{"id":628131,"date":"2026-10-12T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628131\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:11","slug":"kerry-washington-takes-a-listers-back-to-the-streets-they-grew-up-on-best-podcasts-of-the-week-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628131\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Washington takes A-listers back to the streets they grew up on: best podcasts of the week | Television & radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pick of the weekStreet You Grew Up On<\/p>\n

Scandal star Kerry Washington\u2019s web series is now a podcast, with big-name guests talking about the places they were raised. Cambridge, Massachusetts local Ben Affleck is the first to have a frank conversation on his parents\u2019 divorce, and the things he didn\u2019t tell his mum \u2013 such as being mugged at knifepoint at 14. \u201cI loved hearing everything he shared,\u201d says Washington. \u201cEven though he tried to interview me at times.\u201d Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly<\/p>\n

Deep Secrets<\/p>\n

After becoming a father, comedian Hunter Hill decided to make a parenting podcast. Until, that is, an attempt to research his dad threw him down a rabbit hole that made him question everything he knew about his family \u2013 including whether his goat-farming grandad was really a secret CIA operative. It\u2019s a wild, detail-packed listen told in highly hooky fashion. Alexi Duggins
Widely available, episodes weekly<\/p>\n

Eras: Spice GirlsWannabes \u2026 the story of Britain\u2019s most successful girl group is told in Eras: Spice Girls. Photograph: Photoshot\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Rosie Ramsey draws on the BBC\u2019s massive music archive to tell the story of Britain\u2019s biggest girl group (pictured above right). It\u2019s a lively celebration of girl power, stuffed with trivia (the idea for personas was inspired by the TV series Friends) and insight from the likes of music manager Chris Herbert and Little Mix\u2019s Jade Thirlwall. HJD
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly<\/p>\n

13 Minutes: Trouble With Hubble<\/p>\n

This compelling space podcast, hosted by Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin, looks at the world\u2019s most famous telescope. Interviews with the key personnel lend drama to the post-launch discovery that its primary mirror\u2019s curvature was off by the equivalent of around one-fiftieth of the width of a human hair \u2013 rendering it useless. The only option? Dispatching astronauts on a zero-gravity repair mission. AD
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly<\/p>\n

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Fame Under Fire<\/p>\n

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty will be at Southwark crown court daily to report on Russell Brand\u2019s trial, in which he denies three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. She\u2019ll also explore wider topics, such as the role of social media in high-profile trials. Hollie Richardson
BBC Sounds, episodes daily from Mon<\/p>\n

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