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Continue reading →: You Should Be Listening To: “Fall of the House of Sunshine”You Should Be Listening To is a series where I talk up one of my favorite podcasts and explain why you should be listening, too. Each post gives an explanation of the show using the same five questions, including how best to listen and comparisons to other pieces of media.…
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Continue reading →: Podcast Problems: The Audience as a Third WheelThere’s a common conversation I’m sure you’ve heard when podcasts are brought up: “Podcasts? Aren’t those just four dudes sitting around a mic, talking to each other because they think they’re funny?” It’s a frustrating joke, a joke that feels dismissive and dated and inaccurate. Haven’t we left those days behind?…
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Continue reading →: Hear Wil on a New Podcast About Podcasting, “Tuned In, Dialed Up”!Today is the launch date of Tuned In, Dialed Up, a podcast collaboration between myself and Gavin of The Podcast Report. Tuned In, Dialed Up is a conversation on podcasting with a weekly highlights, specific discussion topics, and pitches for terrible podcasts that should not exist. Tuned In, Dialed Up isn’t a lofty discussion…
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Continue reading →: This Week in Podcasts: 3/18/18 – 3/24/18This Week in Podcasts is a weekly roundup of mini-reviews of all of the podcasts I’ve listened to in a week. If you see any podcasts that you feel are missing from my list, there’s a good chance I haven’t listened to the show yet! You can see my current…
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Continue reading →: Patreon Goal Reward: My Favorite Podcast Episodes EverAs a reward for hitting two Patreon goals in one day, here are my all-time favorite podcast episodes. The first four episodes on this list are the only episodes that have ever gotten an A+ from me, and the rest are the episodes I revisit and think about the most often. All of…
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Continue reading →: “The Bright Sessions” Soars into Song with the Impeccable “50 – Rose”“Episode 50 – Rose” is a dream come true, in more ways than one, for fans of The Bright Sessions: it’s a full musical, complete with a sweeping “I Want” song, a sweet duet, and reprisals–all within the protagonists’ dreams.
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Continue reading →: “Limetown” Novel Pre-Order Available, Season 2 Release Date AnnouncedToday via Twitter, the Limetown team announced that their long-awaited novel is available for pre-order via Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc. The tweet also announced that Limetown‘s second season will debut on Halloween, October 31st, 2018: Today we are happy to announce a couple rather large news items: 1) The Limetown novel,…
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Continue reading →: This Week in Podcasts: 3/11/18 – 3/17/18
This Week in Podcasts is a weekly roundup of mini-reviews of all of the podcasts I’ve listened to in a week. If you see any podcasts that you feel are missing from my list, there’s a good chance I haven’t listened to the show yet! You can see my current…
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Continue reading →: Gabriel Urbina on “Wolf 359,” Audio Dramas, And a Bit of “Controlled Chaos”Gabriel Urbina is one of the most recognizable names in audio drama podcasting. His seminal Wolf 359, which finished its four-season run at the end of 2017, is widely considered one of the most acclaimed and well-loved pieces of modern audio drama. I was honored to have the opportunity to speak…
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Continue reading →: “Six Cold Feet” A Testament to Contemplative Storytelling in Audio DramaWhile I love the high-concept ideas that audio dramas often bring to listeners, I sometimes find myself wanting a smaller-scale story to relax into. In the midst of stories set in space, a post-apocalyptic future, a magical realm, or a shockingly well-conceived world of teeth and puppets, a smaller-scope story…
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Former writer for Polygon, Discover Pods, The Takeout, and more; now a writer for myself.
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