Michael Rapaport is dying to know which of Candace Parker’s opponents overseas do not wear deodorant. With Rapaport’s 8-year-old mutt, Weezy, lying at Parker’s feet during a recent taping of the “I Am Rapaport: Stereo Podcast,” Parker, the Los Angeles Sparks’ star forward, detailed one EuroLeague rivalry in which armed guards keep order, spit shields…
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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 170, published July 24, 2018. Curiosity, with a side of luck. I’m nowhere near the first person to…
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A few months back, we reported that Spotify was looking to help launch and finance podcasts for women of color. Well, the time has come and the platform has selected 10 winners out of more than 18,000 applicants. Three of the women were each given a $10,000 prize to launch their podcasts: Titi Shodiya, Kristina Ogilvie, and…
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July 23, 2018 On this AEI Events Podcast, a panel of scholars from AEI and the Institute for Family Studies presents their new research on “Black Men, Making It in America: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in America.” The researchers revealed good news: One in two black men in America are in…
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Add them to your rotation for intimate and entertaining local conversation on movies, books, music, work and more. avdyachenko | iStock Podcasts are still hot, and the shows being launched from Philly, by Philadelphians, cover everything from books and movies to food and music. And some are outliers: One in our roundup explores some of…
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Once upon a time, everyone was busy mindlessly scrolling through social media on their way to work. Now, the thing to do is listen to a podcast. You’ve got your true crime series, cultural commentary, and even an entire podcast on the phenomenon that is Love Island. However, the fashion genre is my all-time favourite,…
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Image copyright Instagram:@mydadwrotea/ITV Image caption My Dad Wrote a Porno and Love Island are among the UK’s most successful podcasts Whether driving the car, sitting on a train, out running or doing the housework, more of us than ever before are choosing podcasts to keep us company. The latest figures from Rajar suggest six million…
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Meet Wilson, a new iPhone app that plans to change the way you discover and listen to podcasts. The company describes the app as a podcast magazine. It has the same vibe as Longreads, the curated selection of longform articles. With its minimalistic design and opinionated typography, Wilson looks like no other podcasting app. On…
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UCF Head Softball Coach Cindy Ball-Malone [Photo: UCF Athletics] Listen below as UCF’s new head softball coach Cindy Ball-Malone joins Jeff Sharon for her first interview since coming to Orlando on the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/474129813″ params=”visual=true&show_artwork=true&maxwidth=500&maxheight=750&dnt=1″ width=”100%” height=”400″ iframe=”true” /] Coach Ball-Malone, or “Coach Bear,” as she is known, was hired by…
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On this edition of our Black & Gold Banneret Podcast Summer Sessions, we introduce you to Cindy Ball-Malone, the new head coach of UCF Softball. In her first interview since coming to UCF, “Coach Bear,” as she is known, discusses her coaching philosophy, her playing days and coaching career, and we wrap by having some…
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