4. Or just sample. If you would rather listen to an episode or two before deciding to subscribe, tap on the episode title from the list on the series page. If you have an internet connection, you’ll be able to stream the episode. On your Android phone or tablet: 1. Open your podcast app. It’s…
Read MoreAtlantic’s John McMann chats about the label’s wildly successful year & new Hot 100 No. 1, Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves).” Welcome to the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast, where each week co-hosts Gary Trust and Trevor Anderson, from the Billboard charts department, discuss why what’s on the charts … is on the charts, while…
Read MoreWhy’s my kids’ daycare so damn expensive? Turns out that anti-communist fears of Soviet–style government-run childcare play a role. How strange it that Donald Trump is blasting NFL players on Twitter? Well, it might be a stupid use of a president’s time, but it’s not new for politics and race to be intertwined with football….
Read More• President Trump’s caustic scolding of professional athletes, who are overwhelmingly black, has spiraled into an uproar. Fans’ reactions have been wildly divergent. • Mr. Trump’s inflammatory comments might not be as significant as the players’ responses. Tune in, and tell us what you think. Email us at thedaily@nytimes.com. Tweet me at @mikiebarb. And if…
Read MoreOn this week’s Asia Unbound podcast, Jieun Baek, author of North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society, tells the story of the outlawed political and social information that is penetrating North Korea’s hermetic borders. Through dozens of interviews with North Korean defectors, Baek finds that everyday North Koreans crave…
Read MoreAt first glance, the idea of a comedy duo comprising identical twins seems like a gimmick worthy of P.T. Barnum. The Sklar Brothers, however, have become unlikely comedy-nerd heroes by maintaining distinct identities while mining their biological connection for a seamless stage banter wherein Jason and Randy Sklar complete each other’s jokes and riff with…
Read MoreJoe Biden has apparently decided to take a break from pining over the 2016 election and loaning his likeness to time-travel cartoons so he can get into the podcast game. According to the Verge, the former vice president has started recording daily briefings, appropriately titled Biden’s Briefings, where he’ll dive in and discuss the news…
Read MoreWell that was fun, wasn’t it? Adam, Jason, and Ben are here to talk about D.C. United’s 4-0 destruction of the San Jose Earthquakes, and we start by talking about Patrick Mullins and what his performance means for Deshorn Brown. We discuss the breakthrough of Paul Arriola and how Russell Canouse could have been the…
Read Morehttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Reporting-on-Whiteness.mp3DownloadListen to “Reporting On Whiteness” John Biewen says it point blank: “Like wow! White folks are a story!” And, it’s not a story that’s reported very much in public radio. NPR’s Code Switch is an exception. The Code Switch team makes a point of reporting on the white race and whiteness. But, generally speaking, white…
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As the new industry soars in Brooklyn, a panel of pioneers gives an inside look at what makes it so appealing By Stephen Koepp – September 25, 2017 (Photo by Stephanie Phillips/iStock by Getty Images) In a media world brought low by disruption, Jenna Weiss-Berman is stoked to be working in a part of the…
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