{"id":9806,"date":"2018-11-13T19:31:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:31:23","slug":"podcast-starter-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2018\/11\/13\/podcast-starter-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Starter Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t leave the house without my earbuds. Or my headphones, depending on my mood. Although I will say that since my headphone cord broke last week and I switched to $5 earbuds, I am seriously missing the noise cancelling technology. (Thanks but no thanks, Bose.)<\/span><\/p>\n

I would say that most of the time I listen to podcasts as I walk to and from class. I\u2019m never in the mood to listen to music for some reason, maybe because I studying music at school all day, or maybe I\u2019m just a really curious person. It\u2019s a combination of both, I imagine. <\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about stories for radio that makes them so meaningful. I understand that if you were to read the transcript of a radio show from a screen or piece of paper, it wouldn\u2019t have the same effect on you as if you had heard it. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s an art to writing for radio and I could probably take a class on it. <\/span><\/p>\n

(Before I get into my recommendations, I want to preface this by saying that I listen to my podcasts on <\/span>The Podcast App. <\/span><\/i>The built-in iPhone\u00a0<\/span>Apple Podcasts <\/span><\/i>app is a poor excuse for a podcast app!)<\/span><\/p>\n

The starter pack:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This American Life <\/span><\/i>was on in my mom\u2019s car all the time while I was growing up. Every week the stories are based on different themes, and each story offers a totally different perspective on that theme. They just released their 661st episode on Sunday, so there\u2019s a lot to check out. I would recommend this podcast to everyone on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>S-Town <\/span><\/i>are break-off pods from <\/span>TAL. S<\/span><\/i>erial is hosted by Sarah Koenig, and in each season she picks one story to tell episode-by-episode. The first season was a national sensation, and now she\u2019s in her 3rd season, reporting on the criminal justice system in Cleveland. Easy to binge-listen. Same with <\/span>S-Town<\/span><\/i>, a six episode story about a man who lives in Alabama. Trust me, it\u2019s more interesting than it sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ear Hustle <\/span><\/i>is based out of the San Quentin State Prison and it explores topics in prison life by interviewing real prisoners. <\/span><\/p>\n

Queery with Cameron Esposito <\/span><\/i>is a good one if you\u2019re interested in queer topics and hearing from queer people in the entertainment industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Dope Queens <\/span><\/i>is a comedy podcast that supports women and people of color! The hosts are hilarious and they spotlight around 3 comedians per episode. They only invite 1 white guy on per year, and last year it was Tom Hanks. My kind of show!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Daily <\/span><\/i>is my preferred news podcast from the NY Times. It comes out every morning and each episode is different. It can surprise you. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let me know what else I’m missing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t leave the house without my earbuds. Or my headphones, depending on my mood. Although I will say that since my headphone cord broke last week and I switched to $5 earbuds, I am seriously missing the noise cancelling technology. (Thanks but no thanks, Bose.) I would say that most of the time I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1213,1214,1207,1212,1209,1211,1210,1208],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9807,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions\/9807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}