The best podcasts out there have one thing in common: you can listen to them no matter what’s going on around you

From short-form daily bulletins to lengthy features and deep dives, here are the best news podcasts out there

From side-splitting comedies to spine-tingling horrors, these engrossing fiction podcasts represent the best in escapism

From sassy takes on recent events to voyages into the far past, these podcasts take the mystery out of history

Free culture, huge parks and a pub on (almost) every corner

Amazing culture, amazing restaurants, amazing bars, amazing everything

Bistros, romance and culture everywhere you turn: it can only be Paris

A colourful, frenetic city with a rich, East-meets-West heritage

Free culture, huge parks and a pub on (almost) every corner

Bistros, romance and culture everywhere you turn: it can only be Paris

Modernista architecture meets Mediterranean beaches: result!

Delicious food, friendly people and 266 days of sun per year

Amazing culture, amazing restaurants, amazing bars, amazing everything

Malibu to Venice Beach to Sunset Strip to Amoeba Records: LA has it all

Time Out readers voted the Windy City the best in the world

Beach days and late-night parties fueled by rum and cafecito

A sunny island city that’s a clean, green, modern machine

Traditional meets ultramodern (and it’s the world’s best city for food)

A colourful, frenetic city with a rich, East-meets-West heritage

Glittering temples meet huge skyscrapers and vibrant street life

Australia’s ‘Emerald City’ glitters with lush foliage and a famous harbour

This buzzy cultural capital never stops (except for cocktails)

A sunny sub-tropical city on a snaking river

60,000 years of continuous Noongar culture in a modern boomtown

Gorgeous beaches, a thriving restaurant scene and… penguins? Count us in

From hammams to haggling at souks, Marrakech is chilled one minute, full-on the next

South Africa’s biggest, buzziest city feels like it’s being reborn. Get around with our guide

Imagine a place where you’re warm all year round. Got it? Well, that’s Durban

This vast, football-mad metropolis is a melting pot of cultures, colours and cuisines

From Carnival to the ubiquitous street parties, no one throws a bash like Rio’s cariocas

Locals’ undying lust for life infatuates visitors to the humming Colombian capital

Head to Brazil’s biggest city for five-star food, killer clubs and sumptuous skylines