This American Life: advice needed on podcasts
Ira Glass of This American Life says he’s going to give his nephew’s high school class a seminar on podcasting. But he could use some advice, Glass writes: Specifically: what topics seemed to work the...
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Apply now for “zero to radio” Cape Cod public media intensive
Want to learn how to produce in-depth radio features with top producers like Rob Rosenthal, Jay Allison, and Ira Glass of This American Life? Transom.org has opened the application window for its...
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Podcast Prowler: Heights of WFMU; Hamlet in prison; Caine mutinies again
For once, I wish that I still lived in Washington Heights, Manhattan. My favorite free form radio station, WFMU-FM of New Jersey, is holding a Listener Meetup Group literary reading in that lovely...
View ArticleWhat do Paris Hilton, Rob Lowe and Ira Glass have in common?
The answer: a leaked sex tape. It’s been making the rounds of the blogosphere this week. And if you keep your NPR affiliate on all day long, or load your iPhone up with This American Life and Planet...
View ArticleThis American Life: excerpts from the Mike Daisey program retraction
As everybody on the blogosphere now knows, This American Life has retracted its radio version of Mike Daisey’s dramatic recreation of his visit to an Apple iPhone factory in China. “Daisey lied to me...
View ArticleDid Ralph the Talking Computer do a Mike Daisey on Harry Shearer?
Following a monologue on the latest developments in Afghanistan and Iran, Harry Shearer had his semi-regular guest, Ralph the Talking Computer, on the March 25 edition of his podcast: Le Show. Looks...
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3 weeks after Malatia resignation not much is clearer, or different at...
It’s been about three weeks since former Chicago Public Media CEO Torey Malatia abruptly resigned his position, surprising both station staff and listeners. Current and the Chicago Reader’s Michael...
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Podcast Survivor: The Week in Podcasting News and Stories
It’s been kind of a quiet week on the podcasting news front this week. Adam Carolla continues to make the rounds in support of his Save Podcasts Legal Defense Fund and has set up a Soundcloud page...
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Podcast Survivor: Podcasting’s 10th Birthday & More News
Happy belated birthday to podcasting! According to a recent Guardian article written by the creators of UK podcast Answer Me This! the very term “podcast” was born on February 11, 2004, in a piece by...
View ArticleIt’s official: boring classical public radio format ensconced in Nashville
Last Friday Nashville Public Radio paid the cash necessary to finalize its ownership of WFCL Classical 91.1 FM, once Vanderbilt University’s vibrant student run radio station. I, a classical...
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PRX Wins This American Life, Good News for All Indie Producers
Like an episode of the “Public Radio Dating Game” (or “Pubcast Bachelor” if you prefer a more contemporary reference), five distributors vied for the hand of This American Life. But after all the...
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Podcasts: a Kick in the Pants of the Public Radio Establishment
Last week the New York Times published a feature article on Ira Glass and This American Life. Ostensibly it covers the show’s departure from distributor Public Radio International to join the more...
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Podcasting News: Carolla Breaks Silence on Podcasting Troll
In this week’s podcasting news: KQED spends an hour exploring podcasting; Serial brings long-form journalism to podcasting; Adam Carolla discusses the podcast patent troll dismissal. Podcasting...
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Why Serial Represents the Podcasting “Renaissance”
PRX’s Radiotopia ended its Kickstarter last Friday at $620,412, which is 148% more than its initial goal of $250,000. The money will help fund four new podcasts–three hosted by women–along with...
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Will podcasting kill the video star?
The New York Times and Boston Globe online are all about video these days. But at Slate, the energy is on audio. Consider this meditation at Medium.com on Slate’s podcast prowess. Apparently everyone...
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