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Radiotopia
Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by Roman Mars (host of '' 99% Invisible'') and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. Since its launch, podcasts in the network have been downloaded over 19 million times per month. History Radiotopia, founded by Roman Mars, was launched in February 2014 with an initial group of seven shows: Jonathan Mitchell's ''The Truth'', Lea Thau's ''Strangers'', Benjamin Walker's ''Theory of Everything'', Nick van der Kolk's '' Love and Radio'', the Kitchen Sisters' ''Fugitive Waves'' (later renamed '' The Kitchen Sisters Present''), ''Radio Diaries'', and Roman Mars' own flagship show '' 99% Invisible''. Without the support of traditional radio broadcasting, these independent producers banded together to instead target a growing audience of podcast listeners. The podcast network was initially supported by a US$200,000 injectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Shapiro
Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by Roman Mars (host of ''99% Invisible'') and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. Since its launch, podcasts in the network have been downloaded over 19 million times per month. History Radiotopia, founded by Roman Mars, was launched in February 2014 with an initial group of seven shows: Jonathan Mitchell's ''The Truth (podcast), The Truth'', Lea Thau's ''Strangers (podcast), Strangers'', Benjamin Walker's ''Theory of Everything'', Nick van der Kolk's ''Love and Radio'', the Kitchen Sisters' ''Fugitive Waves'' (later renamed ''The Kitchen Sisters Present''), ''Radio Diaries'', and Roman Mars' own flagship show ''99% Invisible''. Without the support of traditional radio broadcasting, these independent producers banded together to instead target a growing audience of podcast listeners. The podcast network was initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Mars
Roman Mars is an American radio producer. He is the host and producer of ''99% Invisible'', a KALW radio show and podcast, and a founder of the podcast collective Radiotopia, which he describes as efforts "to broaden the radio landscape ndmake shows that aren't bound by conventions" of public radio in the United States. He has also contributed to radio programs '' Radiolab'' and '' Planet Money''. ''Fast Company'' identified him as one of the hundred most creative people of 2013. Mars, with Elizabeth Joh, also hosts the podcast ''What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law''. Early life Mars left a PhD program in genetics to undertake an unpaid internship at public radio station KALW in San Francisco. In 2004, he produced a program called ''Invisible Ink'' on KALW. ''99% Invisible'' Mars and his radio show, ''99% Invisible'', have been credited in the mainstream press as an innovative form of radio production, defining a new movement of independent radio and podcast creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
99% Invisible
''99% Invisible'' is a radio show and podcast produced and created by Roman Mars that focuses on design. It began as a collaborative project between San Francisco public radio station KALW and the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco. PRX has distributed the show for broadcasting on a number of radio stations and as a podcast on the Radiotopia network. On April 28, 2021, Roman Mars announced in an introduction of a re-released episode that ''99% Invisible'' had been purchased by Sirius XM and marketed as part of its Stitcher Radio brand. History The name of the show was derived from a quote by Buckminster Fuller that, "Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable." In 2014, ''99% Invisible'' began its fourth season, the first in which it had a weekly release schedule. As of 2024, show staff includes Executive Producer Kathy Tu; Content Director Kurt Kohlstedt; Senior Editor Delaney Hall; Director of Sound Swan Real; Senior Audio Engineer M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Is Alive (podcast)
''Everything Is Alive'' is a podcast produced by Radiotopia and hosted by Ian Chillag. The show consists of bi-weekly fictional unscripted interviews with inanimate objects. Background The show is an unscripted fictional interview podcast that is based in a real world setting. The podcast is a form of improv comedy. The podcast is hosted by Ian Chillag and features a new guest each episode. Chillag has worked as a producer on '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' and ''Fresh Air'' with Terry Gross. The podcast released episodes bi-weekly on Tuesdays and each season contained 10 episodes each. The podcast debuted in 2018 and each episode is about 20 minutes in length. The podcast is produced by Radiotopia and follows the network's trend of focusing on non-human subjects in their shows. In each episode of the podcast Chillag interviews an inanimate object played by the show's guest. The first episode features an interview with Louis Kornfeld as a can of soda. There are not environmenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Exploder
''Song Exploder'' is a music podcast created and hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway, which debuted in January 2014. It is part of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX. The show features musicians talking about the creative process behind an individual song while breaking down the song into its component parts. In 2020, the podcast was adapted into a Netflixbr>original series The podcast launched on the Maximum Fun network, became independent in February 2015 and joined Radiotopia in June 2015. Format Each episode begins with the host introducing the show's featured musician (or musicians) and giving a brief history of the musical act or television program with which they are associated. The artist then discusses the creative process used in the creation of a particular song. This may include anything from songwriting to recording to post-production. The discussion is interspersed with short clips of separate tracks from the song isolated to illustrate the topics being discussed †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal Gossip
''Normal Gossip'' is a podcast produced by Defector Media and Radiotopia. Created by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin and hosted since 2024 by Rachelle Hampton, the program features listener-contributed gossip stories that are anonymized and narrated alongside a guest, usually a comedian or journalist. Named one of the best podcasts of 2022 by ''Vulture'', ''Time'', ''The Atlantic'' and ''Here & Now'', Normal Gossip has released seven seasons and garnered more than 10 million listens. History McKinney, a writer and cofounder of Defector, was inspired to create the podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she missed "the fizzy thrill of overhearing a good story at a bar." The pitch was not picked up by any major podcast platforms, so Defector hired Laughlin to produce the show as a freelancer. The show launched in early 2022, quickly attracting thousands of listeners per episode. In April 2023, it joined Radiotopia, a network of indie podcasts administered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Radio
