Best podcasts of the week: what Princess Diana tells us about ourselves
Aminatou Sow and guests look back at the connections forged by the Princess of Wales. Plus: powerful reporting on Asian American experiences in Self Evident, and Jon Ronson returns
When Diana Met ...
Yes, this is a show about Diana Spencer ... but it really is about us - what our perceptions of her say about us." Host Aminatou Sow is a self-confessed Princess Di obsessive - something she inherited from her mum, along with so many other thirtysomethings - who unpicks Diana's most notable meetings in each episode. First up: author Candice Carty-Williams and biographer Andrew Morton revisit the dinner
with Camilla. Hollie Richardson
Dark Woods
Chicago Fire's Monica Raymund and Corey Stoll (House of Cards) lead the cast for this thriller of a podcast from the creators of Law & Order. On the brink of divorce, the pair investigate the death of a young volunteer in a California forest, setting up a classic tangle of personal and professional lives, with added intrigue and pesticides.
Hannah Verdier
Bonaparte
These days, lawyer Annie Champion's work includes defending Mary Trump. However, closer to home, the question of whether her friend Laura Van Wyhe's death in Iowa in 1996 was a hit-and-run or a murder still looms large in her life. Jason Stavers's unsensational and engrossing podcast investigates. Hannah J Davies
Murder, Mystery and Makeup
True crime reaches an innovative new niche with makeup artist and YouTuber Bailey Sarian's podcast in which she pops on a full face while she chats about cases. Charles
Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer are among the criminals on her list and, although their stories are well-trodden, Sarian has a great way to spin a yarn with gossipy asides.
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Self Evident
A third series for the show shining a spotlight on a variety of Asian American experiences, from the distressing rise in pandemic-era racism to heartening pop culture representation and queer self-discovery. First up, powerful reporting on activists tackling white supremacy in an unexpected setting in Indiana. HJD