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Pandora wants to map the “podcast genome” so it can recommend your next favorite show » Nieman Journalism Lab
Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 185, published November 13, 2018. Pandora’s Podcast Genome Project enters the wild. Sydney Pollack had a great line in Michael Clayton where he wags his finger at George Clooney’s down-in-the-dumps fixer protagonist saying: “Fer chrissakes, Michael, you’ve got something everybody wants! You have a…
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Celebrity podcasts allow us to overhear what famous people talk about with each other.
Animation by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photos by David Livingston/Getty Images, Rich Fury/Getty Images for Girlboss. The Jersey Shore Family Vacation Cast Is the Voice of Our Generation The Definitive Queer Eye Power Rankings Lil Xan and Noah Cyrus Show How Magic Can Happen When a Who Dates a Who Seems Like Us Weekly Suspects Something About…
Read MoreEpisode 29 | “The Clean Version”
The Kings of Dope Criticism, Pharaohs of Prolific Opinion, and Emperors of Elevated Thought are back at it again. In this episode JustShola & your boy Harris dive into: • MUSIC POTPOURRI. Wale calls out 070 Shake for throwing sneak shade, as we discuss industry phoniness. Missy Elliot becomes the first female rapper nominated for…
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268: Nicholas Johnson
I met Nicholas Johnson this year at the AIGA Awards Gala, and after just a few minutes of speaking with him, I knew I had to have him on the podcast. Nicholas is committed to more representation for designers of color, and that’s reflected both through his work and in an upcoming book project. We…
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Web Series & Chill: Situationships Season 2
Ep. 119: Situationships is about eight young people in New York City find themselves “talking” to people, dating people, having relations with people, but ultimately having no title with their partners. They aren’t in your traditional “relationship” – they are actually in a “situationship.” We recapped episode 1 with creator Cylla Sinai who also plays…
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Filibuster 315: A season sadly ended too soon
Welp, that wasn’t the way that we thought any of this was going to go down. Jason, Adam, and Ben are here to talk about D.C. United’s loss to the Columbus Crew, sending them home for the rest of the 2018 MLS season. We talk about this team writ large, talk about the amazing atmosphere…
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Omega take Reigns’s slot? If not Triple H who should Batista wrestle? Next Black WWE Champion? Plus Hogan, Triple H, Kairi, More or Fewer WWE belts? (81 min) –
TODAY’S SHOW SUMMARY… PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a Friday Mailbag edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with ProWrestling.net’s Jason Powell answering Mailbag questions including these topics: If not Triple H who should Batista wrestle, who is candidate to be African-American WWE World Champ, Drew on verge of championship, is Triple H hurt by…
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Darren Aronofsky on VR Storytelling
Hollywood is busily trying to figure out the best way to present big-budget films in VR. The platform is great for games and short-form entertainment, but if you want to tell an epic story and really draw the viewer in emotionally, the limits of VR present barriers to that type experience. At the forefront of…
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