Broadcasting favourites Alice Levine and Greg James have teamed up for their first podcast together, titled Bad Chat. The show, which launched this week, features the longtime friends discussing a wide range of topics with listeners invited to share their gripes, crises, and inane thoughts.
In the debut episode, Levine reveals her acting debut in War Horse, while the pair explore offbeat questions such as 'Did you know that horses’ legs are their fingers?' The format is described as standard chatty podcast fare, with no topic off limits.
Elsewhere in the podcast world, the culture podcast hosted by Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix has been revived by the Obamas' production company Higher Ground. The show offers pertinent and often funny takes on pop culture, including recent discussions on Lena Dunham's memoir and the series Euphoria.
A new limited series from Canada's CBC investigates a secretive AI policing tool used in Akron, Ohio, that turned out to be ineffective. Hosted by Sam Mullins, the series fuses tech and true crime across nine episodes.
Nurse-turned-content creator Hunter Prosper has launched a podcast extension of his viral TikTok interviews, featuring polished chats with candid individuals. The first episode centres on three love stories, including one from 96-year-old Sally.
Roman Mars leads a new take on A History of the World in 100 Objects, with contributors including Radiolab's Latif Nasser and Song Exploder's Hrishikesh Hirway. The first episode features Pulitzer-winning writer Jill Lepore considering what a time capsule from 1876 teaches about curation.
