Pod Roast: Recent Episodes
Podcast Radio Original (PRO-Show)
Scathing weekly podcast review show launched by Podcast Radio, written and hosted by the broadcaster who lambasted a trailer for the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex podcast. John spent 23 years in the BBC running stations in Northampton, Leeds and Manchester - while the Pod Roast is part of Podcast Radio’s Original (PRO-Shows) programming. Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast will review two or three popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. The episode first airs at midday (GMT) each Friday on Podcast Radio - and then here as a podcast!
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Followers with Shelagh Fogarty from Global
Life's a Beach with Alan Carr
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Mens' Room from TalkSport
A Gay and A NonGay Podcast
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Crop Shop from Times Media
Take A Stool from Aguulp
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Committee Corridor from the House of Commons
Born to Rule from NBC
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Batman Unburied from Spotify
Bat Chat from the Bat Conservation Trust
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Northern Agenda from Reach
Isle of Mann Newspapers podcast from Tindle
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Floodlight - the Anti Slavery Collective podcast
UKTN The Podcast
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating podcasts for a celebratory 40th Pod Roast episode!
Interesting Things with JC
Fulmar's Folly
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Climate of Change from Audible
Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O Leary from BBC Sounds
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Get onto My Cloud: The Tim Rice Podcast
Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Archetypes trailer from Archewell Audio
Tonight with Andrew Marr from LBC
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Desert Island Discs from BBC Radio 4 for BBC Sounds
Farage from GB News
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: Americast from BBC Sounds
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
HM Land Registry Customer Training from HM Land Registry
Jason Manford from Absolute Radio
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Screenshot from BBC Radio 4 for BBC Sounds
Inner Monologue with Olivia Neill
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Shagged Married Annoyed from Avalon for Acast
5 Minutes On from BBC News/BBC Sounds
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Lacey & Flynn Have Sex
The Fourcast from Channel 4 News
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating podcasts for a celebratory 40th Pod Roast episode!
Sounds of the 21st Century from TDC for BBC Sounds
Wild Things: Siegfried and Roy from Apple TV +
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode looks back at the whole year's worth of roastees!! Well, the rest of them, anyway. There were a lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode looks back at the whole year's worth of roastees!! ...remember Harry and Meghan made a whole podcast thing? That strange one-off-wonder (if you can call it that) kicked off this gem of a roast show, it's Pod Roast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Shot and Chaser from Spotify Originals
Jamie's Christmas Cracker from Jamie Oliver
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: Time to Walk with Prince William from Apple Fitness +
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Thames Valley Court and Crime Podcast from Newsquest
The Internet of Things
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. A bit of a twist on today's audio, as John delves into the new platform called Racket. Will 99 second clips work as a discovery mechanism? Both tech lovers and audiophiles will find John's review intriguing.
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Fellas from Spotify Originals
5 Minutes On from BBC News/BBC Sounds
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Official Succession Podcast from HBO
Uncanny from BBC SOUNDS
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Built to Thrive Daily from Amazon Music
The Campaign Podcast
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating podcasts for a celebratory 40th Pod Roast episode!
American Vigilante from Crowd Network
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Spotify Find the One App
Taskmaster Podcast from Avalon
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Bad People from BBC Sounds
Sound Heap from Auddy
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Jeff Lewis Has Issues from Sirius XM
Monacle 24
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
My Favorite Murder from Exactly Right
Smartless from Wondery
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Science Weekly from the Guardian
Short Sex Stories
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
You Me and R&B with Cheryl from BBC Sounds
The Birthday Game from Remarkable Television
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Royally Obsessed from Pure Wow and Gallery Media Group
Heir Pod from ABC News
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
1001 Critical Days from Andrea Leadsome
10 Things That Scare Me from WNYC
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Taboo Talk from Boots
The Moggcast from Conservative Home
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating two great podcasts for a celebratory tenth Pod Roast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Switch Your Money On from Hargreaves Lansdown
Green Travel podcast from Simon Calder and the Independent
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Original Content from Tech Crunch
Short Wave from NPR
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Healthyish from Bon Appett (Conde Nast)
The Jab from the Economist
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Active Flintshire from Flintshire County Council
Wild Crime from Natural History Museum
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Building Queertopia from BBC Sounds
Science Weekly from the Guardian
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Ask Us Anything from Popular Science
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Surrey Matters from Surrey CC
Sports Strangest Crimes: Shergar from BBC Sounds
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Out Crowd from Reach
The Chesterfield Show from Destination Chesterfield
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Jackie Weaver has the Authority from Giddy Aunt Values
Vibrators with Charlotte Crosby from Nova Podcasts
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating two great podcasts for a celebratory 20th Pod Roast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Doctor Who Podcast from radiotimes.com
4D with Demi Lovato
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd
Today, Explained from Vox
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The New Conspiracists from Global
Daily Doctor's Kitchen
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
British Scandal from Wondery
Letters from a Killer from Pod Bible
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Wild Sounds of Canada from Audible
My Special Place from BBC Local Radio
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
The New Normal from Archant
Trailer of My Special Place from BBC Local Radio
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Planet Normal from the Telegraph
Life Kit from NPR
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
Just One Thing with Michael Mosley
Today in Focus
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode:
All the Best and Worst with Mr & Mrs Hinch
Be Bold Be Birmingham
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Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: it's all about celebrating two great podcasts for a celebratory tenth Pod Roast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: economics? Oh...welcome to This Is Money...'podcast'. Titles of podcasts can be tough. As well as Sense Maker, unpacking news, and there are tortoises in and around, it seems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: soap-star-Dad-and-Daughter that can sort your life out...again? Fairy tales for adults - do that work? Get Sleepy is puzzling according to John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: you may know her as GC - is the G for great??? The cash is big, but is it good? As well as a neat podcast idea...about scary films for non-lovers of scary horrors. John knows 'Alien', but does this podcast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: Demi Moore is up here, adult language and explicit scenes in Dirty Diana...good dirty or bad dirty? As well as Greg James' teacher-stuff-thing, Teach Me A Lesson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: clumsy-named and a challenging listen, it's The Conversation with the NHS (could it have been done better??), as well as missing The Missing... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode: Gwyneth Paltrow as her own GOOP host, as well as every event from We Didn't Start The Fire. Yes, the song, now as a history podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode, it's Jacob Hawley as the specialist on love, while ITV goes shopping into true crime with Catching Melanie's Killer, Episode 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode, it's the CHANEL Connects episode with Pharrell Williams, Es Devlin, Yana Peel. They're 'Imaging New Worlds'. Plus, Dan Snow History Hit. So is it? Find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Each week John Ryan’s Pod Roast reviews popular mainstream podcasts produced by the big production companies. This episode, it's a Royal couple and a right royal couple: Harry and Meghan / French and Saunders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices