A Hollywood star scandal gets some Vanity Fair pizzazz; 007’s stolen Aston Martin makes for a fun true crime podcast; and the cast of Chris Morris’s seminal news satire look back fondlyLove Is a Crime Vanity Fair/Cadence13The Great James Bond Car Robbe…
Tales of Haven Bay
Public radio series that parodies small town Alaska, produced by KCAW of Sitka, Alaska Newspaper story Daily Sentinel 3/4/88
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SiriusXM launches ‘TikTok Radio,’ a music channel featuring viral hits hosted by TikTok stars
If viral TikTok songs like Dr. Dog’s “Where’d All the Time Go?” or Bo Burnham’s “Bezos I” weren’t already stuck in your head on loop, now they could be. Today SiriusXM launched a TikTok Radio channel, which features TikTok creators as channel hosts. The station is designed to sound like a “radio version of the […]
Sean Lock obituary
Comedian known for his deadpan observational humour and as a longstanding team captain on TV’s 8 Out of 10 CatsSean Lock, who has died of cancer aged 58, was a bespectacled, besuited and well-groomed standup comedian who projected a constant air of puz…
The week in audio: The Patch; The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra; Forever Is a Long Time
Random UK postcodes, the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra’s son and a family big on divorce yield a succession of moving storiesThe Patch BBC Radio 4 | BBC SoundsThe Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra Wondery Forever Is a Long Time PRXThree very different ways…
On my radar: Shaun Keaveny’s cultural highlights
The 6 Music presenter on Schitt’s Creek, Douglas Stuart’s extraordinary Shuggie Bain and the canal-side pub he longs to visitBorn in Leigh, Greater Manchester, in 1972, radio DJ and presenter Shaun Keaveny began his career at XFM and in 2007 joined 6 M…
The week in audio: Speak Up; Woman’s Hour; The Spark; This Union: The Ghost Kingdoms of England
Mary Ann Sieghart led a succession of programmes showing just why men need to wise up, talk less and listen a lot moreSpeak Up (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsWoman’s Hour (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsThe Spark (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsThis Union: The Ghost Kingdoms of En…
The week in audio: Tokyo Olympics coverage; The Hundred; Passenger List; Fully Amplified
BBC radio and podcasts have all aspects of the Games covered, while a new take on cricket proved a bit too zippy for the airwavesTokyo Olympics coverage BBC Sounds/Radio 5 liveThe Hundred – BBC 5 live | BBC SoundsPassenger List BBC Radio 4 | BBC Sounds…
How the Piano Man Came Back to Life
The time a “stiff” caught fire.