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Lauren Layfield introduces 16 Sunsets on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Today we're bringing you part one of a new 10-part series examining the dramatic history of the NASA's space shuttle program. It's a story of history and technology as you might expect, but also of politics, intrigue and Cold War. Featuring over 40 interviews of NASA veterans who were there as it all unfolded, this is not one to miss if you're a space fan. Follow 16 Sunsets wherever you're reading this!

Lauren Layfield introduces Single Ladies in Your Area on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley are here to help each other (and you) navigate single life in their thirties. From apps through red flags and all the way to divorce, Amy and Harriet are here to provide moral support and a guide to being single in 2024. Follow Single Ladies in Your Area now wherever you're listening to this!

Lauren Layfield introduces the Animal Sensemaker on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast. The goal of The Animal Sensemaker is to introduce you to one animal every week to make sense of the world. A spin-off of The Sensemaker, a more traditional news-based version of the same format, The Animal Sensemaker remains a 10 minute bitesize piece of useful information - just this time with added animals. Follow The Animal Sensemaker wherever you're reading this!

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 you're reading this.

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, she has to fight to survive. Eliza is a Crowd Network original made in partnership with The Pankhurst Trust / Manchester Women’s Aid. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, help is available now. You can call the 24/7 national helpline on 0808 2000 247 and get free confidential advice at https://www.womensaid.org.uk Follow Eliza: A Robot Story now wherever you're reading this.

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 psychics from around the world - all obsessed with one question: Where is Mason Miller? Follow Up In Smoke wherever you're listening to this!

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 origins of rivers. This episode takes a look into the formation of rivers from unexpected sources like peat bogs, highlighting their critical role in carbon capture and supporting unique species of moss, plants, birds, and insects. Follow Waterlands wherever you're reading this!

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 of what was happening that interested the president. Since then, Richard’s in-depth knowledge and expertise has continued to be in demand among influential figures across the globe – and it is precisely this insight we will be offering to the audience every week. In 2021, immediately prior to the fall of Kabul, Yalda received a call from the Taliban live on air. In a world exclusive, the spokesman assured Yalda that no one in the city would be harmed by their troops when they entered the city.  It was an episode that highlighted that Yalda is one of the best connected and well-respected journalists in the business – and the show will be drawing on her extensive contacts book to provide most knowledgeable and high-profile guests. Join Richard and Yalda for The World as they cross the globe from the mass migration routes of Mexico to the frontline battles of the Middle East as they report, probe and ask the questions to make sure you can really understand what is happening in the world today – and why it matters to you. Follow The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim wherever you're reading this.

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 could talk to you, learn from you, listen to you. But could they have been more than just toys? Were they, as the rumours claim, a listening device which threatened the safety of the world as we know it? In her latest adventure, Joanne McNally sets off to discover the truth, telling the story of the Furby, its rise to prominence, and the technology behind it. Follow Joanne McNally Investigates... wherever you're reading this!

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 picture of the making of our guest and will be instantly relatable. Tonally, the show draws a lot from Cush’s huge personality - empathetic, honest and often hilarious. Follow Origins wherever you're listening to this!

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 what story is coming next… Follow Where Are You Going? wherever you're listening to this.

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 love, to relationships becoming stale, arguments, infidelity and break ups. These have been collected together as a miniseries, The Arc of Love, which we're excited to bring you this week. Search for Where Should We Begin wherever you're listening to this.

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 the crucial moments and get to the heart of the whodunnit - all while making each other laugh along the way. Search for Murder They Wrote wherever you're reading this!

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 Murder’ is a new podcast from BBC Radio 4 which tells the story of what happened the night Muriel was taken, and in the days, months and years that followed. It was an unprecedented case that obsessed the nation, baffled a police force, and led to the biggest manhunt of its day as the Metropolitan police raced against the clock to find Muriel. But the kidnapping of Muriel McKay was something else too: a story that helped make the British tabloid press into the kind of beast we know today. Using intimate testimony from members of the McKay family and previously un-broadcast recordings of telephone conversations with the kidnappers, Worse Than Murder sensitively explores the impact the abduction has had on Muriel’s family for 54 long years, and what it tells us about the tabloid press at a pivotal moment in its history. Search for Intrigue: Worser than Murder wherever you're reading this.

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 practical knowledge and advice by shedding light on plot development, crafting compelling characters, and mastering convincing dialogue. Regular listener exercises are provided along the way to help get creative juices flowing and hosts talk about their own influences too. From Tom Ripley to Gone Girl, Jane Austen to Jane Fallon, Peaky Blinders to Succession - episodes will break down how to find ideas and how best to execute them. Follow How to Write a Book wherever you're listening to this!

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 hysterics. Discover cringe-worthy blunders, like 24-year-old thief Christopher Wallace who posted his hiding location on Snapchat, or the gang member who purchased ten luxury cars the day after executing the biggest robbery in Brazilian history! The devious double act is brimming with fool-proof ideas that these criminals missed... Follow Harry and Paul Are... Devious wherever you're reading this!

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 other young women, too. And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure - a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe. Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.You can follow Dangerous Memories and listen to all of the episodes on Tortoise+, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. https://podfollow.com/tortoise-investigates

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 wherever you get your podcasts.

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 never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home. In her own words, Sandra tells the full story, of a lifetime spent confronting doubt and resistance. Can she break the silence and find the truth? And how much pain will it cause? You can listen to Coatbridge on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Coatbridge-The-Disappearance-of-Moira-Anderson-Audiobook/B0D81JPDP6