Podcasts for commuting to
3rd May 2017
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The BBC world service Documentary podcast features “the best of BBC World Service documentaries and other factual programmes” and is absolutely spectacular. The quality is uniformly high.
Just one example: The President and the Press examines the relationship of the president to the press corp over history, featuring interviews with veteran reporters... including a reporter who was present when JFK was shot.
99% Invisible is another great one for varied things that are generally interesting.
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