Tech
Public media owners agree to sell Pocket Casts podcast platform
By 
Tyler Falk, Reporter |
The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
Programs/Content
Public radio stations call on New York Times to take responsibility for ‘lapses in judgment’
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times’ damage control related to its podcast “Caliphate.”
Podcasts
Southern California Public Radio receives $500,000 CPB grant for podcast studio
By 
Julian Wyllie, Reporter |
The grant will help SCPR’s LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.
Programs/Content
New England Public Media teams up with Merriam-Webster on podcast for word nerds
By 
Stephanie Mirah, Former Editorial Intern |
“Our goal is to help people understand and use language better,” said Lisa Schneider, Merriam-Webster’s chief digital officer and publisher. “I think the NEPM role in the community meshes really well with that.”
Programs/Content
First podcast from Kentucky’s WKMS aims to challenge views of Middle America
By 
Grace George, Former Editorial Intern |
“What constitutes Middle America, rural America, small-town America?”
Programs/Content
KUTX podcast explores pandemic’s impact on Austin’s live music scene
By Grace George, Former Editorial Intern |
Launched in September, “Pause/Play” is the station’s most popular podcast to date.
Programs/Content
Alec Baldwin is moving his podcast from WNYC to iHeartRadio
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
The last episode of “Here’s the Thing” as a WNYC podcast was released this week.
Programs/Content
‘Code Switch,’ ‘Throughline’ podcasts will join NPR’s radio portfolio
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
“We believe both shows will tell some of our nation’s most important stories and provide programming for your audiences that is relevant and engaging,” said NPR’s Andrew Haden.
Programs/Content
With down-to-earth discussions, GBH’s ‘All Rev’d Up’ highlights issues of faith and Black experience
By Grace George, Former Editorial Intern |
“The faith that we have is like blood in our bodies. … We can talk about real life, and you’ll see the stream of faith come through that.”
Programs/Content
Podcast explores racial inequities in criminal justice through hip-hop
By Grace George, Former Editorial Intern |
NPR Music’s “Louder Than a Riot” explores hip-hop as a “microcosm for the Black American experience” with the criminal justice system.