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Look! I Taught My Dad To Download Podcasts
Ed. Note: The New Tech City intern took on a huge challenge. She taught her dad how to listen to podcasts, and lived to tell this tale. Unsurprisingly, I love podcasts. I listen to them on long runs,...
View ArticleSounds, Original at WFMU
If you're a would-be podcasters, trying to figure out how to start an original show, you might want to tune in to WFMU for some inspiration. It's a small station with a big reputation for innovation....
View ArticleAlex Blumberg on Our Podcast Future
Alex Blumberg used to be a producer for This American Life. He also co-founded NPR's Planet Money. But he's left public radio to launch his own podcast production company, called Gimlet Media. They've...
View ArticleIt's a Gabfest - Emily Bazelon
Emily Bazelon is one of the hosts of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, which has been out since 2005. She talks with Rehman Tungekar about how the Gabfest got started, how they prepare for an episode,...
View ArticleWatch Live: How to Be a Grown Ass Podcaster
"Werk It" is an invite-only gathering featuring a who's who of women in media, including Anna Sale (host, WNYC's Death, Sex + Money), Roxane Gay (author, Bad Feminist), Lulu Miller (co-host,...
View ArticleRoxane Gay's Advice for Women Podcasters
In her opening address at the "Werk It" festival, writer, professor and cultural critic Roxane Gay -- who doesn't have a podcast -- dropped some wisdom for those who do. Here are some highlights from...
View ArticleTen Rules for Finding Your Voice, and One Reason to Not Care
It's Day Two of WNYC's Werk It confab in The Greene Space, where the best and brightest "grown-ass women" in the podcasting business are talking technique, sharing ideas, and learning how to launch...
View ArticleWatch: Why Podcasting Matters
WNYC and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism teamed up to discuss definitions of success in podcasting, past, present and future with some of the brightest minds in the medium today.The conversation,...
View ArticleVideo Webcast: The Sarah Awards Ceremony
Watch a live video stream of the first annual Sarah Awards Ceremony, where we will celebrate and reward the best audio fiction from around the world. The evening will include live storytelling by...
View ArticleRoxane Gay Gets Her Way
Roxane Gay is a cultural critic, editor, author and the wife of Channing Tatum…allegedly. Roxane gave the keynote address at the first-ever Werk It festival, in June 2015. Werk It: The Podcast is a...
View ArticleSounds of Love and War
The Heart’s Mitra Kaboli and Serial’s Kate Bilinski discuss how they use sound to add depth and emotion to their shows.Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's...
View ArticleAnother Round Presents: Stacy's Career Corner
Stacy-Marie Ishmael is a regular on the Buzzfeed podcast Another Round, where she gives listeners unfiltered career advice. Ishmael took to the stage at Werk It with Tracy Clayton and answered audience...
View ArticleThis Isn't Downton Abbey
Shows like Masterpiece Theater aren't the future of public media, says Corporation for Public Broadcasting president Pat Harrison.Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It,...
View ArticleBooking a Killer Guest
A conversation with the master bookers of WNYC, with The Leonard Lopate Show's Melissa Eagan, Freakonomics’ Arwa Gunja, and Death Sex & Money’s Katie Bishop. Moderated by Keli Goff.Werk It: The...
View ArticleInterview Roulette
Three hosts, one subject. We brought to the stage Only Human's Amanda Aronczyk, NPR's Melissa Block and Wendy Zukerman of Science Vs. to interview a mystery guest. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation...
View ArticleWhat's Your Big Idea?
Hear from the women who might one day green light your podcast pitch. They're Radiotopia’s Julia Shapiro, Pineapple Street Media's Jenna Weiss-Berman and WNYC Studios' Paula Szuchman. Sampler's...
View ArticleHow to Make Podcasts and Influence People
Say you want to make a podcast. You get a microphone and recording kit. You make sure your closet is relatively soundproof. You wow your friends with your clever title and original conceit. You even...
View ArticleThat Little Voice in the Back of Your Head
"So that was a really important email that if I had not received, I would never have thought that I wanted to create a show. Because it was an invitation to write down on paper that little voice in the...
View ArticleDown With Vocal Fry
Join an all-star cast as they take down the patriarchy: Radiolab's Molly Webster, On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone, Another Round’s Heben Nigatu, Invisibilia’s Lulu Miller and Only Human’s Mary...
View ArticleHere's How to Make an Episode of Radiolab
How many drafts does it take to make an episode of Radiolab? Listen to Kelsey Padgett's step-by-step accounting of a single scene she produced for More Perfect, Radiolab's first spinoff podcast, for...
View ArticleCan You Hear Me Now?
"When you make something, it’s almost like there’s a canon and all of these people’s voices come into this canon: your mom’s voice, Ira Glass’s voice, your neighbor down the street--his voice. And it’s...
View ArticleA Journalist and a Podcaster Walk Into a Bar
Kelly McEvers is a longtime NPR correspondent and host of All Things Considered. Earlier this year, she launched a podcast called Embedded, where she takes a story from the news and goes deep. Kelly...
