Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images 10 What we said: The Daily’s investigation into child sexual abuse imagery is hugely powerful, encapsulating why narrative news and audio are such a powerful combination.īlack Lives Matter was just one big issue The Daily covered this year. Plus: bonus points for Michael Barbaro, and his unique way of letting us know what else we need to “NoTuhDay”. As such, the existing glut of news podcasts only increased, though few were as incisive and thoroughly reported as this journalist-led flagship show from the New York Times. This was the year that the news went into overdrive, with Covid, Brexit, Trump, and Black Lives Matter dominating headlines. What we said: These conversations are the opposite of Twitter: kind and curious.Īvailable on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 11 This year has featured some quality repeat guests (Zadie Smith, Natasia Demetriou) and seen Buxton speak movingly about his mother’s death with old friend Joe Cornish.
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If the pod market seemed crowded in 2015 when this endearing series debuted, it is positively heaving now – which makes Buxton’s continued ubiquity especially impressive. “I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin”: so goes the theme tune to the cult ramble-chat show. What we said: If you’ve not yet fallen down the rabbit hole that is the Rabbit Hole podcast prepare to be enlightened and a little freaked out.Īvailable on Spotify, the New York Times website and Apple Podcasts 12
Taking in QAnon, white supremacy and terrorist attacks, it doubles as a stark warning against letting the site’s algorithm dictate the contents of your next binge. It’s a deep dive into YouTube, and features CEO Susan Wojcicki, superstar creator PewDiePie and those who were “radicalised” by the platform. This show about connections shines at a time when we’ve been pondering them the most.įans of the Netflix doc The Social Dilemma can find more insights into the internet’s mind-warping effects in this highly unnerving New York Times series. It is powerful, often emotional and unapologetically inclusive. But the real genius is in the scripting.Īvailable on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 15Īn “audio art project about power and love” from US/Canadian podcasters Mermaid Palace, The Heart is where you’re as likely to hear personal tales from transgender creators and consumers of porn as you are a monologue on holiday romance from a queer Asian man or a miniseries about tackling white supremacy. What we said: Teasing music, intricate sound design and an old cassette tape of one of the police interviews set the scene nicely. Rumours, suspicions, and new evidence come together in a thoroughly researched crime saga.
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This year, David O’Doherty indulged in canal-dredged chowder, Romesh Ranganathan got his Gobi 65 fix and Jo Brand feasted on Birds Eye potato waffle coleslaw, their foodie fantasies invariably accompanied by a hearty side of banter.Īvailable on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 16Ī grim listen, this co-production between Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ and Denmark’s Third Ear podcast unpicks the story of Kieran Patrick Kelly, the “London Underground serial killer” who preyed on some of society’s most vulnerable people – fellow members of south London’s homeless community. In 2020, James Acaster and Ed Gamble’s dream restaurant – a place where guests can magically summon their favourite three-course meal – was among the few culinary establishments consistently open, tirelessly churning out dishes ridiculous and sublime. This year saw the pair supplement their weekly BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast with extra podcast episodes that drilled down into the tedium, melancholy and anxiety of lockdown with kindness and giddy humour – public service broadcasting at its most restorative. Honesty has long been the policy of this charmingly filterless show from standups Elis James and John Robins – and it paid dividends during the pandemic.
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