Jenna
@JennaKagel
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Podcast and radio producer. Former: @kcrw, @westernsound, @BrianLehrer, @wnyc, @notetoself, @TheTakeaway, @onthemedia, @kpcc
Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2013
We've got some big news: Heavyweight officially has a new home @pushkinpods. Tell your friends, your exes… tell the strangers on the subway! And be sure to subscribe to the feed to hear about new episodes. https://t.co/V7tBPxfnC3
nytimes.com
Pushkin Industries, the podcast company that will release the show, is betting that documentary-style audio programs can still win an audience.
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.@zachthemack and his dad both wanted to mend a rift that had grown between them for years, but they couldn't figure out how. Then Zach's dad offered a very surprising way out.
thisamericanlife.org
Zach Mack and his dad try to mend a rift between them in a very unusual way.
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In 24 hours, I went from never having heard of Watch Duty to checking the app religiously. Turns out I’m not alone. Terrific @thewendylee story on the resource we’re all glued to right now, for @latimes:
latimes.com
With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told The Times it counted 600,000 new sign-ups in the last 24 hours.
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When the fires are at their worst, southern California's TV stations are at their best. The hyperlocal live coverage alerts residents to evacuation warnings; gives real-time info about shelters and other resources; and shows exactly where and how the fires are spreading.
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.@TaylorLorenz on the glaringly obvious reason why the left can't compete with the right-wing influencer ecosystem: https://t.co/rh7EyWQFrV?
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BREAKING: Missouri becomes the first state to overturn a near-total abortion ban by ballot initiative, per @AP, even as the state reelects its staunch anti-abortion Sen. Josh Hawley.
apnews.com
Missouri voters approved a measure on Tuesday that enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution and replaces a near-total ban on the procedure.
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So sorry I was slow responding to your email, I was tied up watching this over and over again
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Check out my investigative piece on Love Is Blind, the Netflix hit that sold itself to cast members as a pure-hearted psych experiment—and is currently being sued for false imprisonment, labor violations & setting people up with dangerous soulmates https://t.co/57EMal66dl
newyorker.com
Reality-TV contestants are barely paid, and the experience can feel like abuse. Former cast members of Netflix’s megahit are speaking out—and calling for solidarity.
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Thanks to everyone who read my piece about #NPR, and found it helpful. I wanted to share a few thoughts about what's harmful about the false "wokeness" narrative about the place. https://t.co/v8GnZX74cA via @slate
slate.com
The real story behind the public broadcaster’s woes.
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One underestimated aspect of Parks & Rec was how fully it nailed the media, from Perd Hapley to Joan Calamezzo & the Gotcha Dancers to Crazy Ira and the Douche to that hilarious NPR parody. Shauna Malwae-Tweep was the most legit journalist in that town & she's 100% unemployed now
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A few years ago, Vice was valued at $5.7 billion. They published some of the smartest, most interesting, and fearless journalism of the last decade. And now private equity is going to strip it for parts to make a bunch of outdated nostalgia meme pages. Unspeakably grim shit.
Vice CEO Bruce Dixon announces that they’ll no longer publish anything on https://t.co/0f2DmCaOZn and employees who are affected (all of us??) will be notified early next week
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The relentless drumbeat of media layoffs is gut-wrenching.
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Do you consider me your enemy? If so, I would like to talk to you on my podcast. Please email my producer with your explanation. jennakagel@iheartmedia.com
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Alternate title for this episode: “Yesterday is a hard word to say”
Show is up! @GustavoArellano's last show in the host chair features @whignewtons, @ebruenig & @sarahdwire talking about the latest #January6thHearing, climate legislation, & rising COVID & monkeypox cases. Listen:
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I made a thing. Go listen:
kcrw.com
Panelists discuss how President Biden is addressing fears of a recession, the latest January 6 hearing, and former President Trump’s potential 2024 run.
Producing again was the homie jefa @JennaKagel — we make a great team! As @conniechiwaKCRW would do:
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The verdict is in and it’s depressing as hell. @RottenInDenmark and @OTMBrooke discuss Depp v Heard on this weeks pod:
wnycstudios.org
Why progressive media steered around the facts of Depp v. Heard.
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In September, 2014, Mackenzie Fierceton arrived at her high school “with a bloodied and battered face,” one teacher wrote. The incident—and her mother’s account of it—would come to haunt Fierceton’s every move. https://t.co/ptcr3UnmgX
newyorker.com
Mackenzie Fierceton was championed as a former foster youth who had overcome an abusive childhood and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Then the University of Pennsylvania accused her of lying.
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