Twenty Thousand Hertz :: The Booj
In a world where every movie trailer sounds exactly like every other movie trailer, how does one make their trailer stand out? The story of The Booj and other elements common to the blockbuster movie trailer formula. Confession: I love the sound of The Booj, but can live without the cheezy song covers.
Radiolab :: Asking for Another Friend
This episode investigates several mysteries, including people who don’t clean up their dog’s poop, racist dogs, and why the New York City subway plays the opening notes of a song from West Side Story.
The first story is the oddly fascinating story of how discrimination against Black and gay people, a radio shockjock, and a baseball double-header collided to become a disastrous promotional event and The Night That Killed Disco.
Best of the Left :: Democratizing our presidential elections (National Popular Vote)
The Electoral College is anti-democratic and despite what its supporters say does not help smaller states. This episode discusses alternatives such as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, replacing “winner take all” with proportional allotments, and eliminating the Electoral College entirely.
Running tally of Podcast of the Week appearances:
- Afropop Worldwide – 1
- The Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
- BackStory – 1
- Best of the Left– 1
- Code Switch – 2
- Decoder Ring – 1
- Fresh Air – 2
- Hidden Brain – 1
- Household Name – 1
- Hub History – 1
- Memory Palace – 1
- More Perfect – 1
- 99% Invisible – 5
- The New Yorker Radio Hour – 1
- On the Media – 2
- Planet Money – 1
- Planet Money: The Indicator – 1
- Re:Sound – 1
- Radiolab – 1
- Radio Boston – 2
- 60 Second Science – 1
- Smithsonian Sidedoor –
- This American Life – 1
- Throughline – 3
- Tomorrow Society – 1
- The Truth – 2
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 1
- The War on Cars – 1
- WBUR News – 1
- We Need Some Milk – 1
- What Next – 1