The week in audio: Over the Top Under the Radar; Home

Gary Younge and Carys Afoko rebalance the news; amateur detectives take centre stage; all that glitters is dodgy in Borneo; and brains amaze in an exploration of the senses

Over the Top Under the Radar (Unedited/Skin in the Game Productions)
Home Sleuth | BBC Sounds
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam (BBC World Service/CBC) | BBC Sounds
Beyond Five Senses (Audible)

Not every new podcast sets out to remind you of the weirdest public art idea of all time: a giant Queen Mother on the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. “It’s an equestrian plinth!”, says Orwell-prize-winning journalist Gary Younge, as his co-host, Carys Afoko, creases up with laughter. “She would have been this colossus, like a huge centaur figure with a handbag.”