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Audiofiles: Podcasts We're Listening To This Summer

By Gina Kaufmann,
Matthew Long-Middleton, Andrea Tudhope
Published June 24, 2015 at 12:58 PM CDT

Podcasts are becoming more mainstream all across the country, covering topics from baseball to Macintosh product training, to mystery solving. We explored podcasts with the help of local producer and co-host, Beckett Graham — her podcast is called the History Chicks, which dedicates each episode to one woman in history — and KCUR's own Jeremy Bernfeld, editor of Harvest Public Media, and an informal podcast enthusiast and critic.

Here are some podcasts our guests and listeners recommend:

Jeremy Bernfeld​, editor of KCUR's Harvest Public Media:

  • The Mystery Show: dedicated to solving real-life mysteries, by Starlee Kine, Gimlet Media
  • Effectively Wild: daily baseball coverage, by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller, Baseball Prospectus
  • Fugitive Waves: past and present, pairing old recordings and sound clips with present day tales, by the Kitchen Sisters
  • The Black List Table Reads: screenplays never made into movies, made into radio plays, by Franklin Leonard
  • 99% Invisible: design and architecture, and the invisible activity that shapes the world, by Roman Mars
  • The Moment: pivotal moments in each interviewee's life, by Brian Koppelman

Beckett Graham, producer and co-host of History Chicks:

  • Gilmore Guys: two young men follow and discuss "Gilmore Girls" episode by episode, by Kevin T. Porter and Demi Adejuyigbe
  • The Bowery Boys: New York City history, by Greg Young and Tom Meyers
  • Satellite Sisters: discussions about women and life, by the Dolan sisters
  • The Dinner Party Download: culture, food and conversation to prepare you for your next dinner party, by American Public Media
  • Radiolab: science, philosophy and human experience woven together by music and sound, by WNYC
  • Answer Me This: comedic show answering listener-submitted questions, by Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann

Listener recommendations:

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Gina Kaufmann
People don't make cameos in news stories; the human story is the story, with characters affected by news events, not defined by them. As a columnist and podcaster, I want to acknowledge what it feels like to live through this time in Kansas City, one vantage point at a time. Together, these weekly vignettes form a collage of daily life in Kansas City as it changes in some ways, and stubbornly resists change in others. You can follow me on Twitter @GinaKCUR or email me at gina@kcur.org.
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Matthew Long-Middleton
Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.
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Andrea Tudhope
Andrea Tudhope is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri. She is currently coordinating producer for America Amplified, a national public media community engagement initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
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