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The podcast versions are in bloom this month. The NPR One team has collected some recommendations for the return of favorites and new versions of all public media for your reading list.
The descriptions of podcast episodes below come from Podcast web pages and have been modified for brevity and clarity.
HAPPY HOUR OF POP CULTURE – NPR
There was Barbenheimer Summer, then Brat Summer, what will bring this year? It may be the season of good superhero movies, like The Fantastic Four and Superman. We have a guide for films and television that are more enthusiastic about us M3GAN 2.0Pixar ElioAnd Mission: Impossible.
Start listening to “the films and television that are passionate about us this summer”.
Ancient roadshow detours – GBH
Have you ever wondered what happens to the treasures presented on the roadshow of beloved antiques after the cameras leave the city? A new season of Roadshow antiquities diverts the retirees in the juicy gaps of your favorite finds from the successful series of PBS. Hosted by the longtime producer of Roadshow Adam Monahan, this podcast plunges deeply into the mysteries, secrets and surprises while each episode takes an exciting “detour” in a single object of roadshow, amazing and fun listeners at each turn.
Start listening to “Treasure from the trash heap”.
Up First Sunday Story – NPR
Sean Combs, which was once at the forefront of music and hip-hop fashion, is now judged for sex trafficking. The hip-hop magnate launched the career of many stars and cultivated its commercial empire at a billion dollars reported in 2022. A fortune that has since decreased considerably while it faces several civil lawsuits, a ruined media empire and the prospect of years behind bars.
The Music Journalist NPR, Isabella Gomez Sarmineto, explains how Sean Combs went from the musical trainee to the media magnate and how everything rushed.
Start listening to “The Trial of Sean Combs”.
This podcast includes mentions of sexual assault / violence.
On the media – WNYC
Season 2 of the Winking Winning media series The divided dial is the unprecedented story of short wave radio: the endless cousin of AM and FM radio. The medium was once announced as a utopian, international and instant mass communication tool – a kind of internet before the Internet. But as the internet, he also took a turn for the chaotic. And like Am and FM Talk Radio, he also went wrong to the right, with extremists and cults who always found a house on short waves.
Start listening to episode 1 “Fishing in the night”.
Throughline – NPR
Instated – Iowa Public Radio
On UnstableWe take care of the gap between the sexes in all facets of life. The host charity Nebbe explores the political divisions that change women from generation Z to the left and men on the right, as well as success gaps, health care results and security risks through gender objective. We also hear men of various ages and horizons on what it means to be a man in 2025.
Start listening “to meet in the time of the political gap of the sexes”.
Jessica Green and Jack Mitchell de NPR organized and produced this piece.
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