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All that solo lockdown walking created even more time for podcasts. Looking back, I see a put a lot of serious and dark stuff through my ears. You might need to intersperse these with lighter fare! But I thought all of them excellent.
Blood Sport on the Russian Olympic doping scandal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kmjm/episodes/downloads
The Frost Tapes with a selection of the journalist’s best 70s and 80s interviews, including a great one with Biden. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p08td15s
Where is George Gibney? on a swimming coach abuse scandal in Ireland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08njhrm/episodes/downloads
Intrigue: Mayday about the death/murder/suicide of James Le Mesurier, the man who ran the White Helmets in Syria. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p6fd
The Road Here, interviews with gay and lesbian activists from the 1950s to the 2000s. https://www.theroadhere.com
How They Made Us Doubt Everything, Peter Pomerantsev on modern techniques for undermining facts and expertise. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l7q1
Conviction: American Panic about the Satanic ritual abuse mass hysteria of the 1980s. https://gimletmedia.com/shows/conviction/8whozxk
The Nobody Zone about an Irish serial killer on the London Underground whom police and politicians may have deliberately conspired to keep out of the news. https://www.rte.ie/eile/podcasts/2020/0211/1114553-the-nobody-zone/
