Filmmaker and sound designer Garrett Tiedemann became enchanted by the cinematic capacity of audio. He worries that podcasting is abandoning its world-building superpower for nothing in return.

True Crime Podcast · Weekly Series · Seven years ago, journalist Justine van der Leun received a letter that would change her life. The sender was a woman named Kwaneta Harris, who was incarcerated at...

Filmmaker and sound designer Garrett Tiedemann became enchanted by the cinematic capacity of audio. He worries that podcasting is abandoning its world-building superpower for nothing in return.

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A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature.

A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump

"If you want to find something weird, you have to go downtown."

A shrine filled with ancient audio gear will do you good. Wireless museums, which are scattered around the US and many other countries, are filled with restored and cleaned-up gear going back to the d...

The documentary “Videoheaven” and MOMA’s series “A Theater Near You” consider how people watch films and why it matters.

A documentary about World War Two's finest British poet, Keith Douglas, who was killed in action with the Sherwood Rangers in Normandy three days after the D-Day landings. Presented by Sean Street, wi

Funding cuts are harming domestic violence programs.

How the independent movie publication Screen Slate became indispensable—while defining what makes a good website in 2025.

The ritual has become part of the fabric of modern cinephilia over the past decade and a half.

Joe Dunthorne’s fascinating podcast on BBC Sounds tells how the novelist learnt that his family’s stories of their flight from Germany hid a betrayal

by Odie "Od ienator" Hender son and Steven Boone   (The following is a conversation between Big Media Vandalism founder Steven Boone a...

This week, we have stories about wild horses, wild chimps, and wild cosmic deaths.

Radio made one dirigible disaster famous. It may have averted another.

After a brutal depression, Warren Ellis returns with renewed strength – and deep gratitude. The 60-year-old Australian multi-instrumentalist opens up about pain, love, animals, creativity, and Nina Si...

Scott Walker's Climate Of Hunter

Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor water park. After nearly swallowing a wet ...

Europe, do us a solid and support public media in the US — while it still exists

A newsletter and site exploring the forgotten history of broadcast and all electronic media.