Former rugby player and Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler has launched a new podcast, titled 'Pseudo', where he poses as a fake psychologist. The show features weekly interviews with famous guests, with the first episode featuring his 'hundy P' Nick Mohammed. However, listeners are warned that the show relies heavily on visual gags, making it more suited to video than audio.
In other podcast news, former marine Eric Morante shares his remarkable story in a new series. After losing his leg in a bomb blast in Iraq, Morante became an amputee boxer. In 2019, his licence was revoked half an hour before a fight, and he recounts this and his journey in the series.
Professor Hannah Fry and YouTuber Michael Stevens host a chatty, half-hour show exploring eclectic topics, starting with water. The series asks questions like 'Is ice a mineral?' and 'Is water lava?', providing an enjoyable knowledge blast.
In a Tortoise Investigates series, travel writer Lydia Gard delves into the world of freediving, uncovering ego, corruption, and doping allegations within the competitive community. Meanwhile, the United Nations Refugee Agency has launched a series hosted by British poet Sophia Thakur, featuring refugees sharing the songs that carried them through displacement.
