singer/songwriter sharing songs, songwriting tips, and random life hacks. Founder of series #songsiwishiwrote | This podcast was created in Anchor. To make your own podcast for free, visit https://anchor.fm/dana-carmel
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Hosted by Leah-Simone Bowen, Podcast Playlist's podcast obsessed producers help you find the best podcasts out there. Each week we curate fresh, exciting and thoughtful stories to help you unearth new podcasts to add to your rotation. From true crime to comedy, from current affairs to audio fiction and everything in between. Each week we take you on a journey with lots of discoveries along the way.Subscribe to
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After almost 400 episodes, six hosts and many (many) hours of podcast listening, Podcast Playlist's run is coming to an end. For our final episode we wanted to share one final podcast playlist with you. A playlist to answer the question we are most frequently asked: what is your favourite podcast episode of all time?
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FLASHBACK: CBC's David Common on catching scammers and the new Marketplace podcast
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This week we're sharing a repeat of one of our favourite episodes from October. As a foreign correspondent, David Common's reporting has taken him to more than 80 countries, including warzones in Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine. But these days he's staying a bit closer to home. David has
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Jonathan the gay tortoise, a trans punk rock show and more stories for Pride Month
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This week on Podcast Playlist, we're celebrating Pride month. In the proverbial starter pack of anti-gay slogans, there's one that has stayed consistent over the years: "It's just not natural!" The only problem with that...is according to science, same-sex relationships are extremely natu…
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FLASHBACK: Jane Marie explores the MLM-to-life-coach pipeline
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This week we're sharing one of our favourite episodes from this season.Life coaches sell promises of prosperity, health and happiness. But do coaches actually help you achieve your goals? That's the question at the heart of Season 3 of The Dream.Having tackled pyramid schemes and the world of we…
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The first cyber-sleuth, why you shouldn't buy an island online, and more of our June favourites
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This week, we're sharing new and notable podcasts from June.First, Todd Matthews was one of the first internet sleuths. He made it his life's mission to give unidentified bodies back their names, and helped create two databases as part of that goal.For years, Todd was haunted by a cold case about two missing b…
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The magic of storytelling with The Moth's Meg Bowles
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The Moth is one of the oldest shows in podcasting. In fact, it pre-dates the medium by several years, having begun in the founder’s living room in 1997. Today, The Moth is an internationally touring live storytelling production and a popular podcast and radio show. This week Leah sits down with The M…
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Shima Oliaee (The Competition) and Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) on their shows and what they're listening to
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This week on Podcast Playlist: Yo, Is This Racist has hilariously tackled questions about racism since 2011. Creator and host Andrew Ti tells us about the show’s evolution and shares his podcast picks.Plus, every summer, the best and brightest teen girls in the US compete in the lucrative “Distinguished Young Women” competition…
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Pitch, Please: George The Poet, Arshy Mann and Allan McLeod tell us about their podcasts
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This week, we’re asking three podcasters to pitch their show to listeners, and we’ll hear a sample of each one. We’re starting with George The Poet. His show is called Have You Heard George’s Podcast? It’s won tons of awards, including a P…
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A peek behind the bars at Guantánamo Bay, the untold story behind "Tainted Love", and more great new podcasts (ft. Sarah Koenig, Dana Chivvis, Novena Carmel, Michael Barnes)
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In the early days of the war on terror, the US captured thousands of alleged “enemy combatants” overseas, but they needed somewhere to hold and interrogate them… without worrying about those pesky Geneva Conventions. Guantánamo Bay was the perfect solution. But not long after it opened, the truth of its makeshift justice s…
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Josh Gwynn digs into the reality show that marooned 40 kids in the desert, and shares his favourite podcasts
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This week on Podcast Playlist, Leah is joined by Josh Gwynn, host of the new CBC podcast Split Screen: Kid Nation. The podcast revisits the 2007 reality TV show Kid Nation, where 40 children were left…
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Shakespeare behind bars, the (not-so) scientific art of manifesting your dreams, and more of our greatest hits
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Whether it's in your high school English class or one of the many Shakespeare-inspired 90s rom-coms (10 Things I Hate About You, anybody?), most of us have encountered Shakespeare in some form or another. Another place you can find the Bard? California's Centinela State Prison. The podcast Where There's a Will: Finding Sha…
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The unsolved murder of an 80s counterculture icon, a different kind of doping, and more true crime stories (ft. Penelope Spheeris)
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This week on Podcast Playlist, we’re listening to true crime. During the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, there was a huge amount of online hate directed towards Amber. But what if that was all part of an organized campaign? We’ll find out on Who Trolled Amber. Plus, even if you’ve never heard of Peter…
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FLASHBACK: Our producers pick their favourite shows you might have missed
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To make this show, our team listens through hours upon hours of audio. But sometimes, a few excellent shows will slip through the cracks.This week, Leah is joined by the Podcast Playlist crew to share some amazing podcasts that you may have missed.Like Once upon a time...at Bennington College. Our se…
