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Reporting on issues that impact audio/pod workers for The Squeeze. Prev: contrib.@ Hot Pod + creator/host @ Inside Pod. Find me: skyepillsatwork @gmail .com.
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PODCAST FRIENDS! BIG NEWS, PLS RETWEET? 🙏
Introducing The Squeeze, a free newsletter 4 podcasters + audio professionals featuring original reporting, interviews, tweets, gossip + other stuff I think you'll like.
Pls subscribe + tell yer friends! 🧵1/8
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It has taken me nearly half a century to learn that the word "restaurateur" does not include the letter N.
WTF people.
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There is a woman walking around downtown San Francisco with a live bird in her backpack.
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To those of you who read my earlier tweet about
@deathsexmoney
, I have excellent news:
@annasale
is hoping to find a new home for the show somewhere new. 🎉
She asked me to publish the following statement. 1/1
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A few weeks ago I began publishing a series about what's happened
@prx
— the distributor behind shows including
@ThisAmerLife
,
@earhustlesq
,
@TheMoth
,
@NightValeRadio
— since an employee accused the org of fostering a racist workplace in Aug of 2020.
🧵 1/4
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Y'all this is crazy: an episode of
@gimletmedia
's
@heavyweight
which features a personal story of mine was nominated for "best audio documentary" by
@IDAorg
this week. Separately, I interviewed
@J_Goldstein
and
@bellocollective
published that piece today.
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When I heard that actor/stoner
@Sethrogen
had hired indie podcaster
@richardsfamous
to produce his podcast I was like, THAT'S AMAZING!
And then I was like, wait... HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
So I called Richard up and asked him!
I give you:
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IN TODAY'S SQUEEZE:
An oral history of
@gimletmedia
's demise, as told to me by five anonymous sources;
And more on that session at Hot Pod Summit in which Kerri Hoffman referred to departed
@prx
employees as "seeds."
GET IT NOW:
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dear
@vulture
, I have gripes.
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A "PODCAST" SECTION ON YOUR MASTHEAD? HOW CAN YOU PUBLISH A STORY ABOUT OUR LACK OF HITS WHEN YOU WON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE EXIST?
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Can y'all please start populating
@Podchaser
with your podcast work and appearances? It helps people like me write and brag about your work!
#ladypodsquad
#wocpodcasters
#shepodcasts
#asianamericanpodcasters
@radiotopia
@Gimletmedia
@spoke_media
@MultitudeShows
+ everyone else!
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Hey Podcast Twitter —
If you make audio and have been featured on a podcast discussing your work, can you please reply with a link to the episode? 🙏
I'd like to listen and possibly include in a future issue of The Squeeze. Thanks!
(would appreciate any retweets!)
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Dear podcast hosts, please put your name in your show's description. Yeah, even if you're famous-ish. I don't know how to spell it.
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After interviewing
#DollyPartonsAmerica
producer
@ShimaOliaee
this morning, my sound engineer, who is typically tight-lipped, casually remarks "She was extraordinarily delightful." My post-interview selfie says it all.
#podcastcreators
#ladypodsquad
#shepodcasts
cc
@DollyParton
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Having to juggle work and parenting is hard. I’ve often wondered if I should just give up on writing the squeeze. Today I’m trying to embrace the chaos and forgive myself for not publishing this week. Shout-out to all the working parents. 🧡🧡🧡
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Since people are asking, my departure from
@Inside
is 100% amicable! I loved writing the newsletter; it's just time to do something new.
Also, I love podcasts and the people who make them WAY too much to disappear. I'm not sure what's next, but it'll be in podcasting! 1/4
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I'm finally writing about podcasts again! woot
Today I have a story about podcasts + Hollywood in
@nwquah
's
@hotpodmedia
.
Thx to the generous creators who shared their stories:
@HrishiHirway
,
@MrPaulBae
,
@SarahRheaWerner
, Eli Horowitz,
@MarshallLewy
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What podcast is 2019's "best kept secret"? I am compiling answers 4 holiday issue. If interested, send show name, what it's about, why you love it, your name, title, and a full link to your preferred social to skye
@inside
.com, subject line HOLIDAY. Pls don't submit your own show.
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Today's issue of The Squeeze is out!
Please do me a favor and TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS about this newsletter. Thank you.
