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In episode 5 of “Post-Modern Living with Chris The Brain,” Chris and Kait talk about podcasts with guest host Paul. They discuss why podcasts are great, the shows they love, and where you should listen.
Podcasts are becoming very personal for people; in the last 2 years or so, it went from people thinking you made up a word to people having favorite podcast production companies. They started as a subversive media where you could easily talk about anything, and are a great way to hear about people having experiences like yours, and get perspectives you wouldn’t usually hear in the news. They’re also perfect for workaholics and being productive, because you can listen while you’re doing other things.
The hosts discuss some of the best ways to find podcasts, including referrals from other podcasts, favorite podcast networks like Radiotopia or Gimlet Media, hearing people talking about a show, and searching for what you’re interested in. Chances are, if you want to hear more about something, someone is podcasting about it. Businesses are starting to get on board with podcasting, too, and most of the results of that suck. Constantly promoting and talking about your business on a podcast is exhausting, and if your business is podcasting just because you’ve heard podcasts are a thing, you shouldn’t be doing it.
If you’re intimidated by all this information, Chris and guest host Paul suggest some of their favorites to get you started.
The Podcasts Chris Thinks Everyone Should Start With:
Up First - a short news podcast by NPR that gives you all the major news for the day in 15 minutes
TED Radio Hour - a staple; you owe it to society/yourself/the world to expose yourself to new ideas
Ask Me Another - a podcast that will help you enjoy listening to podcasts; it’s just fun
The Moth - a podcast that shows the power of podcasting
The Intelligence Squared Debates - Chris’s guilty pleasure podcast; where two intelligent people on a controversial subject have a civil formal debate
The Podcasts Paul Thinks Everyone Should Start With:
Reply All - a show about the internet
The Way I Heard It - Mike Rowe’s 5-minute Paul-Harvey-style “now you know the rest of the story” podcast
Hardcore History - Dan Carlin’s podcast, where he goes in depth on a historical situation for 5 hours and you’re hooked the entire time
The episode winds down with a discussion of where you should listen to podcasts. If you’re tired of iTunes and Google Play not having the features you want when listening to podcasts, try one of Chris and Paul’s favorite players.
Chris’s Favorite Podcast Players:
Pocket Casts, which allows you to sync your library and play history across all of your devices and automatically add episodes to your up next playlist, and has an easy to use interface
NPR One, which is great if you don’t want to research what to listen to; it’s free and learns what you like when you rate shows
Paul’s Favorite Podcast Player:
Overcast, which is very similar to Pocket Casts but it’s free
Every Podcast Mentioned in this Episode:
The Moth Radio Hour, live true stories told on stage with no notes
The Mortified Podcast, people getting up on stage to share things that they wrote as teenagers
99% Invisible, a podcast by the owner of Radiotopia, Roman Mars
TED Radio Hour, a podcast that goes more in depth on a subject than TED Talks do, with multiple experts and behind the scenes discussions
Ask Me Another, a game show podcast from NPR
Diane Rehm’s podcast, which brings people from all sides of the debate and is always civil and reasonable
Katie Couric’s podcast
Code Switch, a podcast that discusses world events from the perspective of the people they actually affect, with a lot of talk about bias and privilege
Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, a classic radio game show
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, the game show for know-it-alls who can’t help bringing up random facts
Serial, a true crime podcast that’s the only podcast Kait has listened to consistently, a game changer for podcasts
Adam Ruins Everything, a podcast that’s great if you like TED Talks
Radiolab, a podcast that’s very much like TED Talks
More Perfect, a new podcast by Radiolab about real Supreme Court cases and their impact on the world
1A, a good fill-in podcast for Diane Rehm, stands for 1st Amendment
The NPR Politics Podcast
Here and Now, a podcast with good in-depth news stories
Lovett or Leave It, Chris’s current favorite podcast, it’s like if politics were a game show and a therapy session at the same time
NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour, a podcast that talks about all the new TV shows and movies so you know which ones are worth your time
A Way with Words, a call-in show about where words come from
S Town, another story-based podcast by the makers of Serial; it’s a true story about people in a crappy little town
This American Life, a podcast that shares three related stories each episode
Open for Business, a podcast created by Gimlet Media and eBay focused on stories of people starting businesses
The JoyPowered Workspace Podcast, a good example of a podcast for business, where two delightful ladies who work in HR try to make human resources more human, less resource (they interviewed Chris for an episode)
Up First
The Intelligence Squared Debates
Reply All
The Way I Heard It
Hardcore History
Marketplace
Shout Outs To:
Apprenace, a company creating meaningful internship programs that help businesses and careers grow.
DK New Media, a digital marketing company who lets us use their podcast studio
91.9 WITT, a radio station guest host Paul joined and volunteered with
Radiotopia, one of guest host Paul’s favorite podcast production networks
NPR Podcasts, which have the largest audience and earn more than $10 million in podcast revenue
Crooked Media podcasts, podcasts that are like therapy if you find everything going on in the world right now depressing
Gimlet Media, another favorite podcast network of guest host Paul
Purple Ink, the HR company owned by one of the hosts of JoyPowered
Gallup StrengthsFinder, an assessment that tells you 5 things you’re really good at
Stitcher, a popular podcast player
DoggCatcher, a podcast player Chris used, which had a lot of features he wanted but wasn’t fun to use
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