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Let's test, a Green Book pod, and True Crime update!
I did it. I finally went for a jog yesterday after two weeks of lower back strain. Took me a while, but I definitely did a warm-up and a warm-down thanks to the Trained podcast I recommended last week. Goodbye donuts! No regrets.
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On to my picks this week…
Podcast: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
Publisher: Pete Holmes
Genre: Comedy (Explicit)
A great podcast while doing chores or out for a walk/jog is You Made It Weird. It’s lighthearted and comedian Pete Holmes tries his darnedest to not fanboy out. This was my first time listening to Oscar Nuñez, Oscar from the Office, in an interview. IT was a fun listen, especially his stories on his Studio 54 days.
“While you know you’re going to get to know the guest, the surprise and joy of the podcast is the divergence into weird tangents full of impressions, personal anecdotes, and the odd spiritual breakthrough.”
Oh the tangents are real.
Podcast: Driving Green Book
Publisher: Macmillan Podcasts
Genre: History & Documentary
So much deeper than the movie the Green Book, Driving the Green Book is living history.
About: Award-winning BBC broadcaster Alvin Hall hits the road alongside activist and social justice trainer Janée Woods Weber. They drive from Detroit to New Orleans, collecting powerful, personal testimony about how Black Americans used the historic travel guide The Negro Motorist Green Book during the height of segregation as a vital resource to quell fears, find safe havens, and travel with dignity. As he drives the Green Book, Alvin unearths both inspiring and heartbreaking tales that tell a different story from what Hollywood would have you believe.
As a top 10 podcast of 2020 I promoted at the end of the year, it’s a strong podcast. If a podcast has me looking up more information afterwards, I like it even more. Driving the Green Book did just that. The episode I listened to was that on Nashville and was educational. I ended up looking up supplemental material on the episode and it turns out Driving the Green Book has a guide on Apple Maps you can add! How cool is that?
Fiona Sturges said of the podcast, “…the overwhelming tone is of warmth and compassion, of communities and families coming together to protect one another, and the hope that things will get better.”
Podcast: Where is George Gibney?
Publisher: BBC
Genre: True Crime
A True Crime update:
A lot of true crime podcasts have been shining a light on old investigations that have hit a wall and thus gaining movement. The BBC podcast on George Gibney, the Irish swim coach who was accused of multiple cases of sexual abuse, now living in Florida, is now back under investigation after “two women were moved to contact the police after listening to the Where Is George Gibney? podcast.” - New York Times
Stay safe, wear a mask, and let’s take Great Pods to the moon!
XOXO
Captain Ron