TOP OF THE PODS

Under The Weather

If your weather obsession goes beyond wondering what kind of outfit you’re supposed to have on today, this is the pod for you. BBC meteorologists and weather lovers Clare Nasir (above) and Simon King will be joined by expert guests to answer some of the most intriguing and challenging questions about the weather.

Appliance Of Science, hosted by Bill Bryson

Widely beloved for his deft, witty and charming untangling of subjects such as chemistry, astronomy, paleontology and particle physics, Sunday Times best-seller Bill Bryson joins forces with the Science Museum to celebrate the ideas and inventions of the incurably curious.

Today, Explained

A new podcast from Vox, this attempts to provide daily explainers to help you understand what is going on in the world. Episodes tackle subjects as wide-ranging as Black Panther and nuclear war.