A Reflection On Love In Our Modern Era: Podcast Recommendations

🐦Bring Birds Back is a podcast hosted by Tenijah Hamilton about the joy of birds and the ways that humans can help them through simple, everyday actions. [Sponsored]

Curated by...

Chiara Santella (she/her), producer of Love Items

Why did you choose this theme?

We live in a technological world that makes us believe we are all easily connected and that everything and everyone are easily reachable. But when it comes to romantic love, we often find ourselves facing an old challenge: connecting with another human being.

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True Love

As a soon-to-be-married man, George reflects on all the things that made him propose to his partner, Sandra. He thinks about teamwork and the value of culture, and shares what he has learned through the transition from friendship to relationship to marriage. 

MOONFACEMoaningThis is the first episode of the show. You'll meet Joel, a Korean American who wants to come out to his mom, but can't because they don't speak the same language. 

Love Items

Good VibesThis daily rom-com show follows the love stories of Cloe, an AI researcher, and Eloc, her artificial intelligence assistant. After discovering that Eloc has the power to analyze the love in objects, Cloe decides to steal objects from the guys she dates in order to find "the right one.” In this episode, Eloc finds an object on Cloe's desk: a vibrator...

No Country For Young WomenDating, Sex and Scotty UnfamousThis episode explores what it’s like for Black women navigating the treacherous world of sex and dating.

Modern LoveTrapped in a Romance ScamThis episode explores a global dating scam and the pandemic-fueled loneliness of digital life.

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Bring Birds BackBring Birds Back is a podcast hosted by Tenijah Hamilton about the joy of birds and the ways that humans can help them through simple, everyday actions.

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The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin brings a fresh voice to classic stories. Each season will present an Austen novel with Alison Larkin's award-winning narration and feature chats with actors, writers, and other fascinating people who have one thing in common: a passionate love for Jane Austen.

COMMUNITY:

🎤This week in Podcast The Newsletter: Lauren writes about Shreya Sharma's new free, twice-weekly audio industry newsletter. She’ll cover facets of audio including, but not limited to, podcasts, streaming, audiobooks, music, and voice acting. Subscribe here.🎧The Fable and Folly Network is excited to announce their 2023 Summer Listening Program! From June 4 to August 27, listeners can download a bingo card here and tour the Fable and Folly roster of fiction podcasts. Submission of a full card wins you 50% off a subscription to Fable and Folly Plus: 70+ shows, ad-free, with an exclusive feed featuring hours of bonus content from your favorite fiction podcasts!🦸‍♀️Let's Talk: Marvel Fan Theories is rebranding! In time for their second anniversary, they're changing their show name to Sisters Assembled and updating our look.📘The brand new issue of Pod Bible Magazine is out now, featuring interviews with cover stars Nish Kumar & Coco Khan from Pod Save The UK and Reed Amber & Florence Bark from Fu**s Given. There are also regular columns from Audible, Stak, and Auddy, as well as a look at indie podcasts from our friends at The Independent Podcast Awards! All this plus a batch of brand new reviews and recommendations.On The Blog:

• Francesca Turauskis, founder of Tremula Network, shared recommendations for great branded podcasts. Read it here.

• An interview with Dane Cardiel on the founding of Good Tape.

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🏄Sandcastles Season One: The Point Dume Bombers tells a harrowing story of loss, hope, and resilience in the face of one of nature's most terrifying forces: wildfire. When emergency first responders were overwhelmed by LA county’s most destructive fire, a motley band of surfers stepped up to defend their home community. 

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PODCAST NEWS from Podnews:

• Hayti, a Black-owned news aggregation app, claims it is now the largest source of podcasts led by Black hosts. The app lists more than 2,000 shows.

• Buzzsprout and Ausha have both launched AI tools to help podcasters when publishing new shows.

• At The Podcast Show 2023 in London, it was announced that Edison Podcast Metrics are coming to the UK.

SPOTLIGHT:

Sapiens: A Podcast for Everything Human

What makes you… you? And who tells what stories and why?In the fifth season of Sapiens, listeners will hear a range of human stories: from the origins of the chili pepper, to how prosecutors decide someone is a criminal, to stolen skulls from Iceland. 

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