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Get to Know ‘The Daily,’ a New York Times Podcast

This moment demands an explanation. “The Daily” is on a mission to find it. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, “The Daily” helps you understand the day’s biggest stories. It’s hosted by the veteran reporter Michael Barbaro and is powered by New York Times journalism. Photo Listen to the latest episode and subscribe…

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Watch The Polygon Show episode 2

It’s The Polygon Show’s second live show! Every Thursday at 5 PM ET until November 16, you can see the podcast happening in action. This week, Ashley finally had a Marie Calendar’s pot pie while the cast discovered what Chuck E. Cheese really means. Catch episode two below. If you want your question to be…

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“Dirty John”: Journalism as Noir Entertainment

“Dirty John,” a suspenseful and psychologically intense true-crime series released in its entirety last week, is the first podcast by the veteran newspaper journalist Christopher Goffard. It’s a new kind of hybrid: a podcast-and-print collaboration, between Wondery and the Los Angeles Times. It was released chapter by chapter over the week, beginning one Sunday and…

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Talking about film, TV and — podcasts? — at Austin Film Festival

It may seem unusual to some, but the Austin Film Festival is one of the few festivals in the country where the panels are absolutely, positively as interesting as the movies being screened. Here are a few we’re looking forward to. They are open to badgeholders only, but many likely will be recorded for future…

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How

Looking for something new to listen to while you drive to work/go for a walk/wash the dishes? We’re here for you. In weekly series Podcast Pick, we’re highlighting a podcasts, audio personalities or specific stories worth hearing. You may recognize the voice of ‘Heaven’s Gate’ host Glynn Washington. (Photo: Myra Klarman) “Are you that guy on the radio?”…

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Episode 1 – INCEPTION.

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.83″] In this introductory episode, the ladies of Dope Girl Dialect discuss their beginnings as young entertainment hopefuls. Samantha Sade schools us on what it means to be “PRE-HYPE”, Yannz The Goddess explores whether college was worth it and Jodeci, Not The Group gives…

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A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School

At Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, students aren’t kids or boys. In the classrooms and cafeteria, they’re kings. That’s just one of the many things that stand out in this new boys-only, public school in Washington, D.C. The school opened in August 2016 to a class of roughly 100 young men. All are freshmen….

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'Lore': TV Review

Amazon’s adaptation of the popular true horror podcast has some big-name producers, but doesn’t do much to capture why the podcast is a phenomenon. We’re only beginning to see the inevitable onslaught of podcasts turned TV shows, the latest evidence of a medium that continues to believe in the power of IP branding to the…

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Lessons Learned While Making A (The) Daily – Transom

Intro from Jay Allison: Andy Mills has shared his work on Transom before, but that was when he had more time. Recently he transformed from a producer with weeks or months to produce a story–to a producer with a DAILY deadline, i.e. “The Daily” from the New York Times. Andy breaks…

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Amazon’s ‘Lore’ and the Gains and Losses of Adapting Podcasts

Just in time for Halloween, Lore brings together three of life’s greatest pleasures: podcasts, horror anthologies, and debates about when adaptations are justified. The Amazon Original Series Lore, based off the wildly popular horror podcast of the same name, hit Prime Video this month on Friday the 13th (because of course it did). Launched in…

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