PODCASTS

29 best feel-good podcasts to make you happy

We all need cheering up - Bob Mortimer, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Alan Carr, and French and Saunders are here to help

Clockwise from top left: Alan Carr, James Acaster and Ed Gamble, Andi Oliver, Jessie Ware and her mum, Lennie
Clockwise from top left: Alan Carr, James Acaster and Ed Gamble, Andi Oliver, Jessie Ware and her mum, Lennie
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From Bob Mortimer’s warm-hearted Athletico Mince to Andi Oliver’s bite-size One Dish, Patricia Nicol has selected the best podcasts to put a smile on your face. Let us know in the comments below what your favourite uplifting podcast is — and what we might have missed.

29. You’re Dead to Me
Mind-expanding

Greg Jenner, the Horrible Histories “chief nerd”, presents this engaging, accessible history show, which every week tackles a topic with a historian and a comedian. It is wide-ranging: recent subjects include the Haitian revolution, Saladin and medieval animals. Jenner became a family favourite in lockdown for his Home School History show. This is pitched at grown-ups, but being educational and unsweary works for older families too. Before visiting this summer, my family