Podcasts I’m loving right now

Last Updated on 2 March 2025 by Colette

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I was super late to the party when it comes to podcasts – mainly as, for a very long time, I was never on my own to be able to listen to anything and when I was I just needed the mindless background noise of the radio whilst I worked. To my mind, a podcast needed my attention, it needed me to concentrate on it and learn from it. Of course that’s not always the case – yes some podcasts are about learning and inspiring the audience, others are purely about entertainment.

I tend to find I listen to podcasts in the car when I’m on my own and know I’ve got a good 40 minutes or so listening time to dedicate to it. Or occasionally I’ll listen when I’m out got a walk using a pair of wireless headphones – I find a podcast distracts me far more from the act of exercise than music does!

I listen to podcasts through an app called Pocket Casts which allows me to listen to them on my phone and through the car stereo but you can also find podcasts on Spotify or Amazon Music Unlimited (click here for a free trial) amongst others – it’s just about finding what works best for you.

If I find a podcast I like – usually through recommendation, I will go back and download all the episodes so I can listen from the start, in order and often back to back. (I think this probably tells you quite a lot about my personality)

Over the last three years since I first wrote this post, my tastes in podcasts have changed and some of things I listened to religiously I now don’t even subscribe to. Because the amount of time I have to dedicate to listening to podcasts is fairly limited, I tend to binge listen to a particularly podcast and get caught right up and then leave it again for a while. Of course which podcast I choose to listen to depends on how long I’ve got to listen, what sort of mood I’m in and how much attention I’m going to dedicate to it – for example The Blogging Millionaire episodes are super short but I tend to feel they need my full attention whereas That Peter Crouch Podcast is a really easy listen when I’m driving.

I wanted to share with you today my current favourite podcasts and of course ask for recommendations too!

1. That Peter Crouch Podcast

Football isn’t really my thing on any level so I would never have thought to listen to That Peter Crouch Podcast without having been recommended it by Kirst and I certainly wouldn’t have expected to be putting it right at the top of my list of podcast recommendations but here we are.

Crouch, along with Christ Stark and Steve Sidwell talk about the bits of football that happen off the pitch that nobody else would tell you about – from changing room politics, what happens at parties and nights out to football kits, fashion choices and cars – honestly, if you aren’t into football it probably doesn’t sound that interesting, but there’s something about it – about the relationship between Peter, Steve and Chris and the audience interaction that just has me in stitches every time. (Again, I think you should start from the beginning with this one as it often references jokes or comments from previous episodes that might not make much sense if you hadn’t heard them in the first place! If you do plan on listening from the start then you need to know that the That Peter Crouch podcast was originally hosted by Five Live but then moved to Acast).

2. The Therapy Crouch

The Therapy Crouch is basically husband and wife, Peter Crouch and Abby Clancy taking the mick out of each other, telling stories about their relationship and family life, and giving “advice” to listeners – I say “advice” as it’s not typically advice you’d want to take too seriously.

As a long time listener of Pete’s football podcast, I’d heard Abby popping up and making comments during episodes of that and always found their interactions really funny so I had high hopes for The Therapy Crouch. The first couple of episodes are a bit awkward so I’d be inclined to skip those but once they got into the flow of the podcast it’s brilliant and always has me crying with laughter – I’ve even got Dave listening to it now so we often chat about bits of the podcast that have amused us or that feel familiar to our own relationship. It’s just a really easy listen and leaves you feeling like you’d probably enjoy a night out with the two of them!

The Therapy Crouch is probably similar in vibe to Shag, Married, Annoyed but for some reason I never got into that one!

3. The Blogging Millionaire

This one is super niche and definitely only of interest if you are writing a blog and actively trying to grow your google search traffic / build ad revenue.

When I first started listening to Brandon of RankIQ on The Blogging Millionaire Podcast, I found the tone of the podcast quite irritating but I think that’s because I tried to start right at the beginning (as I usually do with podcasts) and what I’ve found with this is that it works better if I dive into an episode title that strikes me as interesting or relevant to what I’m currently working on.

With things like SEO, ad networks and google in general, the advice changes all the time so the older episodes of this podcast are less relevant – that’s not to say you shouldn’t listen to them but I’d concentrate on the last 12 months first as a lot of the information is repeated. (This is no bad thing as I find the repetition helps the information to sink in!)

Click through here if you fancy trying out RankIQ for yourself – I’m definitely finding it really helpful.

4. Happy Place – Fearne Cotton

Fearne’s Happy Place podcast focuses on mental health but without being overly heavy. It’s about finding out what makes people tick – about what makes them happy, about how they carve out time for themselves and what they do with it to protect their own mental health. By virtue of being a well known radio presenter, Cotton is able to pull in a noteworthy guest list including Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Gok Wan (one of my most favourite episodes and one I implore you to listen to).

When Kirsty described this podcast to me as ‘candyfloss’ I had to agree – it’s easy to listen to and doesn’t require too much thought or concentration though there are definitely some emotional moments and there are episodes which come with trigger warnings around depression, eating disorders or forms of abuse. Essentially, you’re just eavesdropping on chats with famous people or friends of Fearne whom she thinks have something relevant or powerful to say.

5. High Performance

As is often the case with podcasts, this one came to me by recommendation from a friend and as such I’m a fairly new listener – rather than starting at the beginning as I would usually, do, I’m just diving into episodes wherever I fancy and so far they’ve been heavy but inspiring listening.

Jake Humphry and Damien Hughes turn “the lived experiences of the planet’s high performers into your life lessons” through careful, respectful but probing interviewing of some incredible people.

You, Me & the Big C

This isn’t a podcast I listen to any more but I wanted to leave it in on the list as it’s a really important listen and if you haven’t come across it yet, it’s worth your time.

This was the second podcast that I found myself binging. I came to You, Me & the Big C late, after the original creator Rachel Bland had died from cancer. I knew of the podcast for quite a long time but didn’t really think it was for me – I don’t have cancer, none of my close family or friends are currently living with cancer so how was it of relevance? I was so wrong. I started listening on my best friend’s recommendation and was instantly hooked. Rachel, Deborah and Lauren quickly felt like old friends and I found myself laughing, (or just as often crying) as I listened to them chat about, in their words “the highs and lows of living with cancer“. I wholeheartedly recommend you listen to this podcast – but do make sure you start from the beginning.

Also sitting on my PocketCast app waiting for me to dive in are the new podcast from Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw: Sidetracked and Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.

However, as I’ve mentioned, I tend to find myself binging on one or two podcasts at a time and I almost don’t want to start listening to more until I’m up to date with the ones I’m already loving. I’m currently keep pretty much up to date with That Peter Crouch Podcast and The Therapy Crouch and then everything else I just dip into depending on how much time I’ve got and what mood I’m in!

Have you got any favourites? What do you look for in a podcast?

Why not click through here for a list of podcasts for the whole family to enjoy, great podcasts for teens or travel podcasts for the whole family