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This Week in Podcasts: Long Haul Edition (#97)

I’m changing the status of the This Week in Podcasts Twitter from minimally updated to much more than minimally updated. Follow TWIP there, too, for podcast love on days other than Friday. This week’s counts: 53 notable guests, 13 new podcasts, four deep dives and one interview…with a podcast. Pod Take of the Week “I always wondered […]

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This Week in Podcasts: There’s a Place For Us Edition (#96)

Looks like we’re getting an “Academy Awards of Podcasting.” The Golden Mics are coming in 2021. This week’s counts: 50 notable guests, seven new podcasts, six deep dives and one love songs deep dive. Happy Valentine’s Day.  Pod Take of the Week “We get to the right destination by walking down the wrong trail many times over […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Renovation Edition (#79)

Sooo many Trump emergency pods this week. But I won’t let it bog down the newsletter. The counts: 53 notable guests, 12 new podcasts, five deep dives and one Shakespeare reference. And one more thing: Sunday’s #ShareYourBudsSunday, a day to share your love of podcasts with family and friends. Learn more from #ShareYourBudsSunday co-founders and friends of […]

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This Week in Podcasts: The Teacher’s Pet Edition (#41)

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 […]

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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: Ringing Like a Bell Edition (#36)

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 […]

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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: Words, Whispers, and Outrage (#31)

I, too, was captivated by yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. Prepare for a politics-heavy edition. Also, apologies to Dame Judi Dench for misspelling her name last week. 7 Pod Takes   1) “She had me at the word hippocampus.” Listen: Political Gabfest: The “One Hundred Percent Certain” Edition (3:41) That’s Emily Bazelon, crystallizing her reaction to Dr. […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Serial! Serial! Serial! (#30)

Quite the week for bingers and lovers of serialized podcasts. Have you heard Serial’s back? Also, Last Seen is finally here and Dr. Death is almost finished. Five of the top six pods on the iTunes charts today are deep-dive narratives. The intruder: The Joe Rogan Experience (No. 5). Though his three-hour episodes qualify as […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Villains, Sandwiches, and Spam on Christmas Eve (#29)

I’m at the ride-a-stationary-bike-for-many-hours stage of my Achilles recovery, so I binged while pedaling this week. Dropped several inspirational sports and fitness pods into my media diet, too. I also listened to Slow Burn. I don’t think getting infuriated by Linda Tripp helped my recovery any. 7 Pod Takes   1) “It’s the most crushing […]

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This Week in Podcasts: “It’s hard to untangle luck from choice” (#24)

So how does podcast-land try to top the incredible week it had last week? With Bono. 7 Pod Takes 1) “It’s hard to untangle luck from choice.” Listen: Ministry of Ideas: Shifting Blame (23:53) That’s host Zachary Davis, on a lesson learned during this smart, insightful pod about how “luck shapes our judgment, and whether we should let it.” […]

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This Week in Podcasts: “Nanette,” Burnham, Zuckerberg and Denzel (#23)

We’ve come to the end of one hell of a week of podcasts. Podcasts broke news. Podcasts soothed (me, at least). Podcasts put things into perspective. Podcasts featured A-listers. Podcasts interviewed inanimate objects. And people are still listening to Serial! As of this afternoon, it’s No. 13 on the iTunes chart.Lastly, shouts to all who […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Amy Schumer’s new podcast, songs of summer and how rage rooms are like burritos (#19)

Summer’s officially here, and so is Amy Schumer’s million dollar podcast. A few words on that and takes on aliens, burritos, songs of summer, Trump’s inhumanity and more in this week’s pods. 7 Pod Takes 1) “I think you can be in love and not love the person.” Listen: Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Trader Joe’s starts a podcast, In the Dark returns and eating broccolini during the apocalypse (#12)

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. Who knew we were all so eager for a podcast about Trader Joe’s? Go deep with that […]

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

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: Information warfare, food fights and romantic ideas of New Jersey (#4)

10 Pod Takes 1) “I, for one, am very excited to stay at the Trump Pyongyang.” Pod Save America: “Give Ruth a Break.” (LIVE from Houston, March 9 (6:05) Jon Lovett senses a motive in President Trump’s acceptance of Kim Jong Un’s invitation to talk. 2) “We all need to cultivate a more relaxed attitude about […]