Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 149, published January 30, 2018. One month in. When Apple rolled out its long-awaited in-episode podcast analytics last month, part of the anxiety (and excitement, really) was finding out whether, essentially, the world would end. Which is to say, whether this whole podcast thing…
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Join our podcast host and former NYT editor David Corcoran as he talks with Kerstin Hoppenhaus and Sibylle Grunze about their Undark documentary on stem rust. Also: commentator Seth Mnookin on how people get their science news; and reporter Kate Morgan visits a fossil park in New Jersey where dinosaurs met their fate. A full…
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Penn State wrestling won it’s dual against Rutgers, but it may have been a Pyrrhic victory. Jason Nolf suffered what may be a serious injury and it didn’t need to happen if the dual, starting at 141 pounds, had been better policed by the referee. Myself and Garrett break down the incident in this emergency…
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(Michelle Thompson for The Washington Post) In the summer of 1942, two law professors at the University of Pennsylvania penned a prescient article in the Bill of Rights Review. It opened this way: “Seldom, if ever, in the past, has one individual or group been able to shape the course, over a period of time, of any…
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PODCAST #86: Men’s Basketball with Brian Murphy, plus Bortles Breakdown with Zach GoodallBlack and Gold Banneret (blog)On this edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Eric Lopez is joined by Brian Murphy to discuss UCF Men’s Basketball in the wake of Tacko Fall’s season-ending shoulder surgery. Then, Eric is joined by Zach Goodall of…
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The British charity The President’s Club is to close after an exposé in the Financial Times, detailing the harassment of hostesses at an event it held at the Dorchester hotel in London. A journalist working undercover at the black-tie men-only gala last Thursday reported that hostesses, who were instructed to wear skimpy black outfits, were…
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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 148, published January 23, 2018. First-tinkerer advantage. There should be little doubt over who will set the terms…
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The listening public apparently should be all ears for Montana. The podcast “Threshold” sponsored by Montana Public Radio earned mentions on two lists of the best podcasts of 2017, the University of Montana announced this month. Outside Online named “Threshold” one of “The Best New Podcasts of 2017,” and managing editor Abigail Wise deemed the…
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Is baby going to learn about the world from Radiolab or This American Life? Miquel Benitez/Getty Researchers have looked into how parents’ TV-watching habits affect their kids, but there’s not much research on how listening to a podcast or radio show influences childhood development. It’s likely that playing a podcast in the background would not…
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Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about The Mothership podcast: ‘Black Mirror’ and the art of the TV anthology show We break down why anthologies are so popular and discuss the new seasons of ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Electric Dreams.’ Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been…
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