Listening Log: January 2020
Here’s what I’ve been listening to this month:
Versify: Little Boxes All the Same
BBC Outlook: I Was a Teenager at Auschwitz
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast: Children Growing Up Too Soon
The Dream, S2 E6: Magnets: How Do They Work?
The Dream, S2 E5: Birthing a Bad Dream
The Dream, S2 E4: Take with Caution
The Muck Podcast, Episode 1: How Many Licks*
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend: Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara
The Allusionist, Episode 113: Zaltzology
StoryCorps: The Echoes of Gunfire
Criminal, Episode 132: Herrin Massacre
Food, We Need to Talk: Am I Destined to Be This Size?
The Hilarious World of Depression: Theo Fleury: Trauma, Stardom, and a Downward Spiral on the latest Tremendous Upside
The Heart: Lesbian Separatism is Inevitable
Switched on Pop: Post Malone has us Running in Circles
Today, Explained: Shaken Like a Polarized Picture
How Sound: When the Story is About You But Not About You*
How Sound: Shereen Goes Quiet
Radiolab: Body Count
That’s My Favorite: O Cottonwood*
The Intersection, S03 E01 – PAVEMENT Meets PLAYA at Burning Man*
The Intersection, S03 E02 – ART meets MOTION at Burning Man
The Intersection, S03 E03 – CHAOS meets CONTROL at Burning Man
The Intersection, S03 E04 – WILL meets WAY at Burning Man
The Intersection, S03 E05 – PARTY meets PRAYER at Burning Man
Podcast Brunch Club: Disinformation & Fake News Listening List Roundup
The Broad Experience, Episode 150: Who Do You Think You Are?
Scene on Radio, S4 E2: The Excess of Democracy
Death Sex & Money: Between Friends: Your Stories About Race and Friendship
Soul Music: Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay
The Fairer Cents, Episode 35: Women’s Voices, Part 1: Speaking Up*
The Fairer Cents, Episode 36: Women’s Voices, Part 2: Our Actual Voices
Death is Hilarious: The Witty Widow – Episode 1: Tawny Platis*
Losing a Child: Always Andy’s Mom, Episode 2: Gwen Kapacia on Grief
Mom and Dad are Fighting: New Year, New Us
Why Not Sports: 2010-2019 Steelers Decade Recap w/Big Roy
Last Day, Episode 15: A Parenting Nightmare
Nutrition Diva, Episode 557: Plenity is the New Weight Loss Drug in Town – Does it Work?*
Losing 100 Lbs: Do You Need Exercise for Weightloss?*
Losing a Child: Always Andy’s Mom, Episode 1: Andy’s Dad*
Ear Hustle: Ear Hustle Extra: Antwan Williams, Journeyist
The New Yorker Radio Hour: Mass Incarceration, Then and Now
Code Switch: Is the Door to Iran Closed Forever?
Underunderstood: Toilet Seat Blues*
HumaNature: Through Oliver’s Eyes
Push Pace Podcast: Dealing with Injuries and Setbacks in Fitness
Awesome Etiquette, Episode 279: Loud in the Library
Reveal: The Lost Homes of Detroit
Feedback with Earbuds, Episode 15: Commute Cutters Week*
Backyard Time Machine, Episode 8: Lionel Bruin III (John T. Ford’s Assistant)*
Thread the Needle: Hot Moms – Motherhood, Sexuality & the Public Gaze*
Were You Raised by Wolves?: Removing Socks on Airplanes, Splitting Bills at Brunch, Hosting Weddings on Grass, and More*
Fat Loss Success Stories, Episode 11: Choose Happy with Jen Armstrong*
Hong Kong Confidential, Episode 124: The Gut Brain Connection
Food, We Need to Talk: What the Heck Should We Eat?*
Feedback with Earbuds: BONUS: What Podcast Newsletters Should I Subscribe To?
Food, We Need to Talk: This is Your Brain on Cheesecake
RISK!: Rebuilding
Fake Heiress, Episode 1*
Fake Heiress, Episode 2
The Motherhood Sessions: Will She Be a Good Human Being?
Chemistry in its Element: Vitamin B12 or Cobalamin*
Woman’s Hour: Why Do Children Lie and When Can it Become a Cause for Concern?
Good Sex Bad Sex: New Sex Toys for 2020, Part 1
Good Sex Bad Sex: New Sex Toys for 2020, Part 2
Finding Fred: I Like You As You Are
Finding Fred: Help the Helpers
Today in Focus: Owen Jones on Toxic Politics and Becoming a Target of Abuse*
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast: Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream
FiveThirtyEight Politics: The Primaries Project: How 1968 Changed Everything
Why is this Happening?: Who is Reality Winner? With Kerry Howley
Mortified, Episode 180: Kiss Me, Dammit
The Heart: We’re Back
Death is Hilarious/The Dirty Bits: Goodbye from The Dirty Bits + A Tribute to George
Spilled Milk, Episode 419: Fried Eggs Revisited
Is This Adulting?: THIS…is 2020
Today, Explained: What About Iraq?
Last Day, Episode 14: Last Day of Use
Life Kit: The Right Way to Quit Your Job
BBC Documentary: Belarus: The Wild World of Chernobyl
Scene on Radio: Rich Man’s Revolt
The Dream, S2 E2: A New Kind of Party
The Dream, S2 E3: Magic Little Pills
In the Dark, S2 E17: Home
In the Dark, S2 E18: The Recusal
The Journal: Inside Carlos Ghosn’s Escape from Japan
Earth Break, Episode 1: Finally Dying*
Earth Break, Episode 2: Pros and Cons
Earth Break, Episode 3: Chasing Shelter
Earth Break, Episode 4: The Cabin in the Woods
Earth Break, Episode 5: Out of Time
Earth Break, Episode 6: One For Sorrow
Modern Love: An Interlude of Clarity with Judd Apatow
The Double Shift: The 43% Mother
Making Sense, Episode 178: The Reality Illusion*
The Ezra Klein Show: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 project, choosing schools, and Cuba
Preach: Let’s Talk About Sex (and God)
Uncover, S5 E1: The Crime Beat
Uncover, S5 E2: Saturday Morning
Uncover, S5 E3: Stranger to the Truth
Boring Books for Bedtime, Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, Reading 2*
Radio Atlantic: Will the Trump Presidential Library Have an Impeachment Section?
Borrowed: Plunging into the New Year
Woman’s Hour: The World for Women in 2020
Code Switch: Beautiful Lies
A Pint with Seaniebee, Episode 144: Religion and The Don Haz a Pint with Seaniebee
Talking Points: Travel Resolutions and Tips for 2020
Getting Curious with JVN: What Does Inequality Have to Do with HIV? With Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
NPR Politics: Why Iowa’s Caucus Comes First and Why That Matters
Outside/In: Cold, Dark, and Sharky
The Double Shift: Don’t Call Me “Mom,” Call Me Ted