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The best new podcasts: 2021

By Holly O'Mahony on 7/1/2021

While our movements remain curtailed, the new year brings with it a rich harvest of new podcasts to educate, inform and entertain us during our daily walks and extended sofa time. From familiar voices embarking on fresh projects to new names cutting their teeth on the podcast scene, here are the best new podcasts of 2021.

Chanel Connects

Chanel Connects

Major fashion house Chanel has launched a podcast with a culture slant: Chanel Connects. In it, some of the most celebrated names in the realms of film, art, architecture, dance, music, and fashion discuss the future of culture at a time when galleries, museums and stages are preparing to reopen to a transformed world. The unusual pairings of guests is a highlight of this podcast, which so far has seen Pharrell Williams in conversation with Es Devlin, Edward Enninful speak with TildaSwinton, and Keira Knightley talk to Lulu Wang. Some of the pairs are in fact old friends, but others ‘meet’ for the first time while recording remotely from their homes. Whether you tune in for the big names or to hear how the industry is planning for the future – or both – the conversations are likely to be captivating.


Listen here

WHERE
Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Chanel.com
Archewell Audio

Archewell Audio

If the former Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s leap across the pond has left a royal hole in your life, you’ll be pleased to learn you can catch up with Harry and Meghan in their new, more relaxed natural habitat, via their new podcast, Archewell Audio. Launched as part of an exclusive partnership with Spotify, the new podcast hears from celebrity pals of the former royals – Brené Brown, James Corden and Matt Haig among them – who in the first episode discuss how they coped in 2020. Prepare to hear more from the guests than Harry and Meghan themselves, but the couple jump in now and again to add context, often when their admired and successful guests are being modest.


Have a listen

WHERE
Spotify
Culture Blast

Culture Blast

Hosted by London-based New York Times writer Farah Nayeri, Culture Blast features long-form interviews with leading figures from the world of culture. Episode one sets the bar high, featuring one of the most insightful and compelling interviews with special guest Emma Thompson. If you’ve ever wished to dive deeper into the minds and lives of some of the sector’s most influential figures, make this your new listen.


Have a listen

WHERE
Apple podcasts / Spotify / Acast
Families in Crisis

Families in Crisis

Hot on the heels of her latest book Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy, psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry has launched a new podcast, Families in Crisis. In it, she shines the spotlight on the family members and carers of those suffering from mental health and addiction – those whose voices often go unheard. The podcast takes an interview format, with Perry speaking directly with those bearing the emotional weight of their loved one’s condition, leaning on her expertise in the psychologist’s chair to offer sound advice.


Have a listen

WHERE
Audible
Life on a Plate

Life on a Plate

In a time when restaurants are closed and the most exciting fodder landing on our plates is reliant entirely on our culinary skills (save for the odd takeaway), a podcast delving into the thrilling, intoxicating pleasures of food at its best is exactly what we need. And who better to host such a show than the Evening Standard’s restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa, whose silver-tongued descriptions and anecdotal scene-setting has the ability to bring to life dining rooms and kitchens we’re unable to experience first-hand.


Life on a Plate comes courtesy of Waitrose, and is being co-hosted by the supermarket’s food editor Alison Oakervee. Each episode sees the pair sit down with a well-known guest from the food industry to discuss their life in food. Chefs Tom Kerridge and Nadiya Hussain, and comedian Sarah Millican, are among the first guests.


Listen here

WHERE
Apple Podcasts / Acast / Spotify
The Missing

The Missing

Just days after cult millennial podcast The High Low bid a final farewell to its listeners, co-host Pandora Sykes announced her new podcast series, The Missing, in collaboration with UK charity Missing People. Focusing on a different case each episode, Sykes delves into the 1% of missing-person cases that remain unsolved, interviewing contacts of the ‘long-term missing’, examining evidence and questioning whether these cases could ever be solved – perhaps with the help of listeners.


Listen here

WHERE
Apple podcasts / Spotify
Conversations With My Dog

Conversations With My Dog

‘Pandemic puppies’ have become one of the unexpected trends of the year, with many people using lockdown to acquire a four-legged friend. Founder of ‘Doga’ (yoga for people and their dogs) Mahny Djahanguiri has launched a new podcast, Conversations With My Dog, in which she puts the humble canine companion in the spotlight, celebrating their companionship and the positive impact owning a dog can have on mental health. Together with a range of fellow dog-loving guests, Djahanguiri discusses the world of dogs, offering up facts, heart-felt anecdotes about her own pooch Robbie, and tips for those looking to give Doga a try.


Listen here

WHERE
Apple podcasts / Spotify / Acast
Project 17

Project 17

Through the lens of the BBC World Service, Project 17 takes its audio audience to 17 countries around the world, meeting as many 17-year-olds along the way, to find out how their lives are changing. Presented by BBC Afghan journalist Sana Safi, and co-produced with the Open University, Project 17 is an opportunity to hear how young people want to shape their future, with each half-hour episode focusing on a different goal: from access to clean water and a decent education, to obtaining a healthier diet.


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WHEN
Airs Wednesday 20 January
WHERE
BBC World Service
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