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Jane Fonda’s life goes under the microscope: best podcasts of the week
Pop culture icons and music legends are explored in a new show that has access to the BBC’s vast archive. Plus, the Guardian delivers a propulsive crime story that asks big questions of the US criminal justice system
TL;DR
- A new podcast co-hosted by Emmanuel Dzotsi and Kai Wright uses the BBC archive to tell stories of pop culture figures, starting with Jane Fonda and George Michael.
- Dr. Julia Shaw hosts a podcast about unethical CIA brainwashing experiments conducted at the Allan Memorial Institute by Dr. Ewen Cameron.
- Steve Lamacq presents an eight-part series on Manchester's baggy, druggy music scene, from Joy Division to its 1989 peak.
- Melissa Segura hosts a Guardian series on the 12-year battle for Alex Villa to clear his name after the murder of Chicago police officer Clifton Lewis.
- Journalists Collette McGonigle and Callum McQuade investigate the murders of Glasgow sex workers between 1991 and 2005, focusing on the victims and their families.