Did Wayne Williams kill more than 25 children, adolescents and adults during a two-year-spree that terrorized Atlanta’s black community nearly 40 years ago? That’s the mystery explored in a new true-crime podcast, Atlanta Monster, which picks up where the investigation left off after Williams, who was charged only with killing two adults, was convicted and…
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Photo Submitted Er-Gene Kahng, associate professor of music. Er-Gene Kahng-Short Talks From the Hill Your browser does not support the audio element. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – “I tried to have the best conversation I could with Florence Price’s manuscript, and I feel there’s something quite deep emotionally.” In this new Short Talks From the…
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Waypoint talks about some of the best titles bridging the gap between politics and gaming on ‘The VICE Guide to Right Now Podcast.’ 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…
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As stand-up comedy has moved beyond the comedy club over the last 15 years, it’s become ever more common for comics to host their own weekly stand-up shows. When those shows are good, they allow a comic to find their people and write for their audience. For five years, Wyatt Cenac hosted one of the…
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Fiona Sturges January 12, 2018 “Everybody was scared . . . It was just something we had to deal with,” says Eric in Atlanta Monster, a new podcast about the child killings that took place in Atlanta, Georgia between 1979 and 1981. Eric was a child himself when children started disappearing from his neighbourhood. Days or sometimes weeks…
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Ben Zeller was a college sophomore studying messianic religions in 1997 when news broke of a strange and unfathomable tragedy: 39 men and women took their own lives in a Southern California mansion, believing they were shedding their earthly forms to be reborn as space-traveling aliens. The horror of the mass suicide was swiftly replaced…
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The science fiction anthology show Black Mirror recently wrapped up its fourth season with the episode “Black Museum,” which was stuffed with references to earlier episodes, including a lollipop last seen in the “U.S.S. Callister” episode and a bloody bathtub last seen in “Crocodile.” Screenwriter Rafael Jordan enjoyed the nods to previous storylines. “It was…
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Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about The Mothership podcast: Get excited for 2018’s nerdiest movies, TV and games The crew leaves 2017 in the dust, and shares the movies, TV shows, and video games they can’t wait to consume in the New Year. Post to Facebook…
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It’s our annual episode from the Consumer Electronics Show! We’ve seen a lot of great tech, and have been surprised by a few announcements as well, so we will have a discussion about our favorite products and announcements from CES 2018 on today’s podcast. Our favorite tech of CES 2018: We talk about the awesome underglass fingerprint…
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Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson told TV critics Thursday that while their four 2 Dope Queens specials for HBO are based on their podcasts of same name, all the content is original to the specials. More accurately, Williams said they were “keeping it hot, fresh and sexy for HBO.” In August, HBO ordered four one-hour…
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