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Today's Squeeze is out!
Ever wonder what went on at
@prx
after an employee accused the company of fostering a racist workplace culture during the summer of 2020? Yeah, me too.
Today: Part I, in which I take you behind the reporting for this story.
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I just returned from the first (extended) family vacation where not a single family member referred to my
#podcast
as a blog or my
#newsletter
as a podcast. I knew you guys could do it.
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Death, Sex & Money is indeed impacted by the budget situation at New York Public Radio and whether it continues production beyond the end of the year is an open question. I am working with the company to find a new partner or home for our show long-term. 2/2
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Ok, the jitters have finally hit. Feeling nervous (but excited AF!!) to interview Nigel and Earlonne from
@radiotopia
's
@earhustlesq
#podcast
tomorrow! Wish me luck...
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Dear publicist: Make your job EASIER by sending me three sentences (or less!) on why I should pay attention to your show. Bonus points if you sound like a real human and double-points if you make me laugh.
#podcastwriters
#wearetired
#youwritetoomuch
#help
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Huge news! I'm about to start production on my new
#truecrime
podcast, in which I finally lose it and murder remote school! 🥳🥳🥳
When the podcast ends, I'm in jail but my daughter thinks I'm the dopest Mom that ever lived.
#fuckthisyear
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Good morning from the cutest owl you will ever see in your life
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Part 3, in which I look at what's gone on *inside* PRX + speak with a source who has agreed to go on-the-record, drops tomorrow.
Please subscribe and spread the word. 4/4
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NEWS:
@InsidePodcstng
is launching the Inside Podcasting
#podcast
this summer! I'm recording my first episode with
@madeleinebaran
, host of
@InTheDarkAPM
this week. If you have a great question you'd like me to ask, feel free to DM me.
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Fired up to talk about podcasts for four days with people who ALSO want to talk about podcasts for four days. My kids, neighbors and friends have pretty much reached the breaking point. My husband tolerates me, but let's face it, he's bored, too.
#PM19
@PodcastMovement
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I do not understand how to promote my first newsletter issue (!!) without also giving a close-up of me blowing you a kiss but I guess that's better than a stick in the eye?
Please read, retweet, tell 100 friends, and subscribe!
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Who else is feeling like they are uniquely UNQUALIFIED to be a homeschool teacher?
This is the hardest job in the world.
P.S. if you comment "Oh, but it's so rewarding," we can no longer be friends. 🤪😂
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I've had to skip a few issues of
@InsidePodcstng
due to some stuff that's going on in the background for me. Planning on landing in your inbox W-F this week. Hang in there with me, ok?
#podcasters
#podcastwriters
#podcastcommunity
#podcasts
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Can we all agree that there is no way that this is where they actually recorded the podcast?
Michelle and I have spent a lot of time together these past few months. We’ve had a lot of good talks—and this one’s up there with the best. Take a listen to the very first episode of Michelle’s podcast: .
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Gutted by my own reporting today:
@deathsexmoney
has been cut by NYPR/
@WNYC
+ nearly every podcast has been impacted by the layoffs.
Is this how you win
@nypublicradio
?
Cuz I don't see it.
I see a race
straight
to
the
bottom.
Good luck!
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SOME PERSONAL NEWS: Tonight my daughter + her chorus will be singing the national anthem at the f*cking Warriors game!!! I can't believe it!
She'll be the girl wearing glasses (and I will be the mom in the nosebleed seats losing her godamn mind)
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The first issue of The Squeeze is out!
Thanks to
@reblavoie
,
@AlexBaumhardt
,
@shessomickey
,
@twiladang
and a few others who spoke to me anonymously for this piece.
Six full-time staffers of In the Dark no longer have jobs.
Please read + speak out!
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I'm not sure who needs to hear this but today is Friday.
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What is your fave
#podcast
for kids (K through college) and why? Please include 1-3 sentences on why you/your kids love it. Responses may be included in future newsletter (I'll credit you & link to your Twitter). DM or reply.
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Man, I'm so tired of having to track down the people who produce your
#podcast
because you haven't credited them in your show notes.
If you're not crediting them (and adding their socials!), why not start today.
