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Hi. I’m writing to you from the audience of an event at Columbia’s Journalism School called Bring Audio Back. Lauren Passell and Amanda McLoughlin are on stage with Robert Smith (professor at Columbia and sometimes host of Planet Money). They’re discussing podcast marketing. Lauren and Amanda are both VERY compelling speakers who deeply care about the podcast industry. I’m a big fan of the both of ‘em.
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Your podcast recommendations:
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Podcast: D Listers of History
Why do you recommend it: I'd like to recommend my podcast, D Listers of History. We talk about people you've never heard of who changed the world.
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Podcast: Open To Criticism
Why do you recommend it: Open to Criticism is about how we talk about movies, who gets to do it, and why it matters. I speak to critics, cultural commentators, and others about how criticism influences what we all get to see onscreen and what might still need to change to better serve audiences. Season 1 was nominated twice at last year's UK Independent Podcast Awards. Season 2 just launched!
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, host of Strong Sense of PlacePodcast: Behind the Glass: A Parsonage Podcast
Why do you recommend it: 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë is my all-time favorite novel, and I've visited the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, England, to pay my respects to those amazing sisters — Charlotte, Anne, and Emily — who wrote some of the most enduring books EVER. The Parsonage is the home where the girls grew up, right on the edge of the Moors; it's a thrill to see their writing desks, the dining room where they wrote and talked about their books, and their ridiculously tiny dresses. The Parsonage just launched a podcast, and the format is great. A guest joins the (charming) hosts to talk about one item in the collection, then the guest shares a piece of writing inspired by the object. It's funny, insightful, and informative.
Here’s a good episode to start: I loved the episode with Lizzy Newman. She works at the Parsonage, has an affection for Doc Martens, and likes the more macabre sides of history. She talked about the Babbage Report, the results of a health inspection of Haworth in 1850, and used it as a way to talk about what it was like to live in the tiny mill town during the Victorian era. (Spoiler: It was rough). Then she shared a fictional diary entry she wrote as a 19th-century resident of the town. The whole episode felt very personal while also being entertaining.
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Podcast: Arts Educators Save The World
Why do you recommend it: I love listening to behind-the-craft interviews with actors and musicians. It helps me appreciate the movies and music I am consuming more deeply. It also inspires me to practice creativity more openly when I glimpse just how messy the process of making something cool can be. This podcast fits that perfectly, but with a twist I haven't heard on any other podcast before.
The host, Erica Halverson, doesn't just interview celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cecily Strong, and Bradley Whitford, but she talks to them alongside their mentors and teachers. Hearing actors I've come to love speaking so tenderly about their teacher's impact on them in front of them is so wholesome. This podcast is an inspiring and fun listen!
What next?
Listen to these shows and leave a comment on this post with your thoughts
Or recommend another podcast you love by commenting! (You can recommend your own show).
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Until next time, happy listening!
Update: I have now listened to all available episodes of Behind the Glass, and they are all excellent.
I also talked about it in this ep of our show, if you want detail: https://strongsenseofplace.com/lolts/lolt-2024-04-05/
Love this list! Already listening to sooo many episodes of Arts Educators Save the World!
I wanted to recommend the new season of Second Sunday!
The first season of Second Sunday started by taking a close look inside the church at the way Black Queer people are surviving and thriving. For their new season, they’re bringing stories of people finding faith outside the church, in many different ways. They guide us through new ways of knowing ourselves and those around us. I love the dynamic the hosts have together and with their guests. Hosts Darren and Esther perfectly balance between personal, difficult stories, and bringing their comedic, fun personalities to the episodes. And the show is about so much more than just religion or religious institutions. The way their episodes explore faith and belonging, help us understand all the ways community can exist, how it’s built and maintained, and what it means to people.
In the first episode of this season, Bishop Yvette Flunder talks about feeling the need to marry a man, even though she knew it wasn’t really want she wanted. As Darren and Esther say, it’s the story behind the story that makes Bishop Flunder’s interview teach you so much. Just hit play to hear Yvette’s opening quote - it becomes even stronger as you hear her story.
https://episodes.fm/1708662302/episode/cHJ4XzQ3NzlfYmQ2NTBhYWItNTVjNy00NWIwLTljNjItZWNhMWVmMTc2MDli