From Lord of Winterfell to lover of ornithology, the actor reveals his lifelong love of birding as host of a hugely listenable RSPB podcast. Plus, a gripping investigation into the police
On the face of it, the RSPB picking Ned Stark as the host of the new series of their podcast seems odd. But it turns out he’s been a birder since childhood, who crams in birdwatching between acting gigs. He’s warm and honest in his first podcast, chatting to fellow ornithology lover Elbow’s Guy Garvey about spotting different species while working abroad, recognising bird song and the meditative joy of watching the feathered creatures. Alexi Duggins
Widely available, episodes fortnightly
This one-off special of the podcast about Vine – the shortform video site from the 2010s – looks at how its previous episodes could have revived the platform. We meet Evan Henshaw-Plath, one of Twitter’s first employees, who is setting up diVine, an anti-AI version of Vine, which he hopes might fix the flaws with modern social media – and which was inspired by this show. AD
Widely available, out now
