1/ For the seventh time, @LJStandley and @McQuadeEric commemorate the 50 best podcasts of 2021. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
2/ “We seek shows anywhere we can find them—sometimes hearing about them directly from producers, other times from a friend of a friend’s mother’s uncle, or sometimes through our own secret methods of rooting out gems. Then we dig in,” @LJStandley and @McQuadeEric write.
3/ Below, we look back at a few of their favorites from the year.
4/ “Toxic: The Britney Spears Story” isn’t just about Spears. It’s also a call to arms for people with disabilities; a story about power, sexism, and isolation; and a reflection on who has the right to make bad decisions.
5/ “Strangeland” is a true-crime show that involves some familiar threads: evidence gathering, suspect lineup, investigation critique. But hosts Sharon Choi and Ben Adair avoid the predictable, turning the show into a thoughtful meditation on race, culture, and immigration.
6/ “The Flamethrowers” is a portal to right-wing radio. The tape that host Justin Lang plays is heinous—racist, sexist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic—and he argues that such rhetoric can incite actual violence.
7/ “The Apology Line” describes how, in 1980, the New York City artist Allan Bridge created the audio art project “Apology,” a voicemail box in which people could anonymously atone for their wrongdoing. Thousands called in.
8/ “9/12” doesn’t focus on the violence of the World Trade Center attacks, or on saccharine memories of America before they happened. Instead, the show explores the aftermath of 9/11.
9/9 Comment which podcast got you through the year below. 👇
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