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Did Jerry Lee Lewis kill his wife and get away with murder? Was the Church of Scientology involved in the death of Jeremy Blake, the artist who produced the cover of Beck’s Sea Change album and how did Sam Cooke and Sid Vicious really die? These are all stories from the first season of Disgraceland,…

Buy Photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as Mason Temple, March 18, 1968(Photo: The Commercial Appeal)Buy Photo A new podcast series focused on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., produced by The Commercial Appeal, will launch on Friday, March 30. These four podcasts — on the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement,…

‘The Daily,’ ‘The Indicator,’ ‘Today, Explained’ and ‘Up First’ are some of our top picks. (Photo: Courtesy NPR, New York Times, Vox) Though live TV morning shows and evening shows were once a staple of American news consumption, today we have many more ways to get our news when we want, how we want it. And…

Based on the podcast StartUp, Zach Braff’s new ABC series, Alex, Inc, is about a journalist, Alex (Braff), who quits his job to start his own podcast company and discovers that it’s a lot harder than he thought. The series also stars Michael Imperioli as Alex’s cousin Eddie, Hillary Anne Matthews as his assistant Deirdre,…

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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 156, published March 27, 2018. Good morning, all. I’m back from vacation (ha), and we’re back in business….

As Bob Shennan, the BBC’s director of radio and music admitted this week, there are almost two million podcast-only listeners in the UK who never tune into BBC Radio. They’re captivated by specialist music (Heart, Absolute, etc), specialist talks (mostly religious such as Premier Christian) or specialist news and current affairs (the Economist, Monocle). And…

CLOSE A man charged with concealing the death of beauty queen Tara Grinstead and burning her body is now facing several new charges in Georgia. USA TODAY Co-creator Payne Lindsey visits the Build Series to discuss the podcast series “Atlanta Monster” at Build Studio on February 1, 2018, in New York City.(Photo: Gary Gershoff, Getty…

On your iPhone or iPad: Open the pre-loaded app called Podcasts; it has a purple icon. If you’re reading this from your phone, tap this link, which will take you straight there. (You can also use the magnifying glass icon to search; type “Dear Sugars.”) Once you’re on the series page, you can tap on…

KATY ATKIN Last updated 16:05, March 17 2018 SERIAL Sarah Koenig, Ira Glass, and the crew behind the groundbreaking Serial podcast. Podcasts have been around since… well the invention of the iPod. So while podcasting isn’t a new phenomenon, its commonly accepted that there are two time periods “BS” (before Serial) and “PS” (post-Serial). Serial broke all…