If your mom won’t walk you down the aisle because she disapproves of your lifestyle, there’s a stand-in mom who will. We also learn how kind kids are successful kids on WBUR’s series Kind World, which explores how doing a kindness, big or small, reverberates. We discuss Kind World this week on Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. 

Gina and Teresa feature a number one podcast about number two. POOP JUST GOT REAL. They highlight a podcast that explores not metaphorical poop, but actual feces, in the wild, what we can learn, why we should care, why it’s so endearing when an outdoorsy podcast host is so passionate about the predictive powers of poop. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser host this podcast about Podcasts.

You might think you already know about the Golden State Killer, but a new podcast “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” gives you background on the background in a podcast that’s different than anything in the true crime genre. And if crime can be quaint in any way, a new series from the folks who brought you Dirty John is astonishingly … CLEAN.These podcasts are our focus for the week on Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts.

Former “Queer Eye” star Carson Kressley shares his binge watch list on “Homophilia” and Jameela Jamil gets real about “concern trolling” with author Roxane Gay on the “iWeigh” podcast. Hosts Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser break down this week’s best listens — using clips and conversation — on America’s most popular podcast about podcasts. 

WBUR’s “Only a Game” gives voice to a rising USC sophomore and his gripping, now viral essay on sports and race. And “Heaven Bent,” a new podcast about religion, explores “carpet time” and speaking in tongues. Broadcasters Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser parse the best of this week in podcasts through clips and discussion. 

Vanessa Williams lost her crown, but the details were lost on most of us. “You Must Remember This” and guest host Cassie Da Costa explore colorism in Hollywood through the story of the beauty queen and her tarnished crown. And across the world in Marrakech, a socialite stiffs one of the world’s most expensive hotels for the bill, leading to a splashy court case and a diversionary tale of Manhattan grift, told by Andrew Jenks and one of the victims herself on his show, “What Really Happened?” Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser explore the best of this week’s podcasts through clips and discussion on this podcast about podcasts. It’s like a book group, without all those musty books.

This week, a look at what really happened when Dave Chappelle quit his own show, on a podcast aptly titled, “What Really Happened.” Andrew Jenks hosts this phenomenal series, and Teresa Strasser discusses some of her favorite episodes. Meanwhile, in other comedy genius news, Gina Grad discusses her love for the work of Patton Oswalt, and how his comedy evolution is traced in the podcast “Good One,” her pick of this week. The hosts also discuss early episodes of Catfishing in their personal lives, and how some online mysteries may always remain cold cases.It’s a podcast about podcasts, told through clips and conversation.

Teresa Strasser filled in this week for Gina Grad on the world record-holding “Adam Carolla Show” podcast, as Adam did his first live show since quarantine. In OPP, Other People’s Podcasts, “What a Creep” explores creeps from Gary Glitter to Harvey Weinstein, and “My Year in Mensa” chronicles a comedian’s dark and frightening time as an outcast in a genius club. This podcast about podcasts explores the best of the week with audio clips and discussion, to help you find new favorite gems in a sea of new shows. 

Links:

My Year in Mensa

Host: Jamie Loftus

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-year-in-mensa/id1492147103?i=1000461282224

What a Creep: Gary Glitter

http://whatacreeppodcast.libsyn.com/what-a-creep-gary-glitter-season-4-episode-9

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The guy who wrote “The Blind Side” and “Moneyball” brings us season two of his podcast, and “Against the Rules with Michael Lewis” was worth the wait. This season, he focuses on the importance of coaching in our culture, and how it can bolster every facet of modern life in our ultra competitive society. And when folks were competing for clicks, they hacked their way into celebrity clouds and posted nude photos. We know all this, but “The Darknet Diaries” presents the stories in new ways, both through the words of Jennifer Lawrence and backstories of the hackers. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser explore their favorite weekly podcasts using clips and conversation to point your ears in all the right directions.

LINKS:

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: Season 2 Ep1: The Invisible Coach

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pushkin-industries/against-the-rules/e/69374926

Darknet Diaries

Ep.34 - For Your Eyes Only

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-34-for-your-eyes-only/id1296350485?i=1000432316542  

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