From The Wire to The West Wing, your favourite TV dissected – podcasts of the week
What’s new in the podcast world and a look at the best shows for obsessive fans of TV’s great series
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How Halloween and Jamie Lee Curtis changed horror for ever – podcasts of the week
Curtis and director John Carpenter are among the talking heads remembering the slasher classic. Meanwhile, the best business podcasts are recommended
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Dr Death: the gruesome series that became an unlikely hit – podcasts of the week
Downloaded more than 8m times since launching last month, the real-life tale of medical malpractice is soon to be remade for TV
September 2018
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A history of Martin Luther King's non-violence – podcasts of the week
Serial is set to return in late September, while this week’s highlighted podcast takes a look at the life of the civil rights leader
August 2018
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Can My Dad Wrote a Porno conquer TV? – podcasts of the week
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How a rap one-hit wonder became a spoken-word king – podcasts of the week
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Can Blumhouse's political pod repeat Get Out's success? – podcasts of the week
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Slow Burn's deep dive into the Lewinsky scandal – podcasts of the week
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The fantastical world of Studio Ghibli – podcasts of the week
July 2018
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Comedians talk life, death and movie masterpieces – podcasts of the week
Brett Goldstein mixes mortality and movie-going to comic effect with Katherine Ryan and James Acaster, while another podcast explores Soho’s murderous past
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How the left can defeat Donald Trump – podcasts of the week
An Obama speechwriter suggests the way forward for the Democrats, while we pick the best cycling podcasts in our new and improved newsletter
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The juicy true-crime series recorded in a spare room – podcasts of the week
Season three of They Walk Among Us opens with the Kray twins, while a reader recommends Mother’s Quest, the musings of a mum-and-son duo
June 2018
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Dear Joan and Jericha: agony aunts of the most ribald kind – podcasts of the week
Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine have puerile and infectious fun mocking local radio gurus, while Decoder Ring asks the big questions, including: why do we clap?
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The lowdown on Love Island's lusty relationships – podcasts of the week
Get expert analysis of Adam’s toxic masculinity or, for a more gruesome reality, try The Doorstep Murder
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The Hawaiian experiment preparing for life on Mars – podcasts of the week
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The story behind the US's World Cup meltdown - podcasts of the week
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Dead Rock Stars and the legend of Lemmy – podcasts of the week
May 2018
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Bundyville: a modern American siege – podcasts of the week
A new series examines the story of an anti-state ranchers, and Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange and Blonde are put under the microscope