The week in radio: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?; The News Agents Investigates; Sidetracked with Annie and Nick; Uncanny – review

On compelling form: George the Poet. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Have You Heard George’s Podcast? (BBC 5 Live) | BBC Sounds
The News Agents Investigates: Hunting a People Smuggler | Global
Sidetracked With Annie and Nick | BBC Sounds
Uncanny (BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds

George Mpanga, AKA George the Poet, is an unusual person. He moves – sometimes smoothly, sometimes with more personal difficulty – between north-west London, where he grew up (“the ends”) and more elite arenas such as Cambridge University, where he studied; between the UK and Uganda, where his parents are from. He loves poetry, learning, music, parties. He refuses to stereotype people. Recently, he organised a poetry competition for van drivers (his father, brother and uncle have all driven vans for a living) and is about to publish a book of the best 30 poems. He’s … different.