The Science of Finding a Podcast

The Science of Finding a Podcast👩‍🔬

July 10, 2023

Curated by...

Alisha Wainwright (she/her), creator/host of When Science Finds a Way

Why did you choose this theme?

There's a real science to finding the right podcast to listen to. Sometimes you want to laugh, sometimes you want to learn; this list has a bit of everything.

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen 👂

What can we do to stop superbugs?

Since the discovery of penicillin, we’ve seen the risk from minor infections virtually disappear. But after years of antibiotic overuse, we now face a silent pandemic where the treatments just don't work. Host and EarBuds curator Alisha speaks with an engineer-turned-biotechnologist to learn about new innovations in the space.

To Live and Die in LAMeet ElaineThis is the first episode of what might be the best true-crime series EarBuds curator Alisha has ever come across. In February 2018, an aspiring actress vanished from her Hollywood apartment. Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss was asked to help the family get answers. Together, they found them... sometimes at great personal risk. 

Love and Radio

This episode follows a polyamorous relationship that is not what it seems. It's wacky and weird and EarBuds curator Alisha loves it.

Ear HustleUnwrittenThis show takes you inside San Quentin State Prison, and this episode walks you through how race plays a role in everyday life there.

Death, Sex & MoneyWhy I StealThis follow-up episode continues the story of a woman who openly admits to being a serial shoplifter. She really let the host ask her the most personal questions.

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COMMUNITY:

🎤This week in Podcast The Newsletter: The podcast Go Bayside!, a Saved By the Bell rewatch show, has returned after five years! Host April Richardson is redoing old episodes she had formerly recorded without a guest. You'll now get to hear episode 85, with Tim Chipping, about the episode of Saved by the Bell where the gang reminisce about Valentine's Days past. 🎧If you were expecting a sad, depressing podcast about death... this isn't it! In Near Death, you'll be introduced to Reverend Peggy, who has been present for the final moments of nearly 2,000 people.🌌Spatial Delight is a podcast about the politics of space inspired by the life and work of British geographer Doreen Massey. Over the course of ten episodes (eight in English, two in Spanish), we engage with Massey’s enduring concepts

— a global sense of place, geometries of power, space invaders, geographies of responsibility, and more — to challenge the way we think about the world today. 

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CLASSIFIEDS:

🏝️Finding Fire Island — featuring Joel Kim Booster, Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers, DJ Lina Bradford, and many others — is a docu-podcast series that brings to life how a sleepy, 19th century beach town became a modern day queer mecca for artists and the New York City theater community. Queer history has often been told through the lens of loss and disappearance, but Fire Island has transcended that to survive as a stunning fantasy world and cultural touchstone.

 

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SPOTLIGHT:

Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, a place for people who like to laugh while they think and find it useful to look closely at ourselves and our weird ways in the hopes that knowing more and feeling more will help us do more and be better. Host Kelly wonders about loads of stuff: is knowing more always good? Can we trust our gut? How does change actually happen?

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