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Exactly Right Podcast Network
Exactly Right Podcast Network is an American podcast network founded by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff in 2018. It produces 16 podcasts including ''My Favorite Murder'' which Hardstark and Kilgariff have co-hosted since 2016. History The creation of the network was announced on August 15, 2018., and officially launched on November 28, 2018 with five podcasts: ''My Favorite Murder'', ''Do You Need A Ride?'', '' This Podcast Will Kill You'', ''The Purrrcast'', and ''The Fall Line''. The network signed a two-year deal with Stitcher in 2019, which ''The Wall Street Journal'' estimated to be worth $10 million. As part of the deal, Sticher provided additional funding, advertising, and development tools to the network, and set the plan to create over a dozen more podcasts. In 2021 four additional podcasts were launched on the Network: Beauty podcast ''The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast'' which is hosted by two estheticians, true crime podcast ''Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. There also exist podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wondery
Wondery is an American podcast network and publisher of numerous award-winning podcasts, including Dirty John, Dr. Death, and The Shrink Next Door. Wondery was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and media executive Hernan Lopez. The company was launched with backing from 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). In late 2020, it was announced that Wondery had been purchased and is now owned by Amazon Music. Several of Wondery’s podcasts have been adapted for television, including ''Dirty John''. Wondery has two premium subscription options, Wondery+ and Wondery+ Kids. History Founding Wondery was launched in 2016 by Hernan Lopez, the exiting Fox International Channels CEO with backing from what was then called 20th Century Fox. The stated goal of the network is to curate and create audio shows with a focus on mobile users and audio-on-demand. The company teamed up with ART19 on distribution infrastructure and cross podcast dynamic insertion of ads. Lopez was joined by J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcasting Companies
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. There also exist podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Holes
Paul Holes (born March 15, 1968) is an American former cold-case investigator for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. Holes is known for his contributions to solving the Golden State Killer case using advanced methods of identifying the killer with DNA and genealogy technology. Since retiring in March 2018, Holes has contributed to books, television, and podcasts about the Golden State Killer and true crime. Education Holes studied at the University of California, Davis, from 1986 to 1990. There he received his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. Investigative career Holes was sworn in as an investigator for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in Martinez, California, in 1994. In the same year, Holes first discovered the cold case files of the East Area Rapist (EAR). His interest in the case was ignited and he remained close to the files, reviewing them any chance he had between active cases in Contra Costa County until a DNA break in 2001 expanded the case even f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Line (podcast)
''The Fall Line'' is an American true crime podcast that covers lesser-known cases of murder and disappearance from minority communities in Georgia. As of January 2021, it is an independent podcast, after having been part of the Exactly Right Podcast Network for 2 years. The podcast has helped to publicize the disappearance of Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, a cold case from Augusta, Georgia. History In 2017, Laurah Norton decided to make a podcast focusing on cases that had received little attention and had victims from underserved or marginalized communities. She first decided to focus on the Millbrook twins after hearing an episode of ''Thin Air'' discussing their case. Together with producer Brooke Gently-Hargrove, she launched ''The Fall Line'' on June 12, 2017. The podcast's name refers to the Atlantic Seaboard fall line in Georgia. Episodes The first season of the podcast focuses on the Millbrook twins, who disappeared in 1990. The second season deals with the 1989 dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Carlos
Jordan Carlos (born February 2, 1978) is an American stand-up comedian who played a recurring character on ''The Colbert Report'' and is a co-host on the Nickelodeon kids' show ''Me TV''. He also appeared as a panelist and reporter on '' The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore''. Career Early career Jordan Carlos graduated Brown University in 2001 and began work as a copywriter in a New York ad firm. At night and on weekends Carlos performed stand-up comedy. Eventually Carlos abandoned advertising altogether in favor of stand-up although he feels he had trouble finding a niche audience because he "wasn't a stereotypical black man". He learned to use that characteristic as the basis for many of his jokes. Role on ''The Colbert Report'' On ''The Colbert Report'' Carlos played Alan, host Stephen Colbert's "black friend". Whenever Colbert discussed racial issues, he often asked that a picture of him with his African-American co-worker Alan be shown on screen. Colbert sometimes referred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Buteau
