Podcasts

Mailchimp is apparently refusing to collaborate with, or even advertise on, podcasts that employ unionized staff (even though they are denying it)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24002001/mailchimp-pineapple-street-union-podcast-canceled

Sign a letter to Inuit (who owns Mailchimp) here:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-intuit-mailchimp-no-monkey-business-quit-union-busting

Intuit, though.

ha whoops

Intuit are the people who own TurboTax right? fuck that company forever. they absolutely don't give a shit about that letter though

yep they are evil

A good friend of mine worked for Mailchimp for a while, they like to cosplay as a "progressive" company but they will cut you without hesitation.

I'm pretty certain that I heard of the Castro podcast app here on ilx, but can't find the thread where it was mentioned. Anyway, it's done; they are out of business and their domain seems to be unregistered. Does anybody have a good podcast app to recommend that has similar features?

i dont know of any others that sideload so answer may be no?

i have used Overcast for years. it gives me no problems & is v good to use.

I use Podcast Addict and it's fine.

There is no good replacement if you’re used to Castro’s inbox/queue system. I was able to sort of mimic it in Pocketcasts using filters, but it’s not the same.

I discovered Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks over winter break and have been ear-hoovering up as many episodes as I can. Led by a Yellowstone wildlife biologist who specializes in bears, it goes into detail about dangerous wild animal encounters, while providing a respectful context for why these things occur, as well as a slew of biological and behavioral facts about the animals. Warning that it can get sad at times, because by the very nature of the stories they're engaging with, the humans and animals don't always survive. It's co-hosted by the biologist's brother, who provides a dorky kind of comic relief, and a mutual friend of theirs. The brother's voice reminds me a lot of Matt Stone's character from Cannibal: The Musical, but he's more of an affable dork than an annoying one. Highly recommend.

new season of Blindspot is covering lesser-known stories & people from the early days of the AIDS Crisis & it is so good
This season hosted by Kai Wright of WNYC

3 episodes out so far, second episode on the Harlem Hospital Pediatric Ward is quietly incredible

Similarites might be drawn to the Slow Burn season on AIDS but this is a much much deeper dive, much more focused on marginalized groups whose stories were less likely to be told

5-4 pod's rhiannon hamam arrested at the UT Austin protests, two days after the new republic called her a "political influencer to watch" and a "notewprthy political voice"

(she's tweeting so i assume she's out again)

57 arrests, all charges dropped

I’m interviewed in the audio here:https://t.co/4OtrJONi8z

— Rhiannon (@AywaRhiannon) April 27, 2024