“Find your local young person who listens to podcasts and get that person to cough up a few recommendations,” he said. “Part of the pleasure is combining your listening playlist with something everybody knows and loves — like “This American Life” or something like it — with something that’s roughly edited, but feels specifically for you.”
For him, that means hourslong shows on N.B.A. predictions. For James T. Green, a Brooklyn-based artist and audio producer, it means experimental audio like the work showcased on “Constellations,” a Canadian audio art podcast, and “The Black Guy Who Tips,” a comedy and current events talk show created by Charlotte, N.C., husband-and-wife pair Rod and Karen Morrow. Mr. Green has listened to the couple for years, ever since a dull desk job lead him to search “black podcast” in the Apple podcast directory.
“I listened to all the NPR standards, but I was really interested in hearing people like me,” he said. “I wanted to…
