BBC Radio Podcast Guide - R

Rugby Union Weekly

Ugo Monye, Chris Jones, Danny Care and Chris Ashton bring you special guests and cover the biggest stories in rugby union. Sara Orchard also delivers news, interviews and reaction from the 2024 Women's Six Nations. Get in touch with the pod via 5 Live Sport on social media or email rugbyunionweekly@bbc.co.uk, and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.

Replay

Colin Murray looks back at 90 years of sport on the BBC by unearthing classic commentaries and interviews from the BBC archives.

Ramblings

Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside

Rare Earth

Tom Heap and Helen Czerski tackle a major story about our environment, work out how we got here and meet the brave, clever people with fresh ideas to help us - and nature - thrive. They won’t shy away from the big stuff - temperatures rising while wildlife declines - but this won’t be a weekly dose of doom-laden predictions and tortured hand-wringing. Rare Earth is here to celebrate the wonder of nature and meet the people determined to keep it wonderful.

Rylan: How to Be a Man

Rylan Clark opens up the fault lines of masculinity at a time when many are struggling to define what it means to be a man in the 2020s - it's never been a more confusing time for the male of the species. Rylan talks to a range of celebrities and prominent figures to gain insights into their unique perspectives. Rylan: How to Be a Man explores toxic masculinity, old-fashioned male stereotypes, gender identity, body image, role models, cultural differences, parenthood and how we educate the next generation. Rylan's unique take makes for lively, revealing and sometimes shocking conversations.

Room 5

What happens when a diagnosis changes everything? One afternoon, Helena Merriman walked into a doctor's surgery and was given a shock diagnosis. In this series, she interviews people who – like her-were changed by a diagnosis. Told through an immersive sound design, this intimate series shines a light on misunderstood conditions, asking how we cope when our bodies and our minds no longer behave as we want them to.

Recycled Radio

Welcome to the chopped-up, looped-up, sped-up world of Recycled Radio, where old programmes are reused to explore a series of weighty subjects.

Radio 4 on Music

From Armstrong to Zappa - music documentaries from the Radio 4 archive.

RAW

Rare and newly discovered interviews with cultural icons featuring Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé, Oasis, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Adele, Courtney Love and many more.

Reliable Sauce with Kirsty and Jonelle

Ok - what just happened? And why does it actually matter? Kirsty Grant and Jonelle Awomoyi are here to give the news more flavour, serving up the need-to-know details with just the right amount of sauce. We break down the week’s hottest stories, cut through the noise of social media to get to the truth, and throw in a big dollop of pop-culture, laughs and behind-the-scenes intrigue.

Rethink

How the world should change after the coronavirus pandemic. Leading thinkers from across the globe give us their route maps to a better tomorrow.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: The Podcast

Unapologetic in its queerness, crass with a whole lot of sass and dripping in bio-degradable glitter. Scarlett Moffatt and Baby Lame spill the tea, the whole tea and nothing but the tea on the world of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

Radio Wales Arts Show

Gary Raymond previews the best of the Welsh contemporary arts scene.

Rams Daily: A Derby County Podcast

Daily updates from Derby County with Dominic Dietrich and Ed Dawes. If it's happening at the Rams you'll hear about it here.

Red Lines

The back-stop’s here? Bad puns with top political coverage from Northern Ireland. Red Lines brings you essential analysis and commentary by BBC NI’s politics team.

Real Talk

Real Talk is a podcast for women, by women and non-binary people. We’re constantly being told how to be, look and think, and it all can all get overwhelming. We have taken six key issues; racism, body image, sustainable fashion, mental health, relationships, and consent; that keep popping up on our news feeds every day. Along with a panel of journalists, influencers and policy changers, we’re going to try and break those down together. Presented by Gemma Bradley.

Remembering Gerry

Downloads of Anderson Extra plus some of Gerry Anderson's classic podcasts. From BBC Radio Ulster's Remembering Gerry week

Remembering Seamus Heaney

Radio 1’s All Day Breakfast with Greg James

This is the place to catch daily chat, extra fun and highlights from Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - hit subscribe to stay up to date!

Radio 1's Screen Time

Join Radio 1’s resident film buff Ali Plumb for movie news, reviews and extra behind-the-screens fun.

Radio 1's Life Hacks - Adapt the World

Katie Thistleton and disability rights activist India Sasha are joined by some of your favourite content creators as they ask 'if the world was re-built tomorrow, what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'

Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories

Ground-breaking and honest real-life stories that speak to you about your life, your world, and your issues. Reece Parkinson gets in-depth each week with documentaries made to challenge your thinking.

Radio 1’s Drag Queens' Den

Drag Queens' Den is your weekly dose of fabulous queens from all over the scene, from RuPaul to Blackpool, via Liverpool, Pontypool and everywhere else in the country that doesn't rhyme with 'Paul'. Each week Glyn Fussell plays host to a studio of drag queens to guide our listeners on a journey around every aspect of UK Drag Culture from the glitz to the gutter, via the heights and the depths of drag debauchery. Guests in the studio include Michelle Visage, Jamie Campbell, Jodie Harsh, Raven Mandella and Tete Bang whilst the show also features famous 'Drag Addicts' including Olly Alexander, Jade Thirlwall, Sam Smith, Scarlett Moffatt, Beth Ditto and Melanie C. Glyn and his guests also play 'Dragony Aunt' to Radio 1 DJs including Greg James, Nick Grimshaw and Clara Amfo as they invite you to enter the murky fabulousness of the Drag Queens' Den.

Radio 1 Vintage

Celebrating Radio 1's 50th Birthday, with radio shows made from archive material, and interviews with former Radio 1 DJs. Radio 1 Vintage was a 3-day radio station that aired on 30th September 2017.

Ricky Ross Meets

Ricky Ross in conversation with some of our most admired songwriters and musicians.

Radio 2's Confessions

In an extended podcast, Jo and Simon hear listeners' shameful secrets, including ones that were too shocking for radio! Plus more of listener’ letters from the Parish Notice Board and another archive story in ‘Confession From The Crypt’.

Rob Burrow Seven, Meets...

Rugby league legend Rob Burrow has Motor Neurone Disease, he asks questions to guests using his eye-gaze machine. Inspired by the number seven, which Burrow wore on his back when playing, episodes explore how sporting greats deal with adversity and how to celebrate the good at every opportunity. Producer: Tracy Gee Digital Producer: Lewis Deighton, Hana Kelly and Jacob Tomlinson Station Sound Producer: Dan Purvis Operations Engineer: Richard Biddulph and Ross Collier Online producer: Rachael Smith Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison With thanks to Motor Neurone Disease Association, Speak Unique and Think Smart Box. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds.

Record Review Podcast

Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library