Best podcasts to listen to while you're stuck at home

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April 20, 2020

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There has never been a better time for podcasts. Though the format has been around for a couple of decades now, it’s only in the last few years that they really hit their stride.

Podcasts have transformed the daily grind into an altogether more bearable experience.

Here are some podcasts that will help in the stay-at-home battle.

Coronavirus Global Update

This one from the BBC World Service is ideal if you want to keep on top of the major big-picture developments.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coronavirus-global-update

SPORTS

Match of the Day: Top 10

Rather than doing the same VAR-outrage-by-numbers spiel they have to wheel out every week, this pod sees Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright bicker amiable over their picks for the best 10 Premier League players in various categories.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/moftd

The Football Book Club

James Bugg, Jack Bernhardt, Amy Lawson, and James Boughen take you on a journey, other peoples, ex-pros with some great stories.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-football-book-club

FOOD

Home Cooking

This brand new option from Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway is the perfect thing to listen to during quarantine—it covers cooking with simple pantry ingredients (the first episode is all about beans), but it also tackles anxiety, which we’re all feeling right now.

https://homecooking.show/

COMEDY

Locked Together

Audible’s new series eavesdrops on comedy double-acts and writing partners to hear how they’re coping with being apart during the lockdown.

That means updates from famous mates including Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Spaced pals Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Tez Ilyas and Sindhu Vee, Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield, Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan and the Kurupt FM boys.

It’s free too – you just need an Amazon or Audible account.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Locked-Together-Audiobook

CRIME

Crimetown

Hosts Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier’s investigation into the mob in Rhode Island’s capital brings to light truly staggering connections between the infamous Patriarca family and a number of high-profile politicians in the state – including former mayor Buddy Cianci.