Best podcasts of the week: Johnny Vaughan’s close encounters with people who have ‘met’ aliens

Johnny Vaughan’s Alien Kidnap Club meets people who claim to have had run-ins with visitors from outer space. Photograph: den-belitsky/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Alien Kidnap Club
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Perhaps the most freakishly timed podcast, given those recent goings-on in the US, Johnny Vaughan’s bonkers new series hears from people who claim to have had contact with aliens or to be an alien (yes). In the first episode, musician Dan Bowskill says he has met his future self, chosen his own mother and picked his own reality on Earth. “You’ve got to avoid [saying]: ‘Do you know what I mean?’” says Vaughan. “Because I don’t!” Hollie Richardson