Titanic stories: actor Stephen McGann on his great-uncle, who was on the last lifeboat
The Call the Midwife star spent years wondering about his family’s involvement in the disaster of 1912. Now James McGann’s tale is part of Titanic: Ship of Dreams, a new podcast
Podcasts of 2024: 10 of the best shows from the past year, from Keep It Tight to Who Trolled Amber?
The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature
Listen, I’m Delicious: Garron Noone’s food podcast is the most Irish audio experience you can have
Instagram star delves into how butter could threaten a friendship, why curry chips lead to violence and more
The Wonder of Stevie: A rewarding account of ‘the most miraculous, most inspired streak in American popular music’
Podcast review: New York Times critic Wesley Morris digs into the transformative albums Stevie Wonder released between 1972-1980
Dish: With Aisling Bea, Florence Pugh and Marian Keyes, this dinner-party podcast has the perfect guests
Podcast review: Hosted by Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw, Dish is more than a good idea
In Their Shoes: Maude Apatow, an Irish stand-up and a tale of sheer chutzpah
Podcast review: Seanchoíche’s story-switching series works because of the calibre of its guests. It also lets us listen in a whole new way
Uncharted with Hannah Fry: how numbers, graphs, maths and data are the secret sauce behind some of the biggest scandals
Podcast review: Maths is the hero in every 15ish-minute episode, upending views of many people’s least favourite subject in school
Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order – An impressive tribute to the bands’ miraculous, affecting art
Podcast review: A sharp and expansive account of the making of music, the forging of friendships and the origin of portentous arbitrary decisions and serendipity
Who Killed Emma? There’s an extraordinary twist to this podcast about a murder that went unsolved for 19 years
Podcast review: Journalist Samantha Poling became witness at a murder trial in a development that led to this podcast being made temporarily unavailable
Critics at Large: These three New Yorker writers are anything but drily intellectual
Podcast review: Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry and Alexandra Schwartz discuss everything from Taylor Swift to true crime
How to Gael: Funny, candid conversations that move seamlessly between Béarla and Gaeilge
Podcast review: Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, Louise Cantillon and Síomha Ní Ruairc have the ineffable chemistry that’s invaluable to this having-a-chat format
The Simpler Life? James Kavanagh and William Murray’s jealousy-stoking tales of bougie country living
Podcast review: Learn about hive baiting, the dangers of hemlock ingestion and the pros of a buffet table on the Carlow-Kilkenny border
The Real Carrie Jade: RTÉ’s gripping podcast about the pathological liar Samantha Cookes is hard to turn away from
Podcast review: The fabulist began with minor falsehoods in her childhood in England but ultimately preyed on the vulnerable
Hysterical review: What made more than a dozen teenage girls come down with the same strange illness?
Podcast review: So many conversion disorders together? That’s mass psychogenic illness – aka mass hysteria
You Probably Think This Story Is About You: How one woman fell hard for a master manipulator
Podcast review: Brittani Ard is a skilled storyteller willing to bring to light some of her darkest moments