Birdwatching with Sean Bean: best podcasts of the week
Briefly

Birdwatching with Sean Bean: best podcasts of the week
"On the face of it, the RSPB picking Ned Stark as the host of the new series of their podcast seems odd. But it turns out he's been a birder since childhood, who crams in birdwatching between acting gigs. He's warm and honest in his first podcast, chatting to fellow ornithology lover Elbow's Guy Garvey about spotting different species while working abroad, recognising bird song and the meditative joy of watching the feathered creatures. Alexi Duggins Widely available, episodes fortnightly"
"This one-off special of the podcast about Vine the shortform video site from the 2010s looks at how its previous episodes could have revived the platform. We meet Evan Henshaw-Plath, one of Twitter's first employees, who is setting up diVine, an anti-AI version of Vine, which he hopes might fix the flaws with modern social media and which was inspired by this show. AD Widely available, out now"
"Love + Radio: Blood Memory Brotherhood Nick van der Kolk hosts Love + Radio: Blood Memory. Photograph: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival This hit offbeat interview show from Nick van der Kolk (pictured above) makes an unexpected pivot to true crime with this sprawling series. Its subject is Michael Thompson, a former member of prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood who has testified against the group in court. But is he who he claims to be? Hannah J Davies Widely available, episodes weekly"
Ned Stark hosts an RSPB podcast and has been birding since childhood, fitting birdwatching between acting jobs. He talks warmly with Guy Garvey about spotting species abroad, recognising bird song, and the meditative joy of watching birds. A one-off episode about Vine examines how earlier coverage might have revived the platform and features Evan Henshaw-Plath creating diVine, an anti-AI vision of shortform video. Love + Radio: Blood Memory profiles Michael Thompson, an ex‑Aryan Brotherhood member whose identity and testimony are questioned. Malcolm Gladwell's Pushkin Industries investigates the 1998 disappearance of LA county sheriff's department officer Jon Aujay. Atonement recounts John Paulk's role in the 1990s ex‑gay movement and conversion therapy.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
[
|
]