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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 180, published October 9, 2018. Have the Apple podcast charts felt weirder lately? Here’s a familiar scene: I’m trying to pass the time, so I pull up the Apple podcast charts to see what the youths are up to. (Ha.) This was my Sunday…

Podcasts aren’t just for adults. If you’re the parent of a child, tween or teen who’s interested in storytelling, then a podcast might be the perfect option. According to the first survey of kids’ podcast listening habits conducted by Kids Listen, 74 percent of respondents reported that their children initiate discussion based on a podcast after…

Photo: itsjustluck (Getty Images)  Halloween is just around the corner, but any true horror fan doesn’t wait for a holiday to scare the hell out of themselves. Horror podcasts have become a popular way to do just that in recent years. Whether you’re into jump scares, psychological terror, or creepy mysteries, the list below highlights a…

LONDON, United Kingdom — After an intense fashion month between New York, London, Paris and Milan, BoF editor-at-large and renowned fashion critic Tim Blanks gives his verdict. The Spring/Summer 2019 runways, he says, were marked by a mix of fashion and politics. “People have really been talking about women. It was a very intense month,”…

An Afrofuturistic story enclosed within an old-timey radio show, Adventures in New America focuses on two characters in New America: IA Winter, a black man “who can’t get arrested to save his life (literally)” and Simon Carr (voiced by Paige Gilbert), a black lesbian who decides to help him and herself survive New New York….

Black and Gold Banneret (blog) PODCAST #125: Pulverising Pitt, Sensational Soccer and Very Good VolleyballBlack and Gold Banneret (blog)On this edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff, Eric and Brian break down UCF’s demolition of Pitt and whether it matters in the national picture and give an outlook on the upcoming SMU game….

In case you hadn’t noticed, podcasting is so hot right now – especially among Christians. Not only are there lots of new podcasts cropping, there’s a stack of older ones that if you haven’t listened to already, you should catch upon. Just ask Kim Kardashian, who recently became an object of ridicule when she tweeted,…

Irish highwayman James McLaine.British Museum On October 3, 1750, one of the most famous Irish highwaymen of all time was executed at Tyburn outside London in front of a crowd of thousands. In this ten-minute podcast, the first in the series “This Week in Irish History, from the Irish History Podcast, you will hear the story…

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher The F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh is underway. More of his former classmates are now coming forward with personal stories — but it’s unclear whether the inquiry will take those stories into account. On today’s…

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 179, published October 2, 2018. Gimlet’s fall slate. Did you know it’s been slightly over four years since Alex Blumberg launched the StartUp podcast and founded Gimlet Media, which went on to pitch itself as the “HBO of audio” and serve, more or less,…