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The Avril Lavigne body double conspiracy theory, time-travelling trivia, and more great shows for April (ft. Simone Polanen)
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You might have heard of a popular conspiracy theory about one of Canada's most famous rock stars. Avril Lavigne died in 2003, and her record label secretly replaced her with a body double who has been living as an impostor ever since. Could it be true? Probably not, but comedian Joanne McNally helps us find out o…
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The radio DJ who debuted at age 73, a 20-year quest to get on Jeopardy, and more stories of late bloomers
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This week on Podcast Playlist we're listening to stories about late bloomers. The first time Jean Westcott auditioned for Jeopardy, she had to wait 18 months to see if she made it. She never got the call. But instead of giving up, she auditioned again… and again… and again… for 20 years. We’ll hear her story.P…
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The unwritten rules of mosh pits, unpacking the influence of Christian rock, and more stories about rock 'n roll
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This week on Podcast Playlist, we’re featuring podcasts about rock and roll. Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often called “The Godmother of Rock and Roll” and inspired artists like Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Aretha Franklin… Yet she’s been largely left out of the history books. The podcast They Did That tells her story.…
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The man who robbed a Vegas casino and then moved in, and more stories about scammers and thieves
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One early morning in December 2010, Tony Carleo rolled up to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Dressed in a full motorcycle jumpsuit, gloves and helmet, he took out a pistol and robbed $1.5 million worth of casino chips. But that wasn’t all. Soon after he returned, and he used the very money he stole to…
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The history of Pornhub, a challenge to the ethics of podcasting, and more new and notable shows (ft. Samantha Cole, Jess Shane)
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When you think of Canadian cultural exports, you probably don’t think of porn. But Montreal is home to a little website you may have heard of: Pornhub. On The Pornhub Empire: Understood, we’ll hear the little-known story of the company’s history. Plus, Leah sits down with host Samantha Cole to learn more.
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The rise and fall of 1-900 phone lines, rigging the lottery, and more stories about numbers
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This week, we’re listening to one, two, three, four, five, six different podcasts all about numbers.In the 80s, your favourite celebrities were just one dial away. And about $3 per minute, of course. But what’s a couple extra bucks on the phone bill, if it means chatting with your favourite superstars, psychics, or potential sp…
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Pitch, please: three history podcasters tell us why we should listen to their shows
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This week, Leah sat down with the hosts of three history podcasts to learn about their shows. Martine Powers from The Washington Post's The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop, Tim Harford from Pushkin's Cautionary Tales and Ramtin Arablouei from NPR's Throughline.First, Martine Powers tells us about The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop…
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FLASHBACK: Normal Gossip host Kelsey McKinney on how gossip brings us all closer together
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*This episode was first broadcast June 2023This week on Podcast Playlist: Gossip. Whether you’ve been a part of spreading it or have been at the centre of it, we’ve all had experience with gossip in one form or another. Some may argue that dishing the dirt can ruin lives, but it also has a unique ability to bring people together. The podcast Normal…
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Hollywood's communist blacklist and more February favourites
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This week on Podcast Playlist we’re sharing some of the best new and notable podcasts. Charlie Chaplin is one of the most important people in the history of cinema. But he wasn’t universally admired in his heyday, and he had some powerful enemies, including J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Hoover became obsessed with Chaplin, and was certain he was a c…
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Dan Harris says you're actually not as bad at meditation as you think
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When former ABC News anchor Dan Harris had a panic attack on live TV, he knew he needed a change. He took up meditation, and wrote a book called Ten Percent Happier. Ten years later, that book is an international bestseller, and has morphed into a popular meditation app and a podcast of the same name. This week on Podcast Playlist, Dan Harris joins…
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How an investigative podcast helped get justice for an Ontario family, plus new and notable podcasts for January (ft. Yusuf Zine, Ronald Young Jr. & Ian Coss)
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This week on Podcast Playlist we're sharing new and notable podcasts for January, along with some interviews from the podcast world. First: In 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was killed by guards at an Ontario jail. An inquest last month determined his death was a homicide, but the podcast Unascertained reached that conclusion more than two years ago. Leah s…
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Singer, songwriter and author Dana Carmel talks about music (new and old), songwriting tips, pop culture and any other stories that help us learn. For the musically curious and creatively inclined.
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Singer, songwriter and author Dana Carmel talks about music (new and old), songwriting tips, pop culture and any other stories that help us learn. For the musically curious and creatively inclined.
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Singer, songwriter and author Dana Carmel talks about music (new and old), songwriting tips, pop culture and any other stories that help us learn. For the musically curious and creatively inclined....
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Singer, songwriter and author Dana Carmel talks about music (new and old), songwriting tips, pop culture and any other stories that help us learn. For the musically curious and creatively inclined.
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