From Paula Radcliffe’s marathon tips to Ben Stiller on his epic TV drama: the best podcasts of the week

Pick of the week
The Severance Podcast With Ben Stiller and Adam Scott

After nearly three years, Apple’s brain-scrambling epic is back on our screens this week. If you just can’t wait (fair enough), director-executive producer Ben Stiller and Adam Scott – who stars as Mark – have launched this new official pod. Having already kicked off with daily rewatch episodes covering the twists of season one, it will continue with week-by-week coverage of season two. Hannah J Davies
Apple Podcasts, episodes weekly

Paula’s Marathon Run Club

Winner … Paula Radcliffe crossing the finish line in 2015. Photograph: Chris Young/PA

If one of your goals this year is to run a marathon, you might as well train with the best. World record-breaking runner Paula Radcliffe and double Olympian Chris Thompson present this 16-week run-club pod to help with your training, starting with an episode to set your foundations. Good luck! Hollie Richardson
Widely available, episodes weekly

The Funny Comics Fan Club

From Dandy to the Beano and beyond, Mark Hibbett and John Dredge return with their podcast to pore over the action-packed panels of vintage comics. If villains disguising themselves as babies, fist fights with dentists and “Steptoe and Son for kids” pique your interest, this is for you. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly

The Last Bohemians

Lasting thoughts … Nikki Giovanni. Photograph: Jason Mendez/Getty Images

Kate Hutchinson’s series seeks out trailblazing women who have shaped the worlds of arts and culture, to tell their moving (and occasionally ribald) tales. This new episode with Nikki Giovanni was recorded shortly before the American poet’s death, and offers a striking window into her time as a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly from Monday 13 January

Unreality

A second series of bite-size, dream-like instalments from London-based producer Talia Augustidis, which blur the line between fact and fiction. Last time round, Augustidis was recording her boyfriend’s bedtime chatterings and interviewing her sister about their late mother; now she is getting acquainted with tarot and making a foray into standup. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly from Wednesday 15 January