Here's more on why this is important:
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the feeling that Podcast Movement is so grateful to Nick Quah right now
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Today in the
@InsidePodcstng
*newsletter*:
@ReplyAll
's
@newsmanual
explains how he + his team crafted "The Least You Could Do," an episode that looks at why white people are sending Black people Venmo payments.
Read for free:
#podcasts
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You guys! Inside Podcasting has launched! On the first episode you'll hear how this podcast came about, why I had a meltdown during a family vacation, what “rookie” mistakes I made while creating the show, and when I'll feel like I'm a “real" podcaster.
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I want to publicly thank the people who encouraged me over the past months — years? — while I agonized over whether it was time to start my own newsletter:
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It's time for me to get back to work
This is the week I name the thing
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I don't know how this happened but thanks those of you who nominated the
@InsidePodcstng
podcast for best new podcast of 2019! It's an honor! (Postscript: pls vote for one of the other amazing shows for the win!)
Which is the best new podcast of 2019? vote now
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This is an important read for anyone in the audio industry
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Ooooh boy just recorded my trailer for season 2 of Inside Podcasting!! Feels wonderful and exciting and also like I want to hide under the desk, you know what I mean
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right now I wish I just had a mindless job and didn't have to "create" something ugh does anyone else feel this
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Episode 2 is live! Everything is Alive creator
@ianchillag
and I discuss what it's like when Terry Gross drops an F-bomb, how he creates & casts his show, the actual work of making podcasts, the concept of "podcast flavor."
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My 11 yr old daughter had to record herself interviewing my Mom for a school project and I just listened and it is legit the best podcast I've ever heard.
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This week's issue of The Squeeze just dropped!
I interview
@Afros_and_Audio
founder Talib Jasir re: The
@PodcastMovement
debacle, capitalism vs community & more
Plus, a SCOOP: A Mysterious Saudi-Backed Podcast Conference Is Recruiting U.S. Speakers
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I am so proud of the show we make, and the deep relationships with our audience that we've built. 3/3
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hi, tweets about my newsletter never get traction on this platform anymore but fyi my latest is out + it's a banger:
"WNYC Part III: Audrey Cooper's Digital First Strategy Has Failed"
link is in my profile but you probably won't see this anyways, bummer
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Me: Hurray, my family has agreed to give me this whole day to write, uninterrupted. I am in heaven!
Me: 👀
Me: Maybe I'll listen to a podcast first.
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In 2017, my son Clark and I visited D.C. Before the trip, I called the office of
@KamalaHarris
to see if we could stop by & briefly meet the California Senator. She was booked, but the night we arrived I received this voicemail on my phone.
#LetsDoThis
#VOTE
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Dear
@InsidePodcstng
reader: I will soon explain why my newsletters have been sporadic lately. You deserve it. In the meantime, please understand that I'm not giving up on it. I looooove writing IP. But to paraphrase
@earhustlesq
: life has *shown up*. More soon. 🧡🧡🧡
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Hey everyone - I’m joining
@arithisandthat
+ other podcast newsletter writers at this Twitter space tmrw (Tuesday) and hope you’ll join? We’ll explain what we write about, how to pitch us + answer questions, etc.! Fun! 9am PST /noon EST
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Both of my children get their second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine this afternoon.
(*dances joyfully around the room*)
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Beyond excited to interview one of my heroes for the podcast tomorrow:
@Recode
Decode host
@karaswisher
. Got an insightful question for one of the "most feared and well-liked" journalists/podcasters around? Lay it on me!
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Today in (my final!)
@InsidePodcstng
newsletter:
@meuceph
discusses the experience of creating her acclaimed
#podcast
"Tell Them, I Am" and eventually buying the show's IP from
@KPCC
/
@LAist
.
#ownership
#creators
#woc
#badassfemales
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I feel elated about the new year. I know it's a construct blah blah blah but change is coming and I am drinking pink champagne and heating up a frozen pizza and I don't think it gets much better
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Holy sh*t friends, a story I wrote about food
#podcasts
is on the front page of
@eatersf
today!
Thanks to
@mstanyaholland
,
@hooleil
, and
@tablehopper
for speaking to me for the story. These new podcasters are breaking barriers and doing amazing work.
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Today's issue of
@thisisthesqueez
is *finally* OUT, in which the culture wars come for podcasting, I get stood up, two execs are fighting, and I get no sleep.
