Congrats to the British Podcast Awards’ Podcast of the Year, Have You Heard George’s Podcast? It also took the Best Fiction, Best Arts & Culture and Smartest Podcast awards. This week’s counts: 42 notable guests, 12 new podcasts, six deep dives and one polarizing monologue.
Pod Take of the Week
“I thought he was going to start a podcast at some point.”
Listen: Pop Culture Happy Hour: Game of Thrones (7:42)
- That’s Barrie Hardymon on Tyrion Lannister’s polarizing monologue about the power of stories, in the much-discussed and much-maligned finale of “Game of Thrones.”
- She adds, in what turns out to be a not-so-popular take: “I’m not mad at them. It’s fine.”
Go Deep
1) The U.S. Territories
Listen: Explore the World Travel Podcast
- “The Not-Quite-States of America” author Doug Macktalks about the oft-forgotten U.S. territories.
2) Rescue Dogs
Listen: The Dog That Changed Me
- The nine-episode limited series from Pedigree features guests talking “about how their decision to rescue a dog has made them into the person they are today.” The final four episodes dropped Tuesday.
- Guests include: LeAnn Rimes, Julianne Hough and Bryce Dallas Howard.
- Binge time: 4 hours, 18 minutes.
3) Cooking as Art
Listen: The Dave Chang Show
- Chang’s series about the connection between art and food dropped its third episode, with guest Rirkrit Tiravanija.
4) Referees
Listen: Against the Rules
- Michael Lewis concludes the eight-episode first season of his podcast with a live convo with Malcolm Gladwell.
- Series binge time: 6 hours, 19 minutes.
5) The Far Right and the Web
Listen: Crazy/Genius
- The Atlantic pod investigates extremism online: “This isn’t something that can be solved by Jack Dorsey’s weird fasting diets.”
6) “Paddington”
Listen: The Bechdel Cast
- A 1-hour, 17-minute deep dive into “Paddington” and “Paddington 2.”
Guest Appearances By…
(L) = On Luminary
Alba, Jessica The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast
Bird, Andrew Off Camera
- There may or may not be whistling.
Bragg, Billy Full Disclosure with James O’Brien
Brooks, David Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations
Bush, George W. The Strategerist
- 43 talks leadership, painting during his first-ever podcast appearance.
Chong, Tommy The Joe Rogan Experience
Conover, Adam The Sporkful
Cross, David Comedy Bang! Bang!
Duke, Annie Airplane Mode
Fararr, Jay The Moment with Brian Koppelman
Ferrera, America TED Talks Daily
Gates, Bill TED Talks Daily
Gopnik, Adam TBD with Tina Brown
Greenwood, Jonny All Songs Considered
Hamilton, Laird The Joe Rogan Experience, Oprah’s Master Class
Hamm, Jon Never Not Funny
Jacobs, AJ The Happier Hour, Persistence 360°
Koenig, Ezra Broken Record
Kudrow, Lisa WTF with Marc Maron
Lizzo Fresh Air
Lynch, David Under the Skin
McKagan, Duff WTF with Marc Maron
McCullough, David Kickass News
Meyers, Seth TV Take
Montagliani, Victor Planet Futbol
- Convo with the CONCACAF President.
Nelson, Craig T. Armchair Expert
Nosrat, Samin Armchair Expert
Ochoa, Ellen Wisdom from the Top (L)
Palmer, Amanda The TED Interview
Rechtshaid, Ariel Broken Record
Russell, Karen 10 Things That Scare Me
Schmidt, Eric The Jordan Harbinger Show
Scurry, Briana Men in Blazers
Sethi, Ramit The Tim Ferriss Show
Sorkin, Aaron The Axe Files (L)
Stern, Howard Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Union, Gabrielle Hear to Slay (L)
Waters, John Fresh Air
Wilde, Olivia The Big Picture
Williams, Ev Recode Decode
Williams, Lucinda The New Yorker Radio Hour
Wittes, Benjamin Making Sense with Sam Harris
Notable New Podcasts
1) Fiasco (L)
- Slow Burn creators Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsonsreturn with a series on the 2000 election and recount, “unearthing forgotten stories from the 36-day saga that paralyzed a nation.”
2) Adulting
- Hosts Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos “help us figure out how to grow the f**k up.”
3) Real Pink
- Susan G. Komen’s pod about breast cancer features “candid conversations with survivors, researchers, physicians, and more.”
4) Goopfellas
- Goop spins off a podcast (with a goofy name) for dudes.
- Wondery and Bloomberg team for “the story of one therapist’s psychological manipulation as he crossed lines and defrauded his patients.” It’s the current No. 1 iTunes pod.
- Christina Lee and Dr. Regina N. Bradley host “a passionate exploration of Southern hip-hop culture and its impact on the world.”
7) Ephemeral
- An exploration of ephemera — “those things that were just barely saved, and in some cases not saved at all.”
8) Life Will Be the Death of Me with Chelsea Handler
- It’s a “raw, smart, funny, heartbreaking and honest memoir of Chelsea’s life changing year of self-discovery, healing and growth.”
- The GQ pod features interviews about “secrets to creativity, success, surviving tech, and staying sane.”
10) The Dark Side Of
- The Parcast pod digs “deep into everything from charities to the Founding Fathers to the Bible, and turn up disturbing stories and salacious details.”
11) Self Evident
- Host Cathy Erway tells Asian America’s stories, “reported narratives, personal stories, and community conversations that tackle today’s tough questions about identity, cultural change, and nationhood.”
12) Clusterf*cked
- Who’s clusterf*cked? Progressives and liberals, according to this pod. They’re “not spread out enough across the country in large enough numbers to win more elections.”