Picks of the week
Confessions of a Match Fixer
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
“I drove throughout London with piles of money in my automobile and realized which footballers could possibly be made to throw a match,” says Moses Swaibu as he opens this confessional podcast. The ex-professional footballer admits he had the ability to regulate scores and make thousands and thousands for abroad betting cartels. Now you’ll be able to hear the remorse in his voice as he tells Troy Deeney how he went from promising younger participant to a betrayer of the game he liked. Hannah Verdier
Scripts
Radio Atlantic, all episodes out there now
Can a “protected” opioid prevent after one other one has destroyed your life? If buprenorphine helped folks come off heroin in France, why didn’t it work within the US? The Atlantic’s Ethan Brooks asks these questions in a delicate and thought-provoking examination of sobriety remedy. HV
Unsung: Sport’s Hidden Stars
Broadly out there, out now
After forming in 2016, the Refugee Olympic Staff made historical past at Paris 2024 when boxer Cindy Ngamba gained the staff’s first medal. On this particular episode of the collection that celebrates unsung sporting heroes, her fellow refugee Olympians badminton participant Dorsa Yavarivafa and swimmer Matin Balsini share what such a journey is admittedly like. Hollie Richardson
A Wonderful Mess
Broadly out there, episodes weekly
Philanthropist and investor Sabrina Merage Naim has a seemingly good, high-powered life, however she’s not feeling nice. So she invitations company to assist her face the large points “with curiosity as a substitute of dread”. Questions round AI, hashish legalisation and what success means are all right here, with contributions from comic Samantha Bee and reformed “woman boss” Samhita Mukhopadhyay. HV
Grasp Plan
Broadly out there, episodes weekly
Former speechwriter to Bernie Sanders and co-writer of Don’t Look Up, David Sirota and his super-sharp staff have spent two years investigating corruption and scandal within the US supreme court docket. From Watergate to the 2020s, this podcast reveals the influence of corruption on on a regular basis life and provides a terrifying imaginative and prescient of future prospects. HV
There’s a podcast for that
This week, Charlie Lindlar chooses 5 of the most effective podcasts on nice love tales, from the tangled tales of celeb {couples} like John and Yoko to Dolly Alderton’s gripping miniseries
Important Lovers
Reformed Twilight podcasters Melissa Duffy and Kelly Anderson (Mel and Kel to listeners) host this present delving into Hollywood romances, which they pore over in borderline-obsessive element. In addition to the classics (John and Yoko, Brangelina) there’s a lot right here for millennials, through Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson, Alex Turner and Alexa Chung, and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. The pair’s investigative abilities and earnest emotional funding in every couple makes each episode a heartbreaker come what may.
Hooked As much as Hitched
Web page Six’s podcast about sturdy superstar marriages ran from 2020 to-2022, but – with apologies to Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet, amongst others – principally holds up at this time. Reporters Eileen Reslen and Brian Faas dig into the love tales of well-known figures from the leisure world, and ask how their marriages persevered by lengthy distance, scandal and the occasional affair. The place different pods trifle over each twist and switch in true tabloid fashion, Hooked As much as Hitched is remarkably quick – every episode whisks followers on a shotgun wedding-like sprint by historical past in beneath 10 minutes.
Previous Loves
Away from red-carpet romances, Previous Loves reveals the often-untold love tales of influential politicians, scientists, authors, royals and even ballet dancers. Host Holly Smith invitations skilled company to take listeners on “a visit into probably the most gut-wrenching and heartwarming depths of historical past to discover affection, infatuation and attachment throughout time”, from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, to Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas. Get caught in to listen to the reality in regards to the personal lives of public figures who, behind the scenes, modified the world we stay in.
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Love Tales
Recorded in 2019, this comparatively quick 17-episode collection does precisely what it says on the tin, with columnist and creator Dolly Alderton speaking with stars in regards to the loves of their lives. Company from Stanley Tucci to Ruby Tandoh and Lolly Adefope divulge heart’s contents to Alderton, with the present unafraid to speak in regards to the relationships that didn’t find yourself as happily-ever-after tales – in any case, typically those that “fail” may be probably the most formative. Though the episodes are few, the company’ candidness and Alderton’s talent at holding dialog makes each gripping.
Love and Luck
This marathon audio drama, which runs to 100 episodes, was curtailed by Covid however stays an exquisite story of two homosexual males who discover love in opposition to the chances. Taking the fascinating type of voicemails between lead characters Jason and Kane, Love and Luck is a timeless queer present with actual depth. Over its mammoth run, the present confronts that stage the place relationships aren’t fairly “official”, all of the tiny particulars that go into shifting in collectively, household rejection, and extra. About these hundred episodes? Each ranges from 5 to 50 minutes, so contemplate this a completely bingeable pay attention.
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