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Britt Recommends - Left Right Out #AussiePolitics #Conversational #SimplifiedPolitics #ExplainItToMeLikeIm5 https://www.instagram.com/left.right.out/ The show for anyone who wants to understand Australian politics but doesn’t know where to start. Each week, Elfy and Justine answer *your* questions. Because politics is for everybody and no one should feel left out of this convo. https://open.spotify.com/show/0g6ZFdMk1GoQsEwooJnTl3?si=e01beb3e54274cdd Harry Recommends - No Silly Questions From The Daily Aus - creators of the viral news page, podcast and newsletter followed by over 350,000 Australians on social media - comes No Silly Questions. It's the podcast that will arm young people with everything they need to get involved in dinner table conversations ahead of the next federal election. The series will feature in-depth interviews with key politicians, experts, and advocates. https://open.spotify.com/show/6eHW3ZeUIO8kytACR9fQ3h Zane Recommends - Working Class History #solo host #scripted #documentary style https://workingclasshistory.com/ History is not made by the actions of a few rich and powerful individuals, like so much of the history we learn in school. History is made by the combined everyday actions of hundreds of millions of us: women, men, youth, people of colour, migrants, indigenous people, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, workers, the unemployed, housewives - the working class. Our project is dedicated to all those who have struggled in the past for a better world, and who continue to do so now. As well as our podcast and social media outlets we are working on building an interactive website and global map of people's history. We are committed to being completely independent, and making our history available to everyone, so we have no adverts and apart from a bit of bonus content we don't put anything behind a paywall. We are not academics or experts, we are just ordinary workers doing this on our own time to try to help educate and inspire a new generation of activists with lessons from the past. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world. https://podfollow.com/1355066333 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Bright Sessions #scripted #fiction #fullcast 15-20mins The Bright Sessions is a science fiction audio drama about people with supernatural abilities in therapy. The podcast was created by Lauren Shippen and premiered on November 1st, 2015. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1053268058 Cold #scripted #solohost #truecrime 60mins Cold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season. Season 1 tells of the unsolved disappearance of Susan Powell on Dec. 7, 2009. Season 2 digs into the vanishing of Joyce Yost on Aug. 10, 1985. Cold is a KSL Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1441595858 Dark Woods #scripted #fiction 20-30mins From Legendary Producer Dick Wolf and Wolf Entertainment comes a new fiction series starring Corey Stoll (House of Cards, Ant-Man), Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire), and Reid Scott (Veep). When the body of a young volunteer is discovered in the middle of the California redwoods, two estranged ex-spouses, game warden Mark Ellis (Stoll) and city councilwoman (Raymund), must put their differences aside to learn the terrifying truth about what is happening in their state park. Executive Produced by Elliot Wolf (Hunted), directed by Takashi Doscher (Only), and written by David Pergolini. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1592717608 Ghostwriter #scripted #fiction #fullcast 83mins In this C13Features podcast movie presentation of Ghostwriter, Kate Mara and Adam Scott star in a psychological thriller about a former journalist who reluctantly accepts a job ghostwriting a new murder mystery novel for an eccentric billionaire. As they collaborate on the project, questions - and suspicions - begin to arise. Grab some popcorn, and get lost in your imagination in this gripping and suspenseful podcast movie experience, Ghostwriter, from C13Features. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1596530271 Stories From Among the Stars #scripted #fullcast 25-35mins Season 3, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, will be available for listening until February 15! Stories from Among the Stars is an anthology series that shares thrilling science fiction audio stories–but only for a limited time. Our first season was Steal the Stars, about forbidden love, a crashed UFO, and an alien heist. This season, we're sharing A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Hear the story of the ambassador from Lsel Station to the Teixcalaanli Empire as she investigates her predecessor's mysterious end, guided by his memories. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1259505930 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liz Recommends - Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera https://wondery.com/shows/the-story-of-miriam-rivera/ It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/harsh-reality-the-story-of-miriam-rivera/id1594927287 Nick Recommends - NFL Explained NFL explained, hosted by Aditi Kinkhabwala and Mike Yam, is a new original podcast series that takes fans behind-the-scenes of the inner workings of the NFL. From how the regular season schedule is made, to the evolution of the Super Bowl, NFL explained looks to answer the NFL's biggest questions. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nfl-explained/id1581864202 Zane Recommends - Teenager Therapy #chatty #fivehosts #mentalhealth Five stressed, sleep-deprived, yet energetic teens sit down and talk about the struggles that come with being a teenager. Is high school really as bad as everyone says? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1437039510 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick plays it REAL smart by asking Liz and Zane... what is the future of podcasting! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liz Recommends - Stuff the British Stole https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/stuff-the-british-stole/ Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects. Each episode, award-winning journalist, author and genetic-potluck, Marc Fennell, picks one artefact and takes you on the wild, evocative, sometimes funny, often tragic adventure of how it got to where it is today. These objects will ultimately help us see the Commonwealth — and ourselves — today, in a different light. