The RadioTimes.com team recommends their favourite podcasts – from politics to comedy to real life stories

Podcasts are everywhere in 2018. But how do you find shows that are actually good?

To answer this question, the RadioTimes.com team has sorted the proverbial wheat from the chaff, the brilliant from the merely mediocre. We have pulled together our top recommendations – in no particular order – from podcasts that will make you laugh to podcasts that will make you cry.

Fortunately… with Fi and Jane

Nothing warms the cockles more than the sound of two incredibly sharp, intelligent and mischievous women discussing totally random things for 40 odd minutes. BBC Radio veterans Fi Glover and Jane Garvey have one special guest per episode and discuss everything from Marxism to sex positions. [ . . . ]

Read the complete list at RADIO TIMES: The 39 best podcasts you need to listen to right now