The best podcasts to listen to when working from home

While WFH has its share of upsides (chiefly, no need to get dressed) it can get a little lonely.

Create your own background noise with a podcast: these are the best soundtracks to working from home.

Nobody Panic

It can be hard to focus when you’re feeling a sense of shapeless, impending doom. Comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates will shake you out of it with their riotous, hyper-speed explainer of modern life (and plenty of lols).

Recent episodes include How to Cope with Your Housemates in Isolation and How to Work from Home (finally, some answers).

Available on iTunes and Acast

No Such Things as a Fish

By the writers behind QI, this is currently riding the top spot on the iTunes chart — testament to the fact that quick-witted miscellania is a delightful distraction right now.

Recent episodes bounce from Plato to the merits of different fruits to getting fit quick. Makes a change from talking nonsense to yourself.

Available on iTunes and Acast

The Coronavirus Newscast

The BBC’s Newscast, which has had previous lives as Brexitcast and Electioncast, now exists as The Coronavirus Newscast, providing an essential (but not gloomy) daily briefing.

Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Fergus Walsh manage to cover the story with imagination and flair.

Available on iTunes and BBC Sounds

Fake Heiress

Remember Anna Delvey, the super-rich New York society girl who turned out to be a total fraud? This BBC production is a fascinating deep-dive into how she deceived friends and frenemies.

Anna Delvey (AP)

Better company than your inbox.

Available on iTunes and BBC Sounds