Top of the Pods ! Looking for 2020 podcast suggestions? Here is a list of our favourites for 2019

Pod Trawlers - we trawl through podcasts so you don't have to

English - January 01, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB
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Previous Episode: Pod Trawlers Episode 4 - Dr Walker on SLEEP, Fortunately with Fi and Jane, Living Wills, Eddie Mair, best books of 2019 and George the Poet

Next Episode: Pod Trawlers Episode 6 - we remember Auschwitz, we go walking with some Folk on Foot, we join Marc Maron in his garage, we rant about celebrities and we learn about our wonderful language via Something Rhymes with Purple,

We've trawled through our favourite podcasts of 2019 (and there have been a lot of favourites ) to tell you about podcasts that we think you should be listening to in 2020.

PLUS, the two cherries on the top of the Top of the Pods, we have included snippets from our favourite podcasts that really made us laugh this year. So watch out for those. And thank you Fi & Jane and Adam Buxton for not giving us permission to share.

So without further ado:

Vic’s 3rd Choice:
Sex Power Money, by Sarah Pascoe

https://audioboom.com/channels/4998550

Comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to things that really matter to humans – sex, power and money. In this podcast series, Sara interviews people who have experience around sex work, stripping and porn.

My 3rd Choice:
see Vic's 1st Choice

Vic’s 2nd Choice
The Adam Buxton Podcast

https://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts

My 2nd Choice:
Clive James - Point of View

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02plkmf/episodes/downloads

Clive James presents reflections on topical issues ranging from politics to pop culture in this award-winning series of BBC Radio 4's A Point of View.
These programmes were first broadcast between 2007 and 2009.

Vic’s 1st Choice:
Fortunately with Fi and Jane

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads

A frank look behind the scenes with broadcasters Jane Garvey and Fi Glover as guests from Radio, TV and podcasting share stories they probably shouldn’t.
Released every Friday.

AND look out for the snippet of Fi & Jane at their best.

My 1st Choice:

The Daily Podcast - the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily

This is how the news should sound. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, hosted by Michael Barbaro and powered by New York Times journalism.

AND
The Cherry on the top of the Top of the Pods, guaranteed to make you laugh:
Adam Buxton does Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Krumptfal

ENJOY! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!

May 2020 bring a lot more sanity and a lot of podcast listening highlights!
And thanks for listening :)