Michelle Buteau (born July 24, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, television host, and podcast host. Early life Buteau was born in New Jersey to a Haitian father of partial Lebanese descent and a Jamaican mother of half-French descent. She attended college at Florida International University and was considering a career in journalism before moving into comedy. Career Buteau started performing comedy a few days after September 11, 2001. After five years as a stand-up comedian, Buteau landed her first television spot on Comedy Central. In 2017, Buteau was listed as one of ten comedians to watch by ''Esquire''. In 2018, Buteau started hosting the ''Late Night Whenever!'' podcast, which was labeled as "one of the best podcasts of 2018 so far" by ''Time''. Buteau was also part of ''The Comedy Lineup'' on Netflix where up and coming comedians have 15 minute stand-up sets. In 2019, Buteau appeared in the movies: ''Someone Great'', ''Isn't It Romantic'', ''Sell By'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Braunohler
Kurt Braunohler (born February 22, 1976) is an American comedian and co-host of the podcast ''Bananas'' on Exactly Right Podcast Network. He was previously the host of IFC's comedy game show '' Bunk'' and has appeared on Comedy Central, ''This American Life'', and ''Radiolab''. Braunohler is a frequent collaborator with Kristen Schaal, with whom he created the web series ''Penelope Princess of Pets''. Career Braunohler's first major project was the performance project Kurtbot. This was a series of street comedy sketches along with an accompanying website. He had more success with the street theatre project Chengwin. His work with the group earned a number of awards, including being voted by the ''Village Voice'' as "Best Hilarious Insane Guerilla Theatre" in 2008. In 2004, Braunohler began the Neutrino Video Projects. His work with the group garnered widespread praise, and in 2005 the group traveled to the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as to the Edinburgh Fest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Holmes (actor)
David Robert Holmes (born March 14, 1971) is an American actor, writer, television host, podcaster, producer, and former VJ who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first ''Wanna Be a VJ'' contest in 1998. From the beginning, he distinguished himself from other candidates with an encyclopedic knowledge of music trivia. Early life Born in New Jersey and raised in St. Louis, Holmes's family includes parents Charles and Mary Lou and two older brothers, Dan and Steve. The family runs a financial consulting business in Clayton, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. Holmes attended Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School, the Saint Louis Priory School and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked at WCHC, the campus radio station, and interned at WCCA-TV, Worcester's public access television station. Career Despite his loss to Jesse Camp, MTV hired Holmes as a VJ shortly after ''Wanna Be a VJ.'' He went on to host several MTV shows, including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff (born May 11, 1970 in Petaluma, California) is an American writer, comedian, singer, author, actress, television producer, and podcast host. She began her career as a stand up comedian in the early 1990s and later became a television actress, most notably as a cast member on ''Mr. Show''. She has written for many comedy television shows, including being the head writer on '' The Rosie Show'', '' The Ellen Degeneres Show'' and '' The Pete Holmes Show''. Since 2016 she has co-hosted the true crime comedy podcast '' My Favorite Murder'' along with Georgia Hardstark. In 2018, she and Hardstark co-founded the podcast network Exactly Right. Along with Hardstark, Kilgariff wrote the non-fiction book ''Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered,'' which was released on May 28, 2019. Early life Karen Kilgariff grew up outside Petaluma, California with her mother, Patricia (née Knight) who died in 2016, her father Jim, and an older sister. Both of Karen's parents worked; her fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting For Impact
''Waiting for Impact'' is a 10-episode limited series podcast hosted by Dave Holmes (actor), Dave Holmes. It premiered on the Exactly Right Podcast network on October 12, 2021. It tells the story of a 1990s band Sudden Impact who disappeared after making an appearance in a Boyz II Men video. In addition to exploring the history of Sudden Impact, Holmes interviews other people who achieved fame in the 1990s music industry. Production In 1991 the band Sudden Impact appeared briefly in the music video for Boyz II Men's song "Motownphilly," which played frequently on MTV. After the video the band disappeared from the public eye. Dave Holmes took an interest in the band and their story, comparing the band's appearance to a teaser trailer for a movie that never came out. The idea to create a project around the idea came up when Holmes realized his friend Scott M. Gimple shared his fascination with the Sudden Impact story. Holmes told ''Entertainment Weekly'', "He is also somebody wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The ''Journal'' has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The ''Journal'' is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news. The newspaper has won 38 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2019. ''The Wall Street Journal'' is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, with a circulation of about 2.834million copies (including nearly 1,829,000 digital sales) compared with '' USA Today''s 1.7million. The ''Journal'' publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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