Bloodsport, Bad Faith, Phoebe Reads a Mystery

<p>Bit of a mixed bag from our Castologists this week! Nick looks at the doping and the Olympics with Bloodsport, Zane takes a look at a panel show that’s part politics part pop culture and part world changing with Bad Faith. Then Liz settles down by the metaphorical fireplace for a mystery novel or two read by Phoebe Judge with Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Then it’s on to the reviews!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Liz Recommends - Phoebe Reads a Mystery </strong></p><p><a href="https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/</strong></a></p><p>In what is probably the shortest episode description Liz has chosen yet, Phoebe Judge (Criminal) reads a chapter a day from a classic mystery novel.</p><p><strong>For </strong>both: whatever book takes your fancy.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/phoebe-reads-a-mystery/id1503921457" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/phoebe-reads-a-mystery/id1503921457</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nick Recommends - Bloodsport</strong></p><p>The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state set against the ongoing attempts to catch the cheats.</p><p><strong>For both: From the start</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bloodsport/id1522052223" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bloodsport/id1522052223</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Zane Recommends - Bad Faith</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast</a></p><p>Bad Faith is two shows in one: it's a panel show about politics and pop culture with a rotating cast of performers and politicians, artists and activists, writers and radicals; and it's&nbsp;a two-way podcast where two people from two very different parts of the left make the case for one less terrible world.</p><p>With civilization for the most part co