Lauren Layfield introduces the Animal Sensemaker on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. The goal of The Animal Sensemaker is to introduce you to one animal every week to make sense of the world. A spin-off of The Sensemaker, a more traditional news-based version of the same format, The Animal Sensemaker remains a 10 minute bitesize piece of useful information - just this time with added animals. Follow The Animal Sensemaker wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Intersections on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Intersections is an incredible achievement; an all-enveloping wall of sound that puts you right into the center of a city of the creators' choice. Season 2 focuses on Los Angeles. 100 notable Angelenos, all nominated by members of their community, have been interviewed about the city and the people that inhabit it, in an attempt to preserve the untold stories of LA. Follow Intersections wherever you're reading this.

Lauren Layfield introduces What Did You Do Yesterday? on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. This one does exactly what it says on the tin. Max Rushden and David O'Doherty ask a celebrity guest what they did yesterday. Not today, not the day before yesterday. Just yesterday. Their first guest is the comedian and broadcaster Elis James. Follow What Did You Do Yesterday wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Eliza on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education) stars in a dark, near-future science fiction fairytale about a robot who can feel, and the world that attempts to control her. When a robot called Eliza falls in love with Him (Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who), they work together to make her fully sentient. But consciousness doesn’t come without consequences. As Eliza gets caught in a web of both loving and abusive relationships, she has to fight to survive. Eliza is a Crowd Network original made in partnership with The Pankhurst Trust / Manchester Women’s Aid. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, help is available now. You can call the 24/7 national helpline on 0808 2000 247 and get free confidential advice at https://www.womensaid.org.uk Follow Eliza: A Robot Story now wherever you're reading this.

Lauren Layfield introduces Up In Smoke on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Adam Buxton and Mei Mac star in a true crime podcast about a fictional event. In 2014 a devastating house fire shatters the quiet life of Greenloch, a rural English village. Teenager Mason Miller is presumed dead in the blaze. When investigators sift through the ashes, no trace of his body is found. The mystery of Mason’s disappearance ignites a global media frenzy. It draws in police, reporters, and psychics from around the world - all obsessed with one question: Where is Mason Miller? Follow Up In Smoke wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Waterlands on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. This season, Megan McCubbin explores vibrant riverbanks, unveiling the vital interplay between our waterways and the life they support. Beyond traversing literal waters, this series navigates the rich history and crucial roles that rivers play in maintaining ecological balance and shaping human culture. In the first episode, Megan journeys to The Flow Country with Milly Revill Hayward to uncover the origins of rivers. This episode takes a look into the formation of rivers from unexpected sources like peat bogs, highlighting their critical role in carbon capture and supporting unique species of moss, plants, birds, and insects. Follow Waterlands wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. The idea for The World podcast stems from two events in the careers of its presenters. In 2007 Richard was invited to the White House for a private one-on-one meeting with President George W Bush to discuss Iraq and Middle East policy. It was Richard’s ability to be in the thick of the fighting while at the same time provide fast, accurate and wide-reaching analysis of what was happening that interested the president. Since then, Richard’s in-depth knowledge and expertise has continued to be in demand among influential figures across the globe – and it is precisely this insight we will be offering to the audience every week. In 2021, immediately prior to the fall of Kabul, Yalda received a call from the Taliban live on air. In a world exclusive, the spokesman assured Yalda that no one in the city would be harmed by their troops when they entered the city.  It was an episode that highlighted that Yalda is one of the best connected and well-respected journalists in the business – and the show will be drawing on her extensive contacts book to provide most knowledgeable and high-profile guests. Join Richard and Yalda for The World as they cross the globe from the mass migration routes of Mexico to the frontline battles of the Middle East as they report, probe and ask the questions to make sure you can really understand what is happening in the world today – and why it matters to you. Follow The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim wherever you're reading this.

