Pick of the week
Ignore That Feeling
“It’s clear that the theme of this podcast is us trying to talk about a topic and getting immediately sidetracked.” So say comedians Alison Spittle and Fern Brady about their new show. It’s a hugely entertaining ramble through subjects including Lily Allen’s “breakup album for narcissists” West End Girl, sex (“there’s more frigid people in England than Ireland”) and the length of pig orgasms (up to 90 minutes!). Lots of fun. Alexi Duggins
Widely available, episodes weekly, from Tue
Boss Class
The Economist’s Andrew Bartleby launches a series focusing on how generative AI will affect the future of employment. It’s a personable, amusing take on an unnerving topic, specifically in its first episode on whether it will replace humans – so he writes a column, gets an AI programme to do the same and asks his colleagues if they can tell which is which. AD
Widely available, out now
MF Doom: Long Island to Leeds
“The story of your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper.” MF Doom was banned from the US in 2010 and the following 10 years of his life are a mystery to fans. Afrodeutsche and Adam Batty remember the icon and ask: how did this New Yorker’s life come to an end in West Yorkshire? Hollie Richardson
BBC Sounds, from Tue
You, Me and the Big C
This special legacy episode of the groundbreaking cancer podcast gets the one surviving founder member, Lauren Mahon, into the studio with Steve Bland, the widower of presenter Rachael. As ever, it’s an open, light journey through the experience of living with the disease, but with reflections on the show’s impact and tributes to the hosts, including Deborah James. AD
BBC Sounds, out now
Safe
This urgent interview series from the Youth Endowment Fund centres on efforts to protect at-risk young people, and is hosted by youth worker turned journalist Ciaran Thapar. Among its interviewees are Ben Lindsay, CEO of anti-youth violence charity Power the Fight, and United Borders’ Justin Finlayson, whose studio bus empowers kids through music. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, out now
