Goalhanger Podcasts Explained

Industry:Podcasting
Founder:Gary Lineker
Tony Pastor
Jack Davenport
Products:See below
Location:Kennington, London, England
Website:www.goalhangerpodcasts.com

Goalhanger is a British company that produces and distributes podcasts. It claims to be the UK's largest independent podcast group and the largest outside the United States, with over 300 million downloads in 2024 alone.[1]

During the 2024 United Kingdom general election campaign period, the podcasts The Rest Is Politics and Leading together achieved over 21.6 million total downloads and full episode views on YouTube. Meanwhile, during the 2024 Euros, The Rest Is Football amassed a combined total of 19.6 million downloads and full episode YouTube views.[2]

It was founded by former professional footballer Gary Lineker, along with Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport.[3]

According to the company, Goalhanger’s 12 podcasts collectively achieve more than 40 million downloads a month.[4]

Programming

!Title!Genre!Hosts!Air date
We Have Ways of Making You TalkHistoryAl Murray and James Holland2 April 2019
The Rest Is HistoryHistoryTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook2 November 2020
BattlegroundHistoryPatrick Bishop and Saul David4 April 2022
The Rest is PoliticsPoliticsAlastair Campbell and Rory Stewart2 May 2022
EmpireHistoryWilliam Dalrymple and Anita Anand16 August 2022
The Rest is Politics: LeadingPoliticsAlastair Campbell and Rory Stewart16 January 2023
The Rest is FootballFootballGary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards7 August 2023
The Rest is MoneyEconomicsSteph McGovern and Robert Peston30 August 2023
Sherlock & Co.Scripted podcastPaul Waggott as Doctor John Watson and Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes10 October 2023
LegacyHistoryPeter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch15 November 2023
The Rest Is EntertainmentEntertainmentRichard Osman and Marina Hyde28 November 2023
PoliticsAnthony Scaramucci and Katty Kay24 May 2024
The Rest Is ClassifiedIntelligenceDavid McCloskey and Gordon Corera27 November 2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gary Lineker to leave BBC's Match Of The Day at the end of the current football season . 2024-11-11 . Sky News. en.
  2. Web site: 2024-08-06 . Goalhanger Celebrates Record-Breaking Podcast Success . 2024-10-21 . podnews.net . en.
  3. Web site: White . Peter . 17 June 2022 . Gary Lineker's Goalhanger To Expand Podcast Output After Signing With WME . 4 February 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2024-11-04 . The Rest Is Not Even Close: Inside Gary Lineker's Goalhanger Revolution . 2024-11-11 . Esquire . en-GB.

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