PLAYBACK is a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. New episodes air every Thursday. Warner Bros. is set to release “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel, on Aug. 15. It’s a significant event, the first Hollywood release in a quarter-century to be…
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This week, on the 23rd edition of The Revengers: The Official Movie & TV Podcast of Revenge of The Fans, the full RTF Trilogy is back for a spirited discussion about the biggest stories in geekdom. Hosts Vanessa Lee Bontea, Brett Thomas Miro, and Mario-Francisco Robles start things off by discussing what they’ve been seen lately (Mission:…
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Yaaaaas. It’s lit. Deadass. Bless up. Thicc. No shade. Issa. Bae. These commonly used colloquialisms originated from Black-American slang, and yet, you’ve probably heard Americans of all races repeat these phrases on any given day — especially on the internet. Just one scroll of your Twitter timeline will. Tell. You. That. Black culture has quickly…
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Editor’s note: This piece is based on a talk by Tom Webster, the vice president of strategy for Edison Research, which (among other things) is probably the leading research firm for the podcast industry. It advances a number of arguments that I think you’ll find interesting — and which have wide applicability to the digital…
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Updated Aug. 6, 2018 2:57 p.m. ET Several big technology companies including Apple Inc. AAPL -0.99% and YouTube removed links to content from the controversial far-right website Infowars, deepening the debate over how internet platforms should handle divisive or offensive content. Apple said it eliminated access to five Infowars podcasts, including “The Alex Jones Show,”…
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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 172, published August 7, 2018. Huge shakeups at Audible Originals. I can confirm that the Amazon-owned audiobook giant announced internally last Thursday that it was eliminating a considerable number of roles within its original programming unit. Sources within the company tell me that the…
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On this edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff and Eric preview UCF Men’s Soccer for 2018 with head coach Scott Calabrese. Entering his second year at UCF, Calabrese discusses the potential for college soccer to become a two-semester sport, and gives his insight into whether this year’s team can replicate what last…
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Apple has confirmed it has taken down the majority of Alex Jones’ Infowars work from iTunes and its podcast apps. The news came as Facebook announced early Monday that it was removing four pages belonging to Jones; last week, some of the Infowars host’s podcasts were removed by Spotify. Apple said it removed the entire…
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Orange is the New Black is back for a sixth season, dealing with the fallout from season five and shifting the location to the maximum security wing of Litchfield Prison. On the latest episode of the Original Content podcast, we’re joined by Megan Rose Dickey to discuss the latest developments on one of Netflix’s longest-running…
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Also: Although Gilligan admits his worldview is a bit “bleak,” he shares his love for “Spongebob Squarepants.” As “Better Call Saul” gets closer to the events of “Breaking Bad,” does that mean the series is getting close to its endgame? Star Bob Odenkirk certainly doesn’t hope so, and he’s even got an idea for how…
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