Programs/Content
New York Times’ ‘The Daily’ podcast headed to public radio
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Radio “feels like a natural home for the show,” said the Times’ editorial director for audio.
Quick Takes
PRX partners with podcast networks Gen-Z Media and Night Vale Presents
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The partnership marks PRX’s first time working with children’s podcasts.
Programs/Content
New WOSU podcast aims to help listeners come to terms with aging
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The series tries to take a more optimistic look at getting older.
Programs/Content
How public radio’s risk-averse culture impedes its chances for success
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For continued relevance with audiences in the next 50 years, public radio must learn to embrace and learn from failure.
People
Terry Gross: ‘I wouldn’t have had a radio career had I gotten in later’
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In an interview for our podcast, the “Fresh Air” host looked back at how she got started in public radio, interviewing Gene Simmons and more.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #104: Terry Gross turns the tables
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Hear a wide-ranging conversation with the “Fresh Air” host about the big issues facing public media.
Programs/Content
Podcast produced by WBUR, Reddit will highlight the site’s hidden stories
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“Endless Thread” aims to be a story-driven podcast that elaborates on original Reddit posts.
Programs/Content
WGBH invests in RadioPublic
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“[W]e see WGBH as a growing force in podcast content creation, distribution and marketing,” said RadioPublic CEO Jake Shapiro.
Programs/Content
‘In the Dark’ creators demystify investigative audio reporting
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The host and producer of the award-winning podcast share tips for framing investigative stories.
Programs/Content
Podcast ‘super listeners’ are big public media consumers — but are they loyal?
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Nearly one-third of podcast “super listeners” told researchers they had donated money to their local public radio stations in the last year, according to a new report.
System/Policy
Even as podcasting grows, medium can stay true to public broadcasting’s roots
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“All of us cultivating the podcasting space can certainly do our part” to keep the Public Broadcasting Act’s goals “active and audible,” writes Radiotopia’s executive producer.
Programs/Content
KUOW’s ‘Second Wave’ podcast explores nuances of Vietnamese-American identity
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Host Thanh Tan often digs into her personal stories to explore issues of culture, family and the burdens carried by U.S.-born children of Vietnam.
‘The Pub’ #99: What is a talk show supposed to be online?
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Nobody knows, but we have a good time trying to find out.
Programs/Content
Jesse Thorn on the insecurities that inspired his latest podcast
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The “Bullseye” host interviewed his favorite interviewers “in an effort to compare notes and find out if I was doing it wrong.”
Programs/Content
With new podcast, ‘Frontline’ recognizes that some stories are made for audio
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The long-running PBS series is launching “The Frontline Dispatch,” a biweekly podcast.
Quick Takes
KCRW’s ‘To the Point’ will end broadcast run
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The show will become a weekly podcast with host Warren Olney.
Programs/Content
Lauren Ober on diving deep into the world of podcasts with ‘The Big Listen’
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The host of the WAMU/NPR show discusses her audience and the kinds of voices we need more of on podcasts.
Programs/Content
PRPD panelists share how stations can grow the next big podcast
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A session at the Public Radio Program Directors conference guided stations on finding their “podcast superpower.”
American Masters
Season 2 of ‘American Masters Podcast’ focuses on writers
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New interviews with playwrights, authors and poets will be paired with previously unreleased conversations from the series’ 30-year archives.
Programs/Content
‘The Stoop’ explores conversations black people have in private
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Developed through NPR’s Audio Storytelling Workshop, the new podcast presents honest, frank conversations about black identity.