Julie Andrews' Delightful Take on Austen's Work: The Best Podcasts This Week
Weekly Highlight
Pride & Prejudice
Is there anyone more suited to recount Jane Austen’s most beloved story compared to her royal highness Julie Andrews? It may lack Colin Firth in a wet shirt, the Hollywood great serves as a delightful and accurate voice of the original love story centered on Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. The show, which is broken down into multiple segments, not simply marks the quarter-millennial of the author's birth – it also marks Andrews’s ninetieth birthday as well!
Widely available, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
Such is the strain when creating an individual mega-home, the TV program is among the handful of property series where marital breakdown occurs regularly instead of a flaw. Kevin McCloud collaborates with Greg James in this pleasant companion series aimed at enthusiasts – and confesses that he came close to opening up his personal funds for cash-strapped homeowners.
Spotify, episodes weekly
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
On Sundays, Nuala McGovern hosts a dedicated installment addressing a specific issue with familiar voices and experts. She begins on the theme of friendships – methods to find time for them and stay connected – through conversations with writer Alderton, Claire Cohen, Dr Samuel and Dr Franco. It's discussion-based, useful and crucially, comforting.
BBC Sounds, new shows each week
Music, Money & Mayhem
Starting with Pink Floyd up to Blur, EMI hosted a deluge of prominent British bands. This production presented by the host is bound to appeal to music enthusiasts and industry professionals, as it ably charts the label’s collapse by means of conversations with the likes of Tennant and debated former chairman Hands.
Widely available, episodes weekly
Coining It
Presented by Goodall, this fresh show appears to be it might be another run-of-the-mill crypto crime story. Gladly, this account of a man who uncovered a digital flaw that suggested infinite cash and launched him from Blackpool to the Emirates turns out to be a colourful and very amusing adventure – if clearly an advisory narrative.
Available broadly, weekly releases
