Got an interesting mix of new podcasts this week. Thanks to everyone who sent tips my way.
The counts: 33 notable guests. 10 new podcasts, eight deep dives and one “woman who put man on the moon.”
Pod Take of the Week
“I can smile my way through a lot of anger, and that’s fucked up.”
Listen: WTF with Marc Maron: Aidy Bryant (32:20)
- That’s Bryant, SNL cast member and star of the new show “Shrill.” Bryant tells Maron she’s learned to tap into her inner rage.
- Bryant is the 1,001th (!) guest on Maron’s groundbreaking podcast. He celebrated his 1,000th with a special episode featuring … his producer.
Go Deep
1) Kurt and Courtney
Listen: Disgraceland
- A two-part retelling of the tragedy of the ‘90s icons and their musical legacy.
2) Anticipating the Mueller Report
Listen: The Daily
- Barbaro and company are three-parts deep into “What to Expect When You’re Expecting (the Mueller Report),” including an interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler, House Judiciary Committee Chairman.
- Binge time: 1 hour, 8 minutes.
3) “Broadcast News”
Listen: The Rewatchables
- A 1-hour, 39-minute dive into the best journalism movie ever.
4) Women Inventors
Listen: American Innovations
- The team effort with Smithsonian magazine highlights groundbreaking women and their achievements.
- First episode: Margaret Hamilton, the “woman who put man on the moon.”
5) The Creation of the American Presidency
Listen: Whistlestop
- John Dickerson’s three episodes into a planned four-part deep dive into “what President John Adams called ‘the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen’” at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
- Binge time (so far): 1 hour, 42 minutes.
6) “Captain Marvel”
Listen: The Bechdel Cast
- A 1-hour, 21-minute dive into the latest MCU juggernaut.
7) The Scopes Trial
Listen: Legal Wars
- The pod kicks off a series examining the landmark proceeding involving man and monkey.
8) “A New Earth”
Listen: Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations
- Oprah concludes a 10-part series with Eckhart Tolle about his book.
Notable New Podcasts
1) Borrowed
- The Brooklyn Public Library podcast focuses on “stories that start [at the library] and take you somewhere new.”
2) CLAREMONT: The Claremont Serial Killings
- True crime alert! Its focus: “Three young women, all missing from the same place, all the victims of a killer stalking the quiet streets” of Claremont, Australia, in Perth.
3) Bomber
- More true crime: It’s the “story of how law enforcement hunted down the 2018 Austin serial bomber and brought 19 days of terror to a sudden, cataclysmic end.”
4) Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy
- USWNT legend hosts “a fun, thoughtful, candid conversation with trailblazers in sports.” Not true crime!
- A “podcast about autism and family life” from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- A “brutally honest comedic variety show” with “practical advice and completely necessary tangents.” Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn host.
- A new food pod from Food & Wine featuring “hospitality pros” talking “about how they manage their business, brain, and body for the long haul.” Kat Kinsman hosts.
8) Masala Jones
- It’s “a twisted new comedy about one man’s journey to become the world’s first Asian-American male porn star.”
- A podcast from the Tenement Museum. If focuses on the search for “a sense of belonging” by immigrants, migrants and refugees.
10) Talking Feds
- The pod “brings together some of the most well-known former prosecutors in the country for a dynamic and entertaining analysis of the most pressing questions in today’s high-profile criminal cases.”