Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Self-Portrait of a Podcast Producer in Hell (2026) 020
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Live footage of me today, trying to mix a narrative podcast on an extremely tight deadline while sounds of drills and hammering completely envelop my apartment 050
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I took my road test in NYC today (yes, I am in my 30s) and will not know if I passed/failed until tonight or tomorrow. I have not been this anxious about a test result since I took the Specialized High School Test (IYKYK). Accepting any and all good vibes. 🙏 230
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Lots of discourse about podcasts at the Golden Globe Awards, but I don’t care because I have received something far superior: a Golden Goat Award @goatrodeo.bsky.social 021
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 06/12/2025I just stumbled upon the most beautiful sight at Queens Plaza: a handful of people there to document the final M train rolling in before the F/M swap. I’ve never been more out-train-nerded in my life 110
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Last night I saw the Staten Island Ferry sailing off into the sunset under the Hell Gate Bridge. New York is healing 🧡 000
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 25/06/2025To close the loop on this: I can now officially say that both candidates I saw on the subway will be running in the general election in November. That's right, this month I shared commutes with Zohran Mamdani (Astoria's own!) and uncontested Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. 130
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 25/06/2025There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American. A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet! 3675661344
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Here to report that I have now encountered TWO NYC mayoral candidates commuting on the subway this month. Anyone who guesses both wins a prize! (Neither of them was Cuomo obviously) 230
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 02/06/2025My podcast-editing-pilled brain was not prepared for this elevator ride. 040
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 22/05/2025About to head up to my college reunion in a way that would make my college self proud (frantically editing a podcast on the train) 120
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I was in my element yesterday (gesturing at waveforms on a giant screen) at the @qplnyc.bsky.social Teen Center in Flushing! We had a listening party celebrating our 5-week Podcasting for Teens workshop with @queensmemory.bsky.social. Loved getting to know the next generation of podcasters. ❤️ 010
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelJulia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I wrote a thing about the vexations of history repeating itself as podcasts are pressured to become TV. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/radio-star...continuous-wave.beehiiv.comRadio Stars to Video: Bite MeCan we learn from the bitter past? Yes, we have to meet the audience where they are. But are they on smart TVs and YouTube because they love video, or this is the convenient plumbing of all content co... 2112
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Just exercised a skill I haven't used in a while (intensive archival research to determine if someone I tangentially know is secretly a nepo baby) (they are) 120
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Excited to teach this podcasting workshop for teens at Queens Public Library with @queensmemory.bsky.social! If you know a teen who might be interested, see below. 👇 032
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 11/02/2025My favorite feature of Descript's AI-powered transcription is that it's never heard of ChatGPT in its life. I'm jealous of it, honestly. 130
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 27/01/2025A deep sigh of a podcast episode. Just beautiful radio. 020
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 31/12/2024My 2024 in numbers: 1 total eclipse witnessed 2 oceans seen 3 years in the rent-stabilized apt of my dreams 4 boroughs traveled (sorry Staten Island, see you in 2025) 5 dog-sitting gigs 6 nights under the stars 39 movies watched 120 hours of podcasts listened to 181 dog photos taken 342 miles run 020
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelThe New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 24/12/2024NEW: A holiday bonus video for you! Meet the underground time travelers of New York City, by @transit-scapes.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/video-holida...nygroove.nycVideo: Meet the underground time travelers of NYCEvery December, a holiday miracle occurs: New Yorkers get excited for their commute 1104
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 19/12/2024About to embark on the biggest new year's transformation of my lifetime (giving Reaper a spin again after years of being a Pro Tools girl) 020
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18/12/2024NYU banning student protestors from a building that houses a legendary archive of the history of radical protest is almost like hiring a journalist who covers policing in New York City and penalizing him for covering policing in New York City... Our conversation with @chenjerai.bsky.social:hellgatenyc.comNYU Bans Its Own Journalism Professor From Multiple Buildings After He Documented a Pro-Palestine ProtestWe spoke with NYU journalism professor Chenjerai Kumanyika about how the school's intensified campus policing strategy might be doing Donald Trump's work for him. 1520188
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/12/2024going to keep posting about this piece because I really think that everyone online should read it: www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv... 691660564
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I loved contributing to @tinkmedia.bsky.social's Audio Delicacies list again this year! My pick is a podcast I haven't been able to get out of my head: Season 3 of In The Dark, from @newyorker.com. Here's the full list for some GREAT podcast recs to add to your queue: tinkmedia.co/audio-delica... 020
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 09/12/2024My statement on the acquittal of Daniel Penny. 1815433
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Huge news day for me personally (finally caught an open-gangway C train) 040
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelIf Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · 09/12/2024we are aware of the situation 944887544
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This week's episode of @cnn.com's Terms of Service was a fun one to produce - if also a little scary! Thank you @racheltobac.bsky.social for your helpful and practical advice (and for convincing me to download a password manager immediately). 151
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Plot twists I have experienced today: 1. Falling in a cartoon-like fashion on a patch of ice while walking to work 2. Finding out that Terms of Service is ~new & noteworthy~ on Apple Podcasts! 050
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 28/11/2024It’s time for the annual tradition of listening to the best podcast episode of all time: 020
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Audio friends: got something great in the works for 2025? Submit it to Tribeca Audio! Deets are at tribecafilm.com 👀🎧 071
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelKalli Anderson @kallipearl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This. Forever and ever. Also, short doesn't mean less serious, less impactful, less impressive. never has. 0165
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelFiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 20/11/2024All good things must come to an end – but this seems wrong. A brilliant repository of strange, funny, beautiful, arcane stories, Short Cuts has always been truly inventive, a place for audio experimentation and new voices (a rarity on R4) and an absolute balm for listeners. I hope it finds a home. 0157
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The most resonant and satisfying thing I've read so far this week: 120
Reposted by Rebecca SeidelJody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 18/11/2024Okay, @thisdaypod.bsky.social is here, and I just made a starter pack of people who have been on the show or otherwise helped us out over the years. Pretty great list of history-minded folks, actually --> go.bsky.app/F3fhXo3go.bsky.appThis Day In Esoteric Friends Of ShowJoin the conversation 272
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Brb, unleashing all my pent-up election anger on people who don’t know how to let people off a train first before getting on 020
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 12/11/2024It's launch day for Terms of Service! 🎉🎧 It's been eye-opening to produce this new @cnn.com podcast, hosted by CNN's brilliant tech writer Clare Duffy, about how we can experiment with new tech without getting played by it. First two eps are out now! www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...cnn.comTerms of Service with Clare Duffy - Podcast on CNN AudioNew technologies like artificial intelligence, facial recognition and social media algorithms are changing our world so fast that it can be hard to keep up. This cutting-edge tech often inspires overb... 000
Rebecca Seidel @beccahope.bsky.social · 07/11/2024It seems like a year ago now, but my podcast queue from last week really read me for filth. 040
