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This Week in Podcasts: The Golden State Killer, “The Female Persuasion” and Rick Astley’s superpower (#11)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date April 27, 2018

We go deep with true crime pods and the arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer. We also tweak the newsletter’s format again based on your feedback. Thanks so much for your thoughts and suggestions. Keep ’em coming. If you like The Week in Podcasts, please pass it along to someone else who might like […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Beychella, Comey and whether all pet names should end in a vowel (#10)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date April 20, 2018

Subscribe to This Week in Podcasts! Enter your email below and every Friday I’ll email you a skimmable recap of the week’s podcasts, highlighting provocative takes, great binges, new pods and a comprehensive list of notable podcast guests. Beycomé? Seems like every other podcast this week featured Beyoncé and/or James Comey. Lots from and about […]

Tags 5 Things, All Songs Considered, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Business Wars, Caliphate, Channel 33, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Culture Gabfest, David Ortiz: The Big Papi Story, Dear Sugars, Decrypted, Deviate with Rolf Potts, Duncan Trussell Family Hour, Ear Hustle, Fake the Nation, FiveThirtyEight, Fresh Air, Friends at Work, How Did This Get Made?, ID10T, It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, Judge John Hodgman, Keep It!, Maltin on Movies, Monocle 24: The Big Interview, NPR Politics, Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations, Otherppl with Brad Listi, Outside Podcast, Pardon My Take, Pod Save America, Political Gabfest, R U Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: ME?, Radiolab, Sandra, Scriptnotes, Sound Opinions, Stay Tuned with Preet, Still Processing, Strictly Business, Talkhouse, The Atlantic Interview, The Axe Files with David Axelrod, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Big Picture, The Communication Guys Podcast, The Daily, The Dan Wootton Interview, The Ezra Klein Show, The Gist with Mike Pesca, The Habitat, The Jamie Weinstein Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, The New Yorker Radio Hour, The Nod, The Read, The Sporkful, The Tim Ferriss Show, Trump Inc., WTF with Marc Maron

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This Week in Podcasts: The power of Las Vegas, the Ezra Klein/Sam Harris debate and crying with the cast of “This is Us” (#9)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date April 13, 2018

It’s Friday again and I’ve got tacos in my future. All is well. Thanks for reading! 8 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) “What happens when the thing that you’re really good at is the thing that is killing your soul.” Listen: Pop Culture Happy Hour: Barry (7:05) That’s Eric Deggans, who adds, […]

Tags 99% Invisible, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Binge Mode, Bookworm, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Conversations With Tyler, Cooking by Ear, Danny in the Valley, Forked Up, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, House of Carbs, How I Built This with Guy Raz, I Have to Ask, ID10T, It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, Jamie Roxx’s Pop Roxx Talk Radio Show, Maltin on Movies, Monocle 24: The Big Interview, Not Your Little Lady, Pardon My Take, Pod Save America, Pop Culture Happy Hour, Recode Decode, Recode Media with Peter Kafka, Rockin' the Suburbs, Scriptnotes, Skimm’d from The Couch, Ted Talks Daily, The Adam Carolla Show, The Alabama Take, The Atlantic Interview, The Axe Files with David Axelrod, The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, The Ezra Klein Show, The Gist with Mike Pesca, The Indicator from Planet Money, The Moment With Brian Koppelman, The Nod, The Ringer MLB Show, The Sporkful, The Tim Ferriss Show, The Watch, This Must Be the Gig, This Song, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Waking Up with Sam Harris, WTF with Marc Maron

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This Week in Podcasts: Sister Jean, a new true crime binge and the benefits of not listening to your mother (#7)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date March 30, 2018

Greetings from Chicago, where I’m feeling the city’s love for Sister Jean. Look for her in the newsletter — and for a few format tweaks. I’m still calibrating based on your feedback. Send any suggestions, thoughts, etc. for future newsletters my way. Thanks for reading! 8 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Atlanta Monster’s finale, beautiful trash and debating Jay-Z’s travel preference (#6)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date March 23, 2018

Happy Friday. It’s a landmark newsletter today: We’ve used our first umlaut, along with the usual great takes and binge recommendations. Also, our new section debuts: Podcast reviews and recommendations. Thanks for reading! 10 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) “The real lesson … is just how beautiful something that’s seen as […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Oscars takes, liberating the truth and why emotions matter in science (#3)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date March 2, 2018

10 Pod Takes 1) “It’s liberating to speak the truth.” The Daily, Feb. 26 (21:45) Mona Charen speaks her truth on The New York Times pod after being booed at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Her perceived sin: highlighting Republican hypocrisy. Specifically, the longtime conservative calls out Republicans’ behavior regarding sexual harassment and #MeToo. 2) “I don’t […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Black Panther, the beauty of simplicity, horrific guys in the White House and more (#1)

Post author By Michael Yessis
Post date February 16, 2018

10 Pod Takes 1) “The one problem you have at the Trump White House is you are surrounded 100 percent by people who would work at the Trump White House.” Pod Save America: “The worst Cirque du Soleil ever.” (LIVE from Las Vegas), Feb. 12 (9:42) Says Jon Lovett. What ever could he be talking […]