OK, but hear me out: the five best podcasts to change your mind

Ready to refresh your brain? From reconsidering maligned public figures to reframing ideas around sex, there's a podcast for that

Recently named I iHeart Radio's podcast of the yearYou're Wrong About took off during lockdown for its conversational reassessment of events, people and phenomena miscast in the public imagination". From multi-part explorations of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the OJ Simpson trial, to busting the myths of Koko the signing gorilla, each episode is wryly funny but diligently researched, with attention paid to context and accuracy. Host Sarah Marshall's compassion for misunderstood and maligned public figures stands out at a time when celebrities are increasingly speaking out about the toll of being in the spotlight. (You Must Remember This takes a similar tack to stories of early Hollywood.) The episode on cancel culture - in which Marshall and her former co-host Michael Hobbes unpick the culture wars without using the (often meaningless) word cancel" - takes a cool, considered view of an often strategically inflamed issue.