David Hepworth

They Walk Among Us' is the work of husband-and-wife team Benjamin and Rosie. In the past, they've covered the Shannon Matthews case and the career of the prisoner known as Charles Bronson. ”

The 'Sodajerker' podcast is the work of Liverpool songwriting duo Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor. ”

If you don't work near a water cooler and hanker for the company of fellow natural history enthusiasts, 'The Blue Planet II Podcast' has Emily Knight and Becky Ripley enthusing infectiously about and delving deeper into the most recent episode. ”

Half the battle with successful podcasts is in the naming; here, the big media owners have a lot to learn from the smaller operators. ”

Both traditional broadcasters and podcasters are betting heavily on the growth of voice-driven technology and so-called smart speakers, the theory being that it is as easy to ask Amazon's Alexa to play you the 'Guardian Books' podcast as it is to get it to play Capital FM. ”

Podcasting is a personal medium, and I savour those moments where details of the podcasters' lives glint through. ”