From Medical Minefield to Relatively and My Year In Mensa: The best podcasts to listen to  

From a lively probe into today’s medical issues in Medical Minefield to Relatively and My Year In Mensa, the best podcasts to listen to this week

Medical Minefield 

The Mail on Sunday’s health editors, Barney Calman and Eve Simmons, host a lively and enlightening probe into today’s biggest medical issues, such as: should the Covid-19 vaccine be mandatory for all care workers? 

Is ‘No jab, no job’ ethical? Conducting weekly interviews with scientists, medical experts and ordinary people, Barney and Eve know all the right questions to ask… and they’re an entertaining double act, too, with a ready rapport and a deceptively light touch. 

In the latest podcast, they tackle a raw and emotive subject: was Britain’s appalling Covid death rate down to the fact we’re ‘too fat and too old’, as one Minister has suggested? 

The Mail on Sunday’s health editors, Barney Calman and Eve Simmons (above), host a lively and enlightening probe into today’s biggest medical issues

Barney and Eve speak to the experts, including Sage scientist Professor Graham Medley, to find out the truth.

 

Relatively 

Sibling relationships are nothing if not complicated and can shape who we become. In this new podcast, Catherine Carr persuades two notable siblings to open up about their relationship. 

Start with the episode with Ruby Wax’s daughters, Maddy and Marina, who recall growing up with 16 nannies (not all at once).

 

My Year In Mensa 

Two years ago, comedian Jamie Loftus (above) took a Mensa test as a joke. She was hung over but aced the exam anyway

Two years ago, comedian Jamie Loftus (above) took a Mensa test as a joke. She was hung over but aced the exam anyway

Two years ago, comedian Jamie Loftus took a Mensa test as a joke. She was hung over but aced the exam anyway. This enjoyable four-part series digs into the history of the nerdiest society in the world.