I’m starting this thread because I listen to a ton of podcasts, and I found a couple recent ones that are quite interesting.
“The Turning” is an in-depth study of one topic.
I recently completed season two of The Turning, 10 episodes about the world of ballet, looking at it from a critical point of view. The producer starts out the world of ballet with George Balanchine, and follows his Legacy through to today, it’s patriarchal view, how men and women interact, how gay and black ballerinas fare in that world, sexual misconduct, etc. I found it super interesting, but that’s only because I find ballet super interesting. Back when I was reading many more books, I liked ballet biographies.
Season one of “The Turning” is about nuns in convent life and I plan to listen to that.
Another podcast I liked very much was “ The retrievals” podcast bySerial and the New York Times. It covers a scandal at Yale fertility clinic about a nurse stealing drugs and patients going without pain medication. It was absolutely shocking to me that this went on as long as it did. I understand employee theft and addiction, but I don’t understand months of patient complaints being ignored.
I listen to these for free on Spotify. For free content you have to listen to ads. I don’t mind them.
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