Choose of the week
So Your Dad and mom are Outdated
Behind the nonchalant title, Vanessa Grigoriadis leans on first-hand expertise in this show concerning the typically exhausting, confounding expertise of caring for an ageing father or mother. Her first visitor is Leeza Gibbons, a US talkshow host who arrange a centre for carers. Whereas hers is a singular story – full with a stint on Superstar Apprentice – it affords consolation and sensible recommendation to those that discover themselves in an analogous place. Hannah J Davies
Extensively accessible, episodes weekly
The Threshold
Can we eradicate HIV, TB and malaria in our lifetimes? Greater than two million folks die from these ailments yearly however with funding cuts and shifting priorities, they could really surge. This important new Foreign Policy series hosted by Henry Bonsu talks to specialists to work out what the fact is. Hollie Richardson
Extensively accessible, episodes weekly
Gear
Avery Trufelman’s Articles of Interest has lengthy been hailed as one of many smartest style podcasts round (the place else can you discover deep dives into each pointe sneakers and jail uniforms?) This spin-off retains the bar excessive, as Trufelman seems at how army gear impressed the high-end out of doors clothes we now put on to purchase milk. HJD
Extensively accessible, episodes weekly
Conversations With Ghosts
Arriving in time for Halloween, this novel series from the makers of podcast-to-Netflix hit Archive 81 fuses horror and memoir-style fiction into one thing that looks like remedy for ghosts. Mausoleum attendant Mal Fleming is tasked with encouraging spectres to move on; it’s, its makers say, “extra of an train in compassion than an exorcism”. HJD
Extensively accessible, episodes weekly
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The Historical past Podcast: The Home at Quantity 48
Peter Easton’s youngsters couldn’t fairly decipher their father’s accent and – after his loss of life – son Antony found a German start certificates in his possession. Charlie Northcott unpicks a tangled tale alongside Antony, as they determine the destiny of the Eisner household, whose lives have been upended by the Holocaust. HJD
Extensively accessible, episodes weekly
