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Looking for something new to listen to while you drive to work/go for a walk/wash the dishes? We’re here for you. In weekly series Podcast Pick, we highlight podcasts, audio personalities or specific stories worth hearing. If this isn’t a Christmas tradition of yours yet, it should be: Hearing a holiday story from David Sedaris. The bestselling author has…

S-Town A gently compelling documentary about the life and death of an eccentric horologist in Alabama.stownpodcast.org Our Man in the Middle East Jeremy Bowen looks back on his 25 years covering the Middle East for the BBC, and tells a surprisingly personal history of the region.bbc.co.uk/programmes The Cinemile Husband and wife Dave and Cathy go…

On Dec. 20, 2017, Reggie “Combat Jack” Ossé died of colon cancer. It’s difficult, and also feels unfair, to give him a single title. He was so many things to so many people. Not only was he a prolific entertainment attorney, but he was also the founding partner of the Loud Speakers Podcast Network and…

This year, podcasts got funnier, sharper, and even more niche. Our recommendations here pass a vigorous audio smell test. First, the arrival of a new podcast episode must send you into an ethical quandary: How do I get out of at least some of my obligations today to listen to this? Second, you must be…

Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go! Whether it’s by train, plane, or car, we’re here to keep you entertained during your holiday travels. We asked the WCVE staff for recommendations on podcasts to stream while on a long road trip. Here are a few staff favorites from true crime…

Last Updated Dec 20, 2017 3:19 PM EST Reggie Osse, the influential host of the “Combat Jack” podcast and a retired lawyer to hip-hop stars, has died at 48, according to The Root. Osse, who also went by Combat Jack, announced that he was battling colon cancer in October.  Osse was known in the 1990s…

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Recording 200 episodes of an hour-long podcast in a little over two years (they’ve been downloaded almost 20 million times) is a task not for the faint of heart. When each of those 200 episodes features a politician or other newsmaker and is a largely unedited, hour-long conversation, well, that’s almost as much work as…

There are a lot of podcasts on the scene, but this one provides tangible skill sets to get your company found and funded. The launch event, sponsored by Cee Smith Media Group, took place recently in Washington, D.C., at the Femme Fatale DC Pop Up where three promising startups pitched their companies to a panel of seasoned…

By Seattle Times staff reporter To support the locally-owned, independent journalism that makes this podcast possible, please subscribe to The Seattle Times: www.seattletimes.com/support In Seattle Public Schools, only 1.6 percent of kids in gifted-education programs are black, though black kids represent more than 15 percent of the overall student population. But across the country in Miami-Dade…