Pick of the week
JudgementalThe freshly announced Strictly Come Dancing hosts have been generating huge online chatter, but this podcast will ensure that (half of) the judging panel isn’t totally overshadowed. Judgemental sees Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood prove they have strong opinions on more than just an ex-soap star’s pasodoble by trading verdicts on everything from pop culture to sartorial dilemmas to listeners’ workplace dramas. Rachel Aroesti
Widely available, episodes weekly from Tuesday 9 JuneManosphere MessiahsToxic masculinity in the west has been documented extensively over the past couple of years; now this podcast from BBC World Service looks at the manosphere on a global scale. To begin, reporter Jacqui Wakefield investigates the influencers preaching misogyny in Mexico and Kenya, getting insight from their fans as well as the women personally affected. RA
Widely available, episodes weeklyWho’s With Me? With W Kamau BellOn the spot … W Kamau Bell. Photograph: Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesIn what may be an early example of a new trend, US standup comedian W Kamau Bell is turning his popular Substack into a video podcast. While his newsletter mainly deals in opinion pieces, Who’s With Me? invites guests including Delroy Lindo and Misty Copeland into the fold. RA
