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In the world of podcasts, anyone can tell their story. From major media institutions to mom and pop shops starting from scratch. Let Nick Quah guide you through this ever-changing world, as he speaks with the producers, hosts, and executives that are shaping the culture of podcasting.
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Introducing WILD by LAist Studios from 2021-07-01T09:30
Introducing WILD by LAist Studios, a podcast about origin stories. About those moments big and small that transform people forever. Season 1 of WILD: Home Forever is a time capsule of these kinds o...
ListenWhere We Are Now, Again from 2021-03-24T09:30
Servant of Pod is coming to an end, and since this is the final episode, we figured we’d close out the show the same way we began: in a pandemic. (Kidding, but not really.) To send off the podcast,...
ListenSarah Marshall of You’re Wrong About and Why are Dads? from 2021-03-17T09:30
Writer, podcaster, and cultural critic Sarah Marshall has a distinct expertise: diving deep into the messy backstories of widely known subjects that are often overlooked in their elemental details....
ListenThe “Spectacle” of Reality Television from 2021-03-10T10:30
Some call it “guilty pleasure,” some call it trash, but whatever description you use, you can’t deny that reality television is now firmly baked into the firmament of American reality. The relation...
ListenWhat does a Podcast Producer do? from 2021-02-24T10:30
The Podcast Producer: by and large, it is the atomic unit of labor in the podcast business, and it’s a role that means and involves many, many things depending on the specific situation. This week:...
ListenTravis McElroy from 2021-02-17T10:30
The Brothers McElroy — Travis, Justin, Griffin — are among the most prolific creators you’ll find in this community. Since launching the wildly popular My Brother, My Brother, and Me in 2010, the b...
ListenIt’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders from 2021-02-10T10:30
It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders always feels as much of a surprise as it does a gift. Originally developed as a replacement for the time slot previously occupied by Car Talk, the podcast has em...
ListenRevisiting the Legacy of Serial from 2021-02-03T10:30
It’s been a little more than six years since Serial made its debut and became one of the most successful and influential podcasts in the history of the medium. Since then, so much has been said and...
ListenAnything For Selena from 2021-01-27T10:30
Selena Quintanilla is a cultural icon for many, but for Maria Garcia, she's much more than that. For Maria, who was raised in El Paso, Texas, and lived and worked on the border for years, Selena wa...
ListenDecoder Ring from 2021-01-20T10:30
Why did the mullet become a thing? Why did everybody go crazy over Cabbage Patch dolls? And why would anybody ever go on a reality TV show? These are the typical questions you'd find asked in Slate...
ListenWhat Comes Next for Crooked Media? from 2021-01-13T10:45
Crooked Media was founded by a group of former Obama staffers in the wake of Trump’s surprise win in the 2016 presidential election. Over the next four years, the media company built a strong liste...
ListenBy The Book from 2021-01-06T10:45
As they say: new year, new you... Or is it? In time for the expected flood of New Year's resolutions, Nick talks to Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer of By The Book, a fun reality-ish podcast t...
ListenPodcasts for the End of the World from 2020-12-30T10:30
Forget doomsday prepping – are there podcasts that could help us through the end of the world? In this episode, Nick speaks with two women grappling with this topic in very different ways. First, A...
ListenDream Second Season from 2020-12-23T10:30
We’re taking Christmas week off, but we didn’t want to leave you out in the cold. Caroline Crampton joins Nick to talk about one-off podcasts that they wish would consider second seasons.
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Morra Aarons-Mele: The Anxious Achiever from 2020-12-16T10:30
The worlds of business, entrepreneurship, and startups can be wicked in what they don’t say about how their culture can negatively impact the mental health of their participants. In The Anxious Ach...
ListenThe Best Podcasts of 2020 from 2020-12-09T10:30
It’s that time of year when the world is flooded with “best of” lists...so how about one more? Nick welcomes Sarah Larson, a staff writer at The New Yorker who writes about podcasts in her column P...
ListenHome Cooking from 2020-11-25T10:30
At the start of the pandemic lockdown, Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway decided to collaborate on a four-episode podcast project to help people figure what to do with all the beans (among other f...
ListenLauren Shippen: The Bright Sessions from 2020-11-18T10:30
In 2014, Lauren Shippen was an aspiring actor in Los Angeles: taking classes, booking intermittent gigs, waiting tables, the like. Four years later, she ended up becoming one of the busiest people ...
ListenTrue Crime Pioneer Marc Smerling from 2020-11-11T10:30
If you’ve spent any time thinking about the sprawling history of crime and politics in Providence, Rhode Island in recent years, it’s probably because you’re familiar with Crimetown ...or you’re fr...
ListenVann Newkirk II: Floodlines from 2020-11-04T10:30
What is Hurricane Katrina's long, complicated legacy? Nick speaks with Vann Newkirk II, the host and one of the creators of The Atlantic's Floodlines, which reflects on the Katrina crisis 15 years ...
ListenHalloween Special from 2020-10-28T09:30
What makes a story…scary? You can cut this question a few different ways: through story structure, through sound design, through narrative mechanisms. In this week’s episode, Nick talks to Jeffrey ...
