It’s safe to say we’re living in the golden age of podcasting. As such, the sheer volume of quality audio content out there can feel overwhelming. Between the endless political commentary inspired by the daily nightmare of our current administration, the consistent post-Serial churn of true crime efforts, and a burgeoning trend of scripted podcasts…
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Leslie Baldacci (left) and Mary Mitchell, of the Zebra Sisters podcast, in the Chicago Sun-Times sound booth, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Subscribe for unlimited digital access.Try one month for $1! Subscribe for unlimited digital access. Try one month for $1! Subscribe Print subscriber? In Episode 12 of “Zebra Sisters,” a podcast about…
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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 161, published May 1, 2018. Googly eyed. You might have already heard about Google’s new strategy around podcast…
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3:40 PM PDT 4/26/2018 by Rebecca Sun Its Radiotopia podcasts include ‘99% Invisible,’ ‘Ear Hustle’ and ‘Song Exploder.’ WME has signed PRX, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The agency will work to expand the audio media nonprofit’s business in all areas, including film, television and books. In 2014, PRX partnered with 99% Invisible host…
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It’s a little late in the day, but don’t worry! Filibuster is always here for you. Jason, Adam, and Ben are joined by regular guest and DC101 megastar Greg Roche, and we answer your questions (10:06) from the Twitterbox. We talk about the fact that this weekend’s D.C. United game will be broadcast on Twitter,…
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Outrage grows over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks. The CEO apologizes but the video has gone viral. On Point guest host Melissa Block talked with Ernest Owens, columnist and LGBTQ Editor at Philadelphia Magazine; DeRay Mckesson, organizer and activist, co-founder of Campaign Zero, and host of the podcast Pod Save the People; Rochelle Riley, columnist…
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New Shows MIDROLL MEDIA’s EARWOLF, STITCHER, and STITCHER PREMIUM podcast networks have announced the addition of six new shows. Comic PAUL SCHEER, also the co-host of EARWOLF’s “HOW DID THIS GET MADE?,” will be co-hosting another movie-themed podcast, this one “UNSPOOLED,” a look at the AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’s…
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Apple Podcasts, which was launched on iTunes back in 2005, has achieved a new feat of 50-billion all-time downloads and streams. Many of us might think podcasts ‘uncool’ in the video-dominated days of present times but according to Apple, its podcasts is home to over 525,000 ‘active’ shows with over 18.5 million episodes, and content…
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“Black at Stan” is a student-run podcast that began in fall 2017 and was created by Micah Robinson (senior, Sociology) and the Black Student Union (BSU). “Black at Stan” began when Robinson thought that it would be nice for members of BSU to be able to voice their opinions on topics that matter and have…
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The Commission on College Basketball, led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, announced its recommendations to, in essence, help fix the sport of college basketball early Wednesday. I wrote a column about it here. And the largest point I made is that if you form a committee in response to an FBI investigation that…
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