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This Week in Podcasts: Bonus Content Edition (#40)

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 […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Too Much to Eat Edition (#39)

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. […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Push-ups with Bishop Tutu Edition (#38)

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 […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Hot Mess Edition (#35)

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, […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Murder, Robots, and Shady Deals (#34)

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 […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Memories, Embarrassment, and Claustrophobic Sameness (#32)

I’m including eleven new and returning podcasts this week. A move also known as blowing up your listening queue. And my own, too. 7 Pod Takes   1) “Don’t be afraid to sit down in a crappy place and order every single thing you don’t recognize on the fucking menu.” Listen: The Trip: A damn fine […]