A whole podcast genre has developed around devices that put giant sound libraries inside people's pockets. Podcast-lovers enjoy the "headspace you can crawl into when you're listening to incredible radio," says audio-whiz Andrea Silenzi. "You kind of travel to this other space with a podcast." Our guests debate the hugely popular Serial, and discuss their top recommendations for podcast listening.
Audiofiles Recommend:
Andrea Silenzi, producer of The Gist and creator of Why Oh Why, recommends
- Death, Sex and Money
- Strangers
- The Broad Experience
- The Longest Shortest Time
- Call Chelsea Peretti
- StartUp
Matthew Long-Middleton, producer of Central Standard, recommends
- 99% invisible
- The Heart
- Song Exploder
- Love and Radio
- Memory Palace
- WTF with Marc Maron
- All Songs Considered
- CuriousCity
Matt Staub, producer of Is There There There?, recommends
Listeners Recommend:
- Serial
- The /Film Cast
- Here's The Thing, with Alec Baldwin
- NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour
- The Moth
- This American Life
- The Nerdist
- The Naked Scientists
- Snap Judgment
- Stuff You Should Know
- pitch
- Freakonomics
- Nerdette
- How Was Your Week?
- I Was There Too
- Stuff You Missed In History Class
- Tapestry
- In Our Time
- Go Fork Yourself
- Catholic Underground
- The History Chicks
