Podcasts You Should Be Listening To This Month

Pieces of Britney

In this eight-part series for BBC Radio 4, Pandora Sykes traces Britney Spears’ incredible life: from her childhood in rural Louisiana, to her coronation as the ipop princess, navigating celebrity gossip; through to a young mother on trial by the paparazzi. Britney’s public struggles saw her placed in a conservatorship, in which she lost the right to control her finances and day-to-day life. Now she is in court, pleading for this controversial legal arrangement to end. Episode Highlight: Shattered. Pandora looks at the cultural treatment of ‘troubled’ young female celebrities. Listen here.

The Kindness Economy

Mary Portas is back with a new season exploring the new values driving businesses and the fundamental role they must play in our lives. Each episode, Mary talks best practice with inspiring business leaders as they explore this exciting new value system. Think People, Planet, Profit – in that order. Episode Highlight: How kindness builds the bottom line, with Anna Blackburn, Beaverbooks Managing Director. Anna Blackburn is the first non-family member to run the jeweller Beaverbrooks. She’s also its first female managing director. And she’s more than doubled profits since she took the helm of the business. Anna has done this by building on a foundation already in place at Beaverbrooks which has always invested in its people. But taking this ethos a step further has allowed her to prove that The Kindness Economy betters the bottom line. Listen here .

Royally Obsessed

An insightful and hilarious podcast which gives us the scoop on what’s happening in the British royal family. From details on every single Meghan or Kate appearance to a dedicated appreciation of the royal kids, this is the perfect podcast for those looking for a weekly update on their favorite royals.

Episode Highlight: Wedding of the Century.

A flash back to the day 40 years ago when a young Diana Spencer walked down the aisle at St. Paul's Cathedral to wed her beau of 13 dates Prince Charles. They also dig into the wedding's long-term impact on today's modern royals (ahem, Will, Harry, Kate, Meghan)

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You're Wrong About

Bite-sized information is all well-and-good, but if what you're craving is a deep dive, turn to the hosts of this conversational podcast for a much closer look at moments in history you didn't even realize you'd been getting wrong, like the preppy murder, the rise and fall of Tonya Harding, the O.J. Simpson trial, and, of course, Princess Diana. Episode Highlight: The Anti-Vaccine Movement. Special guest Eric Michael Garcia tells Mike and Sarah about the deep roots of a pernicious modern myth. Digressions include Mary Tyler Moore, British place names and supermodel dating habits. Mike finally gets to talk about Swedish statistical methods. Listen here.

Conversations

Ever wanted a deeper insight into human behavior? If the answer’s yes, this is the podcast for you. Every week you can learn more about yourself and the people around you, with topics including: being a better listener, knowing when your relationship is over and why teenagers think you’re always having a go at them. Episode Highlight: The Art of Listening with psychotherapist Chris Mills. Listening is a skill not everyone has and yet it's so important to every day relationships - and is at the core of 99% of problems. In this episode Annalisa talks to Chris Mills, a psychotherapist about how to be a better listener, how to be heard with exercises you can try straight after listening.

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