PodDaily – Page 245 – Indie Creative Podcasts

Strangers – Transom

June 10, 2017

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Larry Wilmore on Why Satire Won’t Stop Trump

June 9, 2017

Host Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore.Steven Lovekin/Getty Images Listen to Episode 761 of Slate’s The Gist: Last August, Larry Wilmore’s talk show was canceled. The Nightly Show focused on issues like equality, activism, and how racism subtly wormed its way into American life. In hindsight, it feels ahead of its time….

Nerds rejoice!

June 9, 2017

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 a weekly series, we’re highlighting a podcast, audio personality or specific story worth hearing. ‘Part-Time Genius’ is a show for late-night philosophers with burning science questions, hosted by Mental Floss co-founders Will Pearson and Mangesh…

Everything, Everything Director Stella Meghie on the Rarity of Black Female Protagonists in YA Fiction

June 9, 2017

On this episode of Represent, Aisha Harris talks to Stella Meghie, the director behind the Amandla Stenberg–starred big screen adaptation of YA best-seller Everything, Everything. But first, the Washington Post’s Alyssa Rosenberg joins us to discuss what Wonder Woman’s super box-office performance means for the future. Read More.

HowSound Live! – Transom

June 9, 2017

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The Business of Podcasts – Transom

June 9, 2017

At PRX, we love listening to podcasts. We also know that great shows have support – an enterprise and infrastructure (both small and large) that supports production, distribution and monetization. In February of 2014 we launched PRX’s Radiotopia to serve as a podcasting laboratory to grow audience and revenue. The lessons we have learned continue…

How To Be A Girl – Transom

June 9, 2017

Intro from Jay Allison: Marlo Mack is starting a new podcast. On Transom, she writes “When my son was three years old, he informed me that he… was actually a she. ‘Something went wrong in your tummy,’ my child told me, ‘that made me come out as a boy instead of a girl.’” One…

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Leaving Los Angeles – Transom

June 8, 2017

Intro from Jay Allison: This piece comes from the Transom Story Workshop Spring 2014. The students came from all over to spend two months with us on Cape Cod. Rob Rosenthal and Audrey Quinn led the class and were joined by all of us at Transom, plus Robert Krulwich, Nancy Updike, and a lot of…

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Criminal – Transom

June 8, 2017

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Ebony pushes black journalists’ patience to the limit

June 8, 2017

Visual journalist Pedro Vega, Jr. had his resignation letter ready. It was dated May 5, a Friday. Ebony still owed him about $10,000 for work he had done as a freelance designer before he joined the staff full-time as creative director in February, trusting the magazine would make him whole, Vega tells CJR. But on…