Podcast search, "diverse" edition
March 7, 2012 8:23 AM Subscribe
A friend is looking for US-based podcasts that are interesting, different, and NOT produced by white dudes. This is for work on podcasts as a medium for material that doesn't fit into "traditional" radio categories and as a place for experimentation.
She's finding lots of great stuff, but says with the exception of "Longest shortest time", they're all by white guys. Do you have any recommendations for US-produced podcasts that are experimental, interesting, and from a different perspective? Thanks a lot!
Are you looking for a specific genre or style (like stylistic editing similar to Radiolab or 99% Invisible?).
If not, off the top of my head, there's Aisha Tyler's Girl on Guy, Making It with Riki Lindhome, Indoor Kids with Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, The Mutant Season by a 9 year old named Gil (though he may be white, I don't know). Looking at the top podcasts in the comedy category in iTunes, I also see You Had To Be There (Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer), Alison Rosen is Your Best Friend, in Science and Medicine there's StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. That last one is, I assume, created by a production team, so if you're looking for more homegrown/edited that one may not count.
posted by Lyn Never at 9:28 AM on March 7, 2012
If not, off the top of my head, there's Aisha Tyler's Girl on Guy, Making It with Riki Lindhome, Indoor Kids with Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, The Mutant Season by a 9 year old named Gil (though he may be white, I don't know). Looking at the top podcasts in the comedy category in iTunes, I also see You Had To Be There (Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer), Alison Rosen is Your Best Friend, in Science and Medicine there's StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. That last one is, I assume, created by a production team, so if you're looking for more homegrown/edited that one may not count.
posted by Lyn Never at 9:28 AM on March 7, 2012
Snap Judgment is hosted by a black guy. Some of the producers are white guys, some are not. It's interesting in somewhat the same way that This American Life and RadioLab are, so it may not be extremely "different."
posted by slidell at 9:44 AM on March 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by slidell at 9:44 AM on March 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks all so far! Actually I'm hoping for podcasts that aren't from public radio "style", so while Radiolab is interesting I'm not looking for stuff that's specifically in that style because that's already a public radio podcast.
Looking for things that might not make it onto the airwaves, produced by different kinds of people. Thanks so much for your stuff so far--it's really been helpful. And I certainly don't mind if something's done by a production team. Keep 'em coming if you've got any more! Thanks again.
posted by supercoollady at 9:48 AM on March 7, 2012
Looking for things that might not make it onto the airwaves, produced by different kinds of people. Thanks so much for your stuff so far--it's really been helpful. And I certainly don't mind if something's done by a production team. Keep 'em coming if you've got any more! Thanks again.
posted by supercoollady at 9:48 AM on March 7, 2012
Have you checked out the Public Radio Exchange or Transom? They're still public-radio-oreinted but skew more experimental.
posted by BrashTech at 10:06 AM on March 7, 2012
posted by BrashTech at 10:06 AM on March 7, 2012
There's The Dork Forest, by Jackie Kashian. It's pretty lo-fi covers a huge breadth of topics, usually nerdy (more recent ones that I enjoyed were about model railroading, comic books, and board games). Sometimes it can get a little grating because I'm not really interested in the comic-interviewing-another-comic episodes, but there's usually some good stuff.
posted by backseatpilot at 10:25 AM on March 7, 2012
posted by backseatpilot at 10:25 AM on March 7, 2012
Two Whole Cakes Fatcast. Jay Smooth's Ill Doctrine podcast. Native American Public Telecommunications podcasts. Dos Lives Latino podcast.
Sadly, Addicted to Race stopped creating podcasts a couple of years ago.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:30 AM on March 7, 2012
Sadly, Addicted to Race stopped creating podcasts a couple of years ago.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:30 AM on March 7, 2012
Also, Trannywreck podcasts were incredible. I wish Rebecca Ney was still doing them.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:32 AM on March 7, 2012
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:32 AM on March 7, 2012
The Field Negro Guide to Arts and Culture w/ Vernon Reid and W. Kamau Bell
posted by Rudy Gerner at 10:54 AM on March 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Rudy Gerner at 10:54 AM on March 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Fluff Radio Review is no longer being produced, but there's enough old episodes to listen to for a while.
posted by moonmilk at 10:35 PM on March 7, 2012
posted by moonmilk at 10:35 PM on March 7, 2012
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