This week on our music criticism podcast Hear and Now, we’re talking about some of the boldest and most interesting new albums of the year. First up is the long anticipated return of electronic producer Grimes in her most arrestingly poppy effort so far, Art Angels. Then we delve into Ty Dolla $ign’s […]
Episode 4: Joanna Newsom, Neon Indian, Majical Cloudz
This week on our music review podcast Hear and Now with Steve Jozef, all three of the albums we’re talking about kick ass, and all in totally different ways. We begin with the lush and beautiful new release Divers from harp-plucking indie folk darling Joanna Newsom. Next, we groove and jive to the […]
Episode 3: Disclosure, Wavves, John Grant
Hear and Now just keeps getting smoother, tighter, and more competently edited, doesn’t it? This week we’re talking up Caracal, the new release from the now hyper-popular house duo Disclosure. We move on to the surf punk group Wavves, with their newest and perhaps best album, V. And we finish things […]
Hear and Now Episode 2: CHVRCHES, Fetty Wap, Julia Holter
Hey, episode 2! We’ve made it this far! This week on Hear and Now with Steve Jozef, we kick things off with the new album Every Open Eye from Glasgow synthpop group CHVRCHES, their followup to their breakout release The Bones of What You Believe. Then we tackle the debut self-titled album from the […]
Introducing Hear and Now with Steve Jozef, a Nerdophiles Podcast
Even if you think of yourself as a music fanatic, you probably don’t read music reviews, and I don’t blame you at all. Have you ever read a description of a song and pictured the exact sounds in your head? Neither have I. Music simply doesn’t suit itself to the written […]
Making Waves – Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Author: Jessica Abel, foreword by Ira Glass Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Broadway Books Source: Blogging for Books Genre(s): nonfiction, graphic novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon “I should totally make a podcast.” It’s a thought that’s occurred to me and probably most radio listeners at least once during an […]
Podcast Spotlight: My Brother, My Brother and Me
Podcast Spotlight is a regular feature in which we showcase a podcast and explore what makes it special. Have suggestions for a future installment? Leave them in the comments. Show: My Brother, My Brother and Me Debut: April 12, 2010 Number of Episodes: 267 Network: Maximum Fun Homepage: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me There’s a part of […]
Podcast Spotlight: This American Life
Show: This American Life Debut: November 17, 1995 Number of Episodes: 565 Network: WBEZ Homepage: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Welcome to Podcast Spotlight, a new regular feature on Nerdophiles. In every new addition, we showcase a particular podcast, demonstrating what makes it unique and worth your time. We’ve only occasionally written about podcasts in […]
Mea’s Podcast: Video Game Story Lines as Narratives
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I’m All About That Case: Reflections on Season 1 of “Serial”
Warning: Some spoilers ahead. If you haven’t yet listened to Serial, the new podcast from the This American Life crew, you’re gonna want to start right now. The true story of high schooler Hae Min Lee’s murder in 1999 and her boyfriend Adnan Syed’s conviction for the crime couldn’t be more complex and dynamic if […]
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