''Love and Radio'' (stylized ''Love + Radio'') is an American audio podcast directed by Nick van der Kolk and produced by Phil Dmochowski and Steven Jackson. ''Love and Radio'' originally began in 2005 as a series of self-distributed episodes, and the show later received support and distribution from NPR and Chicago Public Media. In 2014 ''Love and Radio'' joined the podcast network Radiotopia Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by Roman Mars (host of '' 99% Invisible'') and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their wo ... as one of its seven original shows and began producing episodes on a more regular monthly schedule. In May 2019 ''Love and Radio'' left Radiotopia to join the newly launched subscription-supported podcasting service Luminary, starting with their 8th season in May 2019. Episodes of ''Love and Radio'' consist of stories, often presented in pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ear Hustle
''Ear Hustle'' is a non-fiction podcast about prison life and life after incarceration created by Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both formerly incarcerated, and Nigel Poor, an artist who volunteers at San Quentin State Prison. In 2016, it was selected by the Radiotopia network as the winner of its Podquest competition, and the following year released its first season. It was the first podcast to be entirely created and produced inside a prison. In 2018, California governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence, citing ''Ear Hustle'' as a significant contributor to his reformation as an American citizen. Since his release, Woods has continued to co-host the podcast with Poor from outside prison, with Poor recording some parts in San Quentin with new co-host Rahsaan "New York" Thomas. ''Ear Hustle'' was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting, and won a Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 2021. Its fourteenth season began airing in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Memory Palace
''The Memory Palace'' is a monthly historical podcast hosted by Nate DiMeo that debuted in 2008. The program features historical narratives concerning such subjects as the Cardiff Giant and the CIA project Acoustic Kitty. It is currently distributed online by Radiotopia. History In 2009, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned a version of the episode "A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product" for its ''Rewind Remix Replay'' exhibit. In July 2011, design podcast '' 99% Invisible'' commissioned the episode "A Stretch". In August 2011, '' Slate'' commissioned a series of "Civil War Stories" in conjunction with their ''Slate Daily Podcast''. In July 2012, Maximum Fun began supporting ''The Memory Palace''. The two parted ways in early 2015. The podcast joined Radiotopia in June 2015. Reception '' 99% Invisible'''s Roman Mars described ''The Memory Palace'' as "sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, and often a wonderful mix of both." '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passenger List (podcast)
''Passenger List'' is a thriller podcast produced by Radiotopia and starring Kelly Marie Tran. Background The podcast debuted on September 16, 2019. The podcast was produced by Radiotopia. The podcast stars Kelly Marie Tran, alongside Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict, and Patti LuPone. The story follows Kaitlin Le, who is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a plane. Reception Alexis Soloski wrote in ''The New York Times'' that "the voice talent is strong, particularly Tran, who grounds the narrative". The podcast received five out of five microphones from ''Podcast Magazine''. Jack Seale wrote in ''The Guardian'' that the podcast is an "addictively plotty drama." ''Passenger List'' won the People's Voice Webby Award in the Scripted Podcast category at the 2020 Webby Awards. The first season also won Gold in the Best Fiction category at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was "Highly Commended" in the running for Podcast of the Year. It also received a Best Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers (podcast)
''Strangers'' is a podcast hosted by Danish-born producer Lea Thau. Initially part of KCRW's Independent Producer project, ''Strangers'' became a founding member of PRX's Radiotopia podcasting collective in 2014. Thau announced in November 2017 that Strangers would be leaving the Radiotopia collective. History After a decade as executive and creative director for the storytelling organization The Moth and having created both its short-form podcast and ''The Moth Radio Hour'', Thau was awarded a 2010 Peabody Award and radio station KCRW offered that she produce her own show. Lea's concept for ''Strangers'' was to bring strangers together to share stories. Thau kept creative control and only used KCRW to mix the final product. By 2017, the show had 500,000 monthly downloads, and two full-time employees besides Thau. ''Slate'' highlighted the show's 2014 arc on Thau's "life-altering heartbreak" as among the best in podcasting. ''Los Angeles'' magazine recommended the podcast in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Articles Of Interest
''Articles of Interest'' is a podcast about the social history of clothing and fashion. Created by producer Avery Trufelman, the show originated in 2018 as a mini-series for ''99% Invisible'' and became an independent member of Radiotopia in 2021. History Trufelman told the ''Daily Front Row'' her interest in fashion was sparked by childhood visits to San Francisco in which she went thrifting on Haight Street, in addition to learning about Vivienne Westwood at the De Young Museum. She became inspired to report on fashion from a design perspective as a ''99% Invisible'' intern. The first season of ''Articles of Interest,'' reported by Trufelman and edited by Joe Rosenberg, featured six short episodes exploring topics ranging from denim and pockets to punk fashion and the Hawaiian shirt, with commentary on their significance as viewed through the lens of capitalism, identity and aesthetics. The second season, released in 2020, focused on luxury items, including perfume, diamond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
