Unread is a brief four-episode nonfiction piece built on a personal tragedy wrapped in a mystery that comes with a hell of a hook. In late , the writer and academic Chris Stedman received the very worst type of message you could get: the final note from a friend who had just taken his own life.
But the message also contained something else. His friend had been a Britney Spears superfan, and in the message, he left a link to audio files containing conversations between him and a woman he had met on a Spears fan forum — a woman who, in many ways, sounded a lot like the pop icon herself. They had talked about this person before, marveling at the question of her identity. The audio files, then, were a good-bye present of a sort, an offering of one last adventure shared with a friend.
Grappling with the loss, Stedman sets out to find this person, recording his journey along the way. Gentle, smartly edited, and beautifully written, what he makes is a moving tribute to a friend. Decoder Ring Slate. However, since switching from a somewhat sporadic publishing schedule into a more consistent seasonal structure earlier this year, the podcast has been pitching at a whole different level. Maintenance Phase Independent. Maintenance Phase has had quite the first year.
This podcast, which takes a chainsaw to questionable health fads and cultural ideas, covered considerable ground in its first 12 months, hitting subjects ranging from the body mass index and the magical thinking around celery juice to the many sins of Dr. Oz and the wellness-to-QAnon pipeline. The show quickly amassed a tremendous following, consistently charting well and driving a ton of conversation along the way.
Both are smart, thoughtful projects driven by a strong belief in vigorous research and a better world. What can I say? More specifically, this is a podcast that dissects how a song is made and why it gets stuck in our heads.
Every episode is worth a listen, but if you're looking for something specific for example: why do we love Prince so much? You're guaranteed to land on something interesting. Guests present their disputes — both petty and serious — to Judge John Hodgman.
No, he is not an actual judge, but enough of an impartial comedian to try and solve issues. Warning: there will be laughs. We asked actors for the best movies of all time, from comedies and classic romances to blockbusters and foreign gems.
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The idea was simple. Once that plane is full, the "captain" pockets all the cash and each passengers moves up a rung on the ladder towards being the "captain" of their own plane. While a few early joiners revelled in what appeared to be an limitless money machine, those towards the bottom wasted thousands. In The Dream , Jane Marie explores every facet of multi-level marketing schemes, from the heady get-rich-quick days of the Plane Game to the pyramid schemes that are rife on Instagram and Facebook.
Get ready to meet some strange characters behind multi-level marketing schemes and the people who had their lives changed by them forever in unexpected ways. What does lab grown meat have in common with a potato? Strange and unappetising, the vegetable was initially shunned by Europeans when it was first imported to the continent in the mid-sixteenth century, but soon it became a staple crop for millions. Lab grown meat, argue Slate's Seth Stevenson and The Economist's Tom Standage in one episode, may well become the new basis of our future diets.
Every week the journalists dig up a story from the history books that gives a hint about where we might heading in the future. Whether they're discussing the return of wind-powered ships or investigating the link between the phonograph and online music, each episode of The Secret History of the Future is crammed with new ways of looking at the modern world.
Step inside the walls San Quentin State Prison for a podcast exploring every facet of life behind bars. Co-hosted by former San Quentin inmate Earlonne Woods and the visual artist Nigel Poor, every episode of Ear Hustle looks at the challenges of prison life — and the struggle to reintegrate on the outside — told through the words of inmates themselves. In prison, even the most trivial things take on an outsized significance, with episodes going in-depth on the trials of dating from prison, the politics of friendships and the crucial role that postage stamps play in the incarcerated economy.
As he takes us through stories of the 'refs' who adjudicate and pass judgement in worlds like finance, art, charity and sport, Michael Lewis always sounds slightly amused, even as he's digging into the decline in the power of fair, neutral referees and regulators, and the rise of biased ones, in every industry and aspect of our lives.
Maybe the author of Moneyball and The Big Short knows something we don't or maybe you just have to laugh when story after story shows how susceptible most people are to some sort of incentivised behaviour or corruption. Against The Rules is from Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg's new-ish podcast joint Pushkin Industries and despite the fact it makes us pretty despondent about our fellow humans, it's a hoot.
Also available as a standalone, six episode series, each instalment takes on one specific detail about clothing — plaid, pockets, blue jeans — and digs into their history, looking at everything from class and gender to the impact of the loom on computer programming.
Considered analysis about the tech industry by two hosts who really know what they're talking about. For smart, well-thought-out analysis of the biggest trends shaping the tech industry, look no further than Exponent. Hosted by Ben Thompson, the writer of one of the most highly-regarded tech blogs and newsletters, Stratechery , and James Allworth, head of innovation at Cloudflare, each episode dissects the workings of the tech industry from a strategic point of view.
