Which podcast educates you? I’m a massive The Rest Is History fan but I can’t decide if I prefer ancient history subjects like the Aztecs or Ancient Rome, or the more modern ones like Nixon or 1970s Britain. I sometimes click on a modern history subject and think I know loads about it, but then I realise discussing it in a historical context makes it more interesting. Obviously the pairing of Tom and Dom is perfect and I hope they never run out of things to talk about.

Which podcast makes you laugh? Clinton Baptiste’s Paranormal Podcast. If you don’t know who Clinton Baptiste is, he’s a character in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights; he only appears for about five minutes in one episode as a really bad psychic but he’s probably one of the most memorable characters. In the podcast Clinton relays messages from the ‘other side’ to his listeners: like Marlon Brando reviewing Helen in Braintree’s performance in Cats. But probably the funniest thing about the podcast is Clinton’s voice which has that faux-spiritual empathy thing down to a tee.

Which podcast makes you sad or angry? One of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to is The Witch Trials Of JK Rowling. I know there’s fierce debate either side on the issue of trans rights and women’s rights but I think most people like me fall completely outside it watching it all play out with fear and confusion. But this podcast took on that debate in such an effective way, and the host Megan Phelps-Roper who isn’t revealed as a former Westboro Baptist Church member until quite far along in the series, completely spins it on its head. When I make my programmes, I always think about how effective she was at handling such a difficult subject.

Which podcast is your guilty pleasure? You might be sensing a theme by now that I like spooky stories. I really love Uncanny presented by Danny Robins. It’s really clever in that ghost stories are a guilty pleasure for a lot of people but are often easily dismissed as most people don’t believe in ghosts. But having the sceptic and Danny trying to find explanations makes it scarier! Because sometimes the sceptic’s ideas are so ridiculous you think, well, the ghost story HAS to be true. It’s now also a TV show which I think is EVEN scarier. Because you can see the expressions on the face of the storyteller and they have been genuinely terrified. I’ve had a few sleepless nights. I can only watch or listen to it if there are people in the house.

Tell us someone who currently doesn’t have a podcast but totally should. And why do you think their one would be amazing? On a holiday to the Yorkshire Dales, we looked for the location of the Ribblehead Viaduct on Google and came across a review of it that was so hilarious we couldn’t speak from crying with laughter. It was the only negative review and was about six paragraphs long from a guy from the West Midlands who’d travelled up, describing the mist and fog and how beautiful the viaduct was, but when he got here it was ruined by kids running about screaming, and their ‘gormless’ parents. You have to read the full thing to get the effect. You can see someone’s review history on Google, and this guy reviewed everything: hundreds of reviews and they’re all pretty funny: a local mechanic, Wetherspoons, various budget hotels, the local library. We could tell he went travelling for work and even got a look into his psyche: he always wants warm plates when he’s served his food when eating out. In hotels he’d check everything like the hotel inspector. I just want to know more about this guy: who is he and why does he love reviewing? If I was a commissioner I’d give him a travel show.

Pitch us a new podcast idea in exactly 25 words Hunt down serial reviewers online and read their reviews: a comic panel has to figure out what kind of person they are. Then they’re revealed…

Changing The Odds is available on BBC Sounds.