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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Brown Ambition Podcast: Your Money, Your Life, Your Goals
There are two genres, where many of the top podcasts began their media journey as a radio show and then added podcasting later on. First, we have conservative talk shows, where turning Americans against one another has been elevated to an art form. You can play a drinking game and take a shot every time one of those hosts says "woke" or "CRT" or "groomer." Please have a designated driver handy. You'll need that person.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Trader
LoVe And Noraebang: A Podcast That Mixes Genres & Ethnicities
I'm watching a rerun of the TV show Alias on Amazon Prime. The thriller was last broadcast in 2006 with first-run episodes, but like a lot of TV shows, it has been resurrected for near immortality in the fertile soil of TV rerun land.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Geeks
Podcasts That Make Us Think
What podcast made me think this week? It's Playing Anne Frank, a new podcast released on January 24. Using archival material and interviews with surviving cast and crew members, executive editor of the Jewish weekly publication, Forward, Adam Langer presents a story that’s never been told: the backstory of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and Oscar-winning film, and how this iconic work shapes those involved in performing it — including high school students putting the show on today.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in FYI
Lore Podcast: The Truth That Frightens And Informs
Sadly, gender classification has become a weapon of crass destruction by those who breathe intolerance and excrete grievance. But how about genre classification? Some podcasts don't neatly fit into the genre categories defined by Apple, Spotify, or other podcast feeds.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in FYI
Latest With Sound Judgment and Drink Champs Podcasts: Podcast Festival In Brooklyn
Sound Judgment podcast talks hostiness with Speakers HOFer Elaine Appleton Grant, the creator and host of the Sound Judgment podcast tells this story: "National Speakers Association Hall of Famer Jay Baer told me something recently about the financial value of a story that had never occurred to me.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Beat
Freakonomics Can Save Your Pets; The Economics Of Everyday Things: Libsyn's New Podcaster Tools
Freakonomics Radio podcast rescues your Lab Mix and your Tabby People today can get riled up over the dumbest things. The shape of the M&M cartoon character. The new name of a sports team, or the political color of the state in which you reside.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Beat
What We Learned From Podcasts This Week: Our Gut In Charge & A Haunted prison
Gastropod talks about the gut/brain connection In the August 16th episode of Gastropod, Gut Feeling, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley discuss research about the connection between the brain and the gut, specifically the microbes there called the microbiome.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Longevity
Pod-Alization: Podcasts With Staying Power: Podcast Trends: The Golden Goose
Is it harder to create a new podcast? Ariel Shapiro from the Hot Pod newsletter has reported that “it is so much harder to launch a podcast now than it was, say, three or four years ago.” Shapiro cites data compiled by Chartr from Listen Notes, fewer podcasts were created in 2022 than in the two years prior. Even so, the margin is shocking: the number of new shows created dropped by nearly 80 percent between 2020 and 2022.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in 01
How Do We Treat Obesity?
Interview podcasts are as common as hidden fees in today’s world. Think about it. They’re cheap to produce, easier to set up than on-location recording, and enable the guest to fill in most of the script with their comments and observations.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Longevity
Pod-Alization: The Conviction Of Max B; On Air Fest; A Podcast that Inspires
New true-crime podcast releases five episodes to binge The Conviction of Max B, a Spotify/Gimlet podcast, has premiered with a binge release of all five episodes out now on Spotify. This is the fourth season of Gimlet’s Conviction series, which features a new piece of investigative reporting each season.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Beat
