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12:50 PM.Casefile's a popular collection of true crime stories from around the world told with a keen appreciation of narrative and suspense. It's not like some other true crime podcasts where the production… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.You don't need lots of fancy gear, or a cold case, or ads for mattresses, or heaps of sound design wizardry to make a great podcast. Sometimes you can just walk around the place you live with… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.TTBOOK (as it's known to its friends) started life as a radio show back in 1990 on Wisconsin Public Radio. 28 years later and it's still on the radio on nearly 200 different US stations, and of course… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Our sense of hearing isn't nearly as well developed as our sense of sight. And as we devote less of our brain power to perceiving sounds, it's relatively easy to trick the human ear into hearing… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Ghosts in the Machine: auditory hallucinations (or how our ears can deceive us). We listen to the city in To The Best of Our Knowledge. Human/Ordinary explores a Melbourne neighbourhood with a… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Ever wondered what high-profile Australians are like as parents? Comedian and mother-of-two Terri Psiakis coaxes some into sharing their parenting tips and fessing up to some of the challenges and the… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.'This Is Love' is made by the same team that makes 'Criminal', a show that we featured on The Podcast Hour a few months' back. 'Criminal' tells true stories about right and wrong, and how to tell the… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Sold in pots, packets, cups and bowls, the instant noodle turns 60 this year. And love them or loathe them, this cheap DIY fast food is still celebrated as a triumph of modern food production and even… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Remember the fearful run-up to the moment when the calendar clicked over to Saturday 1 January 2000 and the whole of modern civilisation as we knew it would fall off a cliff? In Headlong: Surviving… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Surviving Y2K, The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle, This Is Love, and Parental Guidance Recommended. Audio

12:50 PM.Caroline Mabey and Taylor Glenn are friends and comedians, trying to keep an open mind when it comes to self improvement. So in each episode of their podcast 'Self Renovators', they test out some of… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.The ABC series 'How Do You Sleep At Night?' introduces 6 people doing unpopular or controversial things. From abortion clinic protesters, to big game hunters and people making billions from running… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Could listening to other people's stories be an important way to build empathy- that valuable ability to put yourself in someone else's position to understand their feelings? That's one of the… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the US with 4 million people and its importance as a major centre for film and TV production means that for ages people have been moving there, lured by the… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Colourful slices of LA life, building empathy by hearing stories, people doing unpopular things, and a light-hearted look at self improvement. Read more Audio

12:50 PM.For 13 years, the American podcast Love + Radio has been quietly serving up personal narratives (sometimes adult-themed) with cutting-edge sound design. As one happy listener puts it: "The stories are… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Talking while you eat, even with your mouth full, isn't a problem in 'Hoovering'; in fact it's positively encouraged! The show's host Jessica Fostekew is a British writer and comedian who some of you… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.'Endless Thread' uses the popular social news site Reddit and its massive online communities as the source for its stories. We play two clips: one story concerning a Reddit user called Prufrock 451… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.'Where Should We Begin?' lets you eavesdrop on couples talking about their problems in a recorded therapy session. The person helping these people deal with issues like infidelity, divorce and… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Listening in on couples' counselling: 'Where Should We Begin?', 'Endless Thread': Reddit stories, food pod: 'Hoovering' and 'Love+Radio': crafted audio. Audio

12:50 PM.'The Dream' explores the shady, complex world of pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing, ways of selling stuff which also encourage you to recruit new people as participants. So if you can get your… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Fi Glover and Jane Garvey are BBC presenters who apparently met up hosting an event together a few years ago: they got on well and made people laugh, so 'Fortunately...with Fi and Jane' was born. Now… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.'Black Sheep' is back for a new season, with host William Ray telling more stories about colourful and controversial characters from New Zealand history. We play part of the first episode of a… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The New York Times' daily news show 'The Daily' has proved a major hit: it's currently sitting at number 2 in the US podcast charts, with 5 million monthly listeners, and annual advertising revenues… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.'The Daily' delivers the news to your ears. 'Black Sheep' portrays controversial characters from New Zealand history. 'Fortunately...with Fi and Jane' is an interview show with lots of laughs. And… Read more Audio