In this episode of Pod, Actually, Felix, a public speaker and moonshot strategist living in London, talks about his favorite podcast: In Our Time. This is a show that can spend an hour on the sun, mitochondria, or the Sri Lankan revolution and somehow leave him feeling steadier, cleverer, and more interested in being alive. Which is no small thing.

🎙 Felix's Top 5 Podcasts:

1. In Our Time
2. Pod Save America
3. The Rest Is History
4. Today in Focus
5. ItalianPod101

🔗 Links

• Learn more about Felix here: www.felixriley.com
• And here: www.brilliant-thinking.com
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In this episode of Pod, Actually, Catherine talks with Ines, a writer and translator living in Lima, Peru, about her favorite podcast: Radio Ambulante. Ines describes the show as something like This American Life for a Spanish-speaking Latin American audience: a beautifully produced program that tells stories from across the region with intelligence, nuance, and care. She talks about discovering the show through her admiration for writer Daniel Alarcón, and explains why its regional outlook matters so much to her.

🎙 Ines's Top 5 Podcasts:

1. Radio Ambulante

2. The Viall Files

3) The Slowdown

4) Normal Gossip

5) Dying for Sex

🔗 Links

• Read Ines' newsletter on Substack: The Cranky Guide
• Find Ines on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ines.bellina/
• Read the companion piece on Substack: https://podactually.substack.com
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In this episode of Pod, Actually, Catherine talks with Andrew, a professor of politics at the University of Melbourne, about the podcast he’s loving right now: Past Present Future. Drawing on his life in political thought, Andrew explains why he’s drawn to a show that steps back from the daily frenzy of the news and instead asks deeper questions about history, ideas, and how we make sense of the present.

🎙 Andrew's Top 5 Podcasts:

1. Past Present Future

2. Easy French

3. Ones & Tooze

4. The Long Game (Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer)

5. Social Science Bites

🔗 Links

• Read the companion piece on Substack: https://podactually.substack.com
• Support Pod, Actually on Patreon: https://patreon.com/PodActually
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