Best David Blum Podcasts (2024)

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comedian Chad Riden 1:16:40

5h ago1:16:40

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Please subscribe and rate us on your preferred podcast platform and sign up for the patreon! Chad Riden currently lives on the Taos County, New Mexico high desert mesa where he is building a sustainable, off the grid compound with some awesome friends while producing comedy shows for the TaosComedy 501c3 non-profit. Riden has appeared on “The Daily…

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140* Other Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith (EF, JP) 50:09

2h ago50:09

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Peter Godfrey-Smith knows his cephalopods. Once of CUNY and now a professor of history and philosophy of science at University of Sydney, his truly capacious career includes books such as Theory and Reality (2003; 2nd edition in 2020), Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (2009) and most recently Metazoa. RtB--including two Brandeis undergra…

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Ep. 390 - Justin Kuritzkes - Queer/Challengers 46:04

1d ago46:04

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In this episode, host Josephine Green Zhang talks with Queer and Challengers screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes about collaborating with director Luca Guadagnino, the challenges of adaptation, and more.

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27 - Trauma is Integral with Jolly Olive 1:13:32

5d ago1:13:32

1:13:32

For episode 27 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Jolly Olive to talk about picking a channel name, preserving and passing down the stories of Guys via YouTube, Freddy Sanchez's gifts, getting arrested for murder in Altoona, people watching his livestream reactions, some dude named Juan Soto, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and…

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16: Resources for your small business 1:02:11

7d ago1:02:11

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This episode features a conversation about business, with ceramic artists and hosts of the Wheel Talk podcast- Ryan Durbin and Becca Otis. They share resources for starting and maintaining a small business, including the value of creating a community of entrepreneurs to share your experience. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCE…

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Ep. 389 - David Scarpa - Gladiator II 50:33

12d ago50:33

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In this episode, host Moon Zappa speaks with screenwriter David Scarpa (Napoleon, All the Money in the World) about Gladiator II, crafting historical epics, the creative challenges of sequels, and more.

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139 Recall This Story: Ivan Kreilkamp on Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle" (JP) 1:05:15

12d ago1:05:15

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Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final boo…

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26 - The Everything App with Fabian Ardaya 1:15:55

12d ago1:15:55

1:15:55

For episode 26 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya to talk about when Italians attack, going from the Angels to the Dodgers, his favorite players to cover, fabricated uxoricide, Bob, breaking news, working on what remains of X, The Everything App, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Dooli…

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138c Herbert Hoover gave us Woody Guthrie (with David Cunningham) 24:27

24d ago24:27

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Welcome to the final episode of What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. David Cunningham, chair of Sociology at Washington University in St Louis, is author of Klansville, USA (Oxford UP, 2014) and There’s Something Happening Here…

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138b Ronald Reagan Gave Us Punk Rock (with Vincent Brown) 21:09

25d ago21:09

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Welcome to What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. In this episode, Vincent Brown (History professor at Harvard) last spoke with us about his own work on Caribbean slave revolts; his many other well-known projects include the rece…

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Ep. 388 - Sean Baker - Anora 39:26

26d ago39:26

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Host Kristina Woo talks with screenwriter-director Sean Baker (Red Rocket, The Florida Project, Tangerine) about his latest film Anora, the nuts & bolts of indie filmmaking, handling tonal shifts, and more.

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138a An Existential Fight between Green and Carbon Assets (with Mark Blyth) 33:50

26d ago33:50

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Welcome to What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. Mark Blyth (whose planned February 2020 appearance was scrubbed by the pandemic) is an international economist from Brown University, whose many books for both scholars and a popu…

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comedy journalist Julie Seabaugh 1:25:06

26d ago1:25:06

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Please subscribe and rate us on your preferred podcast platform and sign up for the patreon! As a professional comedy journalist of more than two decades, Julie Seabaugh has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, GQ, The Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, and numerous other titles. Her cov…

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25 - Relievers Have Done Worse Things with Andrew Miller 1:08:32

1M ago1:08:32

1:08:32

For episode 25 of Staffcast, Sean and Richard are joined by former major league reliever and current MLBPA special assistant Andrew Miller to talk about his new job with the union, being the model for current playoff pitching usage, going back to college, MLB's freakiest stadiums, pitching in Game 7 of the World Series, getting an RBI against Greg …

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Season Finale: with Daedalus Howell of the Pac Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin IJ 26:18

1M ago26:18

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Send us a text For our Season Five Finale, we welcome Leanne Battelle, the restaurant review writer for the Marin Independent Journal (and the editor of the Real Deal Marin website) and Daedalus Howell, the editor of the Pacific Sun (and Bohemian) for a lively discussion on the state of the restaurant business…

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Ep. 387 - Debora Cahn – The Diplomat 29:32

1M ago29:32

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In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with The Diplomat creator-showrunner Debora Cahn about Season Two of Netflix’s political drama series, how the show’s writers’ aim for authenticity, and more.

