Pick of the week
Mad, Sad and Bad
“Just when you thought you didn’t need another podcast to listen to, here I come!” So announces Paloma Faith in her new show where she chats to celebrity guests about the lows of their lives. Episode one’s chat with her pal Alan Carr is an energetic, off-kilter chinwag, punctuated by highly entertaining anecdotes about crying during orgasms, terrible dates – and a moment where Faith’s mum wanders in mid-show. Very fun. Alexi Duggins
Widely available, episodes weekly
Miss Me
Lily Allen announced she was taking a break from the podcast, but Miquita Oliver luckily has a lot of celebrity friends to sit in for a while. Mabel was the first, with Jordan Stephens and former Popworld co-host Simon Amstell helping out next. Hollie Richardson
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
The Copernic Affair
In October 1980, a bomb exploded outside a Paris synagogue, killing four people and leading police to an unlikely suspect: a Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor. Canadaland’s thorough and absorbing series hears Alex Atack (of the Guardian’s Today in Focus) and Dana Ballout investigate whether Hassan Diab was truly the mastermind of the deadly attack. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly
Uncanny: Post Mortem
Danny Robins’s hit supernatural podcast led to a TV spin-off – which has in turn spawned its own audio offshoot (also available as a “visualised podcast” on your telly). Following each episode of Uncanny on BBC Two, Robins unpicks spooky theories with expert guests and celebrity thrill-seekers, aptly kicking off with Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe. HJD
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly from Friday 31 January
The Spy Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
This latest instalment of the Spy Who … franchise marks the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation by following Witold Pilecki, who let himself be captured by the Germans so he could infiltrate the camp. It’s a dramatically soundtracked, tense three-parter about an astonishing individual. AD
Widely available, episodes weekly
