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Dissident Sisters

At the age of 14, Anita Rani wrote to Meera Syal after watching Bhaji on the Beach. In a spin-off, Meera is Anita’s first guest on an interesting podcast about “the most interesting women in the world”. She talks about all kinds of things, from bare-bones life to Goodness Gracious Me and divorce – which, she says, are still fascinating for South Asian women to be comfortable with. Future guests include Gisèle Pelicot and Adjoa Andoh. Hollie Richardson
Available now, episodes every week from Tuesday 26th May

Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Gorsuch

Since its launch in 2017, Slate’s anthology series has covered some of America’s most famous people: Bill Clinton, Tupac, David Duke. Section 11 breaks down the unclear picture. “Wild card” Supreme court Justice Neil Gorsuch is not a household name – but he could change the US forever. Rachel Aroesti
It is widely available, episodes every week

Drilling: Carbon Cowboys

Bruce Rastetter is a Republican megadonor and Iowa businessman in the carbon sequestration business, whose efforts to expand his so-called “clean energy” business in Brazil form the basis of this new season of the climate crisis podcast. As with Drilled, it’s fun but weird stuff. RA
It is widely available, episodes every week

Passage: On Morrison

When Harvard professor Namwali Serpell’s famous book on Toni Morrison was published in February, she went on a campaign trail. The story begins to take off, following Serpell as he travels across the country reading Morrison’s work to audiences and discussing it with critic Vinson Cunningham and former US poet Tracy K Smith. RA
It is widely available, episodes every week

Capturing the King

“We’ve done it before: looking for a famous boss. Can we do it again?” Following their investigative series To Catch a Scorpion, reporter Sue Mitchell and veteran Rob Lawrie team up to uncover the man they believe is responsible for thousands of illegal tours, some of which have resulted in deaths. HR
It is widely available, episodes every week