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Miranda Sawyer
Life after the Coldplay kiss cam

Sat 21 Mar 2026

Life after the Coldplay kiss cam
Miranda Sawyer
Everything is fake – does anybody care?

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Everything is fake – does anybody care?
Miranda Sawyer
Don’t Say A Word doesn’t say enough

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Don’t Say A Word doesn’t say enough
Miranda Sawyer
Shadow World looks into the lives destroyed by a dopamine drug

Sun 1 Mar 2026

Shadow World looks into the lives destroyed by a dopamine drug
Miranda Sawyer
Remember Me? lets the once famous relive their time in the limelight

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Remember Me? lets the once famous relive their time in the limelight
Jonathan Lewis
Nitazene, a drug 500 times stronger than heroin, is flooding the UK

Wed 18 Feb 2026

Nitazene, a drug 500 times stronger than heroin, is flooding the UK
Miranda Sawyer
How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history

Sat 14 Feb 2026

How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history
Miranda Sawyer
Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling
Miranda Sawyer
Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else
Miranda Sawyer
What the 1999 Russian apartment bombings teach us about Vladimir Putin

Sat 24 Jan 2026

What the 1999 Russian apartment bombings teach us about Vladimir Putin
Miranda Sawyer
Museum of Pop Culture is laugh-out-loud funny

Sat 17 Jan 2026

Museum of Pop Culture is laugh-out-loud funny
Jude Rogers
Human Intelligence – the show that’s like a vitamin shot for the brain

Fri 9 Jan 2026

Human Intelligence – the show that’s like a vitamin shot for the brain
Jude Rogers
BBC Radio’s week of Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

BBC Radio’s week of Bowie
Miranda Sawyer
The best podcasts and radio to listen out for in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

The best podcasts and radio to listen out for in 2026
Miranda Sawyer
What to listen to this Christmas

Sun 21 Dec 2025

What to listen to this Christmas
Miranda Sawyer
Is culture for the many – or the few?

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Is culture for the many – or the few?
Miranda Sawyer
Sounds of the Christmas countdown, from the Jingle Bell Ball to Katherine Ryan

Sat 6 Dec 2025

Sounds of the Christmas countdown, from the Jingle Bell Ball to Katherine Ryan
Miranda Sawyer
The Rest is Science gives a lesson in chemistry

Sat 29 Nov 2025

The Rest is Science gives a lesson in chemistry
Miranda Sawyer
How men’s fashion began on the battlefield

Sat 22 Nov 2025

How men’s fashion began on the battlefield
Miranda Sawyer
Adrift is a deep dive into the family who survived a shipwreck

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Adrift is a deep dive into the family who survived a shipwreck
Miranda Sawyer
Do we need Audible’s lavish take on Harry Potter?

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Do we need Audible’s lavish take on Harry Potter?
Miranda Sawyer
The return of Danny Robins’s supernatural series Uncanny

Fri 31 Oct 2025

The return of Danny Robins’s supernatural series Uncanny
Miranda Sawyer
Untold: Toxic Legacy is a devastating investigation

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Untold: Toxic Legacy is a devastating investigation
Miranda Sawyer
How Fela Kuti became fearless

Sun 19 Oct 2025

How Fela Kuti became fearless
Miranda Sawyer
The Blackpool man who found a pot of crypto gold

Sun 12 Oct 2025

The Blackpool man who found a pot of crypto gold
Miranda Sawyer
The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium

Fri 3 Oct 2025

The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium
Miranda Sawyer
After years of reviewing podcasts for The Observer, I’m making one

Sat 27 Sept 2025

After years of reviewing podcasts for The Observer, I’m making one
Miranda Sawyer
Audible’s star-studded Pride and Prejudice does Austen proud

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Audible’s star-studded Pride and Prejudice does Austen proud
Miranda Sawyer
Memories of David Bowie

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Memories of David Bowie
Miranda Sawyer
It’s back-to-school time and parental guidance is very welcome

Sat 6 Sept 2025

It’s back-to-school time and parental guidance is very welcome
Miranda Sawyer
Instant Classics feels like an Oxford tutorial – in a good way

Fri 29 Aug 2025

Instant Classics feels like an Oxford tutorial – in a good way
Miranda Sawyer
The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s

Sat 23 Aug 2025

The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s
Katherine Cowles
Is criticism in crisis?

Sun 17 Aug 2025

Is criticism in crisis?
Katherine Cowles
Is counterculture dead – or mainstream?

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Is counterculture dead – or mainstream?
Séamas O’Reilly
How Long Gone's Chris Black and Jason Stewart: ‘Taste takes years to define’

Sun 3 Aug 2025

How Long Gone's Chris Black and Jason Stewart: ‘Taste takes years to define’
Miranda Sawyer
What was indie sleaze?

Sun 3 Aug 2025

What was indie sleaze?
Miranda Sawyer
What should we make of the HS2 fiasco?

Mon 28 Jul 2025

What should we make of the HS2 fiasco?
Miranda Sawyer
The rise of the AI companion

Sat 19 Jul 2025

The rise of the AI companion
Miranda Sawyer
The Retrievals is disturbing but essential listening

Sat 12 Jul 2025

The Retrievals is disturbing but essential listening

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