Lauren Layfield introduces Joanne McNally Investigates... on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Twelve months ago Joanne McNally was a comedian with a love of conspiracy theories. Now, she's an intrepid investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to root out a story, and her latest assignment will thrust her into the world of international espionage, politics... and Furbys. In the 1990s the Furby was the fuzzy friend that every kid wanted – a futuristic soft toy which could talk to you, learn from you, listen to you. But could they have been more than just toys? Were they, as the rumours claim, a listening device which threatened the safety of the world as we know it? In her latest adventure, Joanne McNally sets off to discover the truth, telling the story of the Furby, its rise to prominence, and the technology behind it. Follow Joanne McNally Investigates... wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Origins with Cush Jumbo on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Criminal Record) asks a star line up to share intimate stories from the key stages of their lives, before they became household names. Split over three sections, we hear amazing stories from childhood, teenage/young adult years and their early working experiences before fame came knocking. Collectively these three facets give us a rounded picture of the making of our guest and will be instantly relatable. Tonally, the show draws a lot from Cush’s huge personality - empathetic, honest and often hilarious. Follow Origins wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Where Are You Going? on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives. The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks’ surprising. Be transported to places around the world and into the lives of others: You just never know what story is coming next… Follow Where Are You Going? wherever you're listening to this.

Lauren Layfield introduces Where Should We Begin? on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Imagine being a fly on the wall of the office of a psychotherapist. A really good psychotherapist. You hear the full range of her clients' many problems and every piece of advice she has to address them. Well, that's Where Should We Begin by psychotherapist Esther Perel. Across the summer Esther has been busy tracking the story of love through her clients' stories. From exciting, young love, to relationships becoming stale, arguments, infidelity and break ups. These have been collected together as a miniseries, The Arc of Love, which we're excited to bring you this week. Search for Where Should We Begin wherever you're listening to this.

Lauren Layfield introduces Murder They Wrote on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling love true crime - in fact, they're a little bit obsessed. And now they want to share that obsession with you. Join Laura and Iain as they dive deep into some of the world's most jaw-dropping crime stories. Expect murder, mayhem, blackmail, betrayal, and more. Each week, the pair choose a new crime and divulge all the details you're dying to know. They unpick the crucial moments and get to the heart of the whodunnit - all while making each other laugh along the way. Search for Murder They Wrote wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Worse than Murder on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. In the winter of 1969, Muriel McKay, the wife of Rupert Murdoch's deputy chairman at News Limited, was abducted from her home in Wimbledon, Southwest London. The kidnap was a shocking case of mistaken identity – the kidnappers claimed "We tried to get Rupert Murdoch's wife [Anna]. We couldn't get her, so we took [Muriel] instead". Sadly, Muriel was never seen again. ‘Intrigue: Worse Than Murder’ is a new podcast from BBC Radio 4 which tells the story of what happened the night Muriel was taken, and in the days, months and years that followed. It was an unprecedented case that obsessed the nation, baffled a police force, and led to the biggest manhunt of its day as the Metropolitan police raced against the clock to find Muriel. But the kidnapping of Muriel McKay was something else too: a story that helped make the British tabloid press into the kind of beast we know today. Using intimate testimony from members of the McKay family and previously un-broadcast recordings of telephone conversations with the kidnappers, Worse Than Murder sensitively explores the impact the abduction has had on Muriel’s family for 54 long years, and what it tells us about the tabloid press at a pivotal moment in its history. Search for Intrigue: Worser than Murder wherever you're reading this.

