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Homefrnt on BBC radio 4. Loved it.

Thanks for the heads up on this...it hadn't come up on my radar at all.

Really good series (after a slightly clunky opener)....would make an interesting movie/TV series

Hunting Warhead https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/hunting-warhead/id1480270157

(I missed this when it came out last year) 'How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG.'

It's a bit heavy but fascinating and also good that there are people out there tackling this.

Just started on "Behind The B*stards" they did a 3 part on The Famine and I'm half way through another 3 parter on John Wayne. It's American hosts and their accents can be a bit hard to listen to at times but the content is OK. They have nearly 500 episodes up covering people in public life who were, b*stards to other people. Featured are Kissenger, the Moonies, Dr Oz, Jacob Wohl etc, some interesting characters.

The rest is history is top tier

https://www.mrgaryfox.com/podcast

I've been binging on The 27 Club over the past week. If you liked "Badlands" - which has the same host, Jake Brennan - you'll love this deep dive into the seedy underbellies of entertainment. My only gripe is with the totally irrelevant ads - yes "Committed", I'm looking at you and your "Live, Love, Laugh" signs and "wine o'clock" Facebook statuses.

Any one listened to GUBU? I havent but have heard that it is overproduced and overlong with lots of needless repetition.

RevBJ

Not sure if I've given these before but sure better twice than not at all:

Maintenance Phase - debunks the many, many diet myths and fads.

Who shat on the floor at my wedding - investigation into the crime of the century :)

Just finished this one. Some great interviews throughout.

https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/gubu/

Podcasts I listen to which haven't been mentioned in past 15 pages or so:

Politics:

Oh God, what now ? / The Bunker / The New European Podcast: Leftie/ anti-tory Brits talking politics. OGWN can be very funny at times. I don't know why Alex Andreou isn't all over TV panel shows. An approximate quote from him about the UK leaving the EU to get better trade deals : "it's like a middle-aged man leaving his family, moving into a bedsit and then setting up a Tinder profile stating he is looking for women 25-years or younger."

Politics on the couch: How our psychological biases affect our political decisions

Red Lines: Excellent BBC radio Ulster podcast about goings-on up there

Brexit Republic: Excellent RTE deep-dive into the latest machinations, and the only solely Brexit-related podcast still going that I know of

Science/Philosophy: BBC In our time (Melvyn Bragg).

Theories of Everything : Maths/Physics/Consciousness. Philosophical discussion but grounded in science/maths

Comedy: Club random: Bill Maher having informal chats with his guests in his home while drinking & toking. His Real Time HBO show also has it's own podcast.

Beyond the Scenes. The hilarious Roy Wood Jr. from The Daily show (Trevor Noah) drills down into some of the spots from The daily show, with the producers of the spots.

Sport; Shift F1: the best Formula 1 podcast

Tech: Security Now: If you are interested in security & privacy of your computer/phone/ internet of things (random stuff like doorbells & thermostats you connect to your private network) . Very long-running pod. Informative & entertaining .

Docu: Slow Burn : Very deep dive into historical American topics like the murders of Tupac & Biggie, Rodney King, the Iraq invasion, Watergate

Misc: That UFO Podcast. Started following this after the 60 minutes TV episode showing the videos captured by US navy pilots and interviews with the pilots & others. It also follows the congressional hearings and task forces that have been set up. I like it because they mostly limit their interviews to people who aren't way out on the fringes, including ex-military etc.

Just started "Who killed Daphne" about a Maltese journalist who was killed after she had been exposing government officials. Very interesting so far