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David Olusoga’s extraordinary new show: best podcasts of the week
The historian shares the astonishing story of a Peterloo massacre survivor. Plus, a delightfully wholesome new pod that is ‘Desert Island Discs … for words’
TL;DR
- David Olusoga hosts a series on the Peterloo massacre, highlighting survivor William Cheatham and its significance to industrial capitalism.
- The Comedy Women in Print prize has a new podcast presented by Helen Lederer and Chrissie Manby, discussing comedy writing.
- The Word of the Day project becomes a podcast series, featuring guests like Elif Shafak, Stephen Fry, and Tim Rice.
- Big Little Interests is a podcast exploring comedians' strange hyper-fixations, with episode one featuring bull semen.
- CNN's Isabelle Chapman narrates the story of Ilya Beloozerov's shooting by the FBI.