Pick of the Podcasts: The Rise And Fall Of T In The Park, Reclaimed: The Story Of Mamie Till-Mobley, Who The Bleep Did I Marry 

T in the Park was as much a staple of the Scottish summer as driech weather and a 99 cone then, all of a sudden, it was gone.

A rite of passage for young music fans, the festival ran for 22 years and became iconic for its muddy mosh pits, cracking line-ups and electric crowds. Yet in its last few years decline set in and by the time of the final T in the Park in 2016, two years on from its move from Balado to Strathallan Castle, the event was a shadow of its former self.

Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free is the host of a new podcast that is out to relive T in the Park’s glory years, from its first weekend in July 1994, headlined by Rage Against The Machine and Primal Scream. The podcast then tracks its rise to become one of Britain’s biggest musical festivals.

As T in the Park exploded in popularity, organisers had to cope with ever-growing crowds, the requests of megastar headlines and the unruly weather that often turned Balado airfield into a muddy slip’n’slide navigated, with lots of hilarity, by tens of thousands of increasingly inebriated revellers.

Free speaks to diehard fans about their experiences of the festival, gets the goss about the most rowdy backstage rock star antics, and relives some of T in the Park’s most special and enduring moments with the people who knew and loved the festival the most.

Free also promises to get to the bottom of why the festival came to an end – was it poor management, the death of the indie rock era, or did T in the Park merely run its course?

Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival has helped fill the void in recent years but anyone feeling nostalgic for their T weekends will enjoy this blast from the past. T in the Park might be gone, but it is not forgotten.

The Rise and Fall of T in the Park, BBC Sounds

Reclaimed: The Story Of Mamie Till-Mobley

The racially motivated abduction, torture and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the 1950s American South – and his murderers’ acquittal – is often said to be a spark that started the American Civil Rights Movement.

This podcast tells the story of Till’s mother, and how her decision to hold a public open-casket funeral for her son changed the course of history.

Who The Bleep Did I Marry

Think your last break up was bad? Get a load of these heartbreakers! A bit like a true crime podcast but for marital gossip, Who the Bleep Did I Marry tells the true stories of some of the most spectacular marriage breakdowns ever heard of.

These stories tend to go beyond the odd affair, and veer into the downright diabolical, so strap in for rocky ride through intrigue and betrayal. If you enjoyed Dirty John, this one is for you.