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Anil Bokil, a mechanical engineer by training, had a plan for demonetization. He presented it to now Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2013. Chhavi Sachdev /NPR hide caption toggle caption Chhavi Sachdev /NPR Anil Bokil, a mechanical engineer by training, had a plan for demonetization. He presented it to now Prime Minister Narendra Modi in…

Larry Wilmore is returning to the hosting chair — only this time, it’s for a podcast. The former host of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore will bring his signature brand of wit and politically charged humor to the podcasting arena with a new show for The Ringer Podcast Network called Larry Wilmore: Black on Air. Larry…

With Overcast 3.1, you can send individual podcasts to the Apple Watch for offline listening. To date, Apple’s Podcasts app still doesn’t do this, although you can send a playlist of audio files from the Music app. In other words, this is a big deal if you would like listening to podcast while on a…

Boing Boing ‘im a heckin black belt’ —doggoBoing Boing‘im a heckin black belt’ —doggo … of us are still stuck with the kind of handsets that need to spend the night in a bowl of rice when they get wet. If you want to enjoy your favorite podcasts in the shower but are holding out…

On this week’s spiked podcast, Sean Collins discusses the Trump-Comey scandal, Tom Slater explains what’s at stake in the General Election, and Luke Gittos discusses Ian Brady and the concept of evil. Subscribe to our podcasts using RSS Subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes Explore our full podcast archive here. Picture by: Getty Images. Read…

Also, we preview how Harry Styles’ and Paramore’s new albums are set to perform on this week’s Billboard 200. Last July, My Chemical Romance — broken up since 2013 — leaked a teaser video tantalizingly close to the tenth anniversary of their landmark album The Black Parade, prompting many to assume the storied arena-punks were reforming. Was it…

Texas A&M University professor Tommy Curry’s outrageous remarks about “white people dying” to further black equality have not been limited to five-year-old podcasts. The College Fix reports that Curry has repeatedly raised the issue in class and now an alumni organization is asking people to withhold all donations to the university until Curry either resigns…

“Awkward Thoughts” is the latest addition to a small canon of “awkward” work by black creatives. The word has appeared recently as both an adjective and a cultural geotag, locating a book, TV show or podcast left-of-center on the spectrum of Black Cool. Most famously, Issa Rae, the writer, actress and star of HBO’s “Insecure,”…