June 25, 2015
By Erica R.
Hendry
These days, it’s
rare to see someone on the street (or subway) without a pair of earbuds.
Whether audio
streaming and podcasting are, as The New York Timeswonders, in
the middle of “a long boom or a short bubble,” it’s clear demand for
on-the-go audio content is here to stay, at least for now.
But with
seemingly endless options, where should you start?
After our
show on the
rising popularity of audio streaming and podcasts, we asked our experts for
some recommendations.
Eric Nuzum, former vice president of
programming at NPR and soon-to-be senior vice president of original content at Audible:
- How To Do Everything
- Criminal
- Hear Be Monsters
- Mystery Show
- TED Radio Hour
- Snap Judgement
- Pitch
- Ask Me Another
Cecilia Kang, entertainment
and technology reporter, The
Washington Post:
- Longform
- Diane Rehm
- Here’s the Thing with Alec
Baldwin
- The
Tim Ferris Show
- Story Corps
- New Yorker: Out Loud
- On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Aram Sinnreich, associate
professor, school of communication at American University:
- Serial
- Death, Sex & Money
- Love & Radio
- The Sidebar
- Microphone Check
- The
Future of What
- Make/Work
- Sound Opinions
- StarTalk Radio
- Dan Carlin’s
Hardcore History
Top
Picks (Podcasts chosen by several or all guests)
