Pick of the Week

The Girls Are Talking

Somewhere between The Receipts and Loose Women, this podcast brings together five women of colour for chats. It’s an upbeat affair, but the panellists don’t shy away from tough topics. Sugababe Keisha Buchanan is frank about screening potential partners for 90 days, while TikToker Tara Thorpe explains the issues that nearly ended her marriage (“the only reason why I didn’t get a divorce is because I didn’t have the £550 …”). Hannah J Davies

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Spiral

This new series from Tortoise and the Observer will linger in your brain long after listening. Technology editor Patricia Clarke meets people whose mental health has been deeply affected by their use of AI chatbots – perhaps not causing illness, but exacerbating existing issues via tech’s dangerous tendency to blur the lines between fiction and reality.…