Editor’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 118, published May 2, 2017. Gretta Cohn officially launches her new podcast studio. About two months after announcing her…
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As podcasting’s profile has increased and budgets have got bigger, the medium is progressively becoming dominated by flashy new shows that arrive in seasons, and come and go at lightning speed. It’s all very exciting and points to a healthy future, of course, but what about the long-running, less flashy podcasts that have been quietly…
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W. Kamau Bell performs at Vulture Festival Comedy Night in New York City in 2014. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for New York Magazine hide caption toggle caption Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for New York Magazine W. Kamau Bell performs at Vulture Festival Comedy Night in New York City in 2014. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for New York Magazine…
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WOODSTOCK, Ala. – Attention is often a hard-won commodity out in the country, and sometimes it’s the last thing a little town wants. Residents puff out their chests when a high school in a rural town upends a big-city rival to win a championship, but they’re just as likely to be deflated by some dash…
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Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Larry Wilmore has been keeping pretty busy since The Nightly Show aired its final episode on Comedy Central last summer, between helping co-create HBO’s Insecure with Issa Rae and serving as the executive producer on the ABC sitcom Black-ish, but the comedian announced Tuesday that he’s adding another project to his…
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“This instrument right here, born in Africa, but then made in America and then altered by white America — that’s the story of so much of our music,” Rhiannon Giddens says of the banjo. John Peets/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption John Peets/Courtesy of the artist “This instrument right here, born in Africa,…
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For parents, podcasts have become a viable, much-needed alternative to their kids’ increasing television and smartphone time. And yet, despite the demand among both groups, the number of shows produced for children has remained low relative to all the shows produced for adults. It’s a void that big producers are starting to fill. NPR is…
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These female-run podcasts will leave you feeling inspired. This article originally appeared on The Life Currency. RELATED: Yes, Girl! Yvonne Orji Picks A Side In The #TeamIssa V. #TeamLawrence Debate While podcasts seem like the next best trend for digital storytelling, there are a few female-produced podcasts that stand out from the crowd with content…
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Saffron Howden knew she was on the right track with Crinkling News, her Australian kid-focused weekly newspaper, within a few days of Donald Trump being elected. Even among Australian schoolchildren, there was a lot of trepidation about the implications of a Donald Trump presidency. One school introduced art therapy to help kids process their emotions. The…
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