Kerry Washington takes A-listers back to the streets they grew up on: best podcasts of the week
The Scandal star talks to Ben Affleck about his childhood in Massachusetts. Plus, the Eras strand returns with the story of 90s pop phenomenon the Spice Girls
Key points
- Kerry Washington's web series 'Street You Grew Up On' has become a podcast, with Ben Affleck as the first guest.
- Affleck discussed his parents' divorce and being mugged at knifepoint at 14.
- Other new podcasts include a parenting show, a Spice Girls retrospective, a Hubble telescope series, and daily trial coverage of Russell Brand.
Kerry Washington's web series 'Street You Grew Up On' has been adapted into a podcast, with new episodes released weekly. The first guest is Ben Affleck, who grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He speaks frankly about his parents' divorce and experiences he never told his mother, including being mugged at knifepoint at 14.
Washington said of the conversation, "I loved hearing everything he shared." She added that Affleck also tried to interview her at times.
Other podcasts this week
Comedian Hunter Hill launched a parenting podcast after becoming a father. His research into his own dad led him to question everything he knew, including whether his goat-farming grandfather was a secret CIA operative.
Rosie Ramsey uses the BBC's music archive to tell the story of the Spice Girls in 'Eras: Spice Girls'. The series includes trivia, such as the personas being inspired by the TV show Friends, and insights from music manager Chris Herbert and Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall.
Maggie Aderin, presenter of 'Sky at Night', hosts a podcast about the Hubble telescope. It covers the post-launch discovery that its primary mirror's curvature was off by about one-fiftieth of the width of a human hair, and the subsequent repair mission.
I loved hearing everything he shared.
— Kerry Washington
Russell Brand trial coverage
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty will report daily from Southwark crown court on Russell Brand's trial. Brand denies three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. The podcast will also examine broader topics, including the role of social media in high-profile trials.
