Hope Is A Muscle with Mary chapin Carpenter (2024)
A series of conversations between songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter and others on the topic of how to find hope in difficult times. Including Joan Baez, Adriene Mishler, John Darnielle, and Congressman Jamie Raskin.
Listen here.
Almost There (2023)
A podcast about what it takes to make transformational social change.
On Almost There, a new podcast from Emerson Collective, poet and lawyer Dwayne Betts talks to creative problem solvers, all Fellows at Emerson Collective—architects, doctors, writers, voyagers, organizers, and artists—about their approach to making meaningful social change.
In each episode, we’ll learn about the journeys that have led our guests to the questions driving their work: How do we keep our families and communities healthy? How do we build a fairer immigration system and promote civic participation? How can we stay alert to the beauty around us and harness human ingenuity to protect our planet? The conversations on Almost There will explore these pressing questions and new possibilities.
Listen here.
Where Should We Begin? & How's WorK? with Esther Perel
Join Esther in her office every Monday to listen in as real couples in search of help bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories.
From break-ups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, come for a glimpse into another’s world and stay for what you’ll learn about your own.
Whether you listen alone, or with a partner or friends, we encourage you to use the podcast as a map for navigating difficult relational conversations.
Listen here.
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IMMATERIAL (Season 1, 2022)
5,000 years of art, one material at a time.
Stories of the materials used in making art are often as thought-provoking and illuminating as the objects themselves. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Immaterial examines the materials of art and what they can reveal about history and humanity. Each episode looks at a single material: paper, clay, jade, shells, and others, exploring the qualities and meanings that are often overlooked. A Magnificent Noise production, distributed by PRX.
Start here: Ep.2: Concrete | Ep.3: Clay
"Immaterial bottles that feeling you get when you’ve parked your butt on a gallery viewing bench, tired from all the walking and gazing you’ve been doing (alas, I’m getting old), and you’re just staring at the same piece for an extended period of time as you catch your breath. It’s tranquil, but your brain is still going." - Nick Quah, Vulture
THIS IS DATING (2022)
Come for the cringe, stay for the connection. Follow four modern daters as they trade the swiping, the small talk, and the fumbled first kiss for a curated virtual date with a team of fairy godmothers behind the scenes. You might have eavesdropped on a first date before, but never like this. From the producers of Where Should We Begin, This is Dating, a series of recorded first dates. A Magnificent Noise production, distributed by PRX.
Start here: Chemistry: Virginia Date 1
Read more: This Is Dating Mixes Therapy With Blind Dates, Vulture
On New Podcasts, the Sound of Falling in Love, New York Times
The Best Podcasts of 2022 So Far, Time
going through it (season 1, 2019)
Produced in partnership with Pineapple Street Studios and Mailchimp. Season 1 was hosted by Ann Friedman and featured 14 women—like Samin Nosrat, Hillary Clinton, Cameron Esposito, Soledad O'Brien, and Ellen Pao—talking about a moment in their life when they had to decide whether to quit, or whether to keep going. (Also, check out Season 2, hosted by Tracy Clayton!)
Start here: Samin Nosrat Wanted To Be A Writer, Not A Chef
another round (2015-2017)
Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton cover everything from race, gender and pop culture to squirrels, mangoes, and bad jokes, all in one boozy show.
Start here: Madam Secretary, What's Good? with Hillary Clinton
Or here: shETHER with Remy Ma
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see something say something (2016-2017)
Each week, Ahmed Ali Akbar covers everything that American Muslims are talking about right now — misrepresentation in the media, equality in the mosque, Asahd memes, and much more.
Start here: Banned Together, a 2017 four-part series examining the nuances of Trump's immigration ban.
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thirst aid kit (2017)
Thirst is natural… so let’s celebrate it! Join Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins as they dig deep into the various ways women express their thirst, asking: why do we desire who we desire? At a time when men are Not Doing Great, Bim and Nichole want to ask keep asking questions about Hollywood inclusion and opportunity, through illuminating and hilarious conversations with special guests, original fanfic designed to make you sit up, and of course [REDACTED]. Bring a straw… and come thirst with us.
Start here: Chris Evans (feat. Chris Evans)
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NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING (2016-2017)
It's the politics podcast from BuzzFeed News. Featuring reporters from BuzzFeed News, and occasional special guests, each episode of No One Knows Anything breaks down the biggest and most insane stories in politics this week, and tries to figure what we should or shouldn't be freaking out about.
Start here: A Baggie Full of Jimmy Carter's Hair
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The library: a drag race rucap (2017)
BuzzFeed’s The Library spills all the tea on the latest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Each week, find out who slayed the runway and who got straight-up played.
Start here: Sasha Velour: America's Next Drag Superstar!
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the tell show (2016)
Through a mix of party games, interviews, and live performance-style storytelling, Summer, Isaac and their guests tell stories they haven't shared publicly before—and reveal things about themselves you’d normally never tell a stranger.
Start here: Episode 3 - Edie Windsor & Roberta Kaplan - Coming Out
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women of the hour (season 1, 2015)
Lena Dunham hosts this podcast miniseries about friendship, love, work, bodies and more. My favorite thing I produced for this show was a trio of hair stories that are sprinkled throughout the episode on bodies, featuring Hannah Giorgis, Meredith Talusan, and Rachel Fleit. Women of the Hour was honored with a Gracie Award in 2016 as the Grand Winner Podcast.
Start here: Episode 2: Body
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npr's ask me another (2012-2014)
Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, NPR's Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream (out the answers)—and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.
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