There are so many excellent podcasts to choose from it can be tricky deciding what should be top of your list. From illuminating interviews to gripping investigations and celebrity gossip, here are some of our favourites.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Which Roman emperor does Donald Trump<\/a> most resemble? That\u2019s a question that Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins are often asked at parties, said Miranda Sawyer in The Observer<\/a> \u2013 and it\u2019s one they explore in the first episode of their \u201cfascinating\u201d new podcast \u201cInstant Classics\u201d. Beard insists that for \u201c101 different reasons\u201d it is not useful \u201cto compare the American president with a Roman emperor\u201d. But when really pressed for an answer, she plumps for Elagabalus, who suffocated his guests under an avalanche of rose petals. Higgins nominates Caligula, who made his horse a senator. The podcast, which is infused with the infectious enthusiasm of these two experts, has a main weekly episode (the second is about a day at the charioteer races) and a \u201cquirky second string\u201d \u2013 a book club focusing on Emily Wilson\u2019s translation of Homer\u2019s Odyssey. It\u2019s like a \u201cfree weekly Oxford tutorial from two eccentric dons. I\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\nInstant Classics<\/span><\/h2>\n
Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane<\/span><\/h2>\n