Best podcasts of the week: the Serial team tackle Islamophobia in Birmingham
by Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier and Hollie Richardso from Technology | The Guardian on (#5W1A3)
S-Town's Brian Reed unpicks The Trojan Horse Affair, which saw Midlands schools accused of Islamic extremism. Plus: Shaun Keaveny speaks with pals such as Vic Reeves and Nina Conti in his warming, nostalgic series
The Trojan Horse Affair
This Serial-backed podcast tackles the scandal that saw Birmingham schools accused of an Islamist plot. Given the affair stemmed from authorities being sent an amateurish-looking letter that was supposedly correspondence between Muslims plotting to take control of schools, it asks: who wrote it? The storytelling is as hooky as you'd expect, given it was part created by S-Town's Brian Reed. Alexi Duggins