Culture The Evening Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The summer holiday months are upon us and it’s the perfect time to settle back and soak up some of those rays – more than likely abroad – while listening to a podcast .
But what to listen to? The podcasting world has exploded over the past decade, and with new shows released almost daily, it can be hard to know where to find the ones worthy of your ears. That’s where we come in, with our round-up of the best new releases. Plug in and sit back.
This show serves up fascinating stories of spycraft that are well worth tuning in for. Most recently, the show (with different stories narrated by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey) has examined the life of Aimen Dean, an Al-Qaeda jihadist who turned informant for the UK and helped stop multiple terrorist attacks – with a final episode interviewing Dean himself. Listen here A spinoff of the beloved podcast Sentimental Garbage, CG is a series about travel and films that feature travelling in which hosts Jen Cownie and Caroline O'Donoghue discuss everything from Eat, Pray, Love to Before Sunrise, and go off piste to take in Taylor Swift’s newest album and whether stripy v-necks will ever disappear from our wardrobes.
And don’t worry, the laughs are very much still there. Listen here In 2021, Jasmine Hartin (the daughter-in-law of Tory peer Michael Ashcroft) shot dead a police of.