Podcast

'Buffy' podcasters built a community — and they didn't let divorce break it

9:00am April 13, 2025

Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcasters Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo write about their community of fans, and how it help them keep working together after a split, in Slayers, Every One of Us.

2018 Sundance Film Festival - Cinema Cafe With Ira Glass And Miranda July Times Talks

Ira Glass admits he plays a 'nicer version' of himself on the radio

6:00am December 01, 2024

This American Life host Ira Glass doesn't care about how people will remember him, "I'm not making a radio show for them"

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National

Steve Bannon feels 'empowered' after four months in federal prison

12:41pm October 29, 2024

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was back to hosting his daily podcast "War Room" just hours after his release from federal prison.

Politics & Government

The city of Greensboro launches Spanish-language podcast to reach growing Hispanic population

12:40pm September 17, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

A Greensboro city official recently launched a new podcast entirely in Spanish to reach the area's Hispanic population.

A newspaper clipping of an 1898 News and Observer article

America's only successful coup d’état took place in Wilmington, 1898. 'Scene on Radio' tells the story

4:47am February 19, 2024

by David Ford

The Wilmington massacre and coup of 1898 destroyed a once thriving multiracial democracy, killed dozens if not hundreds of innocent Black people, and left in its wake a community forever scarred.

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Michael Jackson performs during the Super Bowl Halftime show in 1993, the year that "Think Twice" picks up his story.

How should we think about Michael Jackson's music? A new podcast explores his legacy

9:36am April 26, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Journalist Leon Neyfakh and hip-hop commentator Jay Smooth explore Jackson's staying power despite allegations of child sexual abuse. They call the series a "social history" rather than a biography.

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Education

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge Opens For Middle And High School Students

12:01am January 01, 2021

We know you have stories to tell and we at NPR are excited to listen. The 2021 Student Podcast Challenge opens on Jan. 1, and runs through March 15.

Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin's Charité hospital, is pictured after a news conference in Berlin on March 26, to comment on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany.

'Das Coronavirus' Podcast Captivates Germany With Scientific Info On The Pandemic

12:04pm March 31, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Produced by the public broadcaster NDR, the program features scientist Christian Drosten giving clear information about COVID-19, but so far it's in German only.

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'Serial' Host And Co-Creator, Sarah Koenig, To Speak At Wake Forest University

11:48am November 04, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

Five years ago, the first episode of the podcast Serial came out.

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Unsafe Haven

8:26pm December 10, 2018

by David Ford

This is “Unsafe Haven,” a 30-minute documentary produced by WFDD's David Ford, who reports on what happened in the aftermath of the fire and the questions that remain.

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