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This week’s featured podcasts are for fans of TV, movies, sports, and real-life conversation.
1. Angie Martinez in real life
Streaming media platform: All streaming platforms and YouTube
type: Life
What TV host and author Charlamagne has to make God comfortable with is telling the truth, even if it’s uncomfortable.
On the latest episode of Angie Martinez IRL, radio host Angie Martinez and The Breakfast Club host discuss how the truth encouraged him to grow as a person and become more responsible for the people he loves.
Martinez and Charlamagne discuss the impact of his infidelity—and why he decided to stop cheating on his wife—karma, and the benefits of being true to yourself.
The two also talk about how their media ethics have evolved and the art of talking to complex people.
Martinez always has the ability to ask tough questions of her guests with empathy, which is why Angie Martinez always provides a thought-provoking, transformative listen in real life.
(Yolante Favihinmi)
2. apple and Snakes: Podcast
Streaming media platform: All streaming platforms and YouTube
type: Art
Since the return of Apples and Snakes: The Podcast for Season 4, host Yomi Sode, a British-Nigerian poet and author, has spoken with guests including Suli Breaks, Reece Williams and Keith Jarrett.
In the latest episode, Sofia Thakur joins Sood and a live audience to explore what it’s really like to live as a poet – on and off stage.
The two look back at her earliest entry into spoken word – her discovery of Def Poetry Jam Youtube — and how her performance style evolved into an intimate, soft-power delivery.
“If you speak more quietly, people have to listen more, people have to lean forward,” Thakur admitted.
Thakur, who is also a writer, shares her poem titled “Affirmations” in the episode and reveals how self-validation, faith, and emotional honesty shape her writing process.
If you want to hear the voices of black British poets, add Apples and Snakes: The Podcast to your rotation.
(Yolante Favihinmi)
3. Whistleblower
Streaming media platform: All streaming platforms and YouTube
type: sporty
Whistleblowers is a football podcast that shines a light on the parts of the game that no one talks about.
Each episode is hosted by former Elite Referee Gordon Smart Mark Clattenberg Senior journalist Ian Ladyman uses his authority to share their insights into what’s really going on in the referee’s room, how clubs create crises and who’s pulling the strings.
This week, Smart and Clattenberg join content creator Joel Bea to discuss the importance of the playoffs and whether the current system should be changed.
They also discuss creating more competitiveness for mid-table teams, how football players can build more trust with fans and Beja’s transition into football media.
Whether you’re a football fan or not, The Whistleblower is a great podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the game of football.
(Yolante Favihinmi)
4. Kermode and Mayo’s views
Streaming media platform: All streaming platforms and YouTube
type: Art
Kermode & Mayo’s Take is a podcast where Mark Kermode Chat with Simon Mayo about everything from basic film and TV reviews to non-film related stuff.
In the latest episode, the hosts share their hot takes on the best and worst movies of the year, starting with the musical biopic Songtown Blue.
Kermode and Mayo talk about key elements of the film and how Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s performances shine.
Before reviewing emails from listeners about the year’s best and worst movies, the pair praised “Peter Hugar Day,” which follows the day-to-day life of a famous photographer, played by Ben Whishaw, in the downtown New York art world of the seventies.
If you’re looking for a podcast that celebrates television and film, give it a listen.
(Yolante Favihinmi)
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5. Score by Edith Bowman
Streaming media platform: All streaming platforms and YouTube
type: Art
Edith Bowman’s Score is a film and television podcast that offers in-depth, intimate conversations about the relationship between music and storytelling.
In the latest episode, Australian musician and composer Warren Ellis joins presenter and broadcaster Edith Bowman to discuss the soundtrack to The Death of Rabbit Munro, which he co-wrote with singer and musician Nick Cave.
The film, based on Cave’s novel, stars Matt Smith as a salesman who takes his son on a road trip around Sussex after his wife commits suicide, all while a serial killer is operating in the area.
After spending a few minutes introducing their dogs to each other, Bowman and Ellis discussed the intentions behind the film.
They also discuss why the film was a “crash therapy session” for Ellis and why making it “changed his life.”
Edith Bowman’s score explores film and television in thoughtful ways.
(Yolante Favihinmi)