Editor’s note: Hot Pod is a weekly newsletter on the podcasting industry written by Nick Quah; we happily share it with Nieman Lab readers each Tuesday. Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 184, published November 6, 2018. Good Tuesday, everyone. It’s midterm elections here in the United States, which means,…
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Soooo, Penn State got pretty much destroyed against Michigan. We try to find the bright spots, talk about the quarterback juggling and Ricky Rahne’s performance so far, and a quick Big Ten recap. Sorry for the delay in getting this podcast up, it’s all Patrick’s fault and definitely not ARob’s and his computer’s. Don’t even…
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Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen The stories in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut collection, “Friday Black,” feel very much of this moment: Funny and violent and angry in equal measure, they cast a cleareyed look at themes of race and class in America. “I was in college when Trayvon Martin was…
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From the Women at Work podcast:Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the discussion guide for this episodeJoin our online community Download this podcast The glass ceiling is the classic symbol of the barrier women bump into as we go through our careers. But for women of…
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In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com. We’re doing something a little different this week: Since tomorrow is Election Day in the U.S., and because we here at The A.V….
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If Curtis Flowers wins his appeal, it would be the sixth time he’s done so, and could lead to a seventh trial — for the same crime, brought by the same prosecutor — over the 22 years since it occurred. The extraordinary case is the subject of Season Two of “In The Dark,” an award-winning…
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Screen Talk 218: Ryan Coogler’s Marvel sensation enters Oscar season with serious momentum. Plus: Why the Best Actress is a tough competition. Disney “Black Panther” was more than just a box office sensation when it hit theaters in early 2018; Ryan Coogler’s Marvel superhero epic was a cultural phenomenon that propelled the 32-year-old filmmaker to…
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks with reporters outside as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2018. (Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks with reporters outside as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook…
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ARob is back from his fall-wedding break (don’t have a fall wedding) and he and Patrick discuss the upcoming Michigan game this weekend. We also have the best 30-Second Freakout yet, Rob Bolden Trivia, a discussion about DJ Durkin and the Big Ten preview for the week, and ARob tells a story about KFC. [soundcloud…
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On this early edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast (thanks to the CFP rankings and the Thursday night Temple game), Jeff, Eric and Brian react to the UCF Knights coming in at 12th in the first College Football Playoff Rankings, and Jeff and Eric fight about it. Again. A lot. Then, Brian restores…
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