Iain Dale’s Top 50 Political Podcasts

Iain Dale | 21st April 2021 | Westminster Index

From stand-up comedians to serious analysis, these are the shows worth streaming

Until relatively recently podcasts were considered a bit 1990s. However, in the last five or six years political podcasting has taken off, to the extent that it’s thought several million of us listen to at least one political podcast each week. However, just as the mainstream media took over the world of independent blogging in the noughties, big media is starting to dominate political podcasting. The power of BBC Sounds threatens to drown out the independent podcasters who have no marketing reach beyond word of mouth. While four of the top ten in my top fifty list can be described as independent, that figure will inevitably decline over the next couple of years. I don’t pretend that I listen to all these 50 podcasts with any degree of regularity. There are, after all, only so many hours in the day. However, the convenience of listening to what you want when you want is why so many people are listening for longer and in ever increasing numbers. Interestingly, the take-up of podcasts do...

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