"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #48: Are public media journalists really all liberals?
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And what, if anything, could or should be done about it?
About Current
Our podcast host on why you should support Current
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Adam goes undercover for this one.
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‘The Pub’ #47: WGBH’s Bob Kempf on why stations matter online
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In the digital age, when national networks can serve people directly online, does it make sense to invest in hundreds of local public media brands online?
System/Policy
How two of pubmedia’s youngest station leaders got where they are
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Michelle Srbinovich and Emily Martin Loya discuss the challenges they’ve faced as younger leaders and share advice for peers looking to move up.
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‘The Pub’ #46: Why NPR’s studio mic sounds better than yours
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Our Thanksgiving re-podcast includes an interview with NPR’s chief audio engineer.
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‘The Pub’ #45: Audible’s Martha Little says public media should be ‘feminized’
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Little says public media workplaces work better when they’re flatter and more collaborative.
Podcasting
Anna Sale on podcasts: ‘People feel a relationship with the show’
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The host of Death, Sex & Money on how she gets her guests to share intimate details.
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‘The Pub’ #44: Public media travel guru Rick Steves, live in Atlanta
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The travel host discusses his business model, whether he feels pressure to follow Vice’s example, his advocacy for marijuana legalization and more.
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‘The Pub’ #43: Why public media are sponsoring polls, and how a CBC video went viral
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How do political polls fit with public media’s mission?
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‘The Pub’ #42: This American Life’s Stephanie Foo on how to fix public radio’s whiteness problem
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Foo talks about her frank and funny manifesto for Transom, “What To Do If Your Workplace Is Too White.”
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The Pub #41: Marketplace’s Ben Johnson and his unusual new podcast, Codebreaker
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Everybody has a new podcast these days, but this one does something quite novel with the medium.
System/Policy
Fred Jacobs: “To a great degree, public radio has two audiences”
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The audience researcher discusses findings of his company’s latest Public Radio Tech Survey.
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‘The Pub’ #40: Chris Satullo, WHYY’s former v.p. for news
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Satullo had big, somewhat unorthodox plans for news at Philadelphia’s dominant public radio and television station.
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‘The Pub’ #39: Public radio’s two audiences, PBS news VP Marie Nelson, Auto-Tune on kids’ shows
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Research shows that baby boomers and millennials are not only listening to public radio differently, but for different reasons.
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‘The Pub’ #38: Robin Amer, winner of WNYC’s Podcast Accelerator competition
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If you want to know how to impress the likes of WNYC, pay attention to how Amer did it.
Tech
Five things public media can learn from Yik Yak, the most depressing college-oriented social media app
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If public media wants to serve college students better, it should think more about providing content in the places where college students actually are.
Podcasting
Podcast Accelerator contest winners will make pilots with WNYC
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The would-be producers of The City and Gaydio will get production help from the New York City station.
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‘The Pub’ #37: Death, Sex & Money’s Anna Sale, live from Los Angeles
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The WNYC podcast host on how she draws the most intimate details from her guests.
Development
Media leaders spill their revenue secrets to Kai Ryssdal at ONA
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Executives shared tips about growing income through membership, advertising and live events.
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‘The Pub’ #36: How loudness technology can make audio better, with APM’s Rob Byers
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The technology knows that our ears perceives frequencies differently and accounts for the discrepancy.