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fromFast Company
1 week ago

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new Twitch series evokes a Gen Z Franklin D. Roosevelt

A New York City mayor is launching a recurring Twitch Q&A series to answer constituents live, drawing inspiration from historic radio “fireside” broadcasts.
Podcast
fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

Hear Aldous Huxley Read Brave New World. Plus 84 Classic Radio Dramas from CBS Radio Workshop (1956-57)

Podcasting has evolved from niche experiment to mainstream medium, reviving oral storytelling traditions while differing significantly from radio's scripted, professionally produced format through intimate, off-the-cuff content.
fromRoger Ebert
4 months ago

The 17 Best Movies About Radio, Ranked | Features | Roger Ebert

Even in an era of CGI and AI, nothing is more vivid than the intimacy and imagination of radio or more direct than the connection radio has with listeners. I remember when the legendary Stan Freberg drained Lake Michigan and filled it with hot chocolate, a 700-foot mountain of whipped cream, and a 10-ton maraschino cherry. We didn't have to see it. We heard it on the radio. It was Freberg's demonstration of what radio can do better than television.
Film
Music
fromIndependent
8 months ago

Darragh McManus: Forget the radio rinse and repeat - why RTE should be casting wider net for fresh blood

2FM's first played song was 'Like Clockwork' by The Boomtown Rats in 1979; Larry Gogan has died and Bob Geldof has shifted toward politics.
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