A look at my favorite podcasts in 2025, covering media and technology, as well as how current events impact both.
NPR
PBS and NPR get defunded; what’s next?
Conservatives have finally achieved their regressive goal of defunding PBS and NPR. I offer guesses as to what’s next for our public broadcasters.
My favorite podcasts (2024 edition)
A look at my favorite podcasts for 2024, from NPR’s “Code Switch” to indie tech podcast “Tech Won’t Save Us.”
My favorite podcasts (2023 edition)
A list of my favorite podcasts for 2023, from NPR podcasts such as “Code Switch” to “Factually! with Adam Conover.”
Twitter slaps a “state-affiliated media” label on NPR
Twitter, the Elon Musk-owned social network, has slapped NPR with a “state-affiliated media” label, despite not being such.
My favorite podcasts (2022 edition)
I take a look at my 10 favorite podcasts of 2022, from the music-focused “All Songs Considered” to the Black creator podcast “Revision Path.”
My favorite podcasts (2021 edition)
A look at my favorite podcasts of 2021, from NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” to Adam Conover’s “Factually” to The Verge’s “Vergecast.”
My favorite podcasts (2020 edition)
A list of my favorite podcasts for 2020, from “Welcome to Night Vale” and “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” to “On the Media” and “Revision Path.”
What are the advantages of NPR?
A look at the advantages of National Public Radio (NPR), and why the noncommercial public broadcaster matters.
Favorite geeky podcasts of 2019
It’s been a year since I’ve written about my favorite geeky (or non-geeky) podcasts. As I … Favorite geeky podcasts of 2019Read more