Earlier this month, the NPR Politics Podcast hosted a live show in Washington, D.C.’s Warner Theater, and Slate’s Trumpcast did a live recording in D.C.’s Hamilton Hotel. Last year, Radiotopia hosted a live event featuring nearly all their shows in Los Angeles. In 2013, Radiolab
Transgender reporter Lewis Wallace used to work for public radio magnate Marketplace. But last Monday, he was fired over a post he published on his personal blog that questioned the viability of media objectivity in the wake of recent political shifts. Wallace’s post, originally published
Following President Trump’s inauguration, social media and news outlets exploded with reports of what his administration was doing, what they were about to do, and what they were considering doing. Among these stories lurks a terrifying headline for public radio and television fans: Donald Trump
“Let’s do the numbers.” *jazz music* Public radio fans will be familiar with this intro. It is a staple of Marketplace, a portfolio of business and economics news programs heard on public radio stations and podcasts. Reaching more than 13 million listeners weekly, Marketplace shows
The world of public radio call-in shows was set abuzz last week when Diane Rehm finally announced her successor: Joshua Johnson (with his show to be called 1A). Much like the Diane Rehm Show, 1A, a reference to the First Amendment, aims to provide conversations
Tomorrow’s election has proved to be a news event too big, and too ostentatious, for content producers of any form to ignore. The podcasting realm has been shaped by the election in a number of ways. While some shows Radiolab or 99% Invisible have not
Access: a struggle that all journalists, even student writers, know well. But, every four years, a lucky group of student media outlets get the opportunity most merely dream of – access to the presidential debates. This year, Hofstra University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Nevada,
Fans of podcast Mystery Show will finally have some closure. On October 6th, podcasting giant Gimlet Media and founding Mystery Show host Starlee Kine announced, on separate platforms, that Kine would no longer produce or host the show for Gimlet. Mystery Show was an important member
Politico announced earlier today that it has joined forces with Panoply, Slate Magazine’s podcasting network, to stream its podcasts Off Message and Nerdcast. In the announcement Politico’s President, Poppy MacDonald, said, “this partnership will make it easier for our listeners to tune in each week, as
Earlier this month, Gimlet Media released the trailer for Heavyweight, a new podcast hosted by author and producer Jonathan Goldstein. In an interview for the podcast Startup, Gimlet founder and CEO Alex Blumberg’s introduction of Goldstein says it all: Blumberg: “For people who don’t know,