Disappointment literally feels like someone stabbed you in Back. Or you get this indescribable feeling in your stomach. It’s something you can’t control depending on the situation. We all have extreme love for our idols & favorites. If they are musicians, actors, even our favorite personalities can disappoint us. This week I was Invited to…
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Welcome to “Playback,” a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you exclusive conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. Oscar-nominated actor Ethan Hawke is as prolific as ever. He sauntered into Sundance in January with two films in tow — the Blaze Foley biopic “Blaze” (a directorial effort) and the Nick Hornby adaptation…
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Twenty-four years after Nelson Mandela’s election, South Africa’s first post-apartheid generation is now coming of age; they are able to choose what to study in college, and to express themselves creatively without the strict censorship laws that harried their predecessors. For a handful of young black artists in Johannesburg, the country’s largest city, this flourishing…
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Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 503 with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner with the audio player below. On this week’s Slate Plus, Stephen, Dana, Julia, and Willa have a spoiler-filled discussion of Tully’s ending. This week, Slate’s TV critic Willa Paskin joins the gabbers to discuss Tully, starring Charlize Theron as a beleaguered…
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Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to explain the iPhone black dot bug, explore what’s behind the bug, and how to recover from it. TDO 2018-01-09: Exploring the iPhone Black Dot Bug 1:36 PM May. 9th, 2018 | 00:21:08 — Download: MP3 Version (AAC Version Coming Soon) Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join…
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Are you obsessed with The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, or Electric Dreams? If the answer is “yes,” then you really need to check out this podcast which is entirely dedicated to exploring sci-fi anthology television. Host Matt Hurt predominantly focuses on The Twilight Zone by discussing one episode at a time. Bonus episodes include modern sci-fi shows that explore a…
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The “Dear White People” director stopped by IndieWire’s Very Good TV Podcast to talk about how he learned to fight Twitter trolls with truth — and history. With a title like “Dear White People,” Justin Simien knew his Netflix show was never going to slip under the radar. After all, the director had already gone…
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Thrillist The Best New Podcasts of 2018ThrillistThe podcast digs into the story of the Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred from 1979 to 1981. At least 28 black children, most of them from poor neighborhoods, were killed in the spree, and many questions hang over the case (rumor has it that it will … Read More.
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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 162, published May 8, 2018. Good morning, all! We’ve got quite a big story to dig into, but…
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stock.adobe.com Next time you’re on a long run, reach for podcasts to keep your brain entertained while your legs do the work. When the weather warms up and my runs get longer, I need something to occupy space in my brain and crowd out thoughts of quitting. Music doesn’t quite cut it, but podcasts do….
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