Enjoy and tell a friend.
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yeah baby — I now have a stock answer next time a friend/stranger/troll asks me for podcast recommendations:
Call 844-POD-AT-ME — one and done!
(Congrats to my friends over at
@tinkmediaco
on today's launch!)
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CREATORS: Ever wondered what it would be like to pitch your podcast to a major podcast studio? Then this one's for you —
The *Inside Story* Behind
@simonkentfung
+
@TenderfootTV
's Now-Hit Podcast
@dearalanapod
Lands in 4,500 inboxes tomorrow.
Subscribe 4 free @ link in bio!
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ATTENTION: Filmmaker Shaun Michael Colón is looking for *indie podcasters* to participate in his doc about the podcast industry ft.
@karaswisher
,
@mixedupmemories
(JT Green),
@webby2001
(Tom Webster),
@iraglass
, etc.
GET AFTER IT
P.S. Shaun is legit:
)
"'Age of Audio' weaves an intimate, often humorous, and sometimes harsh narrative that vividly portrays the struggles and triumphs inherent in building an entire industry from the power of the human voice."
Find out how you can support
@aoamovie
at .
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What a thrill to interview
@Recode
’s
@karaswisher
for the IP
#podcast
! I even got to sit in the Red Chair, as evidenced by this photo wherein Kara looks like a complete badass (as usual) and I look like I just got my drivers license (as usual)
#ladypodsquad
#shepodcasts
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In a very long grocery line where we’re all buying end-of-the-world supplies, I end up telling a stranger how sick my mom is and he shares that in the midst of crisis he and his wife have separated. We agree that if it wasn’t for corona, we’d be hugging right now.
#thenewnormal
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I'm trapped under about 50 pounds of podcast news.
#podcastwriter
#industryonfire
#toomanypodcasts
#oy
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I'm going to start introducing myself to random people as a TOP INDUSTRY LEADER. It'll really clinch the deal when they get a glimpse of the sexy keychain microphone I got at
#ShePodcasts
. How ya like these apples, eh?
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Our podcast is getting close to launch, you guys! Holy s!*!
#podcasting
#podcast
#newpodcaster
#terrified
That feeling when a new
#Podcast
you’ve been working on is getting so close to launch...
@SkyePillsbury
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I spoke too soon: tomorrow is NOT my last newsletter!
I got at least one more in me. 🧡🧡🧡
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I find it shocking that every single person invited to share their perspective in this article is white and male. Seriously,
@PodcastBJournal
? You can't think of a single woman or person of color who might have had something to say here?
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Today in
@InsidePodcstng
: A special issue devoted to the inaugural
@shepodcasts
live
#conference
, which attracted ~700 female-identifying
#podcasters
. Speakers were 40%
#WOC
,
#LGBTQ
or both.
#ladypodsquad
@kristenmeinzer
@JessKupferman
@TheElsieEscobar
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Spokesman told me that "he showed up in a common area of the event space unregistered, unbadged, and no talent was scheduled to be present at the event."
Hey
@PodcastMovement
folks, plz DM me add'l pics/stories about this! Happy to credit you or not - your choice.
#PM22
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Doing my best to get another issue out by tomorrow re:
@WNYC
layoffs.
If you plan to read it, please subscribe; it's free.
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Dolly Parton beat me! (I will brag about this for the rest of my life)
Congratulations to all the winners 🥳
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IN TODAY'S SQUEEZE:
— revelations about the law firm PRX hired to investigate claims of racism;
— a never-previously-reported-on letter reveals who
@radiotopia
supported the cause (and who didn't);
— historical data re: PRX & Radiotopia's whiteness
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Please don't tag me (and a ton of other writers) in a generic post about yer show. Then I have to figure out why I'm being tagged. I shouldn't have to do the work. Take a second, read what I write, tailor your pitch, and sent it directly TO ME.
Thanks!
#podcast
#journalists
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Podcasters: If the virus has upended your work in some way, I want to hear your story. What happened? How are you doing?
Include the name of your show & a link to it, unless you'd like to be anonymous. Send your story to skye
@inside
.com by Tues 12pm PT. Please RT!
#Checkingin
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Two of my favorite ladies of podcasting are hosting a show about podcasts fuck YEAH
OH WOW.
