Podcasts of the Week Ending December 21

This is the last Podcasts of the Week post for 2019.  Tune in on Christmas Day when my Podcasts of the Year post goes live!

Throughline :: The Phoebus Cartel

The history of planned obsolescence told through stories of two common consumer products – light bulbs and automobiles. The waste and profiteering of this common practice is something we’re going to have address as our planet faces environmental crisis.

To the Best of Our Knowledge :: How Africans Are Building The Cities Of The Future

I’m fascinated by urbanism and this podcasts details the uniquely African development of some of the world’s fastest-growing cities.

What Next :: Black Voters Fight to Count in Georgia

There are numerous political issues worth fighting for, but in my opinion, the top priority is voting rights.  The other issues cannot be resolved until we can guarantee fair participation of all voters.

BackStory :: From BackStory to You: A History of Giving and Receiving

A history of gifts, including Choctaw support for famine relief in Ireland and Black Philadelphians aiding their white neighbors during a Yellow Fever outbreak.

Running tally of 2019 Podcast of the Week appearances:

• Afropop Worldwide – 1
• AirSpace – 1
• The Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
• BackStory – 7
• Best of the Left– 5
• Code Switch – 6
• Decoder Ring  – 5
• Dolly Parton’s America – 2
• Fresh Air – 8
• Futility Closet – 2
• Have You Heard? – 1
• Hidden Brain – 2
• Hit Parade – 6
• Household Name – 1
• Hub History – 7
• Lost at the Smithsonian – 3
• Lost Notes – 1
• Memory Palace – 6
• More or Less – 4
• More Perfect – 2
• The Moth – 1
• 99% Invisible – 14
• The New Yorker Radio Hour – 1
• Next Left – 1
• On the Media – 4
• Planet Money – 3
• Planet Money: The Indicator – 1
• Re:Sound – 1
• Radiolab  – 3
• Radio Boston – 3
• The Report – entire series
• Science Talk – 1
• 1619 Project – 4
• 60 Second Science – 2
• Smithsonian Sidedoor – 3
• Sound Opinions – 4
• StoryCorps – 2
• 30 for 30 Podcasts – 2
• This American Life – 4
• Tiny Desk Concert – 1
• Throughline – 10
• To the Best of Our Knowledge – 2
• Tomorrow Society – 1
• Travel with Rick Steves – 1
• The Truth – 3
• Twenty Thousand Hertz  – 6
• The War on Cars – 4
• WBUR News – 6
• We Need Some Milk – 1
• Wedway Radio – 1
• What Next – 2
• You Must Remember This – entire 6-part series on Song of the South