1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:28,280 Hey, welcome to Feedback with Earbuds, the podcast recommendation podcast. 2 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,520 I'm your host, Ariel Nisblat, and I'm the founder of Earbuds Podcast Collective. 3 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,760 Earbuds is a weekly email newsletter that sends you a theme and five podcast episodes 4 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,640 on that theme, and each week is curated by a different person. 5 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:42,920 Anyone can curate a list. 6 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,960 You can learn more and subscribe at Earbuds.audio. 7 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,000 Feedback with Earbuds brings you podcast recommendations, insights from our curators, 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,040 tips on creating audio content, and community updates. 9 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,320 There are so many podcasts to listen to these days. 10 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,320 How do you choose? 11 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,480 We're here to break it down for you. 12 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,600 Hey, Earbuds. 13 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,040 Ariel Nisblat here. 14 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,720 Welcome to Feedback with Earbuds, the podcast recommendation podcast. 15 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,680 Let's hit some quick business before we get into the episode. 16 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,680 We are going to be taking a hiatus from this show for the month of December, which means 17 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,840 that this will be our last podcast episode for 2023. 18 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,200 Our weekly newsletter will still be going out as usual, so you can catch all of our new 19 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:35,200 podcast recommendations there, but we'll be back in some form on this podcast feed in 20 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,200 the new year. 21 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,760 We're going to take a pause to A, revamp the show, and B, because I am traveling for 22 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,560 the entire month of December. 23 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:47,400 So we'll be back in January, or later, we'll decide, we'll keep you updated. 24 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,640 What does this mean for you? 25 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,600 Well, as always, please do let us know how you're liking the show, or if you're not 26 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,920 liking certain things, or if you're liking nothing at all. 27 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:56,920 We don't mind. 28 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,520 We're really open to any ideas. 29 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,320 It'll be my New Year's resolution to improve the podcast when we start it up again in 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,320 the new year. 31 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,520 Okay, now let's get started on this episode. 32 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,440 As always, we start with a recap of last week's theme, which was podcasts unearthing hidden 33 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,440 stories. 34 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,840 Our curator was Holly Brown from Tink Media. 35 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,440 The podcasts that she recommended were A Crisper Bite, How Gene Editing Technology is Changing 36 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,280 Our Food, The Heist, Adoption, The Making of Me, Obscured from Kuwvenda Media, and Don't 37 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,680 Drink the Milk. 38 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,920 Thank you for curating that list for us, Holly. 39 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,000 If you missed last week's newsletter and the episodes they are in, you can find them linked 40 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,360 in the show notes of this episode here. 41 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,800 Now, for this week's recommendations, our theme is called Hip Hop Artifacts. 42 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,640 Our curator is Faye Mickens. 43 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:45,800 In just a bit, you'll hear from Faye about her podcast picks and why she selected them. 44 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,760 After that, you'll learn about our spotlight podcast pick, The Puzzler, a show about, you 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,320 guessed it, puzzles and word games. 46 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,800 It is actually my pick for one of the best new shows of the year. 47 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,680 It is a delight and a half. 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,040 And last, I'll share some podcast industry news and resources before we close out the 49 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,680 show for the week, actually for the year and send you off to listen to some podcasts. 50 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Here are Faye's recommendations for this week's theme, Hip Hop Artifacts. 51 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,840 My name is Faye Bion Mickens. 52 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:18,920 I am an audio marketing professional specializing in digital content, namely music and podcasts. 53 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:21,680 I help to facilitate growth for shows. 54 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:27,080 So after the creator has done the heavy lifting of making this wonderful piece of art, this 55 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,800 audio time capsule or show, I help them figure out ways to capture the attention of their 56 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,640 potential audience. 57 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:39,240 So that can be everything from native podcast advertising to gorilla marketing. 58 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,880 It just depends. 59 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,800 The theme that I chose was Hip Hop Artifacts. 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:51,720 And what I mean by that is pretty much artifacts as far as investigative or information that's 61 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,720 lesser known to the public or the average hip hop listener. 62 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,640 So I chose this theme because this year we're celebrating Hip Hop 50th anniversary. 63 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,000 And I think that there are so many shows out there that they deserve a listen. 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,920 Hip Hop is so much more than sex, drugs and rock and roll. 65 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,200 There are moments of activism, social justice, nerd culture and women who have contributed 66 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,880 to the culture since its inception. 67 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,560 So I just wanted to shout out shows that I enjoy and that give me information that I 68 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,280 might not know. 69 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:22,480 So we can start with the dossier. 70 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,160 I chose the episode, The Wallace Estate versus the City of LA. 71 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,760 There are a lot of eyes on bad boy right now. 72 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:35,240 And I chose this episode because it uncovers evidence presented in the civil lawsuit pursued 73 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:40,920 by Biggie's widow, Faith Evans and his mother, Ms. Wallace. 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,960 So I mean, ultimately this ended in a mistrial. 75 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:50,720 But I found it interesting because, you know, they didn't deny that the police had intentionally 76 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:56,360 withheld evidence about Biggie's murder, not to mention the city had to end up paying their 77 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,960 legal fees just to fund the police already. 78 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:02,200 So I thought this was an interesting episode. 79 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,400 Let's start with the season is still continuing. 80 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:11,960 So I figured if people plug in here, you can kind of get a good basis for where the next 81 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,480 episodes are going. 82 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:19,480 And I will say that the dossier, the folks at DCP, the folks at Criminal Minded Media 83 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,280 did a lot of research. 84 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:27,080 And honestly, you can kind of Google the documents that they talk about in the show as well, 85 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,680 which is what I did with this particular episode too. 86 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,600 And what happened was all hail the Queen, introducing Queen Latifah. 87 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,760 My fandom for Queen Latifah spans across decades. 88 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:44,720 I love her ability to wear so many hats, actress, jazz singer, rapper, cover girl, record execs, 89 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,320 living single is my show. 90 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:53,160 I love when podcasts can share tidbits about our cultural curators that we didn't know. 91 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:59,280 In this episode and our hip hop aficionado, Dante Rose dropped several gems about Queen 92 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,280 Latifah and Tommy Boy Records. 93 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:05,120 For instance, I didn't know that MC Light was supposed to be on Ladies First, which is 94 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,680 like one of my favorite songs by Queen Latifah and Moni Love. 95 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,920 And the host, open mic eagle, just has a fun show here and is filled with little known 96 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,720 fun hip hop trivia facts. 97 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:22,080 Small doses side effects of Park and Light pