From Poog, a comedy making fun of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop to Soul Music, The Graham Norton Book Club and Philosophy Bites, the best podcasts to listen to this week
Poog
Comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak, making fun of the wellness and beauty industry as embodied by Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop.
Comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak, making fun of the wellness and beauty industry as embodied by Gwyneth Paltrow’s (above) Goop
It typically takes the form of a rambling, improvised conversation and the pair consider, among other things, yoga mats, meditation, steamers and ‘double cleansing’, whatever that might be…
Soul Music
Each half-hour episode of this series, which originated on BBC Radio 4, examines a particular piece of music – usually popular or classical – and we hear from people for whom the piece has an important meaning or a special emotional resonance.
It can be profoundly moving, uplifting and thought-provoking and features some truly extraordinary stories. There are more than 150 episodes to choose from.
The Graham Norton Book Club
This brand new podcast from the radio and TV broadcaster will feature interviews with authors and audiobook narrators, book reviews, contributions from readers and gossip from the book world.
This brand new podcast from the radio and TV broadcaster Graham Norton (above) will feature interviews with authors and audiobook narrators and book reviews
Guests on the first ten-episode series include Maxine Peake, Zadie Smith, Denise Mina, Stephen Mangan and Juliet Stevenson.
Philosophy Bites
If you thought that all philosophers were beardy intellectuals muttering ‘Cogito ergo sum’ while gazing meaningfully at the sky, explain this: Nigel Warburton’s series of short 15-minute shows has been downloaded more than 34 million times since it began in 2007.
All the big topics are here – from existentialism to the ‘metaphysics of nothing’ – and there are interviews with modern philosophers.