Chris Packham joins environmental crime podcast; other weekly podcast highlights

This week's podcast selection features several notable new and returning series.

'Buried: Dead Rabbit' Season Three

The multi-award-winning podcast about environmental crime returns for a third series. It opens with a shocking discovery: a large pile of dead animals, including mangled pheasants and mutilated foxes, dumped outside a primary school. The investigation uncovers the world of illegal bloodsports and rural organised crime. The podcast even enlists naturalist Chris Packham. At one point he remarks, "It's low-level terrorism, isn't it?" – and it is hard to disagree. All episodes are available on BBC Sounds.

Other recommendations

'Mystic Mates' – Actor friends Helen George and Yvette Robinson have kept their interest in tarot cards, crystals, astrology, and the spiritual world a "dirty little secret" for 20 years. Now they are ready to ask big questions and share experiences while having fun.

'Intimacy' – Lena Headey (known from "Game of Thrones") writes and directs an audio drama about intimacy coordinator Liza, who gets a major film gig that quickly becomes disturbingly personal. The cast also includes Hannah Waddingham, Alison Steadman, and Maisie Williams. New episodes weekly on BBC Sounds.

'Pretty Scary With Clair Buckley' – Clair Buckley, best known for podcasting with her husband James, launches a series about unexplained mysteries, UFOs, true crime, and more. While the premise isn't original, she is an excellent and eerie host.

'Doing It Anyway' – Katty Kay of 'The Rest Is Politics US' tackles confidence issues each week through expert interviews. The first guest is Mika Brzezinski, founder of the 'Know Your Value' movement.