Office Hours with the Podcast Librarian

Are you launching a new show? Have a new season in the works? Pitch your show to the Podcast Librarian — live and in person! Hi! I’m Ma’ayan. As RadioPublic’s Podcast Librarian, I research, curate, and recommend podcasts to listeners and people who write about podcasts. I’ll be at several podcast and audio conferences this year and I’d … Continue reading Office Hours with the Podcast Librarian

Beyond the sportscast, and beyond the bounds of earth

This week’s podcast playlists on RadioPublic Podcast playlists from the people behind The Players' Tribune, Wolf 359, Nashville Public Radio, and Heritage Radio Network. Beyond Sportscasting The Players' Tribune selects episodes that go beyond stat sheets. These audio stories attempt to pull our heroes and the games they play down from their pedestals — letting that vulnerability … Continue reading Beyond the sportscast, and beyond the bounds of earth

Why journalists, reporters, and writers need a podcast librarian

You write things. I find things. Let’s work together. Editors and writers: complete our initial research request and we’ll set up a time to talk. There are a whole lot of podcasts available, and you like to write about them — maybe you love to listen and want to spread the good word, maybe it’s a good … Continue reading Why journalists, reporters, and writers need a podcast librarian

“Siri, bring me a margarita”

This week’s podcast playlists on RadioPublic Podcast playlists from the people behind Mozilla’s IRL, Side Hustle School, Paper Radio, HBS Digital Initiative, and Heritage Radio Network. A Healthy Internet Veronica Belmont, host of Mozilla’s podcast IRL, kicks off this playlist with real stories of life online and real talk about the future of the Web. Summer … Continue reading “Siri, bring me a margarita”

Pride, patriotism, and a local view of the American Revolution

This week’s podcast playlists on RadioPublic Podcast playlists from the people behind 30 for 30, Not By Accident, WHYY’s The Pulse, The Freepoint Hotel, and Podcast Brunch Club. LGBTQ+ Stories Explorations of identity, community, courage, vulnerability and family, from Not By Accident’s Sophie Harper. American Stories As Independence Day approaches, Paige Pfleger from WHYY’s national … Continue reading Pride, patriotism, and a local view of the American Revolution

How listener-centric podcast categories for RadioPublic came to be

Or, “Who decided this was the best way to organize things, anyway?” If reading about process and strategy is your jam, you’re in exactly the right place — or maybe you stumbled across this article from RadioPublic’s announcement of listener-centric categories. Once you’re done reading, explore our categories in full to begin listening. Our process and approach I’ve spent … Continue reading How listener-centric podcast categories for RadioPublic came to be

The complete guide to RadioPublic’s categories

A better way to find what podcast to listen to next Read our announcement of listener-centric categories and the background for creating them in the first place. If you’re on your phone, tap on any of these links to open them in the RadioPublic app for iOS or Android, and now you’re but one step away … Continue reading The complete guide to RadioPublic’s categories

A place for every podcast, every podcast in its place

A rethinking of podcast categories for RadioPublic Introducing listener-centric categorization As an ever-curious listener and always-encourager of trying new shows, I spend quite a bit of time thinking about how people find things. And while it’s frustrating to say, I believe the current systems are broken. Most people find shows through the top charts — which are … Continue reading A place for every podcast, every podcast in its place

A podcast enthusiast’s best of the best

…and this week’s podcast playlists Podcast playlists from the people behind Hi-Phi Nation, Audible Feast, and the Radiotopia network — and author Danielle LaPorte. Delicious Ingredients Every week, Audible Feast publishes the most delicious ingredients of their listening menu: the scrumptious, delectable, savory, rich, sweet, and best podcasts that have fed their ears all week. Organized Sound … Continue reading A podcast enthusiast’s best of the best

A hotly-anticipated peek at life on the inside

This week’s podcast playlists Podcast playlists from the people behind Eleanor Amplified, Jules & James, Design Matters, and the Radiotopia network. Doing Time To celebrate the launch of Ear Hustle this week, all of Radiotopia’s shows are producing episodes around a common theme: Doing Time. Follow this playlist to hear each episode as soon as … Continue reading A hotly-anticipated peek at life on the inside