It's Episode Two of "Food on Franklin," Gawker's Main Podcast
Last week saw the successful debut of Gawker’s first podcast: “Food on Franklin.” Today brings another week, and with it, a new episode of this podcast to listen to.
Here It Is, Gawker's First Podcast: "Food on Franklin"
The “podcast revolution” is sweeping the media. Now, we bring you Gawker’s first and best podcast: Food on Franklin.
New Evidence in Favor of Serial's Adnan Syed Could Overturn Murder Conviction
On Monday, a lawyer filed a court motion that, if approved, could undermine the cellphone data used by prosecutors to convict Adnan Syed, the subject of of last year’s Serial podcast, over 15 years ago.
Obama: The Word "Nigger" Is Not a Measure of Whether Racism Still Exists
President Obama used his WTF podcast interview with comedian Marc Maron to press on gun safety and racism in America, saying “it’s not enough just to feel bad” about the country’s mass shooting problem.
Koenig on Koenig: A Critique of Serial
Below is a clever video that edits together Sarah Koenig's own words for a meta critique of the divisive, just-wrapped podcast Serial. To summarize: "I don't know. We don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Kind of like I don't know. Maybe, I've never really—I don't know. I have no idea. Who…
What Serial Gets Wrong
If you haven't been listening to Serial you've surely been hearing about it, so I won't summarize the whole story other than to say that there are three critical characters here. There's Hae Min Lee, who was brutally strangled 15 years ago, Adnan, her ex-boyfriend who's currently in jail for life for her murder, and…
Listening to the Radio Is Cool Again: 8 Smart Podcasts You Should Hear
Public radio always seemed to me like the activity of the wine-and-cheese class. Pop it on while you grill pizzas and again on your drive through Newport. This American Life, Radiolab, Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!, and their friends—twee as hell programming that put me straight to sleep.
On the Longform Podcast, Janet Reitman talks about her Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Rolling Stone cover story for the first time.
What Were the Year's Best Podcast Episodes?
You're all too forthcoming with your BEST OF 2012 OR FIGHT ME ✌ Spotify playlists, but can you offer us something actually useful, like a working list of podcast episodes that were pretty great this year?
Recaps and Podcasts: The Day After LOST
Most shows have tension building up before a revealing episode airs, but with LOST, nobody is ever completely sure what happened, nor does anyone catch all the secrets that were revealed. The Top-5 places for day-after essentials after the jump.
You Look Nice Today: A Journal Of Emotional Hygiene
The twee title belies this podcast's hearty tone (and the twee bits are like John Hodgman, not Dave Eggers). It's a new comedy show, hosted by three terribly clever guys who met on the Internet: "You Look Nice Today," starring Scott Simpson (editor at iTunes), Adam Lisagor (movie editor), and Merlin Mann (productivity…
If we listened to podcasts, we would totally listen to this podcast of Brian De Palma talking about his new movie "Redacted." But podcasts are for people who take the subway and stuff. [Salon]
When 'Time Out' Seemed Like A Lifeline
Rod Townsend records the gays in and around their natural environment of Fire Island and reports back. This is the time, and this is the record of the time. Put your hands over your eyes.
New Magazine Jacking Up Our Self, Other-Directed Loathing To Record Highs
Rocketboom present (Andrew Baron) and past (Amanda Congdon) were there, as were Kent Nichols and Doug Sarine, creators of Ask A Ninja. I also got fleeting glimpses of Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.TV and Alex Lindsay of Pixel Corps and This Week in Tech fame.
I say again. Where were the audio people?
Video Podcast To Become A Paper Book!
Eat the Press notes this recent deal from Publishers Marketplace:
Podcast WagNotes: TechCrunch talks to Kevin Rose about Digg v3
TechCrunch interviews Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, co-founders of Digg. The hour-long podcast covers the rise of the social news site and where it's going after the new edition's Monday release. TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington pulls some great info from the Diggers. But if you don't have time to listen, just read…
Podcast SparkNotes: AOL's Calacanis on This Week in Tech
Some people can't let up on AOL exec Jason Calacanis. Readers are begging for a mention of the Weblogs, Inc. founder's appearance on major podcast This Week in Tech. (One TWiT commenter wrote, "Keep that flaming drama queen off your show.") So here, instead of wasting over an hour listening, read these hastily…
Remainders: Madonna Downgrades to H&M
• Madonna signs a deal with H&M, under which she and all of her crew will be outfitted with a complete H&M wardrobe for when they're off-stage. You know, when no one will actually cares what they're wearing. [AP]
• Harry Potter mastermind JK Rowling has been named the greatest living British writer in a UK magazine…
Calacanis almost makes the Gillmor Gang fun again
Right. I just got around to playing last week's Gillmor Gang tech podcast. It's safe to listen.
Podcast roundup: Stick with TWiT
Another week of tech podcasts churned through the official Valleywag iPod. The verdict: suffer through a Laporte-less This Week in Tech and you can skip the rest.
