Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 203, published April 9, 2019. Luminary to launch at the end of the month. The paid audio content app, which has raised $100 million in venture capital pre-launch, announced last week that it will officially roll out to the public on April 23. This…
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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 202, published April 2, 2019. Public radio podcasts as direct donation vehicle: A case study. Last October, New Hampshire Public Radio released Bear Brook, a six-part investigative podcast that amounted to a big swing for the station. The project had local flavor; the case…
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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 201, published March 26, 2019. Spotify to acquire Parcast, and a Gimlet union update. There are two Spotify stories worth noting: (1) Spotify announced this morning that it’s moving to acquire Parcast, the Los Angeles-based company, founded in 2016 by Max Cutler, that trades…
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The BBC has pulled its podcasts from parts of the Google Podcasts ecosystem, meaning that the People’s Programming is no longer accessible via Google Assistant on Google smart speakers and devices. In a blog post published this morning, Kieran Clifton, the BBC’s director of distribution and business development, explained the move thusly: Last year, Google…
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The hosts of the Little Black Dress podcast, Rocsi Diaz and Nina Parker, interview actor Laz Alonso. Within the first three minutes of the premiere of the podcast Little Black Dress, entertainment journalist Nina Parker laid out the show’s mission: “There’s definitely a lot of podcasts with women, but there’s not a ton of podcasts…
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Rachael Bland (BBC) Rachael Bland’s You, Me And The Big C podcast nominated for award Independent.ie Late BBC presenter Rachael Bland’s podcast about her struggle with cancer has been nominated for an award. https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/rachael-blands-you-me-and-the-big-c-podcast-nominated-for-award-37994650.html https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/article37994648.ece/5a727/AUTOCROP/h342/ipanews_c5e1c410-7972-421a-bbbb-43920a23a3a3_1 Email Late BBC presenter Rachael Bland’s podcast about her struggle with cancer has been nominated for an award. You, Me And The…
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Punch Up the Jam. Photo: Punch Up The Jam/Instagram Are you new to comedy podcasts, overwhelmed by the array of options, and wondering where to begin? Then welcome to Start Here, a recurring guide to the best comedy podcasts available — and our recommendations for which episodes are the best entry points to your next…
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OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — When police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, in August 2014, the small town of of Ferguson, Mo. became the site of protests whose impact were felt across the United States. Leading the charge on this nationwide discourse was the Black Lives Matter movement, of which DeRay Mckesson was a prominent voice. The…
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Rocket scientist and barbecue pitmaster Dr. Howard Conyers talks aeroelastic engineering, whole-hog roasting, and how black pitmasters have been written out of the history of barbecue. We are in mid-city New Orleans with Dr. Howard Conyers, host of the PBS show Nourish, a rocket scientist by day and whole hog barbecue pitmaster by night and…
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