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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n
Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIf you are looking for new podcasts that explore history fails, how AI could transform access to healthcare, and the intersection of life and music, then this week\u2019s podcast picks are for you.<\/p>\n
1. Conversations with Candice<\/strong><\/p>\nStreaming platform:\u00a0<\/strong>All streaming platforms and YouTube<\/p>\nGenre:<\/strong> Life and society<\/p>\nIn this episode, Candice Brathwaite reflects on the tendency to seek validation from others and how this can shape behaviour and self-perception. The discussion centres on the weight often given to external opinions, particularly from people not closely involved in our daily lives.<\/p>\n
Conversations With Candice is a personal development podcast hosted by the author and broadcaster, exploring themes such as identity, relationships and self-worth. The series is structured around the idea of rebuilding different areas of life, from boundaries to emotional resilience.<\/p>\n
The podcast does what it says on the tin, offering conversational, personal insight rather than prescriptive advice. It also touches on broader pressures, including ambition, burnout and the expectation to manage multiple roles at once.<\/p>\n
For listeners interested in accessible and insightful content, this podcast gives a calm, measured perspective on confidence and personal boundaries without positioning itself as a definitive guide to self-improvement.<\/p>\n
(By Lara Owen)<\/em><\/p>\n2. Deep Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\nStreaming platform: <\/strong>All streaming platforms and YouTube<\/p>\nGenre:\u00a0<\/strong>Music, culture and society<\/p>\nOn this week\u2019s episode of New Strange\u2019s Deep Feedback, host Elijah, who is a London-based artist, writer and DJ, sits down with electronic producer and DJ Hagan to unpack why it\u2019s difficult to subscribe his music under one genre.<\/p>\n
True to the podcast\u2019s mission, built for a \u201cpost-follower\u201d and \u201cpost-like internet\u201d, the conversation is rooted in an idea that the true impact of your work is what it creates next, the art it sparks, behaviours it shifts, and discussions it starts.<\/p>\n
Elijah and Hagan also explore the privileges of being a musician who can travel around the world and what it was like recording new music, fusing Ghanaian traditional sounds with British sounds, such as UK funky house, in the English countryside at Devon Analogue Studio.<\/p>\n
Hagan\u2019s introspection shines throughout the episode, as he opens up to Elijah about striking the balance between full-time work and the work of an artist, and why it\u2019s important to approach that tension with grace.<\/p>\n
If you are looking for an eclectic podcast with expansive conversations across black British culture, electronic music, the creator economy and even pro-wrestling, then add Deep Feedback to your podcast rotation.<\/p>\n
(By Yolanthe Fawehinmi)<\/em><\/p>\n3. For The Yearners Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\nStreaming platform: <\/strong>All streaming platforms and YouTube<\/p>\nGenre:\u00a0<\/strong>Music and culture<\/p>\nFor The Yearners, hosted by musician and photographer Daniel, also known as db Cxptures, is a new music podcast done differently.<\/p>\n
In the debut episode, Daniel, also founder of ThisChord, a community-driven platform that explores the intersections of music and life, chats about the death of the \u201cA&R listener\u201d \u2013 a term he uses to describe the majority of music listeners today \u2013 and how consumption of it has changed.<\/p>\n
Daniel chats about how X used to be a great place for music discourse, why the online fandom of Stan culture has negatively impacted music, what the past 20-30 years of consumption looked like, why 2008 made the most significant change for music, and the revolutionary launch of peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster.<\/p>\n
He goes on to explore the important aspects of the musical experience, including listening to new music on physical media such as CDs and cassettes, and the cons that come with the rise of on-demand streaming models.<\/p>\n
Daniel explains the dangers of being an \u201cA&R listener\u201d \u2013 who consumes music to be the first to have an opinion, rather than enjoy it \u2013 and what we can all reconsider when we engage with new and old music.<\/p>\n
For The Yearners Podcast is a well-researched and honest ode to the transformative power and beauty of music. Tune in.<\/p>\n
(By Yolanthe Fawehinmi)<\/em><\/p>\n4. When Science Finds a Way<\/strong><\/p>\nStreaming platform:<\/strong> All streaming platforms and YouTube<\/p>\nGenre:<\/strong> Science<\/p>\nWhen Science Finds a Way is a podcast series from global health foundation Wellcome, hosted by botanist-turned-Hollywood actress Alisha Wainwright.<\/p>\n
In each episode, Wainwright explores some of the most fascinating stories behind scientific discovery with scientists, innovators and community leaders, who are working together to solve some of our biggest health challenges.<\/p>\n
To launch the fourth season, Wainwright is joined by digital psychiatry specialist Dr John Torous, clinical psychiatrist Dr Andrea Cipriani, and digital mental health expert Dr Jana Alagarajah for a two-part episode.<\/p>\n
Wainwright and Torous first discuss how training AI on data from our devices could help us diagnose people with mental health conditions.<\/p>\n
Cipriani chats about how AI could optimise patients\u2019 prescriptions, and Alagarajah explains why innovation in the Global South could shape future care for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n
If you have always wondered how scientific breakthroughs bring about a better world, and how AI could transform access to mental healthcare, then listen to When Science Finds a Way. It\u2019s whip-smart and curious.<\/p>\n
(By Yolanthe Fawehinmi)<\/em><\/p>\nSpotlight on\u2026<\/h2>\n 5. History\u2019s Greatest Fails<\/strong><\/p>\nStreaming platform:<\/strong> All streaming platforms and YouTube<\/p>\nGenre:<\/strong> History<\/p>\nOne of the most controversial monarchs in English history, Richard III still polarises opinion \u2013 either he\u2019s been viciously maligned, or he was a power-hungry tyrant who supposedly had his two nephews murdered so he could claim the throne.<\/p>\n
This last Plantagenet king of England ruled for just two years until his death on the battlefield in 1485. Buried without ceremony, he didn\u2019t get a chance to shape a lasting legacy, which many historians view as a failure.<\/p>\n
Yet he remains fixed in the public consciousness \u2013 and the discovery of his remains in a Leicester car park in 2012 ushered in a whole new era of Richard-mania, so he is the perfect figure to kick off a new six-part podcast series, History\u2019s Greatest Fails.<\/p>\n
Co-hosted by historian Dan Jones and author Elizabeth Day, it aims to re-evaluate whether Richard deserves all the vitriol, offering a modern perspective on the shifting notion of failure.<\/p>\n
Navigating the brutal world of \u2018kill or be killed\u2019 15th-century politics wasn\u2019t for the faint-hearted, and Richard had no problem with this part of the job description, yet he was also an excellent strategist and visionary, opines Day, while Jones explains that William Shakespeare\u2019s enduring depiction of Richard as a villain was him \u201ctaking this historical failure and using it for artistic purpose\u201d \u2013 and it kept audiences hooked.<\/p>\n
A lighthearted, albeit rather rambling listen, yet the fascinating story of Richard is sure to keep listeners tuned in.<\/p>\n
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