Julie Andrews' Delightful Take on Austen's Work: Top Podcasts This Week
Weekly Highlight
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to retell the author's best-loved story as opposed to her royal highness Julie Andrews? While it doesn't feature Colin Firth soaking wet, the screen legend acts as a charming and true storyteller of the timeless love story about Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. The series, divided into multiple segments, not only marks the quarter-millennial since Austen was born – it also marks Andrews’s 90th birthday as well!
Widely available, new episodes each week
Grand Designs Deconstructed
The stress is so intense of building your own dream house, Grand Designs is one of the few property series where marital breakdown is a feature instead of a flaw. Kevin McCloud joins forces with James in this pleasant companion series for superfans – and reveals that he was close to opening up his own money for financially strained participants.
Available via Spotify, weekly episodes
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Every Sunday, Nuala McGovern Nuala McGovern a focused segment addressing an individual subject with familiar voices and experts. She begins with friendship – methods to find time for friends and keep in touch – by speaking with writer Alderton, Claire Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. The tone is chatty, useful and crucially, comforting.
On BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
Music, Money & Mayhem
Starting with Pink Floyd up to Blur, EMI was home to a deluge of prominent British bands. This audio series hosted by Atkins will certainly satisfy both music nerds and business heads, as it skillfully traces EMI's failure via interviews with the likes of Neil Tennant and controversial former chairman Hands.
Widely available, episodes weekly
Coining It
Hosted by Goodall, this latest production appears to be it might be an ordinary crypto crime story. Gladly, this account concerning a person who found a cryptocurrency error offering endless money and propelled the person from Blackpool to the Middle East proves to be an engaging and thoroughly enjoyable story – while certainly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, weekly releases
