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Podcasts were once a niche hobby of the internet. Now (thanks to Spotify), Michelle Obama is joining the fray.
Move over Netflix, here’s whodunnit by headphones.
Podcasts like The Messenger, about refugees, and Listen To Love, about same-sex marriage, are bringing new voices to major issues. But as podcasts get political, it’s unclear whether they’ll be able to cut through complex debates.
The podcast S-Town has been both rapturously reviewed and described as ‘morally indefensible’ for its intrusion into the life of a mentally ill man. But it validates, rather than violates, a fierce, flawed life.
The Conversation asked eight authors from across its sections to tell us about their favourite podcasts – and why you should tune in.
The University of Wollongong's Dr Siobhan McHugh (consulting producer on Fairfax's Phoebe's Fall podcast) speaks with Julie Snyder, Executive Producer of Serial, about making serial audio and the impact of podcasting.
The mobile-first delivery of podcasts has created a powerful relationship between listeners and host that bypasses traditional broadcast gatekeepers. Could this format trigger new narrative genres and promote social engagement?
Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
The current climate is inviting us to conceive of Baltimore not as a place where the law doesn’t work but, more radically, as an example of Italian legal philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s “state of exception”.
The final episode of Serial, the most successful podcast in history, went live at 10.30am GMT on December 18. Twitter reported that offices, train platforms and sidewalks around the world fell silent…
Six weeks ago I arrived back in London after my first trip to Australia. It felt considerably colder than the 34 degrees we’d left behind in Sydney, but the skies were clear and blue. Or were they? My…
Can you recall what you were doing last Wednesday between 2.15pm and 2.36pm? Where were you? What did you see? Who did you talk to? How well do you remember those 21 minutes? Now try to recall Wednesday…
I have to confess I made a big mistake in not reviewing the real life whodunit podcast Serial when I listened to the first episode in October. Initially little-known, the podcast has just broken iTunes…
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Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace, Walkley-winning podcast, University of Wollongong
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Sessional Tutor, Department of English, University of Sydney
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Penn State
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Research Assistant, University of Dundee
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
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Head of the Journalism Department, City St George's, University of London
