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Lauren Layfield introduces Miss Me on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Join friends since birth Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver twice a week for their transatlantic catch-ups, discussing everything from the highs and lows of their lives to the biggest cultural moments of the week.You can follow Miss Me and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The World's Hardest Puzzle on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. In 2012, a mysterious organisation known as Cicada 3301 announced itself on the message board, 4chan. The cryptic post appeared online, seeking 'highly intelligent individuals.' What followed became known as the hardest puzzle on the internet. One that took players across the internet and into real-world locations. After two years of enigmatic posting, it disappeared - and was never seen again. The final puzzle was never solved.You can follow The World's Hardest Puzzle and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Trumped on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Despite high-profile protests from locals, planners and environmentalists, Donald Trump's controversial golf development in Aberdeenshire was greenlit with shocking consequences.You can follow Trumped and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Midsomer Murders Mayhem on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Midsomer Murders Mayhem delves into the history of the hit television show whilst discussing the eternal question of how such a quaint county in England can be host to so many murders and such a staggering death toll. Hosted by Nicki Chapman with insights from the cast, each episode of the podcast focuses on a single episode of the television series. Special guest Scottish comedian Ashley Storrie (Dinosaur) features alongside Nicki Chapman as a regular guest and host of the superfan quiz, while the series guests include American TV writer Bill Young, professional detectives, pathologists and crime-scene experts who will share their insights and opinions into the eternal appeal of the attractive, yet surprisingly lethal drama, which has seen cheese and washing machines used as murders weapons.You can follow Midsomer Murders Mayhem and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Anatomy of a Stalker on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What does a stalker look like to you? Nearly 4% of people in the UK will experience stalking this year. But why is it happening, and what can we do about it?  Join journalist Ruchira Sharma as she embarks on a journey to get inside the mind of a stalker. Who are the people that stalk? What motivates their actions? And can they be rehabilitated? These are the questions Ruchira seeks to answer as she speaks with survivors, forensic and clinical psychologists, barristers, support workers, and just maybe, stalkers themselves. You can follow Anatomy of a Stalker and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Electoral Dysfunction on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Beth Rigby. Jess Phillips. Ruth Davidson. With polls suggesting trust in politicians is low, three political powerhouses unite to unravel the spin and explain what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond. Every week, they will examine our political leaders and their policies – how they’re written, and how they’re sold to voters – as we prepare for a general election. With so much at stake, they will work out which politicians are coming out on top and who is having an Electoral Dysfunction – and what it all actually means for you.You can follow Electoral Dysfunction and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Dissident at the Doorstep on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. What happens when someone becomes a human-rights icon – but then turns out to stand for something else entirely? Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was locked up for fighting against China’s One Child Policy and suffered years of unlawful imprisonment. In 2012, following a daring midnight escape, he landed in the United States a hero. But that’s only the beginning of his story. Just a few years later, he would re-enter the spotlight as an avid Trump supporter and a “Stop the Steal” rally-goer. How did this happen? Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, and Yangyang Cheng set out on a journey to find out – did Guangcheng change, or was he totally misunderstood from the beginning? You can follow Dissident at the Doorstep and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Joe Marler's Things People Do on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Joe Marler used to hate people, but then he met Tom Fordyce, and a load of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and a podcast was born that changed his mind forever. It might just change your life too.   Because everyone is interesting if you ask the right questions. And this is a show about all the weird and wonderful things people do.You can follow Joe Marler's Things People Do and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Who Trolled Amber on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.You can follow Who Trolled Amber and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Smiling Gives You Wrinkles on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Award-winning Beauty Editor, Donna Francis has spent the last 25 years helping women feel comfortable in their skin and now in her late 40s, she is passionate about inspiring women to feel positive about aging and everything that comes with it. In Smiling Gives You Wrinkles, Donna shares relatable and inspiring stories from some brilliant women about how to approach aging positively, authentically and unapologetically.You can Follow Smiling Gives You Wrinkles and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Lucy and a crack team of female detectives investigate the crimes of women from the 19th and 20th Century from a contemporary, feminist perspective.You can Follow Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Godmother on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. In the 1930s, Lucky Luciano, one of American history’s most notorious mobsters, was finally taken down by a rookie prosecutor. Eunice Carter was one of the first Black Women ever to become a prosecutor in America. She operated from the heart of the Harlem Renaissance to navigate the corrupt world of downtown Manhattan politics, and a deeply racist and sexist pre-civil rights American society. But her pioneering role in what became known as the “trial of the century” has been forgotten by popular history. Hers is the story of a writer, social worker, mother, teacher, sister, socialite, political candidate, community organizer and unheralded pioneer. This eight part immersive podcast is hosted by poet and writer, Nichole Perkins. It tells the story of Eunice Carter: a bad-ass anti-hero unafraid to bend the rules in pursuit of ambition, justice and legacy.  