the BBC's Newscast and of course The Radio Times Podcast with the excellent Caroline Frost and her brilliant guests, usually plucked from the staff at RT... (Modesty prevents me naming names.)
However, I then realised that I've listened doggedly for several years to the same ten or so podcasts that I download every week, and I suggested that perhaps it was time I added a few new ones to my playlist.
The recommendations came thick and fast and – hey presto! – this issue was born. Put together by Caroline and our resident TV listings and radio guru David Crawford, find it inside this week's issue.
There you will find 30 of the biggest, best and newest podcasts (plus even more in our regular podcast section), as well as interviews with the people who make them, and recommendations aplenty. With the summer holidays coming, it couldn't be a better time to discover your new favourites. I certainly have...
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Also in this week's Radio Times:
- Alison Steadman is back on TV playing for laughs in the sitcom Here We Go.
- Rob Brydon brings all his skills into play as he hosts a new adventure game show.
- Irvine Welsh reveals why he's written a Trainspotting sequel.
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