Lauren Layfield introduces Intersections on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Intersections is an incredible achievement; an all-enveloping wall of sound that puts you right into the center of a city of the creators' choice. Season 2 focuses on Los Angeles. 100 notable Angelenos, all nominated by members of their community, have been interviewed about the city and the people that inhabit it, in an attempt to preserve the untold stories of LA. Follow Intersections wherever...

Lauren Layfield introduces What Did You Do Yesterday? on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. This one does exactly what it says on the tin. Max Rushden and David O'Doherty ask a celebrity guest what they did yesterday. Not today, not the day before yesterday. Just yesterday. Their first guest is the comedian and broadcaster Elis James. Follow What Did You Do Yesterday wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Eliza on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education) stars in a dark, near-future science fiction fairytale about a robot who can feel, and the world that attempts to control her. When a robot called Eliza falls in love with Him (Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who), they work together to make her fully sentient. But consciousness doesn’t come without consequences. As Eliza gets caught in a web of both loving and abusive relationships,...

Lauren Layfield introduces Up In Smoke on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Adam Buxton and Mei Mac star in a true crime podcast about a fictional event. In 2014 a devastating house fire shatters the quiet life of Greenloch, a rural English village. Teenager Mason Miller is presumed dead in the blaze. When investigators sift through the ashes, no trace of his body is found. The mystery of Mason’s disappearance ignites a global media frenzy. It draws in police, reporters, and...

Lauren Layfield introduces Waterlands on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. This season, Megan McCubbin explores vibrant riverbanks, unveiling the vital interplay between our waterways and the life they support. Beyond traversing literal waters, this series navigates the rich history and crucial roles that rivers play in maintaining ecological balance and shaping human culture. In the first episode, Megan journeys to The Flow Country with Milly Revill Hayward to uncover the...

Lauren Layfield introduces The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. The idea for The World podcast stems from two events in the careers of its presenters. In 2007 Richard was invited to the White House for a private one-on-one meeting with President George W Bush to discuss Iraq and Middle East policy. It was Richard’s ability to be in the thick of the fighting while at the same time provide fast, accurate and wide-reaching analysis...

Lauren Layfield introduces Joanne McNally Investigates... on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Twelve months ago Joanne McNally was a comedian with a love of conspiracy theories. Now, she's an intrepid investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to root out a story, and her latest assignment will thrust her into the world of international espionage, politics... and Furbys. In the 1990s the Furby was the fuzzy friend that every kid wanted – a futuristic soft toy which...

Lauren Layfield introduces Origins with Cush Jumbo on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Criminal Record) asks a star line up to share intimate stories from the key stages of their lives, before they became household names. Split over three sections, we hear amazing stories from childhood, teenage/young adult years and their early working experiences before fame came knocking. Collectively these three facets give us a rounded...

Lauren Layfield introduces Where Are You Going? on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives. The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks’ surprising. Be transported to places around the world and into the lives of others: You just never know...

Lauren Layfield introduces Where Should We Begin? on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Imagine being a fly on the wall of the office of a psychotherapist. A really good psychotherapist. You hear the full range of her clients' many problems and every piece of advice she has to address them. Well, that's Where Should We Begin by psychotherapist Esther Perel. Across the summer Esther has been busy tracking the story of love through her clients' stories. From exciting, young...

Lauren Layfield introduces Murder They Wrote on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling love true crime - in fact, they're a little bit obsessed. And now they want to share that obsession with you. Join Laura and Iain as they dive deep into some of the world's most jaw-dropping crime stories. Expect murder, mayhem, blackmail, betrayal, and more. Each week, the pair choose a new crime and divulge all the details you're dying to know. They unpick...

Lauren Layfield introduces Worse than Murder on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. In the winter of 1969, Muriel McKay, the wife of Rupert Murdoch's deputy chairman at News Limited, was abducted from her home in Wimbledon, Southwest London. The kidnap was a shocking case of mistaken identity – the kidnappers claimed "We tried to get Rupert Murdoch's wife [Anna]. We couldn't get her, so we took [Muriel] instead". Sadly, Muriel was never seen again. ‘Intrigue: Worse Than...

Lauren Layfield introduces How to Write a Book on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Even if you're not writing anything but are simply passionate about books and storytelling, How To Write A Book offers a fascinating peek behind the curtain of the literary world. Hosted by best-selling author, Sara Collins, leading agent, Nelle Andrew, and senior publisher, Sharmaine Lovegrove, the 12-week series guides listeners from conception to completion. The experts will offer...

Lauren Layfield introduces Harry and Paul Are... Devious on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast. Join the country's two most loveable villains as they put their secretive scheming skills to the ultimate test. Wicked, cunning and seriously entertaining, our favourite Anti-Heroes think they could’ve pulled off the biggest failed crimes in history. In Harry and Paul Are Devious, the duo will bring listeners real crime fails that will send heads into hands and the boys into...

Lauren Layfield introduces Dangerous Memories on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege suddenly sever ties with friends and family, and vanish?  It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to...

Lauren Layfield introduces The Rest is Entertainment on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment. You can follow The Rest is Entertainment and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or...

Lauren Layfield introduces Coatbridge on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she...

Lauren Layfield introduces Boom! on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the question John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, gets asked the most. And the answer lies in the peculiar politics of the baby boomers. Since 1992, every American president bar one has been a white man born in the 1940s. That run looks likely to span 36 years - not far off the age of the median...

Lauren Layfield introduces The Tiny Suit Case on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. For season 2, the investigative trio is back with a brand new mystery set in Sweden (Scandi Noir if you will) called The Case Of The Tiny Suit/Case. They now live by the phrase “when the cops say no, we say yes”. This season explores a serial act of reverse theft: a tiny three piece corduroy suit and a suitcase containing threatening items were planted on the victim’s veranda in the...

Lauren Layfield introduces The Story on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day. Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations. Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker. Discover the story behind the story with world-class...

Lauren Layfield introduces Pretendians on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and professors have in common? They aren’t Indigenous.  There are hundreds of cases of Indigenous identity fraud that we know about, and likely thousands that we do not. So why do these so-called “pretendians” do it? How do they pull it off? And what happens when they are exposed?  In each episode of this riveting...

Lauren Layfield introduces White Devil on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – part of one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation.You can follow White Devil and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Modi Raj on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing a third term atop the world’s biggest democracy. A tea-seller’s son, Mr Modi began life an outsider. The man behind the political phenomenon remains hard to fathom. India has become an economic powerhouse during his ten years in charge. But he’s also the frontman for a chauvinistic Hindu...

Lauren Layfield introduces Travel Secrets on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Welcome to Travel Secrets with Tanya Rose – the podcast sharing wisdom for fellow travellers.  Tanya will be joined by an ensemble of well-travelled guests, sharing perspectives on the art of travel shaped by their varied lifestyles; from the worlds of film, fashion and more. During these conversations, Tanya will discover the guests' six Travel Secrets and learn about the experiences...