Don't Overlook These Podcasts👀
Also Bob Odenkirk & Hollywood + Just Added and lotsa updates!
Hey Poddy People!
Storytime: My sister was reading last week’s newsletter on her phone while we were eating breakfast and stopped at Wiser Than Me.
She showed me her phone and said, “Have you listened to this podcast yet? It’s pretty good…”
I looked at her and said, “You know whose newsletter you are reading right?“
Let’s GOOO!
Updates:
New Releases/Trailers:
Limited series, Flipping the Bird: Elon vs. Twitter hosted by Business Wars host David W. Brown. Premium Subscription is already out. Wide-release on May 1st. Trailer here.
Nora McInerny (Terrible, Thanks For Asking) is launching It’s Going To Be Ok. Wide-release on May 1st. Trailer here.
The 2023 Webby Awards were announced and here is the list of winning podcasts.
Podcast to TV: The Horror of Dolores Roach, starring Marc Maron is being made by Amazon Prime and the first images were released. See here.
Season 2 of One Click from Vespucci Group was announced and hosted by Elle Fanning. The new season will be around the Ashley Madison hack in 2015.
Love + Radio creator, Nick van der Kolk is creating a limited series Space Cadets with Vespucci Group, based on the 2005 UK show that tricked contestants into going to space. Read here.
Fiction podcast app, Apollo Podcasts, announced a premium plan to support its creators. Read the release here.
Bloomberg’s Audio Reporter, Ashley Carmen, wrote about The Trials of JK Rowling being a hit for The Free Press. It has been on our charts for a few weeks now with mixed reviews. Read her article here.
Bone Valley Update: Co-host Kelsey Decker tweeted out that Leo Schofield, the subject of the podcast, will be having a parole hearing that is open to the public in Tallahassee, FL. There’s no live stream, but you can call in to listen.
Bear Brook fans near Concord, New Hampshire? They are doing a live show in conversation with Jason Moon and Rabia Chaudry, and hosted by Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On) Tickets here.
Last night, I went to the rewatch podcast, Pod Meets World live, hosted by iHeart. My write up along with a lot of backlogged write-ups will come soon. For now, I’ll say, it was nostalgia that hit the right notes as a show and doing good for mental illness charities. Shoutout to Tamar from iHeart for coordinating.
Lastly, we’re looking for small-teeny-tiny sponsors for our upcoming SoCalPodcastMeetup.com meetups. Hit reply if interested!
Just Added This Week (20):
Behind the Shadows w/ Harvey Guillen
Scriptnotes
Hoops Paradise: The Philippines’ Love of the Game
The Art Career Podcast
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Stompcast
LONDON PUB REVIEWS (feat. Tim Key)
Gardeners’ Question Time
Wolf and Owl
Think Twice: Michael Jackson
Mother Neighbor, Russian Spy
Filthy Ritual
Where Are You Going?
Missing Justice
Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy
Hell Gate City
All the Smoke
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
On to my picks this week…
Podcast: Overlooked
Genre: True Crime
Publisher: KCUR Studios
About: Former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski is accused of putting an innocent man in jail, exploiting vulnerable Black women, and terrorizing the community for decades. How did he get away with it for so long, and what does justice look like for his victims?
Eric Thomas • Kansas Reflector
“This particular series rises to the vanguard of an often cluttered pile of podcasts. By dedicating years of dogged recording along with veteran skilled journalists to the investigation of this one sordid story.”
You may have overlooked (pun intended) this true crime podcast. As Eric mentioned, dogged recording coupled with skilled journalists, is really good podcasting. I would categorize this as a hybrid societal-true crime podcast of racial and power corruption from an individual and organization like the police. I can’t get past how much power Detective Roger had on this Black community and Black women. Just listening to their voices pushing through the pain to get their truth out there. This is a deeply important listen.
Podcast: Summer In Argyle
Genre: Comedy Fiction
Publisher: Audible
About: One town. One murder. One million hot dogs. Welcome to Argyle. Grab a hot dog and allow town narrator Jeremy Zax (Bob Odenkirk) to regale you with this region’s rich history! Founded in 1843 by settlers with their sights set on California, these brave souls grew too tired and instead settled for Ohio. Argylites love to celebrate the spirit of “close enough,” like that of Richie McDonough (Brian Posehn) a young man who was a stupendous substitute bowler that never bowled and instead kept the bench warm. His untimely, mysterious death in the Summer of 2013 is Argyle’s darkest secret.
Alec Bojalad • Den of Geek
“Though Summer in Argyle was borne out of the Odenkirks’ rigorous work ethic, the podcast is an unabashed celebration of all things mediocre.”
Do you want a weird comedy? Here you go. However, Summer In Argyle does need to be paid attention to, otherwise, you might miss the subtle quick jokes laid in the script. One murder happens every year in Argyle and it hasn’t happened yet before the July one million hot dogs/hot dog eating contest. This spells inconvenient trouble for the Sheriff, who just wants the murder to be over with so he can enjoy the rest of the year. Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), David Cross (Arrested Development), and more are in this all-star cast.
Available on all platforms.
Podcast: Hollywood Gold
Genre: TV & Movies
Publisher: Hollywood Gold
About: Hollywood Gold is a new talk show podcast that will pull back the curtain on the making of some of the industry’s most iconic movies, through interviews with notable producers and filmmakers.
WoolyKnickers • Pod People
“Hollywood Gold is like a modern version of You Must Remember This with a lot more tea to spill...”
Hollywood producers keep a movie financed, scheduled, and negotiated. There are a lot more hats producers wear, so this is just the shortlist. Listening to the production of Crazy Rich Asians and Knives Out and their respective producers was impressive. For Crazy Rich Asians was the importance of an all-Asian cast and stories about the distribution rights between Warner Bros. vs. Netflix. And for Knives Out, studios clamored to finance a project that wasn’t even written yet, and the producer sold the international rights for a profit before the movie was even made.
I loved those two comparative episodes. One is culturally significant and a struggle to produce. The other is relatively easier to get financed with big names attached. The lesson from both, go with people that are passionate about your work.
The host, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, is also a creative producer.
See also The Industry
Top 5 Podcast Pages (April 17-23):
The Trials of JK Rowling (Still holding)
Wiser Than Me w/ Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Rising Up)
The Mantawauk Caves
Sold A Story
Death Island (No reviews yet)
Last week’s Top 5 for comparison:
The Trials of JK Rowling
The Mantawauk Caves
The Girl In The Blue Mustang
Archetypes
Diary of a CEO
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