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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IHeart Announces Eight Women's Sports Podcasts
Malcolm Gladwell -- the father of pop culture aphorisms -- was finally vindicated about one of those slogans that sell books. Women's sports have reached that tipping point. It wasn't just Caitlin Clark, although she may have nudged women's sports past the point of no return. It was the U.S. Women's Olympic soccer team, Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, and even Title IX with the millions of female student athletes who compete in everything from softball, field hockey, wrestling, hockey, and weightlifting.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Unbalanced
The Hole Truth Podcast
With too many U.S. politicians pandering to whiny citizens who wish to sanitize the darker aspects of U.S. History (It is admittedly very dark), it may be that outsiders are the only people available to offer a fair accounting of the history and the zeitgeist of the USA.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in The Swamp
UnReality Podcast Premieres
I first heard of U.K. podcaster Talia Augustidis in October 2023 when I heard an episode of Lights Out on BBC4. In her episode -- called Dead Ends -- Talia manipulates sound with tape hiss, plaintive voices from the past, and the mystery of her mother's tragic death from a fall from a cliff while on a business trip in Majorca.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Fiction
"Hey, We Should Start A Podcast"
How Independent Podcasters are the Trailblazers of the Podcast Industry "Hey, We Should Start A Podcast" is a sentence repeated millions of times by millions of people all around the world. They're saying it in Australia, Brazil, Finland, Nigeria, Thailand, and even the world's smallest island country, Nauru in the South Pacific, with a population of about 10,000 people and an area of 8.5 square miles, has a podcast. Somebody must have uttered a sentence at one time.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Geeks
These Brands SHOULD Sponsor These Indie Podcasts
The other day, I heard an ad for fast food on a mindfulness podcast. Let me understand this. Listeners are supposed to gorge themselves on burgers and fries as they practice mindfulness? What's their mantra? Da-da-da-da-da!
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Journal
Five Best Interview Podcasts Of 2024
The interview podcast is the default mode for podcasting. Setup is easier than a true-crime, fiction, or an informational podcast. All you need is a mic and a guest. There's a podcast in Missouri in which the host interviews people in his neighborhood. Did you know that Mr. Willis doesn't take in his garbage cans until a day after pickup? Get with it, Willis.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Geeks
