Love Island: The Morning After
The latest run of Love Island has had more column inches than Dr Alex has had rejections, with Adam’s toxic masculinity and, er, Laura’s age dominating the conversation online. If all that gossip isn’t quite enough, ITV has cut out the middle man and launched its own companion podcast, with hosts Arielle Free and Kem Cetinay, of series three fame, welcoming a revolving door of guests and experts, from Juno Dawson to Miles Jupp, to dissect the previous night’s dramas. Hannah J Davies
The Doorstep Murder
One night in 2004, the Scottish seaside town of Nairn witnessed an incident that even the best crime writer would struggle to pen: the gruesome, inexplicable murder of a man outside his own home. Like the best true crime, this recent BBC Scotland release doesn’t sensationalise the murder of Alistair Wilson; rather, host Fiona Walker re-examines the evidence, speaking to key figures and building a picture of a crime that someone, somewhere could almost certainly help to solve. HJD
Your Picks:
Self Service mixes legit psychological ideas with fun astrological topics and genuinely interesting guests from all walks of life. The show has taught me so much about self-care and the importance of looking after No 1. I love having my mind opened to different self-help strategies that I could incorporate in my life. I don’t know anything about tarot, for example, but I always get something out of host Jerico Mandybur’s explanation of every card she pulls each week. Sometimes you just need someone to remind you to slow down, and this podcast is that for me! Recommended by Melody I
The Hotbed is a podcast about the kind of sex you might have aged 35 on a Wednesday night after 10 years of marriage and two children, and still have a wonderful time. With Hotbed, sex chat is real, not glamorised, but still full of joy and excitement as well as a desire to have fun and pleasure in our lives, whether we’re in a long-term relationship or single.
Cherry, Lisa and Anniki want us to get better at sex despite the challenges that pelvic floors, tiredness, sex drive and much more bring – and are frank and funny about what those challenges are. I love that co-host Dr Karen Gurney’s expertise keeps everyone on track, and the way that Cherry deconstructs social norms like women needing permission to talk about sex honestly. This podcast gives us that permission – and more. Recommended by Rebecca Schille
Guardian Picks: Google’s AI Woes
Google is known for being a trailblazer in artificial intelligence technology, and now it looks like it also wants to pioneer the rules that those working in AI should follow. Following uproar by its own employees, the Silicon Valley giant announced it would not be renewing its contract with Project Maven, the US Department of Defence project that uses Google’s AI to analyse drone footage.
Then in early June, Google’s CEO published a list of seven AI objectives the company would now follow going forward. In this week’s Chips with Everything, Jordan Erica Webber chats to Dr Yasemin J Erden of St Mary’s University, Sanjay Modgil of King’s College London and Dr Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute and the Turing Institute. The panel of AI experts discuss what Sundar Pichai’s objectives could mean in practice, and whether or not the AI industry needs to accept the dirty “R” word – Regulation.