Lauren Layfield introduces How to Write a Book on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Even if you're not writing anything but are simply passionate about books and storytelling, How To Write A Book offers a fascinating peek behind the curtain of the literary world. Hosted by best-selling author, Sara Collins, leading agent, Nelle Andrew, and senior publisher, Sharmaine Lovegrove, the 12-week series guides listeners from conception to completion. The experts will offer practical knowledge and advice by shedding light on plot development, crafting compelling characters, and mastering convincing dialogue. Regular listener exercises are provided along the way to help get creative juices flowing and hosts talk about their own influences too. From Tom Ripley to Gone Girl, Jane Austen to Jane Fallon, Peaky Blinders to Succession - episodes will break down how to find ideas and how best to execute them. Follow How to Write a Book wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Harry and Paul Are... Devious on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Join the country's two most loveable villains as they put their secretive scheming skills to the ultimate test. Wicked, cunning and seriously entertaining, our favourite Anti-Heroes think they could’ve pulled off the biggest failed crimes in history. In Harry and Paul Are Devious, the duo will bring listeners real crime fails that will send heads into hands and the boys into hysterics. Discover cringe-worthy blunders, like 24-year-old thief Christopher Wallace who posted his hiding location on Snapchat, or the gang member who purchased ten luxury cars the day after executing the biggest robbery in Brazilian history! The devious double act is brimming with fool-proof ideas that these criminals missed... Follow Harry and Paul Are... Devious wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Dangerous Memories on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege suddenly sever ties with friends and family, and vanish?  It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too. And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure - a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe. Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.You can follow Dangerous Memories and listen to all of the episodes on Tortoise+, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. https://podfollow.com/tortoise-investigates

Lauren Layfield introduces The Rest is Entertainment on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment. You can follow The Rest is Entertainment and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Coatbridge on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home. In her own words, Sandra tells the full story, of a lifetime spent confronting doubt and resistance. Can she break the silence and find the truth? And how much pain will it cause? You can listen to Coatbridge on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Coatbridge-The-Disappearance-of-Moira-Anderson-Audiobook/B0D81JPDP6

Lauren Layfield introduces Boom! on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the question John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, gets asked the most. And the answer lies in the peculiar politics of the baby boomers. Since 1992, every American president bar one has been a white man born in the 1940s. That run looks likely to span 36 years - not far off the age of the median American. This cohort was born with aces in their pockets. Their parents defeated Nazism and won the cold war. They hit the jobs market at an unmatched period of wealth creation. They have benefitted from giant leaps in technology, and in racial and gender equality. And yet, their last act in politics sees the two main parties accusing each other of wrecking American democracy. As the boomers near the end of their political journey, John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, sets out to make sense of their inheritance and their legacy.  You can subscribe to Boom and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or The Economist app.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Tiny Suit Case on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. For season 2, the investigative trio is back with a brand new mystery set in Sweden (Scandi Noir if you will) called The Case Of The Tiny Suit/Case. They now live by the phrase “when the cops say no, we say yes”. This season explores a serial act of reverse theft: a tiny three piece corduroy suit and a suitcase containing threatening items were planted on the victim’s veranda in the middle of nowhere. Our forensic experts are also back on board, not because they want to be, but because we asked really really nicely, (and Karen can be unnervingly persuasive). You can follow The Tiny Suit Case and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Story on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day. Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations. Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker. Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times. You can follow The Story and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Pretendians on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and professors have in common? They aren’t Indigenous.  There are hundreds of cases of Indigenous identity fraud that we know about, and likely thousands that we do not. So why do these so-called “pretendians” do it? How do they pull it off? And what happens when they are exposed?  In each episode of this riveting new podcast series, co-hosts Robert Jago (Kwantlen First Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe) and Angel Ellis (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) reveal unbelievable stories of audacious fraudsters and investigate the complex phenomenon of Indigenous identity theft. You can follow Pretendians and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces White Devil on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – part of one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation.You can follow White Devil and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Modi Raj on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing a third term atop the world’s biggest democracy. A tea-seller’s son, Mr Modi began life an outsider. The man behind the political phenomenon remains hard to fathom. India has become an economic powerhouse during his ten years in charge. But he’s also the frontman for a chauvinistic Hindu nationalist dogma. Can Mr Modi continue to balance both parts of his agenda and finish the job of turning India into a superpower? The Economist’s Avantika Chilkoti finds out what makes him tick. You can follow The Modi Raj on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and listen to the whole series on Economist Podcasts+

