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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: Overload Edition (#80)

Another bounty of intriguing new podcasts this week. Next week’s looking bountiful, too. This week’s counts: 63 notable guests, 15 new podcasts, seven deep dives and one music legend set for her podcast close-up. Pod Take of the Week “The right-wing machine for pumping out this kind of misinformation is like the chocolates moving in […]

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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: “Punk is a free space.” (#28)

Elon Musk made waves smoking a blunt with Joe Rogan. But, damn, many more interesting big names graced the pods. It was a massive week. 7 Pod Takes 1) “There’s an argument to be made that we’re born with the raw elements of Beatles songs in our heads.” Listen: WTF with Marc Maron: Episode 948 – […]

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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: 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: “The Americans,” being Ken Bone and the power of dinosaur erotica (#16)

More true crime debuts this week, and the pods were all over the finale of “The Americans.” I’m still reeling from Paige’s decision. 8 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) “Memes are people too.” Listen: Endless Thread: I, Ken Bone (23:50) Ben Brock Johnson advocates for humanity on the internet, specifically regarding those who’ve been […]

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The Moby Dick of tacos, The Canterbury Tales of sports bars and Michael Chabon (#15)

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. We’re all literary up in podland this week. We’re still obsessed with criminals, too. Four pods about […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Donald Glover’s moment, hot Malcolm Gladwell takes and a new way to look at cereal (#13)

Gladwell’s back and Glover’s artistic breakthroughs blew away podcasters. All that and more in this week’s deep dive into the podcast universe. 8 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) “Rooting for the underdog is a form of moral weakness.” Listen: Revisionist History: Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant (33:58) Gladwell’s gonna Gladwell. The […]

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

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, […]

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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)

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: Seeing mom while in prison, dad on the Millennium Falcon, and the most compelling pod of 2018 (#5)

10 Pod Takes 1) “I don’t know how to hug my mom.” Ear Hustle: Firsts, March 14 (7:31) The heartbreaking words of Adnan Khan, before greeting his mother the first time she visits him in prison. He’d been locked up for 10 years. It’s the centerpiece story of an incredible first episode of Ear Hustle’s second season. 2) […]

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This Week in Podcasts: Dissecting the Netflix effect, Afrofuturism and mutant bears (#2)

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. 10 Pod Takes 1) “When you get crushed and you live to fight another day, you realize […]

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

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 […]