{"id":1284,"date":"2023-02-12T10:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T10:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2023-02-18T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T14:44:07","slug":"channel-4-newss-jon-snow-has-a-new-podcast-plus-james-norton-amber-rudd-thanyia-moore-and-deborah-meaden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/channel-4-newss-jon-snow-has-a-new-podcast-plus-james-norton-amber-rudd-thanyia-moore-and-deborah-meaden\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 News\u2019s Jon Snow's new Podcast, plus<\/i> James Norton, Thanyia Moore, and Deborah Meaden."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
More notable podcasts have started offering subscription options, offering extra features and episodes for a small cost. Let\u2019s have a quick look at them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Captains with Sam Warburton<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>a relatively new series that looks at the tactics that help professional sports teams beat their opponents, have special episodes called \u2018The Huddle\u2019 looking at how best to give helpful feedback, how to prep for a big speech, and how to get back on form after a disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something Rhymes with Purple<\/strong><\/a>, the language podcast hosted by broadcaster Giles Brandreth and Countdown\u2019s <\/em>Susie Dent, now has an additional episode once a week featuring questions sent in from listeners. Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards<\/strong><\/a> is now a feature where subscribers can get new episodes early, with the most recent episode featuring an episode with Andy Burnham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And for the little ones, Fun Kids provide over 30 podcasts in their subscription offer allowing ad-free listening and bonus content. On the Fun Kids Science Weekly<\/strong><\/a> it offers a bonus episode once a month, full to the brim with extra science facts. A recent episode explored why earworms get stuck in your head and the colours that animals can see compared to our own. And on Storyquest<\/strong><\/a> it\u2019s started providing bonus improv-style interviews with main story characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTABLE NAMES ON PODCASTS THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have listened to a great guest on a podcast, let us know by filling in <\/strong>this form<\/strong><\/a> and it might get featured in an upcoming newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are our podcast picks for the week ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want your podcast featured, or you have a great recommendation, all you need to do is fill in this <\/strong>simple form<\/strong><\/a>. It might get featured in a future newsletter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Snowcast<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>It was only going to be a matter of time before we would hear from Jon Snow following his retirement from Channel 4 News, simply because you can sense his hunger for news and interviews. So, inevitably but also thankfully, here is that debut, starting with an engaging interview with the journalist Jon Ronson. In the 45-minute episode, Ronson talks about how he got interviews, people at the fringes of the story, and how conspiracy theories have had such a hold in the U.S rather than the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m interested in mystery. I see myself as the people in the van in Scooby Doo,\u201d Ronson said. \u201cThat\u2019s the wind behind my sails. I always try to understand a world I don\u2019t understand \u2026 with curiosity and empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The News Meeting<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>An interesting format looking at the week\u2019s news. Created by the news website and podcast publisher Tortoise, alongside platform Podimo, this podcast recreates a newsroom meeting where journalists pitch their top story and argue for its inclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The site\u2019s editor James Harding, who also used to be the director of BBC News and the editor of The Times, works out what order these stories should be in. There\u2019s also a frank and thoughtful discussion about what these stories say about the times we live in. New episodes are out every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n