Lauren Layfield introduces Travel Secrets on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Welcome to Travel Secrets with Tanya Rose – the podcast sharing wisdom for fellow travellers.  Tanya will be joined by an ensemble of well-travelled guests, sharing perspectives on the art of travel shaped by their varied lifestyles; from the worlds of film, fashion and more. During these conversations, Tanya will discover the guests' six Travel Secrets and learn about the experiences that uncovered them. Unlock insider secrets and learn how to get under the skin of a destination like a local and not a tourist.You can follow Travel Secrets and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces How to Catch A Scorpion on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. To Catch A Scorpion: The dramatic hunt for one of Europe's most-wanted people smugglers, recorded as it unfolds. BBC journalist, Sue Mitchell, and former soldier and aid worker, Rob Lawrie go on a search for a crime boss: a people smuggler on the run, whose codename is Scorpion. He is one of the central characters controlling the transport of migrants from the European mainland into the UK. Barzan Majeed - codenamed Scorpion - leads the Scorpion gang. He's on international most-wanted lists. He started his criminal career in Britain and went on to build a smuggling empire which now spans the globe. An international police surveillance operation trapped more than 20 of his gang and almost netted Scorpion himself, but he was tipped off and escaped. Sue and Rob, two seasoned investigators, team up to try to do what the police have been unable to achieve: to find Scorpion, to speak to him, to ask him to account for his crimes and to seek justice for the families he has harmed. Their investigation takes them to the heart of an organised criminal gang making millions from transporting thousands of migrants on boat and lorry crossings that in some cases have gone dangerously wrong, causing serious injury and putting lives at risk. They witness his operation in action and record as intense situations unfold, where vulnerable people desperate for a better future, put their lives in the hands of ruthless and dangerous criminals. As they edge ever closer, they meet the people helping and supporting Scorpion and unpick the financial side of his business funding his luxury life. As they start to understand the man himself, can they garner enough clues to trace his whereabouts?You can follow How to Catch A Scorpion and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. This is the inside story of one of the world’s most bizarre and ballsy reality dating shows. In early 2013 a group of twelve unsuspecting American women were flown to a sumptuous Elizabethan estate in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, where they competed for a chance to win the affections of one of the world’s most eligible bachelors. “Oh my god,” shouts one of the contestants as their suitor arrives by helicopter, “That’s Prince Harry!”. The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace tells the gripping, entertaining and unsettling story of how Fox duped a group of women into believing they were dating a man who was fifth in the line to the British throne. You can follow The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace and listen to all of the episodes on Wondery+.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Price of Paradise on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. When ex-Bunny girl Jayne Gaskin spots the desert island of her dreams for sale online, she decides to risk it all. Trading in their English village home, Jayne and her family relocate to their own private paradise, just off the coast of Nicaragua. And a reality TV crew follows them to film a new show, No Going Back. But soon they all discover that paradise has its secrets. The locals claim the island belongs to them, and it’s been sold illegally. Jayne’s not leaving without a fight. A fight that will soon turn deadly.You can follow The Price of Paradise and listen to all of the episodes on Wondery+, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Apple and the Tree on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Vogue Williams hosts The Apple and The Tree, a brand new podcast where a parent and their adult child get to ask each other about the parts of their shared history they’ve always wanted to know more about, but never given themselves the time to do so. These are deep, intimate and revealing conversations that move through love, grief, shame, sexuality, religion, addiction, identity and so much more. Because these shows were recorded in our guest’s own homes, it’s like you’ve been invited in to sit alongside them and hear exactly how their lives have unfurled. At the end of each episode, Vogue and the guests unpack what’s been shared to discover if the apple really does fall far from the tree.You can follow The Apple and the Tree and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Black Box on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. At some point in the past few years, humanity collided with a new