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Pick of the week
Talk 90s to Me
Miranda Sawyer gets into full-on nostalgia mode in this series dedicated to the days of Cool Britannia, Girl Power, Trainspotting and much more. If you’ve not had your fill of Oasis yet, her first episode is a loving deep dive into fandom and how one Mancunian outfit went where no 90s band had gone before. Says former Q editor Ted Kessler, it all came down to the Gallaghers’ undeniable strain of “electricity … chaos and anarchy”. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly
StanLand
This tale of a podcaster transported to a weird world behind an Ikea wardrobe boasts a stacked cast including Jon Hamm, Rhea Seehorn and John Waters, and counts Bob Odenkirk as an executive producer. It’s a lot to live up to and sometimes feels laboured. But if sideways fantasy fiction is your thing, it may well hook you. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
No Easy Fix
The Atlantic’s 2024 miniseries Scripts was a powerful look at soaring rates of psychiatric drug use in the US. This time round, Ethan Brooks turns his attention to homelessness and addiction in San Francisco and touches on an important paradox: the fact that, despite being all-too visible to those around them, homeless people are often those who have been reported as missing. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
Write Me Dirty
Another week, another Katherine Ryan podcast. This time, in each episode she asks two funny guests to make up a very filthy story. First up, Taskmaster alumna Stevie Martin (who dedicates hers to her nana) and Fatiha El-Ghorri are told to set their stories in a car showroom. Hollie Richardson
Widely available, episodes weekly
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The Ballad of Big Mags
Myles Bonnar’s six-parter for BBC Scotland is full of mind-boggling facts about Stirling’s Margaret Haney, whose criminal brood were once dubbed “the family from hell”. Bonnar succeeds in highlighting the contradictions of a woman who was both an anti-paedophile vigilante and a crook – and who may have even been the inspiration for EastEnders matriarch Big Mo. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
