This week's podcast picks lean heavily on true-crime and drama flavours reminiscent of The Sopranos, alongside a political thriller and two topical documentary series. The Guardian's reviewers highlight standout new releases spanning celebrity nostalgia, geopolitical fiction, and nuanced explorations of weight-loss drugs and AI's impact on audio production.

Highlights include a father-son podcast with Dominic Chianese (95) and his son, offering behind-the-scenes Sopranos stories, and a separate mafia drama featuring former Sopranos cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa exploring how organised crime exploited the aftermath of 9/11. Other recommendations include a Britain-Russia political thriller dubbed "a British Bourne", a series examining GLP-1 weight-loss drugs featuring journalist Rose Stokes and scientist Prof Giles Yeo, and a documentary on AI's disruption of podcast music composition, all widely available with new episodes weekly.