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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Freakonomics Radio Podcast Explores How economic Theory Affects Us
Most people don't think that economists and their grand theories of how the economy works have any effect on our daily lives. It's just pointy-headed academics with tweed jackets postulating about pie-in-the-sky stuff.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Trader
Audio Up To Dramatize Harlequin Books As Podcasts
Renowned romance publisher Harlequin has teamed with the premium podcast studio Audio Up to adapt a slate of its popular romance novels into podcast dramatizations. The pioneering deal marks a first for romance novels in an inventive audio format that will adapt 52 of Harlequin’s most popular titles into captivating, scripted audio entertainment.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Geeks
Intelligence Squared U.S. Podcast Asks: Is Affirmative Action Unfair To Asian Americans
Affirmative action is one of those issues that nags at people, irrespective of their view on its efficacy. For some, affirmative action offends their sense of fairness and raises their emotional thermostat because someone’s cutting in line. For others, affirmative action is a remedy for a long-standing societal illness — discrimination against a group or multiple groups. Finally, other people view a college campus as a “Cobb salad,” where many different ingredients are tossed into one bowl and one delicious food item results. To them, a college campus of, say, only one kind of cheese is just wrong.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Education
What I Learned From Podcasts This Week
This week, the podcasting universe spilled its wisdom upon me and presumably millions of other listeners in the areas of hypnosis, marriage, coffee, and drinking water. It's worth reiterating that podcasting offers listeners entertainment, education, elucidation, and information.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in FYI
Groove On These Sonos Radio Music Podcasts
When listeners think of the most prominent podcast networks, Sonos Radio doesn’t immediately come to mind. First, because Sonos is known for its wireless speakers. Second, because it’s a bigger player in internet, curated radio.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Beat
The Last Resort Podcast Finale
Over seven episodes, The Last Resort has explored Calexit’s founding story, if California could be returned to indigenous tribes, the roots of the Civil War, far-right activists in Shasta County, California, the state’s water rights and laws, and Mexico’s Zapatista movement—all culminating to where Calexit stands today.
By Frank Racioppiabout a year ago in Humans
Paris Hilton Guests On Archetypes Podcast W/Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex
Paris Hilton is now 41 years old. Twenty years ago, she created the idea that a celebrity could be famous for "being famous?" Hilton created the template to fame for Kim Kardashian -- a leaked sex tape, a public social life that set the gossip columns on fire, and a flair for fashion and style.
By Frank Racioppi2 years ago in Interview