View ArticleWhat's This Podcast All About?
Welcome to the ICYMI, best-of version of WNYC's Werk It, a women's podcasting festival held every summer. Our episodes are in no particular order, so feel free to dive in and out and just explore, on...
View ArticleStory Sherpa / Snap Presents "The Specialist"
"The Specialist" is pulling back the curtain to reveal the "story sherpa" behind the podcast and radio show Snap Judgment.http://www.specialistpodcast.com/
View ArticleThe Delightful World of Super-Niche Podcasts
We are truly living in the Age of the Podcast. So what happens when a podcast goes ultra-niche?Here are a few particularly niche podcasts that caught our eyes and ears:"The Pen Addict": Just two...
View ArticleHow I Make It: The Daily
What does it take to make a daily news show? In this episode, managing producer of the New York Times' podcast The Daily, reveals what it takes to get the show out the door. We recorded Theo during...
View ArticleThe Art of Voicing
When Krissy Clark sits down to record an episode of her podcast The Uncertain Hour, she's not aiming to sound professional - she just wants to sound like herself. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation...
View ArticleMyth: All The Great Podcast Ideas Are Taken
There are podcasts about politics, food, love, death, celebrity, hiking, crime, health, science, and even…the California DMV handbook. So has every podcast idea been taken? Join host of The Big Listen...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Podcast Off the Ground
Taz Ahmed is a long-time storyteller and the host/producer of the podcast Good Muslim Bad Muslim. Here's Taz, along with Call Your Girlfriend's Gina Delvac and NPR's N'Jeri Eaton talking about what it...
View ArticleMy Podcast Gives Me Joy (And Health Insurance!)
Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money, kicks off Werk It with the 11 things she’s learned on her journey to podcast glory.This podcast is the ICYMI, best-of version of Werk It. Both the festival...
View ArticleScoring: How to Do It Well, and Legally
This American Life’s Jane Marie presents everything you need to know about how to incorporate music, talk to a composer and find original songs.Werk It: The Podcast is a selection of talks and...
View ArticleRoman Mars on ZigZag
This is a special presentation of episode #4 of Radiotopia's newest show ZigZag.Manoush and Jen give themselves 36 hours in San Francisco to come up with a financial backup plan, just in case this...
View ArticleBONUS: All Your Questions Answered
In this special episode, Jonathan Mitchell and Davy Gardner answer listener questions, and talk about how the show is made."Commitment" was written by Davy Gardner. Performed by Margaret Burrus, Jack...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Comes to Here's the Thing
Brian Lehrer is a unique figure in the public life of New York City. Beyond hosting the city's defining daily talk show, he's our conscience and our conciliator. When New Yorkers want a fair mayoral...
View ArticleA New Directory Aims to Diversify the Podcast Industry
In her 2018 acceptance speech for Best New Artist at the Third Coast International Audio Festival, Phoebe Wang called out the overwhelming whiteness of the podcast industry. So she and four of her...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Comedian
Humans have always enjoyed a good laugh, but the concept of stand-up comedy is relatively new. Wayne Federman, a comedian who teaches at the University of Southern California, and hosts the podcast The...
View ArticleGovernment Service Oath
Chuck Rosenberg, MSNBC contributor and host of "The Oath" podcast, former US attorney, senior FBI official and acting head of the DEA, talks about the new season of his podcast, a series of interviews...
View ArticleStrictly, Entirely On The Fence About Having A Kid
A few months back, Avery Trufelman, host of The Cut podcast from New York Magazine, reached out with a request to talk. About becoming a parent. "I am strictly entirely on the fence about whether or...
View ArticleA Hit Dog Will Holler from Radiotopia Presents
Gina gives snark like she’s paid for it—because she is. She’s a popular podcast producer with fans, followers, and frenemies. Until her life gets interrupted by a very loud roar. This week, Snap...
View ArticleUnder The Table
This week’s podcast extra is about podcasts, but this story has its roots in the early days of rock 'n' roll. Alan Freed was a celebrity DJ on WINS in New York, famous for helping popularize the...
View ArticleHow I Made a Snap Story from Sound School Podcast
Producer, Ruby Schwartz, pitched us a story. We said yes. But then Ruby had a new problem: how do you turn a 320-page memoir into a radio story?This feature pulls back the curtain on how this week’s...
View ArticleThe Release of Adnan Syed and the Limits of 'Serial'
Earlier this week, Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit 2014 podcast 'Serial,' walked free after a judge ruled that there were errors in the State of Maryland's investigation of his case. In 2000, at age...
View Article543- In Proximity: Ryan Coogler and Roman Mars
In Proximity is a podcast from Proximity Media about craft, career, and creativity.Proximity founder Ryan Coogler talks all about podcasts with Roman Mars, host and creator of 99% Invisible, a...
View ArticleHas the Podcast Bubble Finally Burst?
The podcast industry has seen a staggering number of layoffs over the past year, and they've hit public radio hard. In April, NPR laid off 10 percent of its staff, and cancelled popular podcast-only...
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