There’s a lot going on over in New Hampshire. Back in September, the public radio station over there, NHPR, launched a podcast called Stranglehold, which sought to interrogate the mythology around the Granite State’s status as the first to vote in the presidential primaries. It’s a status that has given New Hampshire a considerable amount […]

Ever since I wrote about VICE News’s podcast about the Chapo trial last year, I’ve been interested in what Vice is brewing, podcast-wise. What better way to find out more than to hear from the person heading up the audio operation? Kate Osborn also gets extra props for being the first Career Spotlight participant to […]

My Favorite Murder’s Eight Figure Deal. This probably qualifies as the biggest development from last week. On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that MFM creators Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark have struck a two-year deal worth “at least $10 million” with EW Scripps’ Stitcher that expands the duo’s already existing partnership with the podcast […]

Two associated things, in case they’re the kind of bananas that interest you: (1) Apple has published a “Best Listens of 2019” page for the Apple Podcast platform, which contains both picks by the in-house editors that manage the front page curation as well as a listing of shows, new and existing, that performed the […]

Thanksgiving week is a weird time on the internet for me. A lot of the people I work with and follow log off for the American holiday, yet where I live in northwest England there’s no particular reason that explains the online tumbleweed. The whole predicament reminds me just how US-centric my internet consumption is. […]

Look, I’m not a particularly evolved person, and I won’t pretend to tell you otherwise. I’m not going to say that I make independent well-researched choices about all the things I purchase and consume, that I’m unaffected by advertising and the opinions of others, that I am a strong-minded individual who isn’t swayed by trends […]

Uncle Fun: I’m really enjoying the Switched On Pop book, not least because the whole thing opens with Call Me Maybe, which is obviously the clearest path straight into my heart. Grandpa Grumps: I see you decrying Best Of lists on Twitter… while your PR reps bombard my inbox with your podcast for inclusion. I […]