As the audio industry grapples with its own response to the Black Lives Matter movement, we talk with two people who have insider knowledge of the issues at hand - and some sharp ideas about what needs to be done.They are Jay Connor, a wri
We’re not putting out a normal episode this week. Instead, we bring recommendations of a handful of the great podcasts currently being made by people of colour, from both sides of the Atlantic.---------------- LinksSnap Judgement
Following on from our discussion of Spotify’s pivot to spoken word - we turn our attention to the 600lb gorilla in the market. Apple were, of course, first to the party - adding podcast support back in 2005, and building Apple Podcasts (ne
For the first decade of podcasting history, a single audio platform - Apple’s iTunes - had an unbreakable grip on the market. But lately, Spotify has been betting big on podcasts - and those bets appear to be paying off.Over the next
For a decade, New York been the undisputed podcasting capital of the USA. But Los Angeles now has the Big Apple in its sights.Could the victor determine the future of podcasting? Pete and Rachael think so - even if they don’t agr
True crime is one of podcasting’s biggest boom areas, with dozens of hit shows - Serial, My Favourite Muder, Dirty John, etc etc.. - attracting tens of millions of listeners, big advertising $s, and an increasing number of Hollywood studio deal
Pete Naughton in London and Rachael King in L.A. press play on the latest (and seemingly only) topic spreading through the podcast industry: the Coronavirus. From The Daily to CNN, it seems like every major news outlet has the prescription for
The number of right-leaning podcasts in the US has exploded over the past four years. Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, and even - as we discover - the President of the United States now have their own shows. But conservative dominance over the airwaves
A gem from the archives and two podcasts from more recent times today, starting with Why Bother?, improvised conversations between Chris Morris and Peter Cook from 1993 -- still every bit as wonderful now as it was back then. Second up, Capital
Three shows to recommend this week, starting with some festive rock and roll antics recorded in 1965, then onto the scintillating, Watergate-themed documentary series, Slow Burn; and ending with a perennial favourite, Kermode and Mayo's Film Re
Recommendations from two highly eloquent guest critics today -- who discuss the Radio 4 output of the great Jon Ronson, a laugh-out loud satire of investigative podcasts called Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's, and a steam-punk comdy dr
A trio of podcast recommendations this time around -- behind the scenes of some of the best pop songs of recent years with Song Exploder; upscale audio journalism from The New Yorker Radio Hour; and a gripping digital drama, Tracks, from the BB
BBC Radio 4 just turned 50, and to mark the occasion I've chosen a couple of my favourite series from their back catalogue to recommend here. They are, in order of appearance, the superlatively good R4-British Museum collaboration, A History of
With special guest Julie Shapiro, Radiotopia's multi-talented Executive Producer, who recommends three great podcasts: Ear Hustle, The Organist and Mogul.
BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Two distinctively brilliant audio dramas to recommend. 1. Kitchen Confidential from Somethin' Else and BBC Radio 4 -- available online until mid-June 2017, so be quick about it. 2. Homecoming from Gimlet. Available indefin
More listening recommendations from podcast critic Pete Naughton... Up this time: 1. Live in Concert from NPR's All Songs Considered (with clips from Mavis Staples, Anderson Paak and Courtney Barnett), 2. The Daily from the New York Times, 3. S
Shows recommended in this first episode are: 1. Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy from the BBC World Service2. By The Way, In Conversation With Jeff Garlin Intro and outro music is a live version of Doctor's In by Son Little, used un
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