Howzat? 3.0 / 6 Don’t let the fact that professional rugby player Joe Marler hosts this show fool you – it isn’t a rugby-based podcast. There’s no statistical analysis of the Premiership here. Rather, this is the Radio 1 breakfast show regenerated for the 2020s but with a lingering aftertaste of humour anchored in the
Howzat? 0.9 / 6 The world’s largest known lollipop stands at 5ft 11in tall and weighs in at a whopping 500,134 stone in California, which equates to a hell of a lot of sugar. And if I ate this lollipop, accompanied by a vat of full fat coke, it probably wouldn’t taste as sickly as
Howzat? 5.1 / 6 In a world full of true crime podcasts that largely concentrate on ‘orrible things like murder, kidnapping, and the darker elements of Guantánamo, a show based on a scandal involving sporting equipment brings some welcomed levity to the table and I would even go as far as saying that it reinvigorates
Howzat? 2.9 / 6 True crime podcasts. For as long as they have been around, the genre has always been the ‘apex saecula’ of the podcasting world. Think the ground-breaking Serial from This American Life; firm fan favourite Crime Junkie; and Dateline NBC, a podcast wrapped up in so much drama that even the Kray
Howzat? 3.9 / 6 Let’s start with the elephant in the sound-proofed room: although the release cadence of Acquired is monthly, this podcast is over 4 hours long. 4 BLOODY HOURS! That’s the same time as it takes to drive from London to Yorkshire, or, if you want to be more scientific, how long it
Howzat? 4.8 / 6 When it comes to the ‘listen you cretin, this is serious history right here’ genre of podcasts, Noiser – the producers of Curious History of Your Home – have cornered the market. Their USP (Ultra Specific Patter) is that they make you feel like you’re living the history they’re talking about;
Howzat? 4.1 / 6 Do you like listening to in-jokes at a hair salon? If so, this is the podcast for you. Jordan North – the witless half of this podcast duo – and his northern star is rising at the moment. He is the new breakfast show presenter for Capital FM and ‘Help I
Howzat? 3.2 / 6 We need to talk about Stephen Bartlett. Let’s start with the blindingly obvious. The man cares not for his guests or their “journey”. What he actually cares about is marketing. And fair play to the man, he’s made a career building up a God-like myth around his business acumen (“Happy Sexy
Howzat? 3.4 / 6 Like a baby monkey cocooned in the bosom of its mother monkey, so Gary Linekar’s Goalhanger Films (podcasts? what?) clings to the life-giving deal that Spotify’s Megaphone feeds to it to boost the network’s output. Now, that may sound catty but it’s important. Why? Because it explains the success of their