Pausing for Podcasts: Radiolab Digs Through the Dirt

As I’ve discussed before, I’m addicted to Podcasts. In an era where polemical talk radio dominates the airwaves and in a city like New York where most of us barely listen to radio because we don’t drive to work each day, for me, the “Podcast” as an entity has had quite an impact. I’ve alwaysContinue reading “Pausing for Podcasts: Radiolab Digs Through the Dirt”

PAUSING FOR PODCASTS: DIVORCE GIVING ME CHILLS

There was a new episode of This American Life this weekend, and the theme was “Break-up.” As usual, the entire episode is excellent, but nothing stuck me quite as powerfully as the second act called “But why?” During a very tight 10 minutes, they first played an interview from 1987 when Noah Adams — thenContinue reading “PAUSING FOR PODCASTS: DIVORCE GIVING ME CHILLS”

THIS WEEK’S OLD YET NEW AMERICAN LIFE

I’ll admit it: I was late to the party. I had heard about PRI’s This American Life for years, but it wasn’t until I started regularly subscribing to Podcasts that I became a regular — and utterly addicted — listener. I don’t actually have Showtime right now (yeah, yeah … it’s actually far more disturbingContinue reading “THIS WEEK’S OLD YET NEW AMERICAN LIFE