Podcasts
‘The Pub’ #27: NPR One’s Sara Sarasohn, live from Lost & Found in Washington, D.C.
Seeing how listeners use the NPR app "is brand new and a little scary, but also priceless."‘The Pub’ #26: The business of podcasting, live from the PMDMC Conference
Our panel of experts considers the future of podcasting as a source of revenue for public media.‘The Pub’ #25: You’ve been a bad, bad BBC
The world’s biggest public broadcaster is under the microscope, and its funding is in jeopardy.‘The Pub’ #24: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven frontman says NPR is standing against artists
The musician says public radio should get on what he sees as the right side of a matter of social justice.The Pub #22: Curious City creator Jennifer Brandel goes national
Brandel’s national spin-off, Hearken, aims to help journalists learn what their audiences want and need to know.The Pub, #21: Frontline’s new leader, Raney Aronson; What it means to “distribute” a show; How education can ...
On our podcast, Frontline’s new EP goes deep on how the show is produced and her vision for its future.The Pub, #20: What Eric Nuzum will do at Audible that he couldn’t do at ...
Plus, a discussion on why so few women hold top jobs in public media, a continuation of the podcasting advertising debate and ...The Pub #19: Podcast advertising ethics; Ira Glass clarifies ‘capitalism’ remark; Membership Video on Demand; What young ...
Are native ads in podcasts a step too far for public radio?The Pub #18: How to broaden public TV’s audience, live from the PBS Annual Meeting in Austin
We contemplate the challenges and the opportunities involved in expanding public television to new audiences.The Pub #17: Ira hearts capitalism; The “secret sauce” behind NPR’s mic sound; All public media should ...
We contemplate the notion that public radio’s biggest star evidently doesn’t want public radio to be public anymore.
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