The world isn’t being invaded by aliens. At least, it wasn’t in 1938, when Orson Welles’ broadcast of The War of the Worlds fictional radio drama across the U.S., inciting panic that was being invaded by aliens. Even though there was actually a lot less panic and public hysteria caused by the broadcast than what’s…
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There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our new column Pod Hunters, we cover what we’ve been listening to that we can’t stop thinking about. A couple of years ago, Verge listener David Carlson wanted to help his wife. She had a new job with…
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Dayanna Volitich, a 25-year-old social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Florida, has been secretly hosting the white nationalist podcast “Unapologetic” under the pseudonym “Tiana Dalichov” and bragging about teaching her views in a public school, HuffPost has discovered. In her most recent podcast on Feb. 26, a guest railed against diversity in…
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This week on the Must-Hear Music podcast, we’re looking at the No. 1 movie in America and the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Black Panther. Specifically, we talk about the insanely good “Opps” with Kendrick Lamar, Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok, which appears in the car chase scene in the film. We…
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Photo courtesy of Cathy Hughes. On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE’s daily podcast, we delve into the biggest news of the day and give you a rundown of the stories we’re reading, working on, and fascinated with. Today, we run through the headlines before bringing you the final installment of our Black History…
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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – Packers football, at Lambeau Field or at home, is a sensation of sights, smells, and sounds. CBS 58’s Scott Grodsky introduces us to two Packers fans who sense the Green and Gold in a different way. [vimeo 257801372 w=640 h=480] Unknown Packers Podcast from CBS 58 News on Vimeo. With thousands…
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Michelle SampsonLibrary Director My fianc is a big fan of podcasts. I hadnt dipped my toe in the podcast waters until one week I found myself without a good audiobook for my commute and I decided to wade in. If you enjoy listening to audiobooks, news or talk radio or even watching talk shows…
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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 153, published February 27, 2018. Democratizing podcasts, again. Call it pivot, call it a rebrand, call it Ziggy…
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Everyone loves “Black Panther.” In tweets, essays, and every other medium possible, we’re sharing our collective joy over the Marvel blockbuster. But Libsyn, a podcasting site, may have found the subtlest way to pay tribute to the king. Since 2004, Libsyn has offered people a way to post their audio recordings online, so that listeners…
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This week we’re bringing you a special edition of CTRL+T, the podcast that examines TechCrunch stories through a cultural lens. You might have heard that Marvel released a film called Black Panther last week and it saw near-record crowds descend on theaters all over the world. The CTRL+T podcast team was among them. We headed to…
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