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15: Making it work: The Modern Studio Potter 56:21

1M ago56:21

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Today, we are featuring a conversation with Carole Epp, Naomi Clement, Diana Adams, and Sarah Pike about their approach to making a living as a potter in the digital age. Each of these three trailblazing artists has figured out how to make a living as a full-time potter on their own terms. From sold-out online shop updates to setting up a virtual s…

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Season Five: Damon Boelte, brand manager for King Floyd's bitters and the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Army bar 18:45

1M ago18:45

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Send us a text We welcome Damon Boelte, the owner of the award-winning Downtown Brooklyn cocktail bar, Grand Army, as well as the host of the acclaimed radio show, The Speakeasy, which recently won the award for Best Broadcast from Tales of the Cocktail, to talk about cocktail competitions.By Jeff Burkhart Kevin Blum Damon Boelte

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24 - I'm Here With Bugs with David Roth 1:24:21

2M ago1:24:21

1:24:21

For episode 24 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Defector's David Roth to talk about Remembering Some Guy Fieri, the simple joys of Donruss cards, Frye Guys, betting slop, Mike Francesa, RFK Jr., and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com…

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Elk Hunting with Elliot Broder 1:32:37

2M ago1:32:37

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Please subscribe and rate us on your preferred podcast platform and sign up for the patreon! Thanks for listening! Elliot Broder is a standup comedian, DIY agriculture enthusiast, and former unofficial spokesperson of U.S. Catfish. You can find him at @mikehawkburns on Instagram, Threads, etc. I met Elliot a couple of times over the years while doi…

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Ep. 386 - Sanjay Shah – Everybody Still Hates Chris 1:03:58

2M ago1:03:58

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On this episode host Jonterri Gadson talks with Everybody Still Hates Chris developer-showrunner Sanjay Shah about how he got the Comedy Central animated series WGA-covered, the creative challenges of live-action vs. animation, his best tips for selling your pitch, and more.

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137 David Peña-Guzmán: Animals Dream and That Makes Them Morally Considerable (JP) 51:08

2M ago51:08

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In his marvelous new book, When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2023), David Peña-Guzmán (SF State as well as the lovely philosophical podcast Overthink) offers up something new in animal studies--"a philosophical interpretation of biological subjectivity." Although we share no linguistic schema with animals t…

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23 - The Mets or Cambodia with Noah Kulwin 1:35:13

2M ago1:35:13

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For episode 23 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard mark the belated first anniversary of the show with Blowback's Noah Kulwin and talk about the Sphere New Deal, the beautiful Mets, criminal memorabilia, Richard Nixon's most evil deeds, marine layers, the new season of Blowback, and more! Listen to the first episode of season 5 of Blowback and sub…

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Ep. 385 - WGAW Public Policy Priorities with Laura Blum-Smith 33:43

2M ago33:43

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On this episode, with 2024 elections just a few weeks away, campaign season is in full swing. WGAW Senior Research and Public Policy Director Laura Blum-Smith joins Kristina Woo to talk about WGAW’s policy priorities. To learn more about the guild's policy priorities visit https://www.wga.org/public-policy…

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136* Beth Blum on Self-Help, Dale Carnegie to Today (JP) 29:44

2M ago29:44

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Beth Blum, Associate Professor of English at Harvard, is the author of The Self-Help Compulsion (Columbia University Press 2019). In 2020, she spoke with John about how self-help went from its Victorian roots (worship greatness!) to the ingratiating unctuous style prescribed by the other-directed Dale Carnegie (everyone loves the sound of their own…

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Season Five: Jason Sims, managing partner of the new Corner Bar in Mill Valley 16:19

2M ago16:19

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Send us a text We welcome back to the program well-traveled Marin mixologist Jason Sims, who is not only Bungalow 44's longtime managing partner, but now also the managing partner of the newly opened Corner Bar in Mill ValleyBy Jeff Burkhart Kevin Blum Jason Sims

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Ep. 384 - Megan Park - My Old Ass 43:26

2M ago43:26

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Host Josephine Green Zhang talks with filmmaker Megan Park about her latest film, the coming-of age comedy My Old Ass, making the transition from acting to writing and directing, finding her authentic voice, and more.

