5 things to hear this week The backstory: Every week at RadioPublic, we highlight a new set of hand-curated #PodcastPlaylists — think old-school mix tape, but for podcast episodes. Some share a theme, and others are a selection of favorites from tastemakers like authors, podcast hosts, and publications. Want to be the first to hear when new playlists … Continue reading We got you a present: the best episodes of 2016
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Surprises, family road trips, holiday listening… and all the feels.
5 Things To Hear This Week The backstory: Every week at RadioPublic, we highlight a new set of hand-curated #PodcastPlaylists — think old-school mix tape, but for podcast episodes. Some share a theme, and others are a selection of favorites from tastemakers like authors, podcast hosts, and publications. Want to be the first to hear when new playlists … Continue reading Surprises, family road trips, holiday listening… and all the feels.
Grab the popcorn
5 Things To Hear This Week The backstory: Every week at RadioPublic, we highlight a new set of hand-curated #PodcastPlaylists — think old-school mix tape, but for podcast episodes. Some share a theme, and others are a selection of favorites from tastemakers like authors, podcast hosts, and publications. Want to be the first to hear when new playlists … Continue reading Grab the popcorn
Facts, fascinations, and family fun
5 things to hear this week The backstory: Every week at RadioPublic, we highlight a new set of hand-curated #PodcastPlaylists — think old-school mix tape, but for podcast episodes. Some share a theme, and others are a selection of favorites from tastemakers like authors, podcast hosts, and publications. Want to be the first to hear when new playlists … Continue reading Facts, fascinations, and family fun
Find me fantasy football podcasts
Things I never thought about until a request came to the Podcast Librarian reference desk: how many fantasy football podcasts are there? The answer: lots, ranging from the daily update podcast to the all-fantasy-teams-all-the-time podcasts, and ranging in content from news to strategy. Here are three shows to help you manage your team better this … Continue reading Find me fantasy football podcasts
I love longform narrative non-fiction.
The first-person narrative abounds in podcast form, but for this request, I focused on shows that remained with a single character of the course of many episodes rather than shows that go deep on different characters for each episode. (On the list of this listener’s favorite shows were two hybrid personal narratives over many episodes … Continue reading I love longform narrative non-fiction.
More true crime/mystery shows like Criminal or Sword and Scale?
True crime and mystery podcasts tend to intertwine, so my recommendations for a listener seeking more shows like Criminal and Sword and Scale are somewhat of a hybrid of these genres. And with the sheer number of crime podcasts growing each day, I decided to find some shows that appear to be lesser known but … Continue reading More true crime/mystery shows like Criminal or Sword and Scale?
I like All Ears English.
With this listener, I stayed close to the action-driven model of language learning present All Ears English with my recommendations, though following this request, I’m also now on the lookout for shows that would serve as good listening for a new-to-English speaker. Then there are two short shows — think about them as small lessons to fit … Continue reading I like All Ears English.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Podcasts
(Plus if you have any food or background listening podcasts.) A small joy while fulfilling Podcast Librarian requests: our listeners are curious about literally everything, so I’m tickled when I match a podcast with their interests, especially if I never thought to look for a show related to that topic before. For this requester, I … Continue reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Podcasts
I love listening to music related shows
(As well as funny, interesting, and in-depth things.) When I receive a broad thematic topics with some tonal qualities included, it’s setting up a creative framework to explore that theme into as many ways as possible. In short, as a librarian, I find these prompts to be an opportunity to explore form through content. For … Continue reading I love listening to music related shows