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There are tens of thousands of podcasts out there. So how do you know what to listen to? On The Big Listen — THE broadcast about podcasts from WAMU and NPR — host Lauren Ober introduces you t... more
FAQs about The Big Listen:How many episodes does The Big Listen have?The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.
January 04, 2018Larry Wilmore Is Black On The AirLarry Wilmore's got a new podcast, Black On The Air! Plus: the lowdown on a possible Powerline in New Hampshire, a Slow Burn with Leon Neyfakh about Watergate, and a new book from Bill McKibben....more51minPlay
December 28, 2017Angela Rye, Queen of Sophistiratchet (Encore)CNN political firebrand Angela Rye talks about her new podcast. Note To Self's Manoush Zomorodi helps us live in harmony with our digital devices and Slate's Dear Prudence, Mallory Ortberg, just helps us. Plus: The voices of D.C. Metro with Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz....more51minPlay
December 21, 2017Best New Podcasts of 2017We look back at our favorite interviews with the makers of new podcasts in 2017: Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer of By The Book, Alex Kotlowitz of Written Inside, and Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika of Uncivil....more52minPlay
December 14, 201736 Questions For Jonathan Groff (Encore)Broadway actor Jonathan Groff, Geoff Turner of CBC's On Drugs, Eleanor MacDowall of Radio Atlas and writer and domestic abuse survivor Jes Skolnik, who penned an op-ed about the healing power of true crime podcasts....more51minPlay
December 07, 2017Jon Ronson Likes Porn (Stories)Writer Jon Ronson traces The Butterfly Effect from the moment pirated porn became free on the web. Plus: The hosts of Terrestrial and Closer Than They Appear, and Jillian Bauer-Reese documents people in recovery with The Rooms Project....more52minPlay
November 30, 2017Noshing On Food Podcasts with Francis Lam & Kim SeversonIt's a Big Listen smörgåsbord! We'll meet Francis Lam, new host of The Splendid Table, taste chocolate with The Slow Melt and hear which food podcasts New York Times food writer Kim Severson favors. Plus: Lauren enters brunch hell with Brendan Francis Newnam....more51minPlay
November 23, 2017Levar Burton Reads To You (Encore)We talk to the Reading Rainbow star about his new podcast for adults, LeVar Burton Reads. Also, we dig into black culture with the hosts of The Nod, and the stories behind sports with Jody Avirgan of ESPN's 30 For 30 podcast. Plus: Ingrid Jungermann on her new feature film about a pair of true crime podcasters....more50minPlay
November 16, 2017Denis O'Hare and the Danger of Dinner PartiesActor Denis O'Hare tells us about Deadly Manners and the ingredients for a dismal dinner, Liz Plank talks feminism with Divided States of Women, and Joel Werner puts numbers on the air with Sum Of All Parts. Plus: Alice Wong of Disability Visibility describes all the voices she wants to hear on the radio....more50minPlay
November 09, 2017Chris Gethard and the Art of Deep ListeningChris Gethard describes how Beautiful/Anonymous satisfies his craving for human connection. Plus: therapy with Esther Perel, poetry with Versify, and a podcaster who invites strangers to his home....more51minPlay
November 02, 2017Adventure Times! Podcasts Celebrating Travel and Exploration (Encore)We adventure with the overlanding couple behind Let's Not Panic, talk traveling while black and female with Aminatou Sow, and hear tales of survival from the Outside Podcast. Plus, a National Geographic explorer tells us her podcast picks for trekking to far-flung locales....more50minPlay
FAQs about The Big Listen:How many episodes does The Big Listen have?The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.