Usually when a client asks for their new podcast to sound like This American Life, there’s a bit of expectation management to do (they have, after all, about twenty full time staff working on a weekly 60min show).

But when Mary Portas made that request, she knew what she was doing.

Anouszka writes… it’s a Tuesday morning and I’m shoving another grape in my mouth to try to stifle any sobbing. You, the listener, are here to hear tales of overcoming traumatic injury, not the sound of a producer’s tears.

Sarah's new podcast, exploring the homes of her famous friends.

Ten years ago today, we launched our first podcast. And now we're bringing it back.

Today The Modern Mann returns for a third series - with new interviews, trends and more questions of a sexual nature.

They're a lot of work, but producing a magazine format never gets dull. Here's how we made The Modern Mann podcast.