The Last Archive – Remote Control
Jill Lepore investigates the origins of modern-day conspiracy theory culture, touching on the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the tv series “In Search Of…” along the way.
Hit Parade – Blame it on the Feign Edition
The story of Milli Vanilli’s rise to the top of the US pop charts and their humiliating fall from grace. The most fascinating part is that German producer Frank Farian had already had hits with another act fronted by a non-singing performer in Boney M. Chris Molanphy also points out that Milli Vanilli’s music had a lasting effect on R&B and hip hop.
Running Tally of Podcast of the Week Awards for 2021
- Afropop Worldwide – 2
- AirSpace – 1
- Best of the Left – 2
- The Brattle Film Podcast – 1
- Code Switch – 2
- Consider This – 2
- Fresh Air – 2
- Futility Closet – 1
- Have You Heard? – 2
- Hit Parade – 1
- Hub History – 2
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Entire series
- The Last Archive – 2
- LeVar Burton Reads – 1
- Lost Massachusetts – 2
- The Moth – 1
- The Memory Palace – 1
- 99% Invisible – 3
- Politically Re-Active – 2
- Planet Money – 2
- Radio Boston – 4
- Radiolab – 3
- Reparations: The Big Payback – 1
- Scientific American – 1
- Seizing Freedom – 2
- Sidedoor – 1
- Slow Burn – 1
- The Story Collider – 1
- Strong Songs – 1
- This American Life – 2
- This Day in Esoteric Political History – 2
- Throughline – 6
- The Tomorrow Society – 1
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 3
- Unf*cking the Republic – 2
- Unspooled – 1
- Up First – 1
- The War on Cars – 1
- What Next – 3
Panorama of the Mountains 