Frank Racioppi
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I am a South Jersey-based author who is a writer for the Ear Worthy publication, which appears on Vocal, Substack, Medium, Blogger, Tumblr, and social media. Ear Worthy offers daily podcast reviews, recommendations, and articles.
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Teaching Through Emotions Podcast
Teacher burnout is a state of mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion caused by prolonged work stress. It leads to a feeling of detachment, fatigue, and cynicism. It’s a serious issue, with many teachers reporting feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from the passion that initially drew them to the profession.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Education
Let's Burlesque Podcast
Burlesque is an art form that has been around for nearly 200 years. Although its popularity has wavered in recent generations, it still thrives throughout the U.S. One person actively working with reviving Burlesque is podcaster, burlesque dancer, Instructor, Cosmetologist, and Trichologist Megan Bay.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Viva
Podcaster Profiles
Today in Podcaster Profiles, we take a closer look at a successful podcaster who has achieved the dream of most independent podcasters. Several years ago, Michael Osborne and his co-host Amit Kapoor secured a deal with a large podcast network, Wondery, for their indie podcast, Famous & Gravy.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
New True-Crime Format Debuts On Radio Stations
Radio and podcasting have always had a synergistic yet complicated relationship. In podcasting's early days, podcasts were developed from existing radio shows, and they were often not edited for podcast consumption.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Criminal
Two Ear-Worthy Climate Podcasts
It’s encouraging that the number of climate change podcasts continues to grow every day. That growth indicates that people are taking the climate change problem seriously. They want to understand and then somehow be part of the solution, not the problem.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Earth
Mental Health Rewritten Podcast
It is estimated that more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (59.3 million in 2022; 23.1% of the U.S. adult population). If those statistics are not bracing enough, consider how difficult it is to receive treatment for mental illness in the U.S. That difficulty extends to people with robust healthcare insurance.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
What We Learned From Podcasts this Week
When podcasts began circa 2005, the bulk of this new medium contained informational shows. True-crime and yuk-yuk shows had not yet infiltrated podcasting. Therefore, most of the shows provided new listeners with information. It could be technology via This Week In Tech (TWIT), movie reviews via Filmspotting, science and philosophy via Radiolab, or history via Hardcore History.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in FYI
The Final Service Podcast
I attended Catholic elementary and high school and still attend Roman Catholic mass, although not every week anymore. Yet when I do attend, I make two observations. First, a majority of the attendees are over 65 years old. That begs the question: Who will attend when they’re gone? Second, there are fewer people at church. That begs the question: How long can a church survive with a dwindling attendance?
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
The Final Service Podcast
I attended Catholic elementary and high school and still attend Roman Catholic mass, although not every week anymore. Yet when I do attend, I make two observations. First, a majority of the attendees are over 65 years old. That begs the question: Who will attend when they're gone? Second, there are fewer people at church. That begs the question: How long can a church survive with a dwindling attendance?
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Mayo Clinic On Nutrition Podcast
Even amid this orgy of anti-science with top U.S. government health officials spouting nonsense on fake cures for serious diseases and halting cutting edge cancer research to focus on food additives, the Mayo Clinic is still one of the most admired health care institutions in the U.S.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Longevity
