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Will Video Kill the Audio Star in 2025? January 02, 2025
What was the big story of podcasts in 2024? If you ask outside observers of the industry, they might say Joe Rogan and the manosphere, particularly as we roll off the so-called podcast election. But when it comes to the community itself, another answ...
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2024 November 21, 2024
In 2024, podcasts eclipsed traditional media outlets in their influence over the U.S. election as certain shows with massive audiences managed to score interviews with sought-after subjects trying to widen their reach....
Joe Rogan Isn’t a Right-Winger November 18, 2024
In the past month, a popular podcast host described the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris like this:She had an amazing speech — when I was like, she could win — was when she had that one speech about Donald Trump, like, scared to deb...
Everyone Still Wants to Believe in Mike Tyson November 18, 2024
Mike Tyson stands alone in an empty ring, throwing punches at ghosts. The crowd screams his name, but he doesn't hear them anymore. At fifty-eight, his muscles still ripple beneath flabby, weathered skin, but the speed and movement that actually made...
The History of Wokeness November 14, 2024
Over the summer, I drove down to one of the numerous beach towns in Ocean County, New Jersey with two friends: one is a cop, the other a special ed teacher and athletic coach; both are black Americans in their late 20s. Over a dinner of chicken franc...
The Bewilderment of the Pod Boys November 13, 2024
On a long drive the day after Trump’s victory, after absolutely no sleep, deeply hungover, I turned to liberal radio as a much-needed painkiller. First I tried NPR, but even their coping and seething was too appalling to bear. So I sought out another...
Can Democrats Compete With the Rogan-verse? November 13, 2024
“I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin’ With the Boys, and last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan,” said UFC CEO Dana White when handed the microphone during Donald Trump’s victory speech on election night. Rather ...
"Didion and Babitz" by Lili Anolik November 11, 2024
Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work "that reads like a propulsive novel" (Oprah Daily) on the mutual attractions—and mutual antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.Co...
Is the Gen Z Bro Media Diet to Blame? November 08, 2024
Among the many questions that will be sure to plague Democrats in the months following Kamala Harris’s defeat in the 2024 presidential election: What is happening with Gen Z men?Could it be that growing up in a fundamentally different media environme...
Can a Podcast Change the Way Sports Are Covered? April 29, 2024
There comes a time in every sportswriter’s career when they realize they have no idea what they’re talking about. The game they watched as a child, it turns out, is far more complex than it appeared to be on television. The players and coaches speak ...
Everyone Failed Ronda Rousey April 23, 2024
Women’s mixed martial arts pioneer Ronda Rousey’s new book, Our Fight, is a remarkable document. If her first book, 2015’s best-selling My Fight / Your Fight, was intended to establish the Bronze Medal-winning judoka and then-UFC women’s bantamweight...
Vinson Cunningham’s Novel of the Obama Campaign April 15, 2024
THE NOSTALGIA AMONG LIBERALS for the Obama presidency has lately crested such that it’s a surprise that proposals to overturn the 22nd Amendment haven’t gained traction, even in the fantasy realm of non-feasibility where a lot of American political t...
The Influencers With as Much Access as the Press April 05, 2024
Campaigns and politicians have experimented with influencer marketing over the past four years. But recruiting content creators to reach voters is already happening more than ever in 2024. The Biden campaign has built out a powerful digital operation...
An Enchanting and Whimsical Fantasy Worth Reading April 02, 2024
Being a podcast producer leaves little time for personal music listening. It’s hard to edit The McCarthy Report when Glenn Miller’s orchestra and Rich Lowry’s voice are fighting for primacy in your ear, so my music listening is limited to during dinn...
Will the Phone-Free Movement Work? April 01, 2024
On the issue of kids, smartphones, and social media, a vibe shift is happening, and it’s happening on the left, right, and in the center. Here’s a survey of recent anti-phone discourse on the topic in politics and culture in recent weeks and months: ...
