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Whether during your morning commute or at the end of a stressful day, sometimes there’s nothing better than tuning into a favorite podcast to help us unwind, reset, or simply make us laugh. We asked members of the Thrive community to share the podcasts that boost their happiness and they had some great recommendations. “The…

[Photos via YouTube/Spotify] There are thousands of podcasts out there, and more are uploaded each day. While there’s plenty of podcasts about music, we wanted to switch perspectives and introduce you to some created by the musicians themselves. Go ahead and take a break from streaming music to try out one of these podcasts or…

Welcome to The Witching Hour! Collider’s horror podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Editor and Horror Lead Haleigh Foutch and Senior Editorial Producer Perri Nemiroff. On this week’s episode, we dig into Black Mirror and the terrors of technology in the 21st Century. First, we give our non-spoiler thoughts on Black Mirror Season 5, then we break down all three episodes, including a brief…

In recent years, podcasting has been taking the entertainment world by storm. Being able to listen to something at home, in the car, on the go, or quite frankly whenever is brilliant. After listening to a series of episodes with podcasters sharing their stories and talking through issues, the voices become your friends. Whether you…

The new Amazon series Good Omens, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, presents a lighthearted take on the idea of angels and demons. Fantasy author Erin Lindsey found the show’s humor refreshing after so many years of grimdark. “It’s a relaxing watch, and we could all use more of that,” Lindsey…

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 216, dated July 2, 2019. Wondery raises $10 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Waverley Capital, and the sum adds to the $5 million Series A raised last year, plus the seed round that came before that. The new money…

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Subscribe to Crazy/Genius: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play The numbers are staggering: thousands of films and TV shows available to 160 million subscribers in 190 countries. Netflix has changed the entertainment business; that much is obvious. But how has it changed the meaning of video entertainment in our culture—and the way…

The Philadelphia Podcast Festival returns next month for its seventh year, and the 2019 crowd can expect a whole slew of homegrown Philly podcasts doing live shows throughout the city. Organizers say this year is the biggest yet with 60 podcasts participating between July 17-29 that will highlight the incredible life experiences that come out…

Amid a renaissance of Indigenous people in creative and political fields across Turtle Island, it’s been especially exciting to see so many of them picking up the microphone to broadcast their own stories in podcast form. With the potential to reach large audiences, podcasts are an incredibly accessible 21st-century version of the oral storytelling that…