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Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen Thomas Chatterton Williams, the son of a white mother and black father, says on this week’s podcast that he had always “very much bought into — and really believed in — the American racial binary that says a drop of black blood makes a person…

The New York Times is using one of its most prominent — and provocative — editorial projects to market itself to current and potential subscribers, starting with movie fans. On Sunday, during the 92nd Academy Awards telecast on ABC, the Times will kick off a national ad campaign with a commercial highlighting The 1619 Project,…

“What we really did with The Ringer, I think, is we bought the next ESPN,” said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek during the earnings call this morning, shortly after the company sent out word that it had officially acquired The Ringer, the distinctly podcast-heavy digital media company founded by former ESPN personality Bill Simmons. It’s something…

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 244, dated February 4, 2020. New Sony venture. Sony Music Entertainment announced another podcasting venture today, this time in the shape of a partnership with U.K. audio company Somethin’ Else. This continues a recent run of Sony investments in audio — previous examples include…

Vancouver Public Library and V.I.A. have teamed up to help you discover new reads, hidden book gems and surprising literary finds. If you can’t get enough of your favourite podcast, there’s always a great book to help tide you over! VPL’s reading experts pair up top books and podcasts to feed your inquisitive mind. If…

Timothy Dooner (left) and Chad Prevost (right) co-host the popular simulcasted FreightWaves show “What the Truck?!?” Image: Jim Allen (FreightWaves) You can find every FreightWaves podcast conveniently in one feed via the FreightCasts channel for free on freightwaves.com/podcasts, iTunes, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found. Subscribe to FreightCasts to never miss a FreightWaves podcast. The…

Penny Rabiger takes over our ‘blogs of the week’ slot once every half-term to point to the best of the education podcasts How to Own the Room In this podcast, brilliant women reveal the secrets of brilliant speaking. Viv Groskop meets a wide range of women who use their voices in their work and who…

ATLANTA (AP) — When Tyler Perry talks, people listen and Sheletta Brundidge was one of those hanging on to every word. Perry told the audience at the 2019 BET Awards that “while you’re fighting for a seat at the table, I’ll be down in Atlanta building my own.” Brundidge, a producer at WCCO Radio in…

ATLANTA (AP) — When Tyler Perry talks, people listen and Sheletta Brundidge was one of those hanging on to every word. Perry told the audience at the 2019 BET Awards that “while you’re fighting for a seat at the table, I’ll be down in Atlanta building my own.” Brundidge, a producer at WCCO Radio in…

Inspired by a Tyler Perry speech, instead of fighting for a seat at the table, Sheletta Brundidge built her own. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — In honor of Black History Month, a new podcasting platform chose to launch on February 1.  “We’re actually going to be making history in Black History Month and I’m so excited about…