Dame Julie Andrews' Wonderful Take on Jane Austen: Finest Podcasts Weekly
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to retell the author's most beloved tale than the celebrated Julie Andrews? Although missing Colin Firth soaking wet, the screen legend is a wonderful and faithful storyteller of the original romcom classic featuring Elizabeth Bennet along with Mr Darcy. This production, which is broken down into two dozen plus installments, not simply honors the quarter-millennial of the author's birth – it also marks Andrews’s 90th year also!
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
Grand Designs Deconstructed
The stress is so intense when creating your own large residence, this property series stands among the rare television home programs where divorce is a feature rather than a bug. Kevin McCloud collaborates with Greg James on this pleasant companion series for dedicated followers – and confesses that he was close to dipping into his own money for financially strained participants.
Available via Spotify, weekly episodes
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
On Sundays, the presenter hosts a special episode addressing a specific issue using recognized experts and professionals. She begins with friendship – ways to create room for relationships and maintain contact – by interviewing author Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, therapist Samuel and Dr Franco. The tone is chatty, helpful and crucially, comforting.
BBC Sounds, weekly episodes
Music, Money & Mayhem
From Pink Floyd and Blur, the company featured a deluge of prominent British bands. This podcast hosted by Chris Atkins is bound to please both music nerds and business heads, as it effectively outlines EMI's failure by means of conversations including Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant and controversial former chairman Guy Hands.
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
Coining It
Presented by Lewis Goodall, this latest production sounds like it may turn into another run-of-the-mill cryptocurrency narrative. Fortunately, this account about an individual who found a bitcoin glitch that suggested endless money and launched this individual starting in Blackpool to the Middle East emerges as a vibrant and highly entertaining caper – if clearly a cautionary one.
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