With a leaning towards the business side of things, rather than the cultural implications of technology, Exponent draws links between companies and headlines to really bring to the fore the trends that are driving the tech industry today. After a few episodes in, you'll begin to realise that although it feels like we're in truly uncharted technology, there is usually an antecedent to the situations tech companies end up in today, and getting your brain out of the latest headlines can reveal much about where you can expect firms to head in the future.
In-depth discussions of important topics that aren't in the headlines. Every week, Answer me This! The scope of the show is huge and you can expect to hear stories about science, politics and culture dissected and vociferously debated. If you're bored of the same old headlines about Trump and Brexit, The Week Unwrapped is the perfect podcast to peek behind the news agenda and sink your teeth into something a little more substantial.
Guests include Sue Unerman on gender inequality in the workplace, Rob Briner on evidence-based management and Cal Newport on digital minimalism. Analysis of national security and global events from real experts in defence policy. Politically-inclined podcasts in the UK and US are so often obsessed with the insular admittedly juicy goings-on of Westminster and Washington. Bombshell has a bit of that but the chat is much more obsessed with national security and whatever the international crisis is that fortnight — the Middle East, Venezuela, US trade with China — as it's twice monthly.
As a bonus treat, there's in-the-know special guests and delightful pop culture asides too. Documentary series about one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U. Believed from NPR tells the horrific story of Larry Nassar, the US Olympic gymnastics doctor got away with sexually abusing hundreds of young girls over several decades under the cover of "medical" procedures.
The series forensically details how he got away with his crimes, playing on the trust in him that led many parents not to believe their children when they accused him, and the institutional failures that led him to evade numerous investigations.
The content is heavy with North American stories — that is, Trump-related news — but it is delivered so neatly that you are sure to laugh along. Particularly recommended if you are into rants and impressions. Everything around us in the non-natural world has been designed and shaped by human beings. As an added bonus, host Roman Mars has one of the smoothest voices in podcasting. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds is the most fun you will ever have during a history lesson.
Every week, Anthony reads a story from American history to Reynolds who has no idea what the topic is going to be about.
This power dynamic puts Reynolds in the place of the listener, and the ensuing reactions are hilariously relatable — with just the right amount of mockery. The hosts make this podcast genuinely funny, whilst successfully teaching you about some seriously interesting topics, from the Radium Girls who rotted away, the history of Opium in the US and a shrewd look at Uber. The Tip Off asks journalists to explain how they got the leads for their biggest stories.
This weekly podcast gives a satisfyingly dramatic look at the detective work behind journalism. There will be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and close shaves with despotic regimes. However, while all of these are worth a listen, what you really stay for is the episode on the Panama Papers. Hosted by investigative journalist Maeve McClenaghan, she asks the journalists who led the investigation how they managed to keep the biggest data leak in history a secret for so long.
The incredible story of a Nasa experiment testing what life on Mars would be like. In January , Nasa placed six people inside a dome at the base of at the summit of a Hawaiian volcano. And then the space agency left them there. For an entire year. The Habitat follows six imitation astronauts taking part in an experiment designed to test how real astronauts would survive in cramped quarters during a long and lonely mission to Mars.
The result is a striking documentary series that's part Big Brother and part The Martian , told through interviews and audio diaries. For those not familiar, Azhar is a former technology entrepreneur and journalist with a serious interest in exponential technologies — those, like AI, that are rapidly developing and changing business, political economy and society. This podcast will take you down some of the strangest online rabbit holes that you never knew existed. Whether it's exploring why mysterious Amazon packages keep getting sent to random addresses or finding out who is really behind those annoying call centre scams, Reply All is an investigative podcast about things you see on the internet but usually dismiss in an instant.
Host Guy Raz speaks to a different entrepreneur in each episode, and has them recount how they built their business.
Funny and honest, Ctrl Alt Delete brings a much needed female perspective to the internet. As the former social media editor of British Glamour, Emma Gannon draws on her own experiences online to discusses the world of work and existing online with her high profile guests.
If you are worried about how employable you will be in five years, worry not. From dealing with trolls to baring your soul on social media, this series has never been more relevant for emerging women in the workplace. Each week, researchers from the TV show QI gather around a microphone and share discoveries from that week. True to the show's name, the topics are usually quite interesting. From getting ants drunk to whether humans are magnetic, listen in to swot up on the most niche facts that the brains behind QI have to offer.
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