“On 14 April 1984 a woman’s identity was shattered to pieces. Thirty-three years later we are still trying to piece it back together.” So goes the tagline for Longford theatre-maker Luke Casserly’s directorial debut, Efficacy 84, inspired by public reaction to the Kerry babies case. Casserly was not even born when two tragedies more than…
Read MoreThis list has been updated to include July and August releases. A lot has happened in the upper echelons of podcasting this year, and I’ve been tasked with assembling a list of the best shows released so far. In the spirit of acknowledging how bonkers this task is — finding the cream of the crop in…
Read MoreTalking to spies is hard! You’ll ask an innocuous question and they just clam up. But, after interrogating spies and a spy reporter, we teased out a few bits of advice that you might find useful. The thing is, real spies don’t like car chases and rooftop shootouts. What they want to do is fly…
Read MoreThe District boasts a rich music scene, but it can be hard to know to find new artists or figure out what your favorites are up to. Luckily, there are a bevy of locally made podcasts out there to help you navigate the scene, providing intriguing background on the artists and their music and introducing…
Read MoreThe end is near. But for those of us who listen to The Black Tapes, we’ve known that for a while. Created and written by Paul Bae and Terry Miles and launched in May of 2015, The Black Tapes is a docudrama hosted by Alex Reagan, a public radio journalist for Pacific Northwest Stories, and…
Read MoreMike North, who rose from a hot-dog vendor to became a controversial sports talk host, announced his retirement on Tuesday. “Hey folks, as you know locally on Channel 11 last night, I announced my retirement from sports media,” North said in a Twitter video. “And you know what? That means my Daily Herald column, Friday will be…
Read MoreTo learn more about and join Slate’s Conspiracy Thrillers Movie Club, visit Slate.com/thrillers. In this final episode of Slate’s Conspiracy Thrillers Movie Club, Sam Adams chats with the Ringer’s K. Austin Collins about 2017’s surprise breakout film: Get Out. The critics discuss director Jordan Peele’s horror influences, the film’s genius casting, how the social and…
Read MoreKeeping The Magic Alive “Translation is a kind of transubstantiation” writes Anne Michaels in her novel Fugitive Pieces, “the poet moves from life to language, the translator moves from language to life [both] try to identify the invisible, what’s between the lines, the mysterious implications. . .” Translation can knock the life out of a…
Read MoreEditor’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 134, published August 29, 2017. Art19 closes out a busy August. Last week, the California-based technology company announced…
Read MoreLike the podcast, but a book! While that sounds boring and pointless, Duncan Greive controversially argues that it’s actually good. I found the 9th Floor “urgent and revelatory” upon its release in April and May, writing somewhat pompously that it “strips our recent political history of much of the distracting rancour which accompanied it in…
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