Jesse Thorn on making your own thing in public radio (while still being able...
Two years ago, I did an interview with Jesse Thorn, the host of the public radio program The Sound of Young America and, to my mind, one of the most interesting entrepreneurs in public media today. The...
View ArticleJad Abumrad, Radiolab’s ‘genius’ storyteller, on what public radio needs now:...
First thing’s first: Jad Abumrad does not know how he will spend half a million dollars, but it’s probably going right into his labor of love, the mind-bending radio show that earned him a MacArthur...
View ArticleHot Pod: Podcast upfronts, 99% Invisible goes dynamic, and Freakonomics goes...
Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is Issue Forty-One, published September 15, 2015. Okay. Last week’s issue was a little crazy with that whole bit about shareable audio and all that...
View ArticleUsing the new app Anchor, WNYC is experimenting with social audio
On Tuesday, WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal published a seven-minute story examining the role of political correctness in American society. After the story was posted, listeners debated PC culture in the...
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