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The rapidly changing world of podcasts
Why are podcasts so popular? What makes a good podcast? And can just anyone produce a hit? Guest host Chris Farrell talks with industry experts about the past, present and future of podcasts and podcasting.
New York Times retracts hit podcast series 'Caliphate' on ISIS executioner
After an internal review, The New York Times now says it built the 2018 podcast Caliphate on a story it cannot vouch for. It says star reporter Rukmini Callimachi will no longer cover terrorism.
Biden, Harris named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'
Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won the honor for "changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world."
Holiday favorite British Arrows dodge the pandemic on both side of the Atlantic
The British Arrows — the Walker Art Center annual holiday extravaganza — hit not one but two COVID-19-related speed bumps this year: Not only can’t audiences visit the Walker for hundreds of screenings of the best of British television commercials, but the awards competition it is based on in London was postponed because of the pandemic. But organizers still found a way forward.
MPR Journalist Series: Angela Davis interviews 1A's Jenn White
Jenn White became the new host of 1A this summer, and what a summer — and fall — it’s been. White spoke with MPR News host Angela Davis as part of the MPR Journalist Series.