“The Stoop” — the award-winning independent podcast exploring stories across the Black diaspora, co-created and co-hosted by Hana Baba and Leila Day and part of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX — was recognized today by Apple as the latest Apple Podcasts Spotlight selection.
Apple Podcasts Spotlight is a monthly…
Public media organization PRX today announced podcasts from its award-winning portfolio are now available free to audiences via Audacy, on the multi-platform audio company’s digital platform.
PRX programming now available via Audacy includes iconic storytelling podcasts such as “The Moth” and “Snap Judgment,” sports narrative podcasts in partnership with Emmy…
“McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern 64: The Audio Issue” is one of the most elaborate issues the iconic literary journal has ever attempted. Combining art, fiction, a slew of unclassifiable print objects in a custom box, and beautifully-produced audio, “McSweeney’s 64” is a riotous exploration of audio-visual storytelling. …
Public media organization PRX today announced that Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich will serve in newly-created strategic roles on the company’s content team. Shapiro will serve as Vice President of Editorial at PRX and Radiotopia and will also continue as Executive Producer of the acclaimed podcast “Ear Hustle.” …
WNYC Studios and PRX today announced that Melissa Harris-Perry has been named Host and Managing Editor of “The Takeaway,” the nationally-syndicated public radio news program that airs on more than 300 stations. Harris-Perry has been serving as interim host since July 2021. Her appointment to permanent host is effective immediately.
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In a new serial investigation, journalist and host Al Letson and co-reporter Jonathan Jones investigate the death of Billey Joe Johnson, a 17-year-old Black student and top high school football recruit who reportedly died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound after being pulled over by a white police officer in Lucedale…
KQED, the public media station serving Northern California, and public media organization PRX today announced details for the launch of the PRX Podcast Garage at KQED, a space enabling producers of all experience levels to gather and build community, learn about podcasting, and to make their own.
Set in KQED’s…
An anonymous producer under the pseudonym of Afia Kaakyire and the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX today announced “S***hole Country,” an audio memoir about achieving the Ghanaian-American dream.
“S***hole Country” is available free via “Radiotopia Presents,” a podcast feed and home for artist-owned limited series from independent creators. An audio…
Public media organization PRX today announced “How God Works with David DeSteno,” a new podcast on a journey through the intersection of science, religion, and human experience.
On “How God Works with David DeSteno,” professor and author David DeSteno will combine cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient wisdom to lessen the boundaries…
In a speech delivered in 1967 called “The Other America,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “a riot is the language of the unheard.”
Ignoring the concerns and opinions of people with something to say creates a steam-valve of tension, distrust, anger, and pain. And when all those feelings…
