For Novel's latest Greatest Hit, Austin Mitchell pays tribute to Alex Blumberg's StartUp – the podcast that in some ways started it all

Greatest Hits No 3: StartUp by Alex Blumberg

Song Exploder creator Hrishikesh Hirway talks to Andrew Dickson about why musicians are like superheroes – and why books are ready to be blown up too

Interview: Hrishikesh Hirway Explodes Song Exploder

Host Sam Anderson describes his journey into murder, mayhem and cannabis-fulled madness for Crooked City: The Emerald Triangle

Wildest West: My Journey into the Emerald Triangle

Andrew Dickson celebrates the strange, seductive soundscapes of the Danish producer Rikke Houd

Greatest Hits No 2: The Woman on the Ice by Rikke Houd

The Heart's Kaitlin Prest picks the pieces of audio that made her who she is

Tape Head: Kaitlin Prest on Sex, Sound and Storytelling

Making listeners jump out of their skin is a specialist audio art. But how do you actually do it? Novel producers explain.

Sounds Spooky: How Do You Make a Podcast Frightening?

In our latest interview, producer Ian Chillag talks about his cult hit Everything is Alive, in which inanimate objects bare their souls

Making it Real: Ian Chillag on Everything is Alive

Gus Casely-Hayford, cultural historian and director of V&A East, discusses the stories behind Torn, his Radio 4 series on the hidden history of fashion

Gus Casely-Hayford's Torn Unpicks the Hidden History of Fashion

Sayre Quevedo, an independent audio documentary maker, picks out his biggest aural influences. 

Tape Head: Sayre Quevedo

David Weinberg, host of The Superhero Complex, speaks to Jon Ronson about the rise and fall of Phoenix Jones – a real-life superhero they've both encountered.

Cape Fear: Jon Ronson on the Phoenix Jones phenomenon

In the first of a new series, Andrew Dickson pays tribute to Scott Carrier, one of America’s most maverick and influential radio storytellers.

Greatest Hits No 1: Home of the Brave

Laura Mayer, host of brand-new podcast Shameless Acquisition Target, talks to Novel's Mythili Rao about merch – and making a fast podcast buck

Talk/Talk: Laura Mayer & Mythili Rao

Miyuki Jokiranta, audio documentary maker and host of ABC National's Earshot, picks out her biggest aural influences. 

Tape Head: Miyuki Jokiranta on Refugee Voices and Hearing the Northern Lights

Avery Trufelman, best known for her work on 99% Invisible and The Cut’s podcast, picks out the podcasts that have influenced her.

Tape Head: Avery Trufelman on Dating Apps and Genesis P-Orridge

Marc Smerling, the man behind HBO series The Jinx, catches up with Novel's creative director Austin Mitchell to chat documentary storytelling and more.

Talk/Talk: Marc Smerling & Austin Mitchell

Read the latest on the shows we're making, the people we're working with and hear from the people we admire.

GREATEST HITS NO 3: STARTUP BY ALEX BLUMBERG