Essays & Reviews
The Podcast Footnote is a blog where members of H-Podcast review podcasts of interest to the academic community.
Malcolm Gladwell’s newest project, the podcast Revisionist History, follows the author’s well-known formula of weaving narratives and anecdotes toward an easily digestible takeaway. The podcast’s first season is composed of ten episodes that were released weekly throughout the summer of 2016. Each of the approximately forty-minute episodes is available at http://revisionisthistory.com. The podcast meanders from topic to topic, touching subjects as far-ranging as the Vietnam War
Radiolab Presents More Perfect
There are two things I love about Radiolab Presents: More Perfect, the six-episode Radiolab spinoff produced by WNYC and co-hosted by Jad Abumrad. The first is this song - a quirky, catchy, mnemonic device for remembering the names of the eight current Supreme Court justices (plus nominee Merrick Garland):
The second is the way More Perfect communicates historical themes. The series’ hosts explore the cases that arguably made the Supreme Court the political powerhouse it is today and, in doing so, they unravel stories that address change over time, the complexity
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Johanna Zorn, executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival, has dropped the gauntlet on editors of local weeklies, newspapers, magazines, and the entire internet to "recogni[ze] Radio/Podcasting as a true popular art form":
We're calling for a Radio/Podcasting heading in the arts section--including listings of local events--but audio storytelling also demands more. We seek recognition of the Radio/Podcasting genre through thoughtful reviews, criticism, and a deeper examination of styles and trends. Press must move beyond listicles ad infinitum
I'm not sure how many subscribers on here study podcasting, but I recently came across a special issue of the Journal of Radio & Audio Media (22, no. 2, 2015) containing the symposium "Podcasting: A Decade in the Life of a 'New' Audio Medium," available online here. Lots of good subjects for discussion on there, including a piece about history podcasts.