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stuff-the-british-stole/id1540218461 Nick Recommends - The Trojan Horse Affair A strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the city’s schools. The plot has a code name: Operation Trojan Horse. The story soon explodes in the news and kicks off a national panic. By the time it all dies down, the government has launched multiple investigations, beefed up the country’s counterterrorism policy, revamped schools and banned people from education for the rest of their lives. To Hamza Syed, who is watching the scandal unfold in his city, the whole thing seemed … off. Because through all the official inquiries and heated speeches in Parliament, no one has ever bothered to answer a basic question: Who wrote the letter? And why? The night before Hamza is to start journalism school, he has a chance meeting in Birmingham with the reporter Brian Reed, the host of the hit podcast S-Town. Together they team up to investigate: Who wrote the Trojan Horse letter? They quickly discover that it’s a question people in power do not want them asking. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-trojan-horse-affair/id1606918193 Zane Recommends - You Are Good #movies #duo #chatty https://blubrry.com/whyaredads Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed have always struggled to succinctly express just what their podcast is about. Until recently it was called Why Are Dads? and professed to explore films via the lens of their father figures. They stuck to this conceit for a little while — albeit with frequent, entertaining digressions — but soon a drift started to occur. The show started in August of 2020, and by the winter it wasn’t uncommon that episodes would spend far more time on other areas than they did on fathers. By the spring, the digressions had completely overwhelmed the dads. Acknowledging that their focus had changed, this May the pair announced that they were changing the name to You Are Good (a reference to a touching scene of affirmation in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein that they’d discussed on an earlier episode). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-good/id1527948382 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liz takes over on this tinysode, and kicks off a discussion on podcast cover art. What should podcasters aim for? What works? What doesn’t? Your Castologists are here to give you their hot tips.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liz Recommends - Motel Evil https://www.waylandproductions.com/projects/motel-evil/ Audible original Show that brands itself “theatre for the mind”. In the remote reaches of Alaska where the sun doesn’t rise 65 days of the year, two unsolved murders occurred exactly 10 years apart in the same motel room. On the next anniversary a true crime enthusiast, Henry, suffers the same fate. Now the guests, all with their own secrets to hide, must remain in the motel until Detective Read gets answers….who is the Rockyville Motel murderer? https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Motel-Evil-Podcast/B095X6K8PC Nick Recommends - Art Breaker These are climactic times; the Climate Crisis, the Biodiversity Crisis, Sixth Mass Extinction... The Anthropocene. So how is this affecting the art we're making in our society, and how can that art be part of a response, or even a solution? Join us as we explore music, prose, poetry, visual art and more, and learn how the art we love is made, and why. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art-breaker/id1513277276 Zane Recommends - The Doodler https://thedoodlerpod.com/ #truecrime #produced #journalism The Golden State Killer. The Unabomber. Ted Bundy. You’re probably familiar with these serial killers. But in the mid-1970s, another monster terrorized San Francisco’s gay community. He was coined “The Doodler,” and he may have been responsible for as many victims as the Zodiac Killer, yet you’ve probably never heard of him. Plagued by a complicated investigation, a frightened public, and the hesitation of many to come forward, the case went cold, and a killer walked free. Nearly 50 years later, a renewed hunt for a forgotten serial killer seeks to change that. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1535882542 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Liz Recommends - Escape From Virtual Island Escape from Virtual Island is an epic comedy adventure starring Paul Rudd, written by John Lutz of Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and 30 Rock, and produced by Broadway Video. Rounding out the ensemble cast in this genre-hopping, madcap comedy are Emmy nominee Jack McBrayer, Wine Country and AP Bio’s Paula Pell, Late Night with Seth Meyers’ Amber Ruffin, and 30 Rock’s Scott Adsit. The Audible Original also features the voice talents of Jason Sudeikis, Jane Krakowski, Olivia Wilde, Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers, Rachel Dratch, Henry Winkler, and a host of other comedy favorites. https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Escape-from-Virtual-Island-Audiobook/B0847S8BPX Nick Recommends - Witnessed Borderlands The tall-but-true tale of a charismatic outlaw, an iconic small-town sheriff, and the record-setting drug bust that ensnared them both. https://www.campsidemedia.com/shows/witnessed-borderlands Zane Recommends - Timesuck with Dan Cummins https://timesuck-with-dan-cummins.simplecast.com/ #solohost #educational #informal #longform #bro-ey 2-2.5hours Each week, Dan Cummins takes fascinating listener suggested topics and enthusiastically dives into time sucks about everything from Charles Manson to the Lizard Illuminati, absurdly and sarcastically sharing the best of what he uncovers with you. Time to get curious! Time for Timesuck. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1156343076 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liz decided to make her ep all about quick and dirty tips from the Castology team on what makes a good podcast.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.