Anger Management with Nick Clegg Podcast
“Rage is the opposite of reason: discuss.” Nick Clegg’s new podcast started out with a bang and a Nigel Farage interview. Clegg garners a good mix of headline-grabbing quotes (Farage reveals his children have German passports and that he once gave Enoch Powell a lift) and even a glimpse of the man behind the rage. The podcast, from the makers of the consistently great Remaniacs, drops fortnightly with an open invitation to Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre. HV
No Country For Young Women Podcast
Sadia Azmat and Monty Onanuga’s podcast is a lot more freeform and unfiltered than the average BBC offering and the two friends’ style works well. Azmat is free with her funny quips, invariably ending in “innit”, and she has a very good habit of saying the first thing that comes into her head, especially when recalling her Idris Elba sex dreams. Onanuga’s experience of people pointing and staring because she was one of the few black people on holiday in Montenegro is frank and shocking. HV
Your picks: whiteness, film picks and foodie favourites
Seeing White is a 14-part documentary series exploring whiteness and race in the United States. Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen takes a deep dive into the issues, along with an array of leading scholars such as Dr Chenjerai Kumanyika. I think this podcast gives much for food for thought on the language and vocabulary we can use to call out the bigotry and casual racism in our social conversations. Recommended by Altaf Makhiawala
There are probably more bad film podcasts out there than any other kind, but what I love about One Good Thing is that the hosts, Paul Goodman and Paul Salt, take a uniquely positive approach. Although they address why films fail, , they mostly focus on what works in a film; in doing so, they discover more about what makes good films work. It’s funny, too. Their most recent episode, on the last Twilight film, had me in stitches. Recommended by Jennifer Blundell
Desert Island Dishes is a foodie spin on the Radio 4 classic. Each week chef and host Margie Broadhead interviews inspiring people, whether foodies themselves (Levi Roots, Simon Rimmer, Mark Hix, Jasmine Hemsley) or interesting figures who are leaders in their chosen field (journalist Dolly Alderton, aerial photographer Ben Branson). The podcast delves into the seven dishes that mean the most to the guest. It’s a lovely, relaxing listen. Just don’t listen on an empty stomach. Recommended by Beth Anderson
Guardian pick: the Windrush scandal
A generation of Commonwealth citizens were invited to rebuild postwar Britain. Now they are being told to produce their paperwork or risk deportation. Some have been denied re-entry to Britain after holidays, and others even refused medical treatment. How could this happen? How can it be fixed? And at what political cost to the government? Joining Pippa Crerar this week are the Guardian’s Amelia Gentleman, the Observer’s Sonia Sodha, the immigration lawyer Colin Yeo and the former Liberal Democrat minister Sarah Teather to discuss the way forward. RS