You can Follow The Godmother and listen to all of the episodes on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Sisters in Sobriety on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. You know that sinking feeling when you wake up with a hangover and think: “I’m never doing this again”? We’ve all been there. But what happens when you follow through? Sonia Kahlon and Kathleen Killen can tell you, because they did it! They went from sisters-in-law, to Sisters in Sobriety.You can Follow Sisters in Sobriety and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Catching the Kingpins on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. A 6-part true crime podcast documenting the biggest organised crime bust in British policing history. It happens in 2020 when police in France penetrate an encrypted phone network called EncroChat. According to police, the phones were used exclusively by criminals. For over two months, police forces across Europe were reading the secret communications of major league criminal networks. The Metropolitan Police, working with the National Crime Agency and other forces, used this information to uncover the workings of organised crime groups. “It was like being in a room with them and they are talking freely, and they don't see you there,” says DCI Driss Hayoukane, the Senior Investigating Officer who led the Met’s EncroChat operation. Police went public about the EncroChat hack in July 2020. This is the first time that the inside story of some of the Met’s biggest EncroChat cases has been told to a broadcaster. Talking exclusively to BBC Sounds, police officers reveal how they used the gangsters’ messages to uncover arms dealing and expose murder plots as well as major drug trafficking and money laundering operations.You can Follow Catching the Kingpins and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Betwixt The Sheets on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced? Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class. Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. The etymology of swear words, gender bias in medicine, and satanic panic and cults - there’s nothing off limits. She'll be bed-hopping around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now. You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.You can Follow Betwixt The Sheets and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Media Storm on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Where fact-checking meets fun, reporting meets road-trip and the mainstream media meets its match... Media Storm is a news podcast that starts with the people who are usually asked last. "Migrants", "criminals" and "sex workers" are some of the biggest stars in the headlines, yet we rarely actually hear from them. Here, we provide a space for these minority groups to get their right of reply.You can Follow Media Storm and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Million Dollar Lover on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Million Dollar Lover is an unlikely love story, recorded in real time as the relationship unfolds between a wealthy widow, Carolyn, who is 80, and Dave, 57, a former drug addict who is homeless and has a long criminal history.You can Follow Million Dollar Lover and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds or through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Normal Women on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Normal Women is a radical retelling of our nation’s story – not of the rise and fall of kings and the occasional queen – but of social and cultural change, powered by the determination, persistence and effectiveness of women– from 1066 to modern times. This is not another book or podcast about three or four well-known heroines; it is a story about millions of women: those who left records and those who were ‘hidden from history.’ The podcast weaves together Philippa’s narrative history with lively discussions, bringing together historians who are experts in their field, and guests with their own modern perspectives. From popstars to TikTok superstars, groundbreaking campaigners to best selling authors, Philippa welcomes women from all walks of life to look back at the past lives of half the population, and put women where they belong – centre stage.You can Follow Normal Women and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces 28 Dates Later on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Are you bored of Modern Dating? Being shown the same people half your friends have already matched with from the same boring apps? It’s time to change the narrative on how we find love. It’s time to start looking for love in all the wrong places. In this show, comedian Grace Campbell is going on a wild dating adventure - 28 dates in two months - only picking people who are the total opposite of her type. From foot fetishists and sugar daddies to polyamourists and players, this is dating with a difference. Will Grace find that special someone? It’s time to find out... Welcome to 28 Dates Later with Grace Campbell.You can Follow 28 Dates Later and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Carrie Jade Does Not Exist on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. Carrie Jade Does Not Exist is the story of how one woman, who took on over six different identities, infiltrated the lives of vulnerable people, and lied her way into gaining their trust. This six-part series hosted by Sue Perkins and journalist Katherine Denkinson will tell the story of how Carrie built up a picture-perfect persona and scammed her way into the literary world until she finally got tangled up in her very own web of lies.You can Follow Carrie Jade Does Not Exist and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.