The hunt is on
There’s lots to enjoy in this week’s trio of featured podcasts, from a prison break drama to chats with celebrity siblings and a dive into wild swimming
The opening of this podcast – rich tones warning you that it’s intended for a mature audience – are likely to sound familiar. That’s because it’s from Dick Wolf, the executive producer of TV drama Law and Order, which features a similar caution at the beginning.
Parker Posey stars as deputy US marshal Emily Barnes on the hunt for four escapees from a maximum security prison in Texas.
We hear the action from both sides as they outwit police to vanish out of state – and her increasingly desperate efforts to track them.
Barnes is instantly likeable and there is some effort to flesh out the fugitives’ characters, but this is ultimately an exciting chase that leaves you wanting to know more about the people involved. WHERE TO START: The story ramps up within seconds of episode one starting, as prison guards discover a colleague has been attacked by the escaped convicts.
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Usually the longest relationships we have in our lives are those with our siblings. They are often among the first people to hold us when we’re born and they have more influence on shaping our characters throughout childhood than almost anyone else.
In this enlightening podcast, host Catherine Carr brings a set of brothers and sisters together – interviewing them at the same time as well as separately – to discuss the roles they play in each other’s lives. Among them are novelist Nick Hornby and his sister Gill, who escaped into reading as their father started being more and more absent, and radio star Nicky Campbell and his birth sister Esther Cameron, who met for the first time as adults. Carr also explores what it’s like to be a single child, with former Woman’s Hour presenter Jenny Murray.
WHERE TO START: It’s got to be with wildlife campaigner Chris and fashion designer Jenny Packham, whose very different personalities have given each other just what they needed.