Can’t say I listened to much this week beyond coverage of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. I did add some promising new podcasts in my queue, though. Hope you find some good stuff here, too.

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This week’s counts: 43 notable guests, 11 new podcasts, four deep dives and one healthy book club.

Pod Take of the Week

“It’s 9/11, if they had told you 9/11 was going to happen and you didn’t prepare for it.”

Listen: Pod Save America: “Two Americas” (8:53)

That’s Dan Pfeiffer, on Wednesday’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the “absolute failure where we lost control of the home of one of our three branches of government.”

Go Deep

1) The U.S. Capitol Insurrection

Listen: The Daily, The Gist, Post Reports, Global News Podcast, CBC’s Front Burner

Pod Save America was one of many podcasts that chronicled and tried to make sense of Wednesday’s events. A few worthy listens:
The Daily had reporters on the scene and pieced together the outlines of what transpired.
The Gist spoke with U.S Rep. Dan Kildee, who shared “his experience of what it was like inside the chambers before and after the electoral vote count had been certified.”
Post Reports also covered the events, and followed with a forward-looking “What happens after an insurrection?” episode.
The BBC’s Global News Podcast and the CBC’s Front Burner are among the international news pods covering the events.

2) Dave Chappelle’s 2000 HBO special “Killin’ Them Softly”

Listen: Good One

The Vulture pod previews a spinoff where Jesse David Fox, Dave Schilling and Jessamine Molli watch “a noteworthy stand-up special from the history of comedy and have as much fun as possible analyzing it as deeply as they can.”
Listen time: 1 hour, 20 minutes.

3) “Bridesmaids”

Listen: The Rewatchables

Mallory Rubin and Mina Kimes join Bill Simmons for a 1 hour, 55 minute dive into the 2011 comedy.

4) Life After 60

Listen: Death, Sex & Money

The WNYC pod asked its “listeners to get real about getting older.”
Why? “We don’t talk enough about getting older in our society, and when we do, we don’t often do it well.”
The episode’s paired with a live, national call-in radio show next Wednesday.

Guest Appearances By…

Adlon, Pamela It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

Arie, India Toure Show

Albright, Madeleine Kickass News

Armisen, Fred Life is Short with Justin Long

Blanchard, Terence The Backstory with Jason Bentley

The jazz musician talks with the “Soul” co-director about how human experience affects creativity.

Brooks, James L. You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes

Brown, Brené Red Table Talk

Cohen, Michael The New Abnormal

Collins, Bootsy Talkhouse

Crowe, Cameron Sound Opinions

Daniels, Jeff The Treatment

Elias, Marc Inside the Hive

The lawyer who defended the U.S. election results talks about the last two months of litigation.

Eminem The Zane Lowe Interview Series

Fauci, Anthony The Joe Budden Podcast

Fennell, Emerald Anna Faris is Unqualified

Folds, Ben Broken Record

Frampton, Peter Good Life Project

Fry, Stephen The Rest is History

Gibb, Barry World Cafe

Gupta, Sanjay Armchair Expert

Howard, Ron The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Ice Cube Red Table Talk

Lil Nas X Zach Sang: Just the Interviews

Jobrani, Maz Bald Talk

Johnson, Jake Hollywood Handbook

Loftus, Jamie The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Mizrahi, Isaac Just B with Bethenny Frankel

Mulligan, Carey Anna Faris is Unqualified

Orlean, Susan Spark & Fire

Patinkin, Mandy WTF with Marc Maron

Powers, Kemp The Envelope, The Backstory with Jason Bentley, Spark & Fire

The “Soul” co-director makes the pod rounds.

Reagan, Ron Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

Rundgren, Todd The Bob Lefsetz Podcast

Saunders, George Otherppl with Brad Listi

Schneider, Fred Turned Out a Punk

Short, Martin SmartLess

Slate, Jenny Literally! With Rob Lowe

Smoove, JB Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

Stone, Oliver Grounded with Louis Theroux

Thundercat WTF with Marc Maron

Tohn, Jackie Armchair Expert

Valentine, Kathy Wheels Off

Williams, Lucinda Sodajerker on Songwriting

Notable New Podcasts

1) Chicano Squad (Jan. 5)

The pod tells the story of five police officers in Houston 40 years ago who “were placed in an audacious experiment: A new all-Latino homicide squad, with little training and few resources, assigned to solve the city’s most vicious crimes.”
Spotify Trending Podcasts rank: No. 5.

2) Because We Got High (Jan. 7)

The Barstool Sports pod promises a “dive deep into every topic that surrounds daily life, A-Z.”
Spotify Trending Podcasts rank: No. 11.

3) Morning Announcements (Jan. 4)

Betches co-founder Sami Sage “gives you quick daily updates with the most important info you need to know about politics and current events.”

4) Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles (Jan. 4)

It’s “a collection of limited anthology style episodes exploring true stories as told by journalists from regional newspapers around America.”

5) To Catch a Hacker (Jan. 4)

It’s a “series about cybercrime, what really happens, how we find the people behind the crimes, and how they are brought to justice.”

6) Salute the Songbird with Maggie Rose (Jan. 5)

The musician “hosts candid conversations with her female musical heroes about their lives in and out of music, and a lot more.”

7) Spark & Fire (Jan. 5)

The pod from WaitWhat promises to follow the “hero’s journey behind the world’s most iconic creations.”

8) The Messenger (Jan. 5)

Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine leads a movement to overthrow corrupt revolutionary leader Yoweri Museveni.

9) Broccoli Book Club (Jan. 6)

The pod focuses on “books which we believe push us to be inquisitive and give us a better understanding of society today.”

10) 94 & More (Jan. 6)

It’s a “love-letter” to basketball, from Bristol Studio.

11) Food Network Obsessed (Jan. 8)

Jaymee Sire talks to Food Network favorites “and nothing will be off the menu as they dish on their road to success, their go-to guilty pleasures, and the trends they’re watching closely.”