S Town Podcast

Missing Richard Simmons And The Queasiness Of Deep-dive Entertainment Journalism

... but simultaneously unsettling new podcast. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY GETTY. In an early episode of the hit podcast “ Missing Richard Simmons ,” which aired its sixth and final episode yesterday, the host, Dan Taberski, tells us about the exercise class at Slimmons, Simmons’s Beverly Hills studio. Simmons had led this class for some forty years, from before he got famous and continuing long after he became a multimillionaire. Taberski tells us that Slimmons had a few rules: one, know your place; two, no cell phones, no cameras, no recording devices; three, Richard is going to get freaky. “Richard’s class is a little bit performance art and a lot of bit burlesque,” Taberski says. He’d get flirty, even flash people. And four: Richard will bare his soul. Simmons had cried in every class Taberski attended, telling inspirational stories and sharing his own struggles. Once, when Taberski brought his friend  ...

5 Fast Facts You Need To Know

... restaurants in the area. 1. Woodstock, Alabama Has a Population of 900. Woodstock on the map, in relation to bigger cities in the area. Woodstock is the faded red dot. ( Facebook ). According to a 1999 census, Woodstock has a population of 900 (but City Data estimates the population as being 1,502). It’s in Bibb and Tuscaloosa counties and was formerly known as North Bibb. The town name was changed in 2000. It was first settled in the 1820 s after a land grant was given to William Houston in 1826. The town was named after Dr. J. U.’s ancestors, who arrived in America from England at Jamestown, Virginia. The tiny town is only 7.2 square miles. 2. According to John on S-Town, Woodstock Has a Huge Amount of Police Corruption. A photo of a pretty Woodstock neighborhood. ( Google Maps ). According to John Mc Lemore, the person who first wrote Brian Reed about S-Town, the town is one of the poorest in the state and has a lot of police corruption. The town had a website at Woodstock __link__, but the site ...

Ein Neuer Podcast Mit Sogwirkung

... veröffentlichen, hat für die Macher den Vorteil, zu Beginn einer neuen Episode nicht jedes Mal die Vorgeschichte erzählen zu müssen. Und das Ende der Kapitel kommt ohne die üblichen Cliffhanger aus, wo es so unerträglich spannend werden muss, dass man nach einer Woche ungeduldig die nächste Episode herunterladen will. Hochseilakt der journalistischen Empathie. «S-Town» entwickelt einen Sog, der nicht von kurzlebiger Spannung lebt. Besonders deutlich macht dies die Tatsache, dass die Geschichte bereits am Ende des zweiten Kapitels kulminiert, bevor noch fünf Stunden folgen. Der Journalist Reed und mit ihm der Zuhörer werden mit einer völlig unerwarteten, schlechten Nachricht konfrontiert. Worum es sich dabei handelt, wird hier natürlich nicht verraten. Die Nachricht bringt aber Erzähler Brian Reed und den Zuhörer ziemlich aus dem Konzept. Was folgt, ist literarischer Journalismus vom Feinsten, der menschliche Abgründe und Mysterien ausleuchtet und einem unter dem Kopfhörer in den Bann zieht. ...

S-town, Rookie, And Other Great Shows To Watch For

... Night Vale, of course, which has long gotten a fair bit of mileage weaving in elements of horror and the macabre. But what was truly revelatory about Alice was the near-absence of the dark, absurdist humor that gave Welcome to Night Vale its charm. The result was surprising, spectacular, and a seriously rich experience. Alice Isn’t Dead’s debut season aimed high and punched high. I’m pretty excited about the second season. The Chris Lighty Story (working title), Gimlet Media and the Loud Speakers Network (TBD April). Chris Lighty was a high-flying music executive whose life seems to be inextricably woven into the recent history of hip-hop. Across his illustrious career, from his start at Def Jam Records to the label he would later co-found, Lighty worked with the likes of Nas, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J, and 50 Cent as one of the most powerful figures in the music business. But in 2012, Lighty mysteriously committed suicide after a heated argument in front of his apartment, inspiring a maelstrom ...

S-town Is The Newest Podcast From The Team Behind Serial

... despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy family who’s allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But then someone else ends up dead, sparking a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man’s life.”. Despite the obvious lack of control over its resolution – being real life and all – many complained that there was no closure to the Hae Min Lee investigation in Serial‘s first season. We’re interested in finding out if that was a concern for Reed and the rest of his team in putting together S-Town. Perhaps the choice to release all seven episodes at once is a way to curb that, ensuring the narrative had a start, middle and end before bringing it to air. It’s not so much a problem for us at GEEK, but after the explosive finale to recent crime ...

S-town' Podcast Review And 5 Things To Listen For As You Binge

... into the final product of "only" seven hours. 2. The show seems to be constantly trying to figure out what it's actually about. The producers made it widely known "S-Town" will not be another "Serial," so you might be a bit confused when it starts out like another true-crime mystery in the style of that show's debut season. But stick with it, as the situation and story shift drastically early on - and right under Reed's feet as he's reporting it. From there, the story turns to sorting out what just happened and why, and what happens next. This leads Reed to investigate a variety of small mysteries, painting a vivid picture of a man, his town and what it all means. A post shared by S-Town Podcast (@stownpodcast) on. Mar 13, 2017 at 7:14 pm PDT. 3. The political and cultural subtext is hard to ignore. Perhaps you've heard certain politicians over the past couple of years talk about the "forgotten men and women" of the white working class in America. "S-town" lays out, but never directly acknowledges, ...

Alabama Murder Mystery Could Be The New Serial

... are the perfect format for creating a sense of anticipation. It hasn’t gone away in this twitchy world that people love a great story and they’re willing to experiment.”. Last week, at the media confab South-by-Southwest , Swisher talked with the actor and Jungle Book director Jon Favreau and four former White House staffers about their popular political podcast Pod Save America. On the subject list: speculation that the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, may run for president. “It’s about the personality, it’s not about the résumé,” said Favreau. “If there is a tech leader who goes out there and has a no-bullshit conversation with the American people about what we need to do, then, yeah, maybe they have a shot.”. Does that compete with a southern gothic murder? The 3.3 billion podcast downloads in 2015 prove that in this fast-growing medium, anything is possible, says Swisher. There are no rules to it, “but we just don’t want to get it to get too formulaic”. We may learn the answer on 28 March when the complete episode list of S-Town is released. In a three-minute preview, the producers set a trail of clues involving the maintenance of antique ...

Get Ready To Binge-listen To Serial’s New Spinoff S-town

... documentary fare as well (including the well regarded Human/Ordinary ). I’ll be keeping an eye on this. Podcast consumption in Australia is growing, though I’d still characterize it as underdeveloped relative to the American podcast industry. According to an audience research report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation published last October, 36 percent of surveyed Australians indicate that they listened to more podcasts in 2016 than in 2015, though numbers for baseline listenership were not circulated. The ABC is the largest podcast publisher in the country, enjoying about 160 million overall downloads in 2016. Side note. One of the more interesting stories from last year — a story that’s affected how I view the tradeoffs of the relationship between creators and distribution platforms — was the dustup between the Indiana public radio station WBAA and This American Life. (This is the third mention of This American Life in this issue. My apologies: That show was on my mind a lot this week.). Last summer, the station ...