Frank Racioppi
Bio
I am a South Jersey-based author who is a writer for the Ear Worthy publication, which appears on Vocal, Substack, Medium, Blogger, Tumblr, and social media. Ear Worthy offers daily podcast reviews, recommendations, and articles.
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Tagline Podcast: A Show About The Most Creative Ad Campaigns
Advertisements are everywhere. The football halftime show has an ad sponsor like an insurance company or a sub fast food franchise. Above the urinal in the men’s room has an ad for a sports betting company. Watching a ten-second clip on YouTube often means watching a fifteen-second ad first. Even movies and V shows have carefully placed product placements, like an Apple Mac computer used by the true-crime podcaster.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Geeks
New "Between The Lines" Podcast Examines Race In The N.F.L.
A new podcast series from The Athletic, dives into what it means to be Black in the N.F.L., and explains how race impacts each level of the league’s organization chart. The show is called Between the Lines.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Noble Champions Returns; Canada Expansion; New UK Podcast
Talkhouse’s Noble Champions & That’s How Remember It with Craig Finn podcasts return for second seasons The season two debut of That’s How I Remember It with Craig Finn, Each episode will feature a discussion between Craig Finn and one creator — a musician, author, filmmaker, etc. — about the role that memory plays in their art. These conversations will reveal the different ways each creator synthesizes their remembered life experiences to tell stories about themselves and the world we live in.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Beat
Brown Ambition Podcast: Your Money, Your Life, Your Goals
There are two genres, where many of the top podcasts began their media journey as a radio show and then added podcasting later on. First, we have conservative talk shows, where turning Americans against one another has been elevated to an art form. You can play a drinking game and take a shot every time one of those hosts says "woke" or "CRT" or "groomer." Please have a designated driver handy. You'll need that person.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Trader
LoVe And Noraebang: A Podcast That Mixes Genres & Ethnicities
I'm watching a rerun of the TV show Alias on Amazon Prime. The thriller was last broadcast in 2006 with first-run episodes, but like a lot of TV shows, it has been resurrected for near immortality in the fertile soil of TV rerun land.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Geeks
Podcasts That Make Us Think
What podcast made me think this week? It's Playing Anne Frank, a new podcast released on January 24. Using archival material and interviews with surviving cast and crew members, executive editor of the Jewish weekly publication, Forward, Adam Langer presents a story that’s never been told: the backstory of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and Oscar-winning film, and how this iconic work shapes those involved in performing it — including high school students putting the show on today.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in FYI
Lore Podcast: The Truth That Frightens And Informs
Sadly, gender classification has become a weapon of crass destruction by those who breathe intolerance and excrete grievance. But how about genre classification? Some podcasts don't neatly fit into the genre categories defined by Apple, Spotify, or other podcast feeds.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in FYI
Latest With Sound Judgment and Drink Champs Podcasts: Podcast Festival In Brooklyn
Sound Judgment podcast talks hostiness with Speakers HOFer Elaine Appleton Grant, the creator and host of the Sound Judgment podcast tells this story: "National Speakers Association Hall of Famer Jay Baer told me something recently about the financial value of a story that had never occurred to me.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Beat
Freakonomics Can Save Your Pets; The Economics Of Everyday Things: Libsyn's New Podcaster Tools
Freakonomics Radio podcast rescues your Lab Mix and your Tabby People today can get riled up over the dumbest things. The shape of the M&M cartoon character. The new name of a sports team, or the political color of the state in which you reside.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Beat
What We Learned From Podcasts This Week: Our Gut In Charge & A Haunted prison
Gastropod talks about the gut/brain connection In the August 16th episode of Gastropod, Gut Feeling, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley discuss research about the connection between the brain and the gut, specifically the microbes there called the microbiome.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Longevity