Bronwyn: Teacher’s Pet investigator Hedley Thomas on the trail of another missing mother – and another apparent death
Podcast review: Thomas’s dogged approach to the case of Bronwyn Winfield marks this series out from true-crime titillation
The Run-Up: New York Times election podcast takes the more interesting approach of talking to ordinary people
Black millennial host Astead W Herndon takes a bottom-up approach that makes this US presidential election podcast a must-listen
Mother: Keelin Moncrieff’s new podcast freewheels through the mothering life in all its glory and gore
Review: Mother is a reminder of the real need for this kind of cut-through-the-Insta-lives frankness, especially if you’re new to the parenting rollercoaster
D-Day: The Tide Turns – Absorbing account of meticulously orchestrated military gamble
Podcast review: The seaborne invasion, involving more than 130,000 troops, created a path to victory in Europe during the second World War
Handsome podcast review: Dry wit, glorious self-deprecation and creative brain explosions
Podcast review: The comedians Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro and Mae Martin conquer the potentially dicey three-friends-chatting format
Fur & Loathing: an unsolved gas attack on a hotel and the rise of Nazi furries
Podcast: Why was a potentially deadly gas released at an IRL meeting of ‘a particularly nice and earnest’ online community?
The Forgotten: RTÉ’s investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings highlights damning withholding of evidence
Podcast review: Deeply sourced series shows how the initial investigation foundered on incompetence, accident and indolence
Broomgate podcast review: The scandal that tipped the sport of curling into a hotbed of resentment and rivalry
Podcast review: Broomgate opens at the 2015 Tour Challenge in the Canadian town of Paradise, when a man named Brad Gushue walked on to the ice
How Matt Katz discovered his Irish family – and learned about Irish nights out – is a gripping story
Podcast review: Katz is a cracking storyteller, his meticulously researched and affecting journey is propulsive stuff
Serial season four: A stomach-churning account of a brutal, malfunctioning Guantánamo Bay prison camp
Podcast review: The award-winning Serial team have found an astonishing number of sources ready to share their stories of life at the camp
Dara Ó Briain and Josh Widdicombe gleefully dive into the story of the ‘worst footballer ever’
Podcast review: On their way to recounting Ali Dia’s brief appearance for Southampton, the comedians tell a complex, compelling tale
Keep It Tight review: Deirdre O’Kane and Emma Doran combine brazen charm with disarming realness
Podcast review: When O’Kane and Doran go off on one, they’re a streak of laughs, but they land punches too
The Bookshelf: Ryan Tubridy’s new podcast may be the best vehicle to date for this one-time Jack of all RTÉ
Podcast review: The former RTÉ broadcaster’s new show plays to his strengths – but it’ll need to push him out of his comfort zone
The Magadalenes and I: Compelling voices illuminate unspeakable institutional truths from Ireland’s recent past
Podcast review: Steven O’Riordan’s follow-up to 2009 documentary lacks narrative shape but makes up for it in the sheer force of his stories
Who Replaced Avril Lavigne? Joanne McNally’s deliciously deranged investigation is a must-listen
Podcast review: The Irish comedian musters all her charm and chutzpah to find out whether a body double has taken over from the Sk8er Boi singer