Top Society & Culture Podcasts

The Louis Theroux Podcast

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The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios
Vogue & Amber

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Vogue & Amber

Global
Spiral | Tortoise Investigates

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Spiral | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer
Catch Up with Louise McSharry

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Louise McSharry
Today with David McCullagh

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Today with David McCullagh

RTÉ Radio 1
The Last Word with Matt Cooper

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The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Today FM
Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

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Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

GoLoud

19 hr ago

Entertainment Catch-Up: Celebrity Halloween, Martha's Mess-Up and Patrick Stewart

Emer McLysaght takes us through the week's entertainment stories. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 hr ago

Solo Catch-Up: The Blue Tsunami

I just had to hop on the microphone to chat about what happened in America yesterday, some of the historic victories, and why it matters. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 hr ago

John Cooper Clarke on touring with the Buzzcocks, meeting Chuck Berry, and inspiring the Arctic Monkeys

In this episode, Louis speaks with the Poet Laureate of Punk, the Bard of Salford, the Doctor: performance poet John Cooper Clarke. The pair discuss John’s time touring with the Buzzcocks, meeting Chuck Berry backstage, and how his poetry inspired Alex Turner to form Arctic Monkeys. Warnings: Strong language and adult themes. Links/Attachments: Book: Have It, John Cooper Clarke (2026) https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/have-it/9781037404191 Book: I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clarke (2020) https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/i-wanna-be-yours/9781509896127 Advert: Honey Monster & John Cooper Clarke (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ced-0BwY9E Poem: A Subaltern’s Love Song, John Betjeman (1940) https://allpoetry.com/A-Subaltern's-Love-Song Poem: Slough, John Betjeman (1937) https://allpoetry.com/poem/8493391-Slough-by-Sir-John-Betjeman Song: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, The Smiths (1985) https://open.spotify.com/track/48veRDsAEBOJJnVnnabV99 Poem: Evidently Chickentown, John Cooper Clarke (1980) https://open.spotify.com/track/3bJxvUhRN4nJgab71HkIjc TV Show: The Sopranos (1999-2007) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/ Poem: T**T, John Cooper Clarke (1979) https://open.spotify.com/track/0yEZiblovbuepAogvzSe2w Poem: I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clarke (1982) https://open.spotify.com/album/2etRijq79Wz2U9TIy9ZpdM Song: I Wanna Be Yours, Arctic Monkeys (2013) https://open.spotify.com/track/5XeFesFbtLpXzIVDNQP22n Film: House of Usher (1960) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053925/ Book: Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Edgar Allen Poe (1839) https://wordsworth-editions.com/product/tales-of-mystery-and-imagination/ Book: Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1857) https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/the-flowers-of-evil-les-fleurs-du-mal/ Poem: The Man Who Didn’t Love Elvis, John Cooper Clarke (2018) https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/the-luckiest-guy-alive/9781509896066 Poem: Salome Malone, John Cooper Clarke (1978) https://open.spotify.com/track/597ALlSF9Zz08DmYaTrKAr Song: I’m A Lazy Sod, Sex Pistols (1977) https://open.spotify.com/track/760CNZQRrfO7Dse1mkYVn6 Poem: A Cheap Agnostic Funeral, John Cooper Clarke (2026) https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/have-it/9781037404191 Producer: Millie Chu Senior Assistant Producer: Maisie Ellen Williams Junior Production Manager: Rosie Pender Production Executive: Francesca Bassett Original Music: Miguel D’Oliveira Video Editor: Scott Edwards Audio Editor: Tom Guest Executive Producer: Arron Fellows A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 day ago

We’ve had a few drinks…

On this episode of Vogue and Amber: one can of raspberry White Claw and the whole thing goes sideways. Fair warning. This week Vogue got her first ever surprise party, with masks, salads, a slushie machine and an 8pm curfew that somehow became half twelve. Amber nearly drove into the sea on a journey she's done for 40 years, and Frederick was too hungover to hold Remy. Plus, padel grievances, a dubious moustachioed baby, Cynthia Erivo on the Ariana scrutiny, our thoughts on the Sexiest Man Alive, Sandra's voice notes on childhood fears and old crushes, and a Halloween couple's costume disaster involving a rat, a chef and a frying pan. Watch us on YouTube! CLICK HERE! or search Vogue & Amber Remember, if you want to get involved you can: Whatsapp us: 07879809710 Email us at vogueandamberpod@global.com OR find us on socials @voguewilliams, @ambrerosolero @vogueandamberpod
9 hr ago