@laurenpassell
&
@adelamiz
just dropped the trailer for their new podcast, Feed the Queue.
I AM ALL IN.
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My interview with
@InTheDarkAPM
's
@madeleinebaran
is LIVE. We discuss how she and her team write and structure the show, her narration voice, what's missing in
#podcasting
. And I do my best Terry Gross impression.
#podernfamily
#ladypodsquad
#shepodcasts
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No power in 2 days - drove into SF so kids can play and we are further from smoke. The generous and talented
@eveb
has offered to write Tuesday’s
@InsidePodcstng
newsletter - thank you, girl! (We are fine, others aren’t. It’s heartbreaking.)
#californiawildfires
#ClimateStrike
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Here's
@RedWineBlueUSA
's "Cory Booker is coming to suburbia" video mentioned in today's episode of
#TheDaily
. I love these women!
#LetsWinThis
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Friends, pls don't ask me to cover you in exchange for a "favor" (like mentioning me in your podcast). If I want to write about your work, I will. But agreements like these are unethical and make you immediately suspect.
Sorry, the slime has me in a mood.
Today in
@InsidePodcstng
:
@cbcpodcasts
'
#HuntingWarhead
blows me away,
@wilw_writes
'
@VALENCEpod
arrives,
@latimes
releases
#ChasingCosby
, and I have a sick tween at home so bye, I'll be making slime for the rest of the day.
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Editing can put me in this beautiful, meditative state.
It can also make me want to break things and throw my laptop out the f*cking window.
So that's where I am today
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It's bizarre to be listening to NPR right now and they're just talking about whatever
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Re-listening to
@DollyParton
's America (in preparation for interviewing producer
@ShimaOliaee
on Friday (for season two of Inside Podcasting!) and it's even better the 2nd time around. Also,
#Dollywood
is now on the bucket list.
#podcasts
#interviews
#creators
#smokymountains
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You guys, it was so good! I had nothing to be nervous about. Deep thanks to
@EarlonneWoods
, Nigel Poor and the whole
@earhustlesq
and
@radiotopia
team! 🙏🧡
Ok, the jitters have finally hit. Feeling nervous (but excited AF!!) to interview Nigel and Earlonne from
@radiotopia
's
@earhustlesq
#podcast
tomorrow! Wish me luck...
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PSA: If you want someone to follow you on social media (or link to you from a story), provide them with the *entire link* to your social presence (e.g. ), not just your handle (
@SkyePillsbury
). Everyone is busy; remove the barriers.
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EXCITING AND NERVE-WRACKING NEWS: The trailer for the Inside Podcasting *podcast* is LIVE (on most platforms anyway — what up,
@Spotify
,
@Google
?). In our first season, I interview six hosts about their craft.
#podcasts
#shepodcasts
#PM19
#ladypodsquad
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Writing for
@nwquah
at Hot Pod was a dream job; I've enjoyed every minute. Big congrats to Nick on his official move to
@vulture
— and I can hardly wait to see how Hot Pod evolves with the brilliant
@ashleyrcarman
at the helm! Woot woot! 🥳🥳🥳
I'm ending my run at Hot Pod. Soon, the newsletter will become part of The Verge, where
@ashleyrcarman
will take over as lead writer
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A new issue of The Squeeze has landed!! 🎉🎉🎉
Today: Can the
#TrueCrimePodcast
Community Find Its Moral Center?
Plus: Big updates to my story re
@MPR
's cancellation of
@InTheDarkAPM
.
Please RT, read, share, and subscribe!
The Squeeze is free!
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This Friday I'm interviewing podcast maker, critic and consultant
@wilw_writes
about how she found podcasting & her latest project
@ScoringMagic
/
@VALENCEpod
. What questions do YOU have for Wil? DM me or post them here for all to see!
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My interview with
@TooManyJames_s
is out! We discuss how he made his acclaimed show MOONFACE, about a young man who wants to come out to his Mom but doesn't speak her language.
"To step into fiction terrified me."
#AudioDrama
#PRIDE
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"I leaned forward to him and said, you know, you talk too much. You talk in paragraphs, and I don't have that kind of time." —
@karaswisher
Find out how President
@BarackObama
responded in today's episode of
@InsidePodcstng
.
#podcastinterviews
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