Podcasts Archives

What is The Missing Cryptoqueen and who makes it? The Missing Cyptoqueen is a BBC Sounds podcast launched in September 2019. Hosted by technology expert...

Greg Cochrane - 9th November 2019

Features

‘The Missing Cryptoqueen’: the team behind 2019’s most gripping podcast tease its thrilling finale

It’s Friday October 25 and I’m in London due to meet the journalists behind The Missing Cryptoqueen, but they’re not here. And neither is the...

Greg Cochrane - 5th November 2019

NME Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #8 – Dolly Parton’s America, Louis Armstrong and Drag Race UK

Let’s roll back the clock to July 2019 and the debut Podcasts For The People column. My very first pick in that very first...

Greg Cochrane - 4th November 2019

Blogs

‘The Missing Cryptoqueen’: where is Dr Ruja, what is OneCoin and every other key question about the hit podcast

What is The Missing Cryptoqueen and who makes it? The Missing Cyptoqueen is a BBC Sounds podcast launched in September 2019. Hosted by technology expert...

Greg Cochrane - 30th October 2019

NME Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #7 – The White Stripes, roadlife with Vampire Weekend and filthy agony aunts

Hello. Welcome. And in news you might already know, the latest episode of the Adam Buxton podcast with special guest Chris Morris really is...

Greg Cochrane - 17th October 2019

Film News

Will Ferrell is launching his own podcast

Will Ferrell is launching his own new podcast in conjunction with iHeartMedia, it has been revealed. The Anchorman star previously worked with the network on...

Will Richards - 16th October 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #6 – Rick Rubin, the missing Cryptoqueen and Charles Manson’s slippers

Happy belated International Podcast Day! Earlier this week it was like every holiday rolled into one for podcasters, a day when shows across the world...

Greg Cochrane - 4th October 2019

NME Blogs

My Dad Wrote a Porno: the gang talk through the sordid, game-changing journey so far

With 180 million downloads on the clock and counting, the pervy podcast with more prurience than you’d find at a high-society house party boasting...

Greg Wetherall - 17th September 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #5: serial killers, a missing plane and, um, the Mercury Prize

This is the fifth Podcasts For The People column, which means, if you’re keeping up, there have already been a total of 50 new...

Greg Cochrane - 17th September 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #4: the return of ‘My Dad Wrote A Porno’, 25 years of ‘Definitely Maybe’ and more

A podcast eclipse is coming. Next week, a big one returns: My Dad Wrote A Porno. The first chapter of Book 5 lands on...

Greg Cochrane - 6th September 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #3: find your new audio obsession

Podcasts – they’re kind of a big deal now. This month, the second series of The Ron Burgundy Podcast launched with the kind of...

Greg Cochrane - 20th August 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People #2: find your new audio obsession here

To borrow a trick from any decent true crime podcast, let’s start with a recap. Last time out was the very first Podcasts For...

Greg Cochrane - 5th August 2019

Blogs

Greg Cochrane’s Podcasts For The People – our brand new podcast recommender, with input from YOU

There’s a vast universe of podcasts out there. From DIY bedroom audio blogs to mega-budget documentaries. Podcasting is having a moment – 15 years...

Greg Cochrane - 22nd July 2019

News

Barack and Michelle Obama ink multi-year podcast deal with Spotify

Former United States president Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year podcast deal with Spotify. Following the announcement that the...

Will Lavin - 7th June 2019

News

Desert Island Discs and other BBC podcasts now available on Spotify

Hundreds of BBC podcasts have been added to Spotify, with decades' worth of Desert Island Discs episodes newly uploaded. As well as an archive of...

NME News Desk - 14th August 2018

NME Blogs

The Best Podcasts of 2017: You need to be listening to these shows right now

Bored of listening to the same music on your commute? Then there's a good chance you need to spice things up a little bit...

Thomas Smith - 27th December 2017

NME Life Hacks

Dreamer’s Disease host Alex Manzi on how to start your own podcast

At our NME #Lifehacks event in London last month, Alex Manzi hosted a panel discussing how to effect positive change. Manzi hosts the Dreamer’s...

Nick Levine - 11th December 2017