The couple-swap square is complete

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: All the drama to unpack after the Celebrity Traitors finale, Jennifer Lawrence’s new beauty brand, and then… Martha Stewart says she wasn’t “mocking homelessness” after her quickly deleted Halloween post…Finally, Andrew and Marilee are married (a refresher for you on this love square in the episode), and King Charles is both damp and grumpyyyy. Thanks so much to Nespresso for making this episode of Shameless possible. Sign up to Nespresso’s Machine Plus coffee subscription and get the best of Nespresso in one simple plan. Visit Nespresso.com for full terms and conditions. And shoutout to Up and 2Up, their modern joint account made for modern relationships! Download the Up app to sign up in minutes, and use the code SHAMELESS30 for $30 off at sign-up. Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, video-produced by Annabelle Lee, and executive-produced by Lucy Hunt. Our social media team consists of Divya Simmie and Naima Fatema, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 hr ago

Greg Wise - ‘Therapy Saved My Life. And My Marriage.’

You might know Greg Wise as swoonsome Willoughby in the 1995 Sense and Sensibility TV adaptation (where he met his future wife, Dame Emma Thompson, on set); or from his roles in Cranford, The Outcast, The Crown or The Buccaneers. But Wise’s career spans far beyond the world of film and TV. A passionate advocate for talking openly about grief, particularly among men, Greg is an ambassador for Marie Curie, Carers Trust and the Good Grief Trust, and a patron of End of Life Doula UK. His new book, Grief Talking, uses his own personal stories of loss to provide the reader with an emotional and practical map to exploring the most difficult human landscapes. In this conversation, we discuss the depths of trauma and grief, how you have to be able to take rejection as an actor, his and Emma’s experience of IVF, and the unconventional way they built their family. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Introduction 03:07 Why He Wrote Grief Talking 05:05 Masculinity And Mourning 06:20 Trauma Versus Grief 08:03 End Of Life Doula Work 14:12 Rejection In Acting 24:40 IVF And Secondary Infertility 28:26 IVF Strain on Couples 29:17 Failure Language in Fertility 30:20 Dehumanising Medical Labels 32:22 IVF as Grief and Absence 33:48 Rebuilding Family and Therapy 35:11 Unexpected Family with Tindy 40:22 Gaia Acting and Resilience 41:42 Strictly, Risk and Clare Tribute 💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER: Men and women grieve in different ways: men are thinking grievers. Women (more generally speaking) are emotional grievers. Trauma needs to be looked at before the grief is handled. If you can’t take rejection, you shouldn’t be an actor. 🔗 LINKS + MENTIONS: Greg’s book, Grief Talking, is available to pre-order now and is out on 5th November: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/greg-wise/grief-talking/9781035058297 Join the How To Fail community: www.howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content Elizabeth’s Substack: www.theelizabethday.substack.com 📚 WANT MORE? Mo Gawdat (2022) - swap.fm/l/xg1simb4t2cTTqO3ZBE9 💌 LOVE THIS EPISODE? Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts Leave a 5⭐ review – it helps more people discover these stories 👋 Follow How To Fail & Elizabeth: Instagram: @elizabday TikTok: @howtofailpod Podcast Instagram: @howtofailpod Website: www.elizabethday.org Elizabeth and Greg answer listener questions in our subscriber series, Failing with Friends. Join our community of subscribers here: https://lnk.to/7i0moR Have a failure you’re trying to work through for Elizabeth to discuss? Click here to get in touch: askhowtofail.com Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Engineer: Matias Torres Assistant Producer: Shania Manderson Senior Producer: Hannah Talbot Executive Producer: Alex Lawless How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 hr ago

