Podcast
Curiosity Weekly Podcast
Discovery Channel is an American cable channel that used to be known for documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history. Over the years, it has been transformed into a schedule of reality television shows, promotion of pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories. On Discovery, there are people apparently running around naked in the woods and other people searching for gold. The cable channel should merge those shows into one where naked people search for gold.
By Frank Racioppi12 months ago in Interview
The Gray Area Podcast
Vox Media is one of those media companies with a host of desirable properties. Its brands include Vox, New York Magazine, The Verge, The Cut, Eater, and Vulture. Its podcasts, like NPR and The New York Times, have a distinctive footprint -- thoughtful, insightful, inquisitive, and embracing nuance, incongruity, and contradiction. Vox doesn't trade intellectual honesty for fealty to ideology like Fox News and its competitors, desperately trying to carve out space on the political right by "out-extreming" the Rupert Murdoch network.
By Frank Racioppi12 months ago in Interview
Familicide True-Crime Podcast
True-crime podcasts typically recount tales of victims being murdered or kidnapped by total strangers, which is certainly a scary scenario. But how about violence committed by a family member? For women, the numbers are disturbing. In 2023, approximately 60 percent (or 51,100) of women and girls intentionally killed worldwide were murdered by an intimate partner or other family member, according to a UNODC report on femicide. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 16 percent of homicides were members of the defendant's own family.
By Frank Racioppi12 months ago in Interview
Mauling The Self-Help Industry
I think these two podcasts -- If Books Could Kill and Bad Therapist -- should be classified in a new genre, which is Public Service. Both shows perform a public good, informing unsuspecting and gullible citizens such as myself that self-help books only help the authors who wrote them while mental health gurus (AKA life coaches, motivational speakers) enrich themselves through psychobabble.
By Frank Racioppi12 months ago in Interview
Who is Madison Zhao? Everything You Need to Know
In today’s fast-paced digital world, social media platforms are constantly evolving, and Instagram remains at the forefront of the social networking game. However, behind every great company is a visionary leader, and Instagram's journey to where it is today wouldn't be the same without the contributions of Madison Zhao, a name that is quickly becoming synonymous with innovation and leadership in the tech industry.
By Madison Zhao12 months ago in Interview
Meet Madison Zhao Everything You Should Know
In today’s fast-paced digital world, social media platforms are constantly evolving, and Instagram remains at the forefront of the social networking game. However, behind every great company is a visionary leader, and Instagram's journey to where it is today wouldn't be the same without the contributions of Madison Zhao, a name that is quickly becoming synonymous with innovation and leadership in the tech industry.
By Madison Zhao12 months ago in Interview
The Industry Podcast
The genius of history podcasts is that the genre can take three distinct tracks. First, the podcast can cover history as we know it, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Boxer Rebellion in China. Second, the show can dispute myths that have been calcified in the historical record. For example, witches were not burned as a result of the Salem Witch Trials, Napoleon wasn't short, and Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake." Third, the podcast can investigate history that is lesser known and, at times, intentionally forgotten.
By Frank Racioppi12 months ago in Interview
Hidden Histories, Windows, Wild Tales, No Offseason
Today, we have four podcasts -- two from boutique studios (Transmission Roadhouse & AiAi Studios), one from the New York Times about women's basketball, and one from The National Trust Charity in the U.K.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Interview
What's Ray Saying Podcast
I first heard of the What's Ray Saying podcast from Demetrius Bagley, the Executive Director of the Black Podcasting Awards. Demetrius mentioned that this podcast had won multiple awards at the 2024 awards ceremony, so I had to check it out. I'm glad I did because this is one of the most narratively vibrant podcasts in the audio verse.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Interview
