Lauren Southern tells journalist Nicky Woolf she feels as though she\u2019s in a spy movie, \u201cbut the dumbest ever made, because I\u2019m just a YouTuber\u201d. Along with other members of the right-wing commentariat, the Canadian found herself linked with the Kremlin when a company she had worked for was revealed as a front for the Russian state. Her candour is striking, as Woolf\u2019s investigation unfolds across six uneasy chapters. Hannah J Davies
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Staying Open<\/p>\n
With Covid and the cost of living crisis, it has been a difficult few years for the hospitality industry. This is a series of illuminating kitchen table chats with chefs and founders, about the challenges (and pleasures) of restaurant work. Starting at Wilson\u2019s in Bristol, it covers menus and managing addiction in a booze-friendly environment. Phil Harrison
Widely available, episodes weekly<\/p>\n
The Last 12 Weeks<\/p>\n
David Wood was sentenced to death in 1992 for six murders in El Paso, Texas, and his execution is finally looming. This spare but thought-provoking podcast from Serial and The Marshall Project follows his team of lawyers, as they try for a final time to prove his innocence \u2013 a concept that, naturally, seems inconceivable to the victims\u2019 families. HJD
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SPLBERGGood spiel \u2026 Charlie Webster presents SPLBERG. Photograph: PR Handout<\/p>\n
Charlie Webster of Scamanda is back with another fraud-flavoured pod steeped in 90s nostalgia. How did a Virginian high schooler convince his classmates that he was Steven Spielberg\u2019s nephew? And was there something darker than mere catfishing going on? Access to Jonathan Taylor Spielberg himself makes this even more enticing. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly<\/p>\n
First America<\/p>\n
Rebecca Nagle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, hosts this series about the often overlooked role of Indigenous people in the foundation of the United States. She also considers more recent history, and why Native identity has been crassly co-opted by kids\u2019 summer camps, sports teams \u2013 and even one of the January 6 rioters. HJD
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