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Want sacks full of deals? Well, get ready to basically do a book report.Stan Horaczek The internet has a reputation as a generally fun place. But that wonderful web has a bad habit of taking fun things and pushing them to extremes. You can’t have a casual interest in a subject anymore—the internet and everyone…

Have you ever tried to Google “best personal finance podcasts” to find suggestions of new shows to listen to? If so, you might have noticed something funny about the results: Most of those lists tend to feature the same 6-7 podcasts that have either been around forever (like So Money or Listen Money Matters), or…

Podcasts have opened up the world of prison life to the public. In Colorado, people serving time are producing one that tackles the complexity of life behind bars. Colorado Public Radio’s Stephanie Wolf reports. Also, in Wednesday’s Democratic debate, one of the key issues discussed and squabbled over by candidates was the party and their personal…

Janelle James has taken over Strong Black Lead, now known as Strong Black Laughs. Photo: YouTube/Netflix The comedy-podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows, and each one has a lot of great episodes,…

The number of people listening to podcasts on the streaming service jumped nearly 40% compared to the previous quarter, a highlight of Spotify’s strong third-quarter earnings report. Roughly 500,000 podcast titles are now hosted on the platform. The United States is Spotify’s largest market for listening to podcasts, and it’s also growing across Europe. Podcasts…