Kristin Davis on what it’s really like to play Charlotte in Sex and the City: the best podcasts of the week

Pick of the week
Are You a Charlotte?

Has Kristin Davis been typecast by playing Sex and the City’s Charlotte York? It’s not a question that seems to worry her, judging by her new show: a loose nostalgia-fest based around the 90s sitcom. The first episode sees her promising to rewatch, delve into memories and invite guests along in subsequent weeks, before launching into an episode-long reminiscence about how she got her career-defining role. Brace for tons of insider info. Alexi Duggins
Widely available, episodes weekly

Contender Ready

Unofficial banter … Jessica Fostekew. Photograph: Matt Stronge

This hugely listenable unofficial companion podcast to BBC series Gladiators sees the show dissected by Olympic weightlifting medallist Emily Campbell and comic/weight-training fan Jessica Fostekew. There’s lovely chemistry between them, with banter about their most loved/hated Spandex wearers. AD
Widely available, episodes weekly

The Hole Truth

This detailed, insightful three-part series looks at how the US fell for conspiracy theories. Revealing interviews shed light on what it’s like to be a juror on the trials of the 6 January rioters, as well as looking at how constitutional sheriffs hosted their own conferences dedicated to dubious truths. Listening that is thought-provoking, compelling and worrying in equal measure. AD
Widely available, episodes weekly

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Yankee at heart … Willem Dafoe, photographed in London last year. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The inimitable interviewer is back with a fourth series, opening with a straight-talking (and somewhat self-deprecating) Willem Dafoe. If that sounds unlikely to offend, Theroux will also be sitting down with Armie Hammer, who has been persona non grata in Hollywood since 2021, when his glittering career was derailed by accusations of abuse. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly

Deathbound

“Romantasy” fans assemble: this queer saga thrusts listeners into a tale of forbidden passion, with Jessie Mei Li and Freya Mavor narrating the action. In the kingdom of Eynhallow, Princess Ythsie forges an unlikely connection with her bodyguard Stroma. Cue the discovery that Ythsie is a necromancer – and the advent of powerful enemies. HJD
Audible, all episodes out now