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Medium Playback
Hear some of the best stories on Medium, straight from the authors who wrote them. On each episode of Medium's flagship podcast, we invite an author to the studio to perform a recent story they wrote for Medium and then talk with us about it. Hosted by journalist Manoush Zomorodi and writer Kara Brown, Playback features insightful, first-person stories on timely topics affecting the world today - and then gives you the story behind the story from the writer.
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Medium Playback Podcaster
Publishing new episodes every other Wednesday this summer.
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Listen: Four Teen Perspectives from “The Edge of Adulthood”
We spoke with teenagers from all over the U.S. about their experiences. What we learned from them is invaluable.
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Listen: Meghan Daum Reads “Nuance: A Love Story”
Meghan writes about her affair with the intellectual dark web and a search for complexity in the midst of heartbreak
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Listen: Morgan Jerkins Reads “Traveling While Black”
Three writers share powerful stories on what it’s like to seek escape in a world that surveils black bodies
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Listen: Douglas Rushkoff Reads “Survival of the Richest”
Five wealthy investors asked Douglas how to survive environmental collapse. But what they really wanted to know was how to transcend the…
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Listen: Ben Blum Reads "The Lifespan of a Lie"
The Stanford Prison Experiment cracked open the case for social justice for the convicted, but archival and new audio reveals that it may…
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Listen: Kristi Coulter Reads "Enjoli"
Kristi's newfound sobriety provides a disturbing clarity: all the women around her are drinking all the time
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Listen: Mike Monteiro Reads "Design's Lost Generation"
Designers have the power to change the world, including to destroy it. Mike thinks they should be licensed before they can work their…
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Listen: Jonathan Parks-Ramage Reads "Jesus, Mary, and Joe Jonas"
At the birthday party of a Hollywood child star, Jonathan hears about a chic evangelical Christian church and decides to try it out for…
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Listen: Baratunde Thurston Reads "How To Do A Data Detox In a Zillion Easy Steps"
Moving beyond alarmist headlines, Baratunde exposes the plain truths about the fight for data privacy
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Listen: Roxane Gay Reads "What Fullness Is"
On the first episode of Medium Playback, Roxane gives an exclusive interview about her decision to undergo bariatric surgery