Best podcasts of the week: Slow Burn shines a light on the LA riots

Joel Anderson takes us back to 1992, unpicking the events leading up to Rodney King's brutal beating and historic unrest. Plus: Hugh Hefner's rise and fall, and northern writers tell the stories of their home counties

Slow Burn
The sixth run of Slate's podcast on pivotal moments in history focuses on the LA riots of 1992. Joel Anderson expertly guides listeners through Rodney King's brutal beating at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 and the chaos that erupted the following year, drawing powerful parallels with the current moment. Interviewees include King's family and friends, and the man responsible for capturing the infamous footage of him. Hannah J Davies

If you've got Cop26 and the climate emergency on the brain, you could do worse than listening to Amy Westervelt's insightful investigate series Drilled. The environmental journalist has also recently launched a separate series, Rigged, looking at the murky history of disinformation.

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