kind of intelligence. And things are getting strange. People are being accused of crimes by algorithms; falling in love with digital beings; pioneering new ways to fight old diseases; turning to machines for comfort in their worst moments, and using artificial intelligence to commit - and hide from - terrible crimes. The Guardian’s Michael Safi investigates the story of a technology so complex that its own creators have no idea what it is thinking, and captures a snapshot of the era when people first made contact with AI.You can follow Black Box and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Miss Me on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Join friends since birth Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver twice a week for their transatlantic catch-ups, discussing everything from the highs and lows of their lives to the biggest cultural moments of the week.You can follow Miss Me and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The World's Hardest Puzzle on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. In 2012, a mysterious organisation known as Cicada 3301 announced itself on the message board, 4chan. The cryptic post appeared online, seeking 'highly intelligent individuals.' What followed became known as the hardest puzzle on the internet. One that took players across the internet and into real-world locations. After two years of enigmatic posting, it disappeared - and was never seen again. The final puzzle was never solved.You can follow The World's Hardest Puzzle and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Trumped on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Despite high-profile protests from locals, planners and environmentalists, Donald Trump's controversial golf development in Aberdeenshire was greenlit with shocking consequences.You can follow Trumped and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Midsomer Murders Mayhem on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Midsomer Murders Mayhem delves into the history of the hit television show whilst discussing the eternal question of how such a quaint county in England can be host to so many murders and such a staggering death toll. Hosted by Nicki Chapman with insights from the cast, each episode of the podcast focuses on a single episode of the television series. Special guest Scottish comedian Ashley Storrie (Dinosaur) features alongside Nicki Chapman as a regular guest and host of the superfan quiz, while the series guests include American TV writer Bill Young, professional detectives, pathologists and crime-scene experts who will share their insights and opinions into the eternal appeal of the attractive, yet surprisingly lethal drama, which has seen cheese and washing machines used as murders weapons.You can follow Midsomer Murders Mayhem and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Anatomy of a Stalker on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What does a stalker look like to you? Nearly 4% of people in the UK will experience stalking this year. But why is it happening, and what can we do about it?  Join journalist Ruchira Sharma as she embarks on a journey to get inside the mind of a stalker. Who are the people that stalk? What motivates their actions? And can they be rehabilitated? These are the questions Ruchira seeks to answer as she speaks with survivors, forensic and clinical psychologists, barristers, support workers, and just maybe, stalkers themselves. You can follow Anatomy of a Stalker and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Electoral Dysfunction on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Beth Rigby. Jess Phillips. Ruth Davidson. With polls suggesting trust in politicians is low, three political powerhouses unite to unravel the spin and explain what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond. Every week, they will examine our political leaders and their policies – how they’re written, and how they’re sold to voters – as we prepare for a general election. With so much at stake, they will work out which politicians are coming out on top and who is having an Electoral Dysfunction – and what it all actually means for you.You can follow Electoral Dysfunction and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Dissident at the Doorstep on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What happens when someone becomes a human-rights icon – but then turns out to stand for something else entirely? Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was locked up for fighting against China’s One Child Policy and suffered years of unlawful imprisonment. In 2012, following a daring midnight escape, he landed in the United States a hero. But that’s only the beginning of his story. Just a few years later, he would re-enter the spotlight as an avid Trump supporter and a “Stop the Steal” rally-goer. How did this happen? Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, and Yangyang Cheng set out on a journey to find out – did Guangcheng change, or was he totally misunderstood from the beginning? You can follow Dissident at the Doorstep and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Joe Marler's Things People Do on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Joe Marler used to hate people, but then he met Tom Fordyce, and a load of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and a podcast was born that changed his mind forever. It might just change your life too.   