We continue our arts & culture recommendation series with our top five podcasts perfect for accompanying your latest isolation craft project, or filling the gruelling work from home commute each morning and evening.

Gastropod - Eating the Rainbow: Or, the Mystery of the Orange Oranges, the Red M&Ms, and the Blue Raspberry

Every two weeks Gastropod releases an episode that looks at food through the lens of science and history. In this episode, they explore colours in cuisine and the intriguing, often times stranger than fiction stories behind some of our most inconspicuous tasty treats.

99% Invisible - Whomst Among Us Let The Dogs Out

A podcast that delves deep into design and creativity, and this episode in particular that traces the history of Who Let The Doigs Out in the hope of discovering one of music’s greatest mysteries.

Death, Sex & Money - An Immunocompromised Love Story

Death, Sex & Money was born out a desire for open and honest discussions, featuring intimate conversations with celebrities and listeners about money, relationships, infidelity, career shifts, parenting, mental illness, divorce, gender identity, dying, and more. An Immunocompromised Love Story is an extraordinary love story about sacrifice and taking care of each other in times of illness.

ReplyAll - Zardulu

A curious podcast that features stories about how people shape the internet, and how the internet shapes people. This episode is about Zardulu the Mythmaker, a performance artist who rose to prominence after several of her performances went viral as hoax videos including "Selfie Rat" and "Three Eyed Fish".

Criminal - The “It” Girl

Criminal is a true crime podcast that tells stories about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. The ‘It’ Girl is about the story behind the face of New York’s Gilded Age, “Gibson Girl” Evelyn Nesbit.

Five Podcasts for Isolation