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14: Glaze Doctors - For Flux Sake Live! 1:02:03

2M ago1:02:03

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This episode features a conversation about glaze development and troubleshooting with Kathy King, Matt Katz, and Rose Katz. Listen as the panel of experts answer audience questions in this fired-up live recording of the For Flux Sake podcast that happened in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, VA. Special thanks to The Bric…

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135.2 Recall This Story: Part 2 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP) 54:51

2M ago54:51

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You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Y…

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135.1 Recall This Story: Part 1 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP) 48:23

2M ago48:23

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Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's m…

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Ep. 383 - Lauren LeFranc - The Penguin 43:09

3M ago43:09

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Host Jasmyne Peck speaks with The Penguin developer-showrunner Lauren LeFranc about how the Max limited series explores the rise of the Gotham crime lord as a character study, the challenges of staying true to The Batman universe, and more.

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22 - Quietly Detested with Sam Blum 1:00:50

3M ago1:00:50

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For episode 22 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host Chelsea Janes are joined by the Athletic's Sam Blum to talk about the horrors of the 2024 White Sox, the post-Shohei Angels, being on the Major League injured list, getting booed as a writer, the joys of covering awful teams, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter:…

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Ep. 382 - Union Town: Casting by Teamsters with Allison Jones & Sherry Thomas 58:19

3M ago58:19

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Back by popular demand, we have members of the Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 —this time from the Casting Department. Teamsters Local 399 and their New York counterparts in Teamsters Local 817 began contract negotiating with the studios on August 26th for Casting Directors, Associate Casting Directors, and newly organized Casting Assistants. Host an…

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134* Etherized: Anne Enright in a Novel Dialogue Conversation (Paige Reynolds, JP) 44:46

3M ago44:46

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Anne Enright, writer, critic, Booker winner, kindly made time back in 2023 for Irish literature maven Paige Reynolds and for John Plotz in his role as host for our sister podcast, Novel Dialogue. In this conversation, she reads from The Wren, The Wren and says we don’t yet know if the web has become a space of exposure or of authority. We can be su…

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21 - I've Done Some Research on Gobbler's Knob with Devin Mesoraco 59:24

3M ago59:24

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For episode 21 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by guest host Emma Baccellieri and Devin Mesoraco to talk about life in Punxsutawney, retiring from baseball, moving to coaching, catching Jacob deGrom, the catcher-umpire relationship, being the only Twitter account Joey Votto follows, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on…

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13: Growing a Thriving Community 57:56

3M ago57:56

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Today we are featuring a conversation on growing a thriving community that was moderated by Cammi Clamico, and features Holly Hanessian, Dallas Roquemore and Heather Mae Erickson. The group talks about building communities through nonprofit programming, education curriculum, and project-based social practice. This episode was a live recording of th…

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Ep. 381 - Alma Har'el - Lady in the Lake 47:16

4M ago47:16

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Host Moon Zappa speaks with filmmaker Alma Har’el (Honey Boy) about creating, showrunning, and directing the AppleTV+ limited series Lady in the Lake, centering women in the narrative, finding the show’s aesthetic, and more.

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133 Beri Marusic on Grief and other Expiring Emotions (Katie Elliott, JP) 1:05:30

3M ago1:05:30

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Why is that when a loved one dies, grief seems inescapable--and then diminishes? The brilliant Edinburgh philosopher Berislav Marusic's "Do Reasons Expire? An Essay on Grief" begins with his grief for the unexpected and early loss of his mother: "I stopped grieving or at least the grief diminished, yet the reason didn't really change. It's not like…

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Ep. 380 - Katie Robbins - Sunny 44:48

4M ago44:48

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Host Kristina Woo speaks with Sunny creator-showrunner Katie Robbins (The Affair, Natalia) about her AppleTV+ sci-fi dramedy series, the creative challenges of adaption, the connection between humans and AI technology, and more.

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