Pick of the Podcasts: The Great Indoors, Kapow! and You’re Dead To Me

The Great Indoors (Apple Podcasts) 

There’s no getting away from it – Christmas will be here sooner than you think. It’s inescapable, so you might as well start getting ready now.

You don’t have to start furiously penning Christmas cards or ram-raiding Argos, though – begin with a small step, like putting on a podcast.

John Lewis have a podcast series – yes, even the high street giants are muscling in on the podcast game.

They will help you set your home up for Christmas with the new series of The Great Indoors. This podcast sees the very best in talent and topics from the interior design world pulled together and discussed by two industry gurus – and this series has a tinsel-tinge.

This will see hosts Kate and Sophie in conversation with Michelle Ogundehin and Rachel Khoo, as they bring the most exciting interiors news to life with their unique brilliance and honest wit.

The first episode features the experts talking about getting cosy and bedding down for winter, along with reports from the recent London Design Festival.

They also kick off with contributions from top names including Barbara Chandler, Karen Haller and Marianne Shillingford.

“We are so thrilled that John Lewis and Partners have come on board for this, the fifth series of our podcast which has now been running for a year,” said Kate Watson-Smyth.

“We can’t wait to get working on this series and feel there is a natural fit between our expertise and John Lewis.”

Kapow! (Apple Podcasts) 

In Brooklyn, New York, there’s a shop which seems to sell equipment for budding superheroes – such as invisibility pellets and grappling hooks.

Naturally it’s a magnet for children – but is actually a front to get young fans who visit interested in writing. This podcast looks at what the shop does, and how it teaches children.

You’re Dead To Me (BBC Sounds)

History doesn’t have to be boring, as the recent podcast Drunk History demonstrated.

Historian Greg Jenner hosts this podcast alongside experts including Dr Helen Castor, a medieval historian who helps to explain the remarkable story of Joan of Arc.

Of course, there are comedians, too. This podcast is billed as a new history podcast for people who don’t like history or who forgot to learn it at school.