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My Momma Told Me You Should Listen to This Podcast

 Langston Kerman and David Gborie’s approach to conspiracy theories is always measured — and always funny. By Hershal Pandya
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Ready to Go Back to Lonely Island?

 Very early impressions of a new podcast that turns out to be a potent slice of nostalgic millennial history. By Nicholas Quah
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Spotify’s New Joe Rogan Deal Brings the Company Full Circle

 After years of splurging and expanding, the audio platform’s podcast strategy has backtracked. By Nicholas Quah
  1. last night on late night
    The Lonely Island Do the Worst Podcast Promo of All TimeSomehow, it’ll make you more excited to listen to the podcast than ever.
    By Hershal Pandya
  2. important awards
    Las Culturistas Are *Alan Cumming Voice* TraitorsBowen Yang and Matt Rogers’s Culture Awards are colluding with Parvati and coming to Brooklyn.
    By Jason P. Frank
  3. best of 2024
    The Best Podcasts of 2024 (So Far)New tricks from podcast veterans, some excellent entries into well-established genres, and even a glorious rerelease.
    By Nicholas Quah
  4. inside job
    How to Turn a Comedy Podcast Into a Comedy DocumentaryAdapting Good One involved Mike Birbiglia’s life story, Ugly Delicious, and Seth Meyers’s bullshit detector.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. sweet as candy
    How Many Times Did Mandy Moore Say ‘Thank You’ on Las Culturistas?Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers spent the interview showering the multi-hyphenate icon with praise — perhaps a distracting amount of praise.
    By Tom Smyth
  7. 1.5x speed
    JJ Redick, Ur-Athlete Podcaster, Takes His Biggest Shot YetHis new show Mind the Game, co-hosted by LeBron James, tests the limits of how much NBA fans want to nerd out.
    By Nicholas Quah
  8. clingy?
    Travis Kelce Says Love Is Blind Is Worse Than Catching KelceAnd somehow that ringing endorsement doesn’t make Jason Kelce want to watch.
    By Bethy Squires
  9. semi-charmed kind of feud
    What’s Going on With the Cast of Charmed?This drama is old enough to rent a car.
    By Bethy Squires
  10. call her daddy
    Mischa Barton Says She Briefly Dated Ben McKenzie on the Set of The O.C.Barton talked about The O.C.’s early days on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
    By Bethy Squires
  11. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Podcast League SpotlightA certain This Had Oscar Buzz co-host is leading the podcaster mini-league, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of!
    By Joe Reid
  12. 1.5x speed
    The Case of the AI George Carlin Comedy PodcastIs this what the future of podcasting looks like?
    By Nicholas Quah
  13. a good old chinwag
    Is Paul Giamatti the First-Ever Oscar Nominee With a Podcast?The Holdovers star has been chatting it up on a mic for nearly a year.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  14. 1.5x speed
    What Will Podcasting Look Like This Year?Five questions (and some attempted answers) about what the medium will look like in 2024.
    By Nicholas Quah
  15. chat room
    Brooke Averick Has Never Liked Anything a Normal AmountOn @LadyEfron’s new podcast, it’s more than okay to obsess about things until you’re nauseous.
    By Bella Arnold
  16. 1.5x speed
    Who? Weekly Makes a Fake Sydney SweeneyHosts Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber tell us about their AI bit.
    By Nicholas Quah
  17. 2024 preview
    7 Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2024A globe-trotting mystery, an interrogation of documentaries, and new projects from Jamie Loftus
    By Nicholas Quah
  18. survey says
    The Best Podcasts of 2023, According to People Who Make PodcastsHundreds of hosts, producers, creatives, and executives reveal what they heard and loved this year.
    By Nicholas Quah
  19. the industry
    The Podcast World’s Year From HellDozens of hosts, producers, and executives vent about a tough year for the audio industry — and cautiously look ahead to 2024.
    By Nicholas Quah
  20. best of 2023
    The Best Podcasts of 2023Despite a tough year for the industry, the podcast world remains vast in its pleasures.
    By Nicholas Quah
  21. the industry
    Heavyweight Down, Stolen GoneSpotify dropped two critically adored podcasts this week.
    By Nicholas Quah
  22. sign off
    Julianna Margulies Now ‘Sincerely Apologetic’ for Racist Podcast RemarksWalking back claims that the Black community had “been brainwashed to hate Jews,” among other inflammatory comments.
    By Justin Curto
  23. play rights!
    Chelsea Peretti Will Be Playing the Role of MotherHer new play Thatcher Island features ghosts, seagulls trained to defecate on target, and a pirate named Vagina.
    By Tom Smyth
  24. vulture festival 2023
    Song Exploder Won’t Repeat Guests, Even U2Hrishikesh Hirway explains the podcast’s no-repeat rule, no matter how big the artist may be.
    By Tom Smyth
  25. ring ring!
