Episode 22: An Enquiry Concerning Slurs and O...

David and Tamler cross the border into Denis Villeneuve's taut and propulsive thriller Sicario, the story of an FBI agent who gets pulled into a task force drawn from the shadiest elements of the US government. The assignment: to disrupt, infiltrate, and take down a major Mexican ...  Show more

David and Tamler return to the Southern Gothic well and talk about Flannery O'Connor's short story masterpiece "Good Country People." A nihilistic atheist philosophy PhD named Joy or Helga (depending on who you ask) lives with her mother and some tenants on a farm in rural Georgi ...  Show more

Covid-19 hasn’t gone away and, due to travel restrictions, neither has Louis Theroux. In the second outing of his podcast series, Louis tracks down more high-profile guests he’s been longing to talk to - a fascinating mix of the celebrated, the controversial and the mysterious.In ...  Show more

In this week's episode of the Tuesday People podcast, host Mitch Albom explores the topic of how humor can help us cope with loss. Joined by his co-host and producer, Lisa Goich, they share personal stories and experiences of using humor as a means to deal with loss and difficult ...  Show more

Anglophiles abroad love the British sense of humour – but what does that actually mean? In a recent review for the paper, Jonathan Coe takes a scalpel to the satire boom and its aftermath to find out what, if anything, sets British comedy apart. He joins Malin for a serious chat ...  Show more

There are two types of people we find when we review podcasts - people who are bad at podcasting and people who are bad at life. On this episode we explore the latter. This is a show with decent production and a lot going on, the problem is it's run by people who think having sex ...  Show more