With thousands of podcasts out there, how do you know what to listen to? The Big Listen introduces you to podcasts you might never have heard of, and gives you the inside scoop on shows you already love.
Spring cows bursting out of their barn after a long Danish winter. There's a metaphor in there somewhere.
We meet Lauren’s Scandinavian doppelganger, then explode songs with the host of Song Exploder. We also chat with the makers of the hit show In The Dark. And radio Renaissance man Al Letson tells us what he’s listening to. Keep reading!
The Capitol prepares for its quadrennial close-up. Gosh, it’s pretty.
On inauguration weekend, we talk to two gals podcasting their way across America to D.C. Then we hit the history books with the hosts of Presidents Are People, Too! and Presidential. Plus, we learn what Ezra Klein thinks POTUS 45 should be listening to (Hint: Ezra Klein.)
Author Susan Orlean loves to cry, so naturally she’d host a podcast called Crybabies.
Author Susan Orlean tells us about podcasts that make her cry. Then we have a conversation about Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race (meta!). And we chat with a guy who is literally Making Gay History. Plus, did you know podcasts can save your life?
Warehouse work might be boring, but it’s also is prime podcast listening time!
Warehouses are great places to listen to podcasts. So a former warehouse worker tells us. Also, comedian Phoebe Robinson on the public radio personalities she would date. And the host of the Memory Palace recommends his favorite podcast genre: “two dudes talking about stuff.” Keep reading!
This human-sized elf loves podcasts. And so do you!
2016 brought so many great guests on The Big Listen, and this episode, we revisit our favorite segments of the year. Plus, we take a deep dive into the highest court in the land with More Perfect. And our brand new foreign correspondents give us their podcast recommendations for 2017.
It's a pajama jammie jam with Tai Poole and Sook-Yin Lee of Sleepover from CBC.
This week on the show, we nerd out with the women of Nerdette, then we get our slumber party on with the host of Sleepover, public radio's first reality show. Plus, Jesse Thorn of Bullseye tells us what he’s putting his ears on. Keep reading!