Intro

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TL;DL (Too Long; Didn’t Listen)

Brief summary of each of our picks for favorite episodes and new to us shows this week.

Favorite Episodes

Gilly's Picks

This Podcast Will Kill You, March 5: Episode 21

Measles: The Worst Souvenir

http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/

http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2019/03/05/episode-21-measles-the-worst-souvenir/

Call Your Girlfriend, April 19: Demystifying Disability

https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/

https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes#/demystifying-disability

The Accessible Stall: https://www.theaccessiblestall.com/

Alozie's Picks

99% Invisible, 3/19/2019 - Episode 346

Palaces for the People

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/palaces-for-the-people/

Strong Songs, 4/3/2019

Moanin’ Art Blakey

http://strongsongspodcast.com/moanin-by-art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers

Broken Record, 3/29/2019

Questlove pts 1 & 2

https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/#/episode-questlove/

New to Us

Gilly's Picks

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

https://www.earwolf.com/show/conan-obrien/

Kristen Bell, Nov 26, Episode 2

https://www.earwolf.com/episode/kristen-bell/

David Sedaris, Feb 4, Episode 12

https://www.earwolf.com/episode/david-sedaris/

Alozie's Picks

Before Breakfast

The Way I Heard It - Mike Rowe

• episode: #127 - No Polite Way to Put It (the story of Elizabeth and George)

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• episode: Nuggets

Deep Dives

Episodes, shows and/or topics that loomed largest for us in recent weeks.

Recent Topics

Opioids

• NPR Throughline: Opioids in America, April 4 - https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/709087394/americas-opioid-epidemic
• Behind the Bastards: The Sackler Family, April 16 and 18 - https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-one-the-sackler-family-americas-deadliest-drug-dealers.htm, https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-two-the-sackler-family-americas-deadliest-drug-dealers.htm
• Why Is This Happening with Chris Hayes: Bonus - The First Family of Opioids, April 19 - https://radiopublic.com/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-WPrR0Q/ep/s1!15c58

Old Town Road

• TDZ: New Old Town Road…, April 8 - https://www.dailyzeitgeist.com/podcasts/new-old-town-road-irs-bffs-4819.htm
• Vox Today Explained: Achy Breaky Charts, April 9 - https://www.vox.com/2019/4/9/18301990/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-billboard-chart-hot-100
• NYT Popcast: Lil Nas X and the long History of Country-Rap - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/arts/music/popcast-lil-nas-x-old-town-road.html

Rep. Ilhan Omar and Talking about Israel and Anti-Semitism

• NPR Code Switch: Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Israel, April 5 - https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=704861975
• Pod Save America: Ilhan Omar Tweet’s Spark Debate about Anti-Semitism, February 13 - https://crooked.com/podcast/ilhan-omars-tweets-spark-a-debate-about-anti-semitism/
• NPR Barbershop: Ilhan Omar Divides Jewish Community, March 9 - https://www.npr.org/2019/03/09/701939232/barbershop-rep-ilhan-omar-divides-jewish-community
• TDZ: Firstport Son/Piracy Is Coming, April 16 - https://www.dailyzeitgeist.com/podcasts/firstporn-son-piracy-is-coming-41619.htm

The Meuller Report

• What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law: 31 - Execuitive Privilege, April 18 - https://trumpconlaw.com/31-executive-privilege
• FiveThirtyEight: Emergency Podcast - The Mueller Report, April 18 - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-what-comes-next-for-the-mueller-report/
• Trumpcast: The Mueller Report: the Executive Summaries, April 18 - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/mueller-report-audiobook-podcast-free-abridged-summary.html
• Trumpcast: A Mueller Report Next-Day Debrief, April 19 - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/mueller-report-day-two-debrief.html
• Vox’s The Weeds: Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special Crossover Edition], April 18 - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/worldly/e/60141295
• Behind the Bastards: The Mueller Report Episode (feat. Jack and Miles from TDZ), April 18 - https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/the-mueller-report-episode.htm
• Pod Save America: “This is the end of my presidency. I’m f*cked.”, April 18 - https://crooked.com/podcast/this-is-the-end-of-my-presidency-im-fcked/

Non-casts ™

Non-podcast stuff important to us in recent weeks

Gilly's Picks

Us

The Good Place

Calypso (David Sedaris story about feeding a tumor to a turtle:)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/25/calypso-david-sedaris-short-story

Alozie's Picks

The Take (formerly ScreenPrism) on Youtube

- Featured Series: Game of Thrones Explained

Reconstruction - PBS 2-part series.

The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change.

• from: https://www.pbs.org/weta/reconstruction/about-the-film/

Other Media Mentions

Return of Game of Thrones: so many podcasts!

• A Storm of Spoilers.
• Still Watching: Game of Thrones (Vanity Fair)

Weenie Wizard - Follow on Instagram

Eric Klinenberg’s book Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

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