ListenHanif Abdurraqib from 2020-10-21T09:30
The latest season of Lost Notes, KCRW’s anthology podcast unearthing great stories from the music world that are generally lost to time, is distinct in two ways: first, all of its narratives are pu...
ListenKara Swisher from 2020-10-14T09:30
Kara Swisher is a journalism powerhouse known for cutting through the nonsense talking points and asking the tough questions to some of the most powerful people on the planet. She’s been doing this...
ListenRoman Mars from 2020-10-07T09:30
Last month marked ten whole years of 99% Invisible, Roman Mars’ podcast about design, architecture, and things that quietly shape our world. That’s a long time to be making the same show, even if i...
ListenPodcast Picks from 2020-09-30T09:30
Nick offers a pair of podcast picks this week. You’re Wrong About and The Ringer’s The Cam Chronicles.
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Forever35’s Self-Care Revolution from 2020-09-23T09:30
In these really rough times — and things sure do seem to get rougher by the day — it’s important to take care of yourself. However, the concept of “self-care” has become an increasingly complicated...
ListenHow Happy is Gretchen Rubin? from 2020-09-16T09:30
Gretchen Rubin’s been keeping it positive, despite the circumstances. Then again, that’s probably what you’d expect from one of the most prominent voices on the subject of happiness. Rubin is the b...
ListenChenjerai Kumanyika from 2020-09-09T09:30
Chenjerai Kumanyika is a man of many roles: academic, artist, organizer, journalist. He’s also a maker of podcasts, most notable for his work as the co-host of the Peabody award-winning Uncivil alo...
ListenRichard’s Famous Food Podcast from 2020-08-26T09:30
Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is pretty hard to describe. It’s technically a podcast that deals in food documentaries, but it’s also a cartoonish acid trip that rarely follows a straight line. Genu...
ListenESPN Daily: Sports Coverage Without the Sports from 2020-08-19T09:30
College football and Major League Baseball are hanging by a thread. A Floridian bubble is home to multiple sports leagues, all playing out experimental seasons. Stadiums and arenas are largely empt...
ListenWhat Does a Podcast Editor Do? from 2020-08-05T09:30
The job of a podcast editor can be hard to efficiently explain, because they do many little things in the service of one big thing: to make the show better for more people. They think about structu...
ListenJody Avirgan: The Ghosts of the 2016 Elections from 2020-07-29T09:30
The 2016 presidential election cycle left a deep mark on the podcast world. Few know this better than Jody Avirgan, who produced the popular FiveThirtyEight podcast through that cycle. Though he’s ...
ListenJosh Levin: Slow Burn from 2020-07-22T09:30
Slate's Slow Burn is one of the best podcast documentary series around, with each season driven forward by a simple framework: what was it like to live through a prominent historical event? For its...
ListenKid’s Podcasts: A True Alternative to Screen Time? from 2020-07-15T09:30
The numbers for kid’s podcasts have risen noticeably during lockdown. Nick talks to Molly Bloom, of American Public Media’s Brains On and its spin-off Smash Boom Best, and Lindsay Patterson, co-cre...
ListenHank Green on Big Money in Podcasting from 2020-07-08T09:30
As a veteran YouTuber, Hank Green is familiar with what happens when a quirky community starts seeing serious money, and grows up to become something else. This week, Nick talks to Green, who also ...
ListenStitcher Sold from 2020-07-07T10:00
Last night, we learned that Stitcher is being sold to SiriusXM in what is now the largest podcast deal to date. Hot Pod’s UK writer Caroline Crampton joins Nick to talk through the ramifications of...
ListenMaking Music for Podcasts from 2020-07-01T09:30
Composers Ramtin Arablouei of NPR and Gimlet’s Haley Shaw join Nick to talk about scoring podcasts, their favorite podcast music, and how they got where they are in this relatively new field. And t...
ListenAvery Trufelman: Articles Of Interest from 2020-06-24T09:30
Avery Trufelman’s Articles of Interest is a show that explores fundamental ideas about fashion: What is its significance? Why do we give it value? How does it materially impact the world? In this e...
ListenJohn Moe: The Hilarious World of Depression from 2020-06-17T09:30
The Hilarious World of Depression, hosted by public radio veteran John Moe, was built around a kind of provocation: is depression funny? It takes the question to some of the most talented comedians...
ListenWhere We Are Now from 2020-06-17T09:30
Welcome to Servant of Pod. To kick things off, Nick tries to build a (very) brief picture of where the podcast world is right now with the help of Team Coco’s Adam Sachs and Earios co-founder Priya...
ListenWelcome to Servant of Pod from 2020-05-29T17:37
Introducing a new podcast from LAist Studios hosted by Nick Quah, your guide through the ever-changing culture of podcasting.
ListenWelcome to Servant of Pod from 2020-05-29T17:37
Introducing a new podcast from LAist Studios hosted by Nick Quah, your guide through the ever-changing culture of podcasting.
ListenWelcome to Servant of Pod from 2020-05-29T17:37
Introducing a new podcast from LAist Studios hosted by Nick Quah, your guide through the ever-changing culture of podcasting.
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