    Need a Beloved Comedy Podcast Relaunched? Call Chelsea Peretti!The comedian’s call-in show is back and her phone line is open for business.
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. start here
    On the Best Episode of Ologies, Alie Ward Goes Balls-DeepPhallologist Dr. Emily Willingham makes the perfect entry point for new listeners of the science-themed podcast.
    By Sean Malin
  27. one more time
    Giving Britney’s Music Its DueThe miniseries Listening 2 Britney stripped away the layers of baggage and bad-faith narratives that have plagued Spears’s career.
    By Vulture Editors
  28. into it
    Britney Was Always Trying to Tell Us Who She WasThe Woman in Me is out today, but her music already serves as a record of her story.
    By Sam Sanders
  29. into it
    If Hollywood Hates Long Movies, Why Does It Keep Making Them?Killers of the Flower Moon clocks in at three hours and 26 minutes long, but Martin Scorsese is one of the few filmmakers who could pull this off.
    By Sam Sanders
  30. switched on pop
    What We Owe Lil Jon, King of CrunkA close look at the origins of the genre and its wide-ranging influence.
    By Reanna Cruz
  31. switched on pop
    Feeling Fine With Faye WebsterThe genre-defying singer-songwriter discusses the anomalous sound behind her two latest singles, “Lifetime” and “But Not Kiss.”
    By Charlie Harding and Reanna Cruz
  32. switched on pop
    Business Is Booming for Metro BoominA deep look into the extended production catalogue of Atlanta’s modern trap savant.
    By Reanna Cruz
  33. into it
    What Will It Take for Celebrities to Throw Out the Legacy PR Playbook?TikTok’s PR lady explains why stars keep making the same mistakes.
    By Sam Sanders
  34. into it
    Let’s Give Mommy Bloggers Their DueIn her new book, Extremely Online, Taylor Lorenz highlights the ways that women and marginalized content creators shaped the social web.
    By Sam Sanders
  35. 1.5x speed
    Pablo Torre Wants to Be Your New Favorite Sports PunditHis latest podcast hopes to be more than just a reaction to last night’s games.
    By Nicholas Quah
  36. into it
    Hip-Hop at 50 Still Has a Long Way to GoThe genre faces a midlife crisis as it reckons with the homophobia and misogyny that have been present since its inception.
    By Sam Sanders
  37. podcast review
    Strike Force Five Heralds Podcasting’s First True SupergroupThe late-night hosts have gathered to create a very historic — and uneven — audio experiment.
    By Sean Malin
  38. 1.5x speed
    Welcome to Jo Firestone’s Sexy Murder MysteryThe comedian’s excellent podcast Murder on Sex Island is perfect for fans of murder, sex, and islands.
    By Nicholas Quah
  39. into it
    Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ Doesn’t Make SenseThere’s seemingly no discernible trend happening at the top of the Billboard chart. Is it actually measuring the most popular music right now?
    By Sam Sanders
  40. podcasts
    How This Jungian Life Made Carl Jung Cool AgainThe podcast’s psychoanalyst hosts are listening. So is everyone else, it seems.
    By Louis Cheslaw
  41. xoxo
    Grinch Girl, You Will Always Be FamousUnlike Taylor Momsen’s childhood bullies.
    By Zoe Guy
  42. into it
    Love Is Like Solitary Confinement“They slowly take away your identity,” says Love Is Blind contestant Nick Thompson, who’s demanding worker protections across the reality-TV industry.
    By Sam Sanders
  43. tributes
    Combat a Major Case of the Mondays Labor Day With This Jimmy Buffett TributeMBMBAM
    By Bethy Squires
  44. last night on late night
    The Late-Night Dudes Are Doing a Daytime PodSeth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and the Jimmys are podcasting to raise funds for their writing staffs.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. into it
    Brandon Taylor Wants to Bring Gatekeeping Back to Book CriticismThe internet didn’t invent argument-driven criticism, but it did breed a culture of forming an opinion on a piece of media before consuming it.
    By Sam Sanders
  46. 1.5x speed
    Search Engine Is the Spiritual Successor to Reply AllThe new podcast from PJ Vogt makes familiar pleasures feel new.
    By Nicholas Quah
  47. good one podcast
    91 Comedians Reveal Jokes They’d Like to Steal If They Could Get Away With ItTig Notaro, Roy Wood Jr., and more on the joke they wish they thought of first.
    By Jesse David Fox
  48. fall preview 2023
    6 Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Listen to This FallA Beatle trades in his guitar for a podcast mic.
    By Nicholas Quah
  49. 1.5x speed
    The Retrievals Is a NightmareThe latest Serial Productions podcast examines how one fertility center failed to see excruciating pain.
    By Nicholas Quah
  50. into it
    The Mystifying, Enduring Success of Big BrotherOne of TV’s longest-running reality shows is weird, problematic, and often boring. And people love it.
    By Sam Sanders
  51. start here
    Want to Try I Said No Gifts!? Start Here.In the best episode of his podcast, comedian Bridger Winegar meets his match.
    By Sean Malin
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