O Dark 30

Friday Podcast 5/10/13

May 10, 2013 9:09 am by: Mike Lee

It's the kind of rainy morning that makes you want to stay inside and listen to podcasts all day. Luckily for you, we're providing a brand-new 'cast to get you started. So we'll handle the first 41 and a half minutes of your pod-fest, but you're on your own after that. Things will kick off with Decode DC, a show we've discovered pretty recently. It's hosted by former NPR Washington reporter Andrea Seabrook, who's given herself the daunting task of trying to figure out the wacky world of our elected officials. Then we'll pop in a new installment of KUT/KUTX's own Liner Notes, hosted by Rabbi Neil Blumofe. The good Rabbi will be chatting a bit about Benny Goodman. It's good, man. See what we did there? It's a pun. And hows about a little How Sound? It's the "Curiosity City" edition of the show that gives you the dirt on public radio production....
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O Dark 30

Full Episode #179

We think it's unfair that you should only get to listen to O'Dark 30 once a week, so we're doing what we can to change that. But since we're far too lazy to actually produce more than one of these things a week, we're using the magic of technology to allow you to listen to the same show twice. Or thrice, even. Heck, you can play this thing all day every day if you want (though we wouldn't recommend it). Episode 179 brings you such wondrous audio tidbits as The Symphony of Sirens, Revisited, Decode DC, 99% Invisible, WTF featuring Amy Poehler and, as usual, more....
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O Dark 30

O’Dark 30 Full Episode #170

Oh gosh, oh golly, we've got three big hours of radio for you! Fresh from the airwaves, we're bringing you the award-eligible 170th edition of the big big show. What can you hear if you press the play button right now? All kinds of things, that's what! We've got Spring Skiing from...
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O Dark 30

Friday Podcast 3/1/13

Did you know that today, March 1, is Beer Day in Iceland? It's the day when Icelanders (Icelandians? I really don't know) commemorate the March 1, 1989 end of prohibition in that country. It's celebrated by many by participating in a "rúntur" or pub crawl, and if you ask me, going on a pub crawl...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Four Who Hav...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late Dr. Marguerite Ross Barnett, former President of the University of Houston; Richard Arrington, former Mayor of Birmingham, AL; Dr. Karla Frazier, an Austin, TX dentist and the late William Raspberry,...
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O Dark 30

Friday Podcast 2/22/13

Listen, we know you're probably as eager to start your weekend as we are, so we're not going to waste your time with all kinds of nonsense. Let's just get right to it, shall we? We've got three totally different pieces of radio goodness for you today. First off, it's The Perfect Storm,...
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O Dark 30

O’Dark 30 Full Episode #168

People are always asking me, "Hey, when can I hear that great O'Dark 30 show? People say it's awesome, but I'm not good at clocks, so airtimes confuse me." To which I say, "Fie on clocks! Listen whenever you want on everybody's favorite electronic device, the computer!" Which is what...
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O Dark 30

Friday Podcast 2/15/13

A happy Friday to you all. We're going to do what we can to start your weekend off right with this dandy little podcast. But really, this thing will only take up about 35 minutes and then you're on your own. But it don't cost nothing, so that seems fair, right? It's a weird little mix on the...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Remembering ...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late Alexander Murray Palmer Haley. Haley's quest to learn more about his family history resulted in his writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots: The Sage of an American Family. The book has been published...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Looking Back...

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Jarrett Bell, NFL Columnist with USA Today and a member of th…...
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O Dark 30

Tuesday Podcast 2/26/13

Boy, oh boy, how about that wind yesterday, huh? We all hope that you and yours didn't lose power or get blown around too much. Also, we're really rethinking our decision to put the O'Dark offices in a treehouse. Things are a mess around here, man. But we're going to soldier on and bring you a...
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O Dark 30

O’Dark 30 Full Episode #169

Holy mackerel! We're putting shows together like it's our job over here! Why wait until Sunday night like some kind of sucker when you can hear the big big show right now? Just click the play button to start hearing cool stuff like The Sunshine Hotel, The Harmonica, The Decisions Project,...
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O Dark 30

Tuesday Podcast 2/19/13

What's on the podcast today? You might as well ask what's not on the podcast! No, wait, that's not right at all. Telling you what's not on it would take forever and give you little usable information. It'd be a total waste of your time and mine. There are literally millions of things...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: BMI’s Firs...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Susan Davenport Austin, Chairwoman of the Board, Broadcast Music Inc. Austin was appointed as chairwoman of the board of Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) in October of 2011. She is the first woman and first African American...
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O Dark 30

Tuesday Podcast 2/12/13

Wow, we just realized that today is Mardi Gras! That makes a lot of the stuff we've seen around the office today make slightly more sense, even if some of it is still pretty unsettling (I'm not giving any details, Hawk Mendenhall, but you know what you did). Today's podcast doesn't have anything...
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Friday Podcast 2/8/13

Podcast time! We've got three bits of radio goodness for your ears today. First off, it's Good Morning! from producer Sara Curtis. I'm not gonna tell you too much about this one, except that if you're downloading this podcast first thing in the a.m., it'll be an excellent way to start...
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