Because everyone is interesting if you ask the right questions. And this is a show about all the weird and wonderful things people do.You can follow Joe Marler's Things People Do and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Who Trolled Amber on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.You can follow Who Trolled Amber and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Smiling Gives You Wrinkles on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Award-winning Beauty Editor, Donna Francis has spent the last 25 years helping women feel comfortable in their skin and now in her late 40s, she is passionate about inspiring women to feel positive about aging and everything that comes with it. In Smiling Gives You Wrinkles, Donna shares relatable and inspiring stories from some brilliant women about how to approach aging positively, authentically and unapologetically.You can Follow Smiling Gives You Wrinkles and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Lucy and a crack team of female detectives investigate the crimes of women from the 19th and 20th Century from a contemporary, feminist perspective.You can Follow Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Godmother on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. In the 1930s, Lucky Luciano, one of American history’s most notorious mobsters, was finally taken down by a rookie prosecutor. Eunice Carter was one of the first Black Women ever to become a prosecutor in America. She operated from the heart of the Harlem Renaissance to navigate the corrupt world of downtown Manhattan politics, and a deeply racist and sexist pre-civil rights American society. But her pioneering role in what became known as the “trial of the century” has been forgotten by popular history. Hers is the story of a writer, social worker, mother, teacher, sister, socialite, political candidate, community organizer and unheralded pioneer. This eight part immersive podcast is hosted by poet and writer, Nichole Perkins. It tells the story of Eunice Carter: a bad-ass anti-hero unafraid to bend the rules in pursuit of ambition, justice and legacy.  You can Follow The Godmother and listen to all of the episodes on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Sisters in Sobriety on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. You know that sinking feeling when you wake up with a hangover and think: “I’m never doing this again”? We’ve all been there. But what happens when you follow through? Sonia Kahlon and Kathleen Killen can tell you, because they did it! They went from sisters-in-law, to Sisters in Sobriety.You can Follow Sisters in Sobriety and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Catching the Kingpins on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. A 6-part true crime podcast documenting the biggest organised crime bust in British policing history. It happens in 2020 when police in France penetrate an encrypted phone network called EncroChat. According to police, the phones were used exclusively by criminals. For over two months, police forces across Europe were reading the secret communications of major league criminal networks. The Metropolitan Police, working with the National Crime Agency and other forces, used this information to uncover the workings of organised crime groups. “It was like being in a room with them and they are talking freely, and they don't see you there,” says DCI Driss Hayoukane, the Senior Investigating Officer who led the Met’s EncroChat operation. Police went public about the EncroChat hack in July 2020. This is the first time that the inside story of some of the Met’s biggest EncroChat cases has been told to a broadcaster. Talking exclusively to BBC Sounds, police officers reveal how they used the gangsters’ messages to uncover arms dealing and expose murder plots as well as major drug trafficking and money laundering operations.You can Follow Catching the Kingpins and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Betwixt The Sheets on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced? Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class. Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. The etymology of swear words, gender bias in medicine, and satanic panic and cults - there’s nothing off limits. She'll be bed-hopping around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now. You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.You can Follow Betwixt The Sheets and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Media Storm on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Where fact-checking meets fun, reporting meets road-trip and the mainstream media meets its match... Media Storm is a news podcast that starts with the people who are usually asked last. "Migrants", "criminals" and "sex workers" are some of the biggest stars in the headlines, yet we rarely actually hear from them. Here, we provide a space for these minority groups to get their right of reply.You can Follow Media Storm and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Million Dollar Lover on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Million Dollar Lover is an unlikely love story, recorded in real time as the relationship unfolds between a wealthy widow, Carolyn, who is 80, and Dave, 57, a former drug addict who is homeless and has a long criminal history.You can Follow Million Dollar Lover and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds or through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Normal Women on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Normal Women is a radical retelling of our nation’s story – not of the rise and fall of kings and the occasional queen – but of social and cultural change, powered by the determination, persistence and effectiveness of women– from 1066 to modern times. This is not another book or podcast about three or four well-known heroines; it is a story about millions of women: those who left records and those who were ‘hidden from history.’ The podcast weaves together Philippa’s narrative history with lively discussions, bringing together historians who are experts in their field, and guests with their own modern perspectives. From popstars to TikTok superstars, groundbreaking campaigners to best selling authors, Philippa welcomes women from all walks of life to look back at the past lives of half the population, and put women where they belong – centre stage.You can Follow Normal Women and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.