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Education

Official website: https://www.soundjudgmentpodcast.com/

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In Sound Judgment, the co-hosts from the Ambie Award-winning Bone Valley go behind the scenes on how they made the show. Bone Valley won two Ambie Awards on Monday.

Technology

Official website: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/mels-electric-adventure

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Mel’s Electric Adventure is new from Tortoise today - Mel Giedroyc and journalist Giles Whittell discover the world of electric cars, discuss life and wonder how it’s going to be changed by the electric revolution. It's available everywhere today.

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News

Official website: https://www.straighttothecommentspodcast.com/

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Do you find yourself jumping straight to the comments only to wonder why online threads are so addictive? Straight to the Comments is a new women-led podcast with a mission to explore the fascinating and sometimes disturbing world of online comments and their impact on us and our wider society. It launched last week.

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TV & Film

Official website: https://www.themediaclub.com

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The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan includes a recommended discussion on "the future of audio", at a conference called The Future of Audio Europe.

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Fiction

Official website: http://folxlore.libsyn.com/website

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One of only two independent fiction podcasts in _The Atlantic_’s 50 Best Podcasts of the year, Folxlore returned for a new and final season yesterday. Folxlore has depicted, subverted, or in other ways dealt with queer fears from passing in public to parenthood, paranoia to private landlords, all with a recognisable Glasgow patter, and all with an innovative experimental approach to the audio medium.

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News

Official website: https://www.listnr.com/podcasts/defending-democracy-with-malcolm-turnbull

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From LiSTNR, Defending Democracy with Malcolm Turnbull features the former Australian Prime Minister asking whether we're witnessing the decline of democracy. Expect guests including Australian MPs and a former British Prime Minister, Theresa May.

© 2026 LiSTNR - Text, image, music and sound comprising this podcast are owned by or licensed to SCA. By accessing, communicating or using this podcast, you agree to be bound by the terms available at https://www.listnr.com/terms

Education

Official website: https://www.podcastbestie.com/podcast

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Podcast Bestie launches today from Courtney Kocak, and her first guest is Podnews's Editor, James Cridland. James seems to like mentioning fish and chips a lot.

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News

Official website: https://podnews.net

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In the Podnews Weekly Review, details of beer in Las Vegas (and a live taping of the show), and Steve Pratt joins James and Sam to talk about his role as an 'attention strategist'. Also, discover how to start using Podfans today. It's sponsored by Buzzsprout (though Spotify added another sponsor today too).

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Society & Culture

Official website: https://www.nextchapterpodcasts.com/beef

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The juiciest rivalries you've never heard of, BEEF with Bridget Todd is new this week from Next Chapter Podcasts. Bridget Todd tells the stories of legends in their fields and how they tried to stomp out their competition only to find that their enemies become the driving force behind their success, ultimately changing the world as we know it. It's like Business Wars but for pop culture history; the first episode features advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby.

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History

Official website: https://wondermedianetwork.com/work/womanica/

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Wonder Media Network's Womanica has joined iHeartPodcasts. The daily podcast is "about a woman from history we might not know about, but should".

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