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25 May 2025

Show Notes: The Seven Podcasts We’re Plugged Into in 2025

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Podcasts have become an unavoidable fixture of the cultural landscape. And there’s a vast array of shows poised and ready to plug into, from celebrity-led conversations on pop-culture, to true crime, and the companion podcasts driving discourse on iconic films and television (think: Succession and The White Lotus). In 2025, our appetite for podcasts is only accelerating.

Here, we’ve rounded up seven of our favourite audio series’ to listen to in 2025.

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

The great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, acclaimed fashion designer Bella Freud matches fashion discourse with psychoanalysis to explore themes including identity, vulnerability and legacy. Featuring an all-star lineup including Kate Moss, Nick Cave and Jonathan Anderson. 

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

Hosted by former fashion magazine editors Grace O’Neill and Isabelle Truman, “After Work Drinks” is the pop culture dossier that extends from dating to the cult appeal of the Margiela Tabi.

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

Mother and daughter Lennie and Jessie Ware are behind this famed food podcast. The duo host (and cook for) high-flying celebrity guests ranging from Colman Domingo, Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney.

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

Sartorialists, this one’s for you. Host Recho Omondi covers all things fashion from discerning creative direction with Brandon Maxwell to tricks of the rag trade with Mickey Drexler.

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

This silver screen playbook delivers insider scripts from Hollywood’s elite. Expect directing advice from Francis Ford Coppola, show notes on “The Brutalist” from Adrien Brody and Harris Dickinson of “Babygirl” on desire.

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

Fashion’s ultimate podcast. The latest trends and industry discourse courtesy of its best in class (see: Tory Burch, Simon Porte Jacquemus and Law Roach). 

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Photograph courtesy of the brand.

Big news for Bravo fans. Here, hosts and journalists Grace O’Neill and Kate Lancaster dissect the iconic scenes and episodes from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Salt Lake City.

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