Old-school radio voices headline this week’s newsletter. The counts: 35 notable guests, 15 new podcasts, five deep dives and one bout of second-grade humor. Pod Take of the Week “I didn’t want to play The Beatles. I wanted to be The Beatles.” Listen: Fresh Air: Howard Stern (47:51) So says Stern, sharing with Terry Gross […]
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We’ve entered the Best-Actor-winner-stars-in-a-podcast phase of podcasting. Welcome Rami Malek. This week’s counts: 36 notable guests, eight new podcasts, four deep dives and one Mark Hamill joke. Before you dive in, a PSA: Fellow podcast newsletter makers at EarBuds Podcast Collective and Podcast Gumbo are encouraging podcast lovers to turn their friends on to a podcast this weekend. Here’s […]
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 […]
I’m sleeping under California stars for a couple days, and I’ve happily indulged in extra listening during my travels (including finishing The Big One). This week’s counts: 37 notable guests, 11 new podcasts, seven deep dives, and one group of misfits. I’m also including some relevant-to-listeners podcast news. Details on an aspiring “Netflix for podcasts” at […]
On Nick Hornby’s implied advice, here’s an (almost) Michael Cohen- and Donald Trump-free edition. This week’s counts: 31 notable guests, nine new podcasts, eight deep dives and one conspiracy theorist at the top of the charts. Pod Take of the Week “It’s very hard to feel like any push toward activism is going to do […]
It’s Oscars weekend. I’ve seen just one Best Picture nominee. Gonna rectify that soon after I hit send. This week’s counts: 35 notable guests, eight new podcasts, seven deep dives and one controversial set of fake teeth. Pod Take of the Week “I don’t want him to win for talking through a retainer.” Listen: Pop Culture […]
I kinda like last week’s streamlined format. Going with it again. If you’re missing more pod takes, or want to see anything else in the newsletter, drop me a note. Onward to this week’s counts: 37 notable guests, 10 deep dives, nine new podcasts and one litigious kid with a backpack. Pod Take of the […]
Best thing I listened to this week: my son’s 5th grade chorus singing “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Second best: Ron Burgundy’s new podcast. And that’s all I heard. It was an extra busy week, and this side project got pushed a lot further to the side than usual. So fewer pod takes, but the rest is […]
This week’s counts: 25 notable guests, 14 new podcasts, five pod takes, three deep dives and one dancing bear. 5 Pod Takes 1) “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on Earth does that mean it’s not real?” Listen: Binge Mode: The Farewell | Harry Potter(2:06:41) That’s Mallory Rubin, channeling Albus Dumbledore in an […]
Since starting This Week in Podcasts in February (subscribe to the newsletter here) I’ve featured 511 different podcasts. From one perspective, it’s a sliver of the more than 600,000 different podcasts available via iTunes alone. From another perspective, over 42 weeks, I’ve covered a lot of podcasts. This list is comprised of knockout episodes from […]
Big news out of Sydney: Police arrested Chris Dawson and charged him with the murder of his wife, Lynette Dawson, whose disappearance has been the subject of The Teacher’s Pet podcast. Before I get to more on that, a shout out to Bello Collective’s 100 Outstanding Podcasts of 2018. I shared a few picks, and found […]
Shouts to two new podcast ventures: My Favorite Murder’s Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark launched Exactly Right. Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh left Slate to launch a new pod called Fiasco. As promised, I’ve rolled some Pod Takes from last week to this week. Happy bonus content. 6 Pod Takes 1) “The robots, most economists think, will win out.” Listen: The […]
It’s an abbreviated post-Thanksgiving edition. No pod takes. I’ll roll a few into the next edition, though. For now, please enjoy the tweet of the week. Go Deep 1) Hallmark Christmas Movies Listen: Deck the Hallmark Three guys, 37 Hallmark Christmas movies. They’re 11 movies into their binge and review of each of this year’s so-cheesy-they’re-good flicks. […]
A lot of beginnings this week — welcome new pods about villains, Y2K, Stan Lee, hysteria and, yeah, true crime. And a couple notable endings — farewell Serial season three and 2 Dope Queens. Note: Next week’s newsletter will be an abbreviated edition. Taking some Thanksgiving time with family and a Baltimore Bomb pie. 5 Pod […]
Big week for political podcasts. Let’s get right to what consumed podcastland this week — at least in the U.S. 5 Pod Takes 1) “How does Paul Bunyan’s ox say hello?” “How?” “It’s a blue wave.” Listen: Pod Save America: “We won.” (3:35) That’s Jon Lovett, with the corny but satisfyingly accurate take about the results […]
Coming at you today from the excellent Sound Education in Boston. Made some more tweaks this week based on your feedback, with small expansions to the guest and new podcast sections. And I scaled back the Pod Takes. I’m trying to keep the length from getting out of control. As always, I’m grateful for any and all […]
I’ll be at Sound Education in Boston next week. If you see me there, say hello or drop me a note. I’d love to connect. 7 Pod Takes 1) “I believe the scholarly term is ‘hot mess.’” Listen: Code Switch: The Cost to Cast a Ballot (21:11) That’s Carol Anderson, historian and a professor of African-American studies at Emory University, […]
The deluge of new podcasts continues. I’ve noted 16 this week. If you’ve got a new pod coming up that you’d like me to consider covering, please send it along. 7 Pod Takes 1) “Spoiler alert: Everything’s about to get worse.” Listen: Trump, Inc.: Pump and Trump (23:23) That’s Trump, Inc.’s Andrea Bernstein, in the middle of […]
Some happy personal news: I’m cleared to walk without a brace, so less listening on the stationary bike, more listening while walking. 7 Pod Takes 1) “I feel like there’s an America out there that isn’t as crazy as we are.” Listen: The Argument: Is The Supreme Court Broken? Should Democrats Run on #MeToo? (9:01) That’s Ross […]