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“I watched the ‘Car Talk’ guys actually die and still be on the radio … and I said to myself, ‘At some point, this is going to end, or it’s going to morph into a new form,” said host Krista Tippett.
“I thought it was incredible the way the story was told and how things we’re seeing today are encapsulated in this man’s story,” says Judy Greenspan, director of multiplatform initiatives for the New York–based producing station.
The creators of the award-winning podcast about prison life discuss the show’s future and how they wrote their new book, “This Is Ear Hustle.”
“We get to learn from our guests as much as listeners do.”
The station began producing its first sponsored podcasts in November.
Created in the wake of the Atlanta shootings, “Where Y’all Really From” became the station’s fastest-growing podcast.
“Eat Your Heartland Out” creator Capri Cafaro sees conversations about food as a way to emphasize what we have in common.
Public media producers are preparing a slew of new and returning podcasts for national audiences.
Paul Maassen of WWNO said during a network board meeting that NPR and stations are working on podcasts in a “siloed environment.”
The move will allow Criminal Productions to expand its staff and namesake podcast.
The former basketball star turned ESPN commentator Williams will ask his guests “how they continue to build their own businesses and hustle to the point of their own personal brand … because that’s exactly where I am in my life.”
A narrow challenge to a law banning broadcasts of criminal proceedings may help expand journalists’ ability to cover trials.
The Virginia station teamed up with The Steel Wheels, a locally based Americana band, on “We Made You a Song.”
APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.
“It feels good to be employed, it feels better to be in a field that I love, and it feels greater to be working with the people I was doing the work with inside.”
The father-daughter hosts and creators of “You Must Know Everything” found that collaboration and self-promotion can expand the reach of a homegrown project.
After learning they were separately pursuing stories on the pioneering label and its founder, producers Joe Richman and Jad Abumrad decided to share tape and research.
“For small and midsize media organizations, a new focus on podcast excellence may mean getting out of the comprehensive local news business.”
The network will also participate in Apple and Spotify’s podcast subscription initiatives.