The results are in: US midterms

Graham Finlay, Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD and Myles Miller senior national reporter for Bloomberg News. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 hr ago

Failed Child Protection, Minimum Unit Pricing and Mogging

Why is the state failing our most vulnerable children ? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 day ago

The Last Word On The US: Voting Underway In Midterm Elections

Voting is underway in the United States midterm elections and the Democrats are hoping to win control of Congress and the Senate as American’s deliver their verdict on President Donald Trump’s second term. Cal Thomas and Marion McKeone join The Last Word to discuss. Catch the full chat by pressing the ‘Play’ button on this page!
1 day ago

Trisha Paytas: The Years That Nearly Destroyed Me

Trisha Paytas opens up about her rise to internet fame, childhood, relationships and mental health, revealing the experiences behind one of the internet’s most recognisable personalities. She reflects on feeling unwanted growing up, her complicated relationship with her dad, and why she spent so much of her life searching for someone to love her. Trisha looks back on moving to LA to pursue fame, her experiences with sex work, deliberately making herself an internet spectacle and the terrifying time she was held captive in a man's basement. She also speaks candidly about her darkest period, her mental health struggles and being admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She opens up about meeting her husband Moses on the H3 dating show, finding stability, struggling to conceive and becoming a mother. Trisha reflects on how much her life has changed, before reading a deeply personal letter from Moses that brings her to tears. Trisha Paytas, We Need To Talk This episode includes discussions of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, substance abuse, suicidal ideation and disordered eating. If you or someone you know has been affected by any of the topics in this episode, please watch with care. You can find support resources in the links below: Women’s Aid: https://linkly.link/2xInX Refuge: https://linkly.link/2xIqZ MIND: https://linkly.link/2dx8b Samaritans: https://linkly.link/30GX3 Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/needtotalk https://www.tiktok.com/@weneedtotalkpod Sign up to our newsletter https://linkly.link/2eXHX Brand partnerships enquiries: partnerships@flightstory.com Follow Trisha here: https://www.instagram.com/trishapaytas https://www.tiktok.com/@trishlikefish88 Buy Trisha’s Book: Crying On The Kitchen Floor: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Crying-on-the-Kitchen-Floor/Trisha-Paytas/9781398566774 (00:00) Intro (01:34) Trisha's Childhood in Illinois (02:54) Trisha's Childhood Photo (05:41) Trisha's Early Love of Film and TV (08:37) Trisha and Her Father (11:12) How an Absent Father Affected Trisha (12:34) Films That Influenced Trisha (16:33) Trisha's Teenage Ambitions (20:22) Trisha's Lonely Childhood (22:57) Trisha's Experience of School Abuse (27:17) Moving to Los Angeles After High School (33:58) How Trisha Made Money in LA (39:42) How Trisha Started Sex Work (50:28) Trisha's Kidnapping Experience (57:14) Trisha and Anthony Michael Hall (01:04:01) Trisha's Relationship History (01:07:20) Huel Ad (01:08:29) Anthropic Ad (01:09:20) Shopify Ad (01:10:24) Trisha and Anthony Michael Hall's Breakup (01:17:13) Trisha's YouTube Breakthrough (01:20:45) Trisha's Mukbang Videos (01:26:04) Trisha on Celebrity Big Brother (01:30:12) Trisha and Jason Nash's Relationship (01:34:30) Trisha and Aaron Carter (01:43:06) Trisha's Psychiatric Hospital Stay (01:47:10) Why Trisha Started OnlyFans (01:48:40) Trisha and Husband Moses (01:56:49) Trisha's Career and Family Life (01:57:35) Trisha's Children (01:59:29) Trisha's Family Photo (01:59:40) Trisha's Career Success as a Mum (02:01:58) Trisha Reads a Letter from Moses (02:02:20) Trisha's Family Photo (02:04:48) Trisha Reads Another Letter from Moses (02:07:28) Paul's Final Takeaways Sponsored by: Huel - http://uk.huel.com/WNTT use code WNTT for £10 off Anthropic - https://www.claude.ai/talk Shopify: www.shopify.co.uk/needtotalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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