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Hey Poddy People!
Welcome to the new subs! This week and October are stacked with new podcasts and seasons. The Round-Up has a chockful of them. Get ready for plenty of bullet points and ummmm…well…current pop culture.
Let’s GOOOO!!!!
The Round-Up
Collaborating with KASA Media, not to be confused with the currently embroiled KAST Media, is hosting two meetups:
San Diego - October 4th - Eventbrite here.
Los Angeles - October 5th - Eventbrite here.
This one will be held at the Vaudeville Studios with a Dolby Atmos-equipped car for demos!
Are you using Google Podcasts? Well, it’s coming to an end this year and the YouTube Music app will take over. Read more here.
Here are the highlighted podcasts coming out!
This week you have:
Obscured (news stories that don’t get attention)
This Keeps Happening (relationship counseling)
Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics (music from a legend)
Imperfect Paradise (LA City Council who got caught spewing racial slurs)
On Fire with Jeff Probst (Survivor)
A CRISPR Bite (DNA editing)
Flula Makes Five (Comedy Fiction) - If you’ve never heard about Flula, here. If you were on YouTube 11 years ago…this was gold.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Kids Scary Stories) - Favorite TV episode
The Oscar Isaac & Julianne Moore thriller, Case 63, is out with Season 2
A Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland (1800s race around the world by two women writers)
October you have:
Disney’s Frozen fiction podcast
New Season of Normal Gossip
Paramount Podcasts has a slew of podcasts starting with
New Season of Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty, and more!
Audible/Wondery with the Will Smith hosted, Class of ‘88 (1988 History of Hip Hop)
Spotify’s DC Universe expanding with The Riddler podcast starring Hasan Minhaj
New Season of Surviving El Chapo Season 2
The ever-so-heavy, Heavyweight returns in early October
ABC News with the new season of Reclaimed. This season is on the Negro Leagues (Baseball).
I would link them individually; however, it would make the email bigger. Just go to the Coming Soon section and check out the trailers here.
TBOY (The Best One Yet), the daily business news podcast I am an occasional listener of, has signed with Wondery. Watch/Listen to the announcement. I timestamped the video because I care. <3
By now we’ve heard about the WGA and AMPTP finally coming to an agreement. That means Strike Force Five will run its slate of 12 episodes and produce no more. John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) will be the first host to produce his show for this Sunday.
Read the statement here.
Like so many comments, we are waiting for Conan O’Brien to be a guest on the podcast and just start beautifully riffing with them that only Conan can do.
On to my picks this week…
Podcast: Moonrise
Genre: Science, History
Publisher: The Washington Post
About: “Truer, but also darker.” This is the real origin story behind America’s decision to go to the moon. The story we learn starts with Sputnik, then President Kennedy’s challenge, and ends with triumph: an American flag on the lunar surface. But in the 50 years that have passed since the moon landing, as presidential documents have been declassified and secret programs have been revealed, a wilder story has begun to emerge.
Who doesn’t like a good old declassification of government documents? An excellent podcast. As Keelin mentioned below, it’s the perspective for me, but also, President Kennedy wasn’t even interested in space initially. He just needed a PR win against Russia.
Keelin • Mentally? A Magpie
“…more perspective, more creativity, and more unclassified documents than we’ve seen. This is a gorgeous glide of audio documentary to listen to.”
This podcast was made in 2019 and is evergreen. All episodes out now.
See Also: Last Soviet with Lance Bass (Ya. *NSync is trending, I know.)
WARNING: Potential polarizing position on the following recommendations. Skip ahead to the Just Added if you feel otherwise.
Podcast: New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce (Taylor’s Version)
Genre: Sports
Publisher: Wave Sports + Entertainment
About: Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce from the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce from the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds. The two brothers and Super Bowl champions drop weekly insights about their games and share unique perspectives on trending NFL news and sports headlines.
I got swept up in the madness that is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Absolutely no escape via entertainment mediums. I went through the many phases of cringe, excitement, laughter, and hot takes. If you don’t know about the NFL player Travis Kelce, you do now. If you didn’t see anything regarding Travis and Taylor, what’s your secret?
Regarding the podcast: Look, Jason and Travis are pretty good at this podcast thing. Great voices and are funny. A worthy listen for sports talk listeners in general. However, in this episode, the older brother Jason, 36 minutes into the episode, gets to the point. They both joke about the situation, what happened, responses from everyone, etc.
It’s just another perspective and you know I like different perspectives.
Jimmy Traina • Sports Illustrated
“The brothers don’t shy away from addressing what’s going on with their teams while also providing great levity. Jason Kelce’s laugh alone makes this podcast worth listening to.”
I timestamped where they chat about Taylor because I care.
Podcast: Comments By Celebs
Genre: Entertainment, Celebrity
Publisher: Cadence13, Comments by Celebs
About: From the viral Instagram account @CommentsByCelebs comes the much awaited Comments By Celebs Podcast. Emma Diamond & Julie Kramer, the creative minds behind the account and self-proclaimed celeb experts, talk all things pop culture. Having a hard time keeping up with your favorite stars? They’re here to keep you informed.
You heard about Travis and Taylor from one-half of the source. Now you get the perspective of a lot of women and how they feel about the situation. Emma and Julie go through various past events and the history of the two to get to this point. Long story short, this whole thing is kind of wholesome.
Do I have an opinion? Yes. Does it matter? No. But I’ll give it to you anyway. Travis and Taylor are going to get married. I called it here.
Nicole Pomarico • Cosmopolitan
“It's fun, it's witty, but most of all: it basically says what we're all thinking when a celeb does something so weirdly out of the ordinary.”
Just Added This Week:
Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray - Sirius XM
Pablo Torre Finds Out - Le Batard & Friends, Pablo Torre
Closing Night - Patrick Oliver Jones
Making Peace Visible -War Stories Peace Stories
The Dream (Season 3) - Little Everywhere, Pushkin Industries
Past Perfect - Simone Polanen, Zac Stuart-Pontier, ZSP Media
The Nikki Glaser Podcast - Big Money Players Network, iHeartPodcast Network
Three Faces of WH Auden - BBC
Political Currency - Persephonica
The Powers That Be: Daily - Cadence13, Puck
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MVP (Most Viewed Podcasts) Sept. 18 - Sept. 24:
5. The Retrievals (Serial)
4. Scamanda (Lionsgate Sound)
3. Dear Alana (Tenderfoot.TV)
2. From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Audible UK)
1. Strike Force Five (Strike Force Five)
Stay safe, drink water, and remember, you’re doing great…because I care!
Listening with you,
Captain Ron
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