It was remarkable how the Game Of Thrones TV series went from all pervasive cultural touchstone to, thanks to the debacle of the final series, largely forgotten.
Few escaped with much credibility; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was one of them, though.
The Danish hunk played Jaime Lannister, who went from an arrogant prince, who provided the series’ first shocking twist by defenestrating a child, to an unlikely and tragic antihero.
In Radioman he may have found a new home. Audible’s cracking range of audio dramas is expanding and this is their latest hit.
Coster-Waldau, in his first foray into audio, is once again the unlikely hero.
Set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Tanford, Radioman follows ex-Radio-DJ Chas Vincent-Jones as he embarks on a vigilante mission to investigate local crime. He’s joined by old friend DCI Ian Whittaker, played by David Morrissey, the star of The Walking Dead, The Other Boleyn Girl and Blackpool.
Their investigation becomes a bit of a Russian doll mainly thanks to their use of a podcast called Crimesville as their investigative tool.
A podcast within a podcast. How meta.
Chas grapples with betrayal, deceit, mounting pressure to solve gruesome murders, and even goes viral on social media.
Over 10, tense half-hour episodes, listeners are transported around Tanford, from the past to the present, featuring cinematic soundscapes, an original score and immersive sound design by Peabody award-winning Benbrick.
A gripping mystery which touches on how social media and even podcasts have changed investigative journalism.
Unreal
Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale. They’ve been fans of reality TV since they first watched Big Brother as pre-teens and they’ve spent a fair amount of time defending reality TV when people are snobby about it, or dismiss its importance in our wider culture. But they’ve also been troubled by what they’ve seen in the genre: the exploitation; the lack of aftercare; the impacts of sudden fame.
Naked Lunch
Don’t you love a great lunch and conversation with an interesting friend? You know, the kind that you talk about for years to come. Phil Rosenthal, host of Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil, already knows how to find fascinating people, foods, and cultures. While he always likes eating lunch, he’s even more enthusiastic about a lunch that includes a conversation with smart people who share their stories.
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