Best podcasts of the week: Michael Caine reveals his all-time heroes
by Alexi DugginsHannah VerdierHollie Richardson from Technology | The Guardian on (#5SWN1)
The actor's slick series is packed with heroic true stories from Erin Brockovich to the Piper Alpha oil rig explosion. Plus: a movie-length new podcast starring Kate Mara and Adam Scott
Michael Caine: Heroes
Nobody said being a hero was easy," says the host in the most Michael Caine way ever, before he launches into his slick new podcast full of powerful true stories. Sally Becker and Erin Brockovich get their moments of glory, but the series opens with the heroes of the Piper Alpha oil rig explosions, who give terrifying eyewitness accounts of how the disaster unfolded. Hannah Verdier