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I can’t tell if I’m more shocked at the audacity to suggest Conan made podcasts hip, or that Conan HAS a podcast. Remember, nothing actually exists until a celebrity gets involved. — Thomas 🚀 SFF180 🇮🇪🛬🇺🇸 Worldcon (@SFF180) August 20, 2019 @SFF180, criticizing Variety for a story that cites podcasts by Conan O’Brien as a…

Ask anyone to define the South and there’s a good chance food is going to come up. Fried chicken, barbecue, gumbo, po boys, you name it. Food is the most immediately recognizable export of Southern culture. It’s also something that unites us and may be the key to unlocking the stories and the history of…

Audio dramas have been around for almost as long as radio, but the podcasting boom has inspired a renaissance. Just as streaming platforms have transformed the way in which we consume television, the on-demand nature of podcasts makes it possible to pick and choose a genre of radio play — like science fiction, sports drama…

D.C. United can’t find any points against the Vancouver Whitecaps, but they must press on and so must Filibuster. Jason and Ben are here to break down the Whitecaps game, and we sent Adam to the wilds of the National Radio Quiet Zone (or something like that). We talk about D.C. United’s offensive woes, the…

The best thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them while you’re doing other things: Washing dishes, going for a run, coloring, and especially, driving. But there are so many podcasts these days that it’s simply impossible to keep up. There are new ones debuting all the time, and it’s hard to know whether…

Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, has a lot of great features, but perhaps the most charming is the “good morning” feature, when the voice assistant will start your day with jokes and interesting facts, or even offer to tell you a scary story. Well, from now until Aug. 22, the feature gets even better: Thanks to…

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 222, dated August 20, 2019 PodPass: Open vs. closed. It’s becoming increasingly common to monetize podcasts via a direct connection with listeners, whether via merchandise, donations, live events, or bonus or ad-free content. Big networks and publishers are doing it (e.g., Wondery Plus, Stitcher…

There’s never been a better time to sport a healthy interest in true crime, as your streaming and podcast queues can probably attest. The genre is hardly new, but thanks to the likes of Serial and Making a Murderer (and S-Town, Dr Death, Teacher’s Pet, Dirty John, The Case Against Adnan Syed and The Bundy…

From earbuds to the small screen: CBC to develop five podcasts into TV series – 660 NEWS Rogers Media uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. Learn more or change your cookie preferences. Rogers Media supports the Digital Advertising Alliance principles. By continuing to use our service, you agree…

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher The first Democratic debate brought renewed attention to busing as a tool of school desegregation. We spoke to a colleague about what the conversation has been missing. [For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories…