{"id":1375,"date":"2023-04-30T10:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T09:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2023-06-18T11:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:02:33","slug":"banksy-con-artists-plus-rick-edwards-and-emer-kenny-laura-tobin-roisin-murphy-and-skunk-anansies-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/banksy-con-artists-plus-rick-edwards-and-emer-kenny-laura-tobin-roisin-murphy-and-skunk-anansies-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksy! Con Artists! Plus<\/i> Rick Edwards and Emer Kenny, Laura Tobin and Skunk Anansie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
May is just around the corner, and it\u2019s a hectic one. Local Elections across the country take place next Thursday, two days before the King\u2019s Coronation in London. Then three days after that the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Liverpool, followed by the BAFTA Television Awards the day after! \ud83d\ude13<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a number of podcasts covering the Coronation. ITV News has launched The Royal Rota<\/strong><\/a>, brought to you by their Royal Editor Chris Ship, whilst The Daily Mirror has Pod Save The King <\/strong><\/a>by Ann Gripper and their Royal Editor Russell Myers. Meanwhile The Royal Parks Coronation Podcast<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>will look at the role the Royal Parks have had in the Coronations of the past and what preparations are underway for the upcoming one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For an insight into why Coronations happen in the first place, listen out for History Hit\u2019s Gone Mediaeval<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>podcast, which did a special episode<\/strong><\/a> on that very topic. And Tony Robinson\u2019s Cunningcast<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>had a look at surreal Coronation traditions, such as why the King uses a sceptre and orb<\/strong><\/a> for the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a preview episode of the new Pod Save the UK podcast, which launches properly next week, the Pod Save America team talk to PSUK’s Nish Kumar and Coco Khan and give their own views on the Royal Family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if you\u2019re interested in podcasts covering Eurovision, we\u2019ll be featuring a host of them in next week\u2019s newsletter, so look out in your inbox. And another quick reminder to say that we have launched our own Instagram page. Make sure you follow us on @GreatBritPods <\/a>for the latest podcast recommendations.<\/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 [note to podcasters: make sure your episode is already out before telling us about the guest!]<\/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 an excellent recommendation, all you need to do is fill in this <\/strong>simple form<\/strong><\/a>. It might get featured in this newsletter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who Robs A Banksy?<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>In 2004, a 10 foot bronze sculpture by the world famous street artist Banksy was stolen on the streets of London. It was an art heist in broad daylight. Passers-by assumed that the artwork being lifted into a truck were people in white boiler suits employed by the local council, or by people connected to the artist himself. But it wasn\u2019t. Weirder still, the sculpture ended up in someone\u2019s back garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fact that someone would kidnap a Banksy statue is pretty absurd already,\u201d says the host and journalist Jake Warren. \u201cBut the story of why it happened and the following two decade debacle, is even wilder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The podcast also tries to get a comment from Banksy on all of this, which as you can imagine, isn\u2019t really that easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Filthy Ritual<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Podcasts about scams and scam artists are all the rage and this new story fronted by Hannah Macguire and Suruthi Bala, the hosts of the British Podcast Award winning series RedHanded<\/em>, is a compelling one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s about Juliette D\u2019Souza, a woman who lived in Hampstead and claimed to be a spiritual healer. She manipulated her victims into handing over large quantities, in the belief that her links to the spiritual world would solve all her problems, and then would threaten them if they did not follow her precise instructions. She gained more than \u00a31 million in the process, whilst wreaking havoc on her victim\u2019s lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n