Neil Verma discusses how Serial host Sarah Koenig's obsession was the real protagonist of the podcast's first season, and how the new second season differs narratively and tonally because she tells the story without becoming a character in it.
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Tags: Bowe Bergdahl, Mark Boal, podcast, podcasting, radio, Sarah Koenig, Serial, Taliban, This American Life
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Mark Lashley notes the rise of fan podcasts within the comedy community by discussing Adam Scott and Scott Aukerman's U Talkin' U2 To Me, and the ways in which performances of fandom are complicated by the hosts' celebrity and industry connections.
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Tags: Adam Scott, fandom, Kumail Nanjiani, podcast, podcasting, Scott Aukerman, The X-Files Files, U Talkin' U2 To Me?, U2, WTF With Marc Maron
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Brian Fauteux inaugurates our "The Podcast Review" series with an analysis of The Only Music Podcast, a music podcast from Gothenburg, Sweden that offers a refreshing take on the music industries by critically engaging with bi-weekly topics.
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Tags: Bjork, Has It Leaked, iTunes, Jamie xx, KEXP, media industries, Mojib, music industries, music licensing, NPR, podcast, podcasting, popular music, radio, Robyn, Telegram Studios, The Only Music Podcast, Tidal, Tula
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Listen to "Radioed Voices," a radio documentary/podcast paying tribute to media studies scholar and cultural historian Michele Hilmes on the occasion of her retirement.
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Tags: documentary, Media and Cultural Studies, Michele Hilmes, podcast, radio, radio studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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The influence and overlap between the worlds of podcasting and television (and live comedy) is expanding as visual and audio media continue to fragment, making issues of narrative construction and narrative influence ripe for questioning,
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Tags: Andy Daly, Chris Hardwick, comedy, Comedy Bang Bang, comedy television, Marc Maron, Nerdist, Paul F. Tompkins, Pete Holmes, podcast, podcasting, television, The Joe Rogan Experience, TV, WTF With Marc Maron
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In the final installment of this series on podcaster Bob Frantz and his venture Boneyard Industries, the frustration that comes with advertising and getting local listeners on board is explored.
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Tags: Bob Frantz, bob's boneyard, Boneyard Industries, Dork Trek, Get Mommy a Drink, local media, local podcasts, local radio, mike and bob show, podcast, podcasting, podcasts, Torres Vs. Zombies
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Is there any such thing as local digital media? Looking at the case of local podcasts, Tim Anderson argues that people indeed do, and always have, inscribed the local in their digital media creations.
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Tags: Arbitron, Bob Frantz, bob's boneyard, hampton roads, internet, Kickstarter, local media, local radio, new media, podcast, podcasting, radio, Star Trek, The Mike and Bob Show, virginia beach, YouTube
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