July 19, 2024

🎙️Welcome to the 271st edition of Find That Pod 🎙️

As always, welcome new subscribers!

So… what’s happening everyone? Anything interesting happening in the news? No? Ok… just checking. I’m sure the next 4 months are going to be TOTALLY chill. 🫠

Ok, let’s get to the podcast stuff…

This week we’ve got a few new podcast discovery sources over at the FTP blog:

🦄 The Best Fiction podcasts - 48 amazing storytelling podcasts
🐻2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast review (comedy podcast)
🧸Best episodes of 2 Bears, 1 Cave (comedy podcast)
🐻‍❄️ Other podcasts like 2 Bears, 1 Cave

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Here are this week’s podcast recommendations.

PERSONAL JOURNALS

The Life Shift

What is your pivotal moment? The Life Shift Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that changed their lives forever. We all have our stories, but through these conversations, we discover communities. We learn that there are commonalities through the ups and downs that we all face. But most importantly, we learn that we are not alone. The Life Shift podcast highlights life-altering moments and humanizes the struggles and triumphs through them all.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: The Power of Letting Go | Brent Perkins

HISTORY

SNAFU with Ed Helms

SNAFU is a podcast about history’s greatest screw-ups. Season 2 tells the tale of MEDBURG, the story of a daring heist that exposed a colossal SNAFU by the FBI.

Not sure where to start? Start with the first episode.

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

Preconceived

This podcast explores the intricacies of human experience, challenging the assumptions that shape our understanding of the world. in each episode, the host engages with leading experts, thought leaders, and individuals with unique perspectives to uncover the layers beneath societal norms and expectations. From exploring cultural phenomena to dissecting scientific breakthroughs.

Preconceived invites its listeners to question their preconceptions about love, life, technology, health, history and beyond.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: 227. The Retirement Myth.

NEWS

The Place That Thaws

Discover the untold stories of resilience and adaptation in the High Arctic with APTN News’ six-part documentary series from reporter Danielle Paradis. The podcast journeys to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord, Canada’s northernmost communities, where the impacts of climate change are starkly evident.

The Place That Thaws goes beyond the headlines, offering a nuanced exploration of how communities are confronting challenges of a warming world.

Not sure where to start? Start with the latest episode.

NEWS / TECHNOLOGY

Hacking Humans

This podcast is all about deception, influence, and social engineering as it happens in the world of cyber crime. Each week, the podcast looks behind the social engineering scams, phishing schemes and criminal exploits that are making headlines and taking a heavy toll on organizations around the world.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: The AirBnB booking that wasn’t.

industry news

🎙️ Tink Media is hosting a “How to Make Podcast Friends” webinar.
📜 Dan Carlin, of Hardcore History fame, did a rare interview with Reason magazine.
🎙️ Pod.cards is a new tool that allows podcasters to share their podcasts.
📡 My favourite podcast listening app, Overcast, has released a major new version of the app with a ton of improvements and design changes. Congrats to Marco Arment, the app’s developer.
🎧 Adobe’s podcast recording and editing tool is now available.
💬 What’s the best social media platform for you to promote your podcast?
🎨 How to use visual elements to market your podcast effectively.
🤓 How to showcase expert guests on your podcast with sacrificing your own authority.
The benefits and logistics of podcast swaps.