what we recommend
Analysing Politicians’ Words
BBC – More or Less
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4.
BBC – Heart and Soul
Dan Snowʼs History Hit
Featuring reports from the weird and wonderful places around the world where history has been made and interviews with the world’s leading historians, academics, actors and politicians.
The King’s Fund
BBC – Inside Health
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
BBC Sounds – History Podcasts
BBC – Bookclub
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels.
BBC – The Forum
BBC – The Week in Westminster
BBC – World Book Club
BBC – Word of Mouth
French Podcasts
BBC Sounds – Americast
BBC – Thinking Allowed
Geographical
History Extra
Featuring interviews with notable historians on topics spanning ancient history through to recent British to American events.
BBC – Open Book
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. Open Book talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.
Ask the geographer
Keep your GCSE and A Level case studies up to date with the latest geographical research.
The A Level Politics Show
A show that appeals to anyone who is interested in current affairs, and who would like to find out more about how politics actually works.
German Podcasts
Lexis
Freakonomics
Discover the hidden side of Economics with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books.
The Sport Psych Show
The Sports Coaching Podcast
BBC – A Good Read
Talking Politics
Historical Association, The voice for history
Over 350 high-quality podcast talks by history experts across a wide range of historical periods, regions and themes.
Spanish Podcasts
The Diary of a CEO
Sky News Podcasts
Stephanomics
Stephanomics, a podcast hosted by Bloomberg Economics head Stephanie Flanders.
Student Podcast Collaboration
Five of our first year students joined forces with Higher Horizons+ and Staffordshire University Alumni to make a double episode podcast for their series 1 finale! Listen to Ciara, Mickey, Rowan, Jasmine and Layla as they discuss how they chose the paths they are on, after two years of Covid. No prom, no visits to college, no work experience days – 100% online, 100% of the time. Think you know what they were thinking? Think again!
BBC – The Poetry Detective
BBC – All in the Mind
BBC – Newscast
The Shamima Begum case
This series is host to episodes created by the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford which is part of the Faculty of Law, within the Social Sciences Division.
The Vocal Fries Pod
BBC – Something Understood
Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry.
The A level Politics Podcast
BBC – In Our Time
Economics In Ten
Economics In Ten is your go-to podcast if you want to learn about the lives, times and ideas of the world’s greatest economic thinkers.
Lingthusiasm
Revise – A Level Economics Revision
In this series, students break down complicated revision subjects to their core components helping you rock your exams.
