Where would we be without podcasts? Podcasts have steadily become a vital part of our everyday routines. Whether you need something thought-provoking to keep your mind busy on a long commute, a quick way to keep up with what’s happening in the news, a bit of indulgence to take your mind off your worries, or intriguing facts to make you think about how your world works, these productions cover an almost inconceivable range of topics and styles to suit every taste.
Here, we’ve rounded up seven of the best ones to dive into right away.
Thanks to the wellness boom, there are more health podcasts out there today than you could possibly count. Author and activist Aubrey Gordon, and journalist Michael Hobbes have found a smart and refreshingly skeptical viewpoint on the head-spinning world of fad diets and weight loss. Whether they’re putting the Weight Watchers phenomenon under a microscope or taking a deep dive into a celebrity diet book, the pair’s ability to expose deeper truths about the way we talk about health and fitness while retaining a sense of levity and humor make Maintenance Phase an unexpected delight.
Created by Brian Reed and British journalism student Hamza Syed for the New York Times, The Trojan Horse Affair was met with swift backlash by certain sectors of British media, whose complicity in the events described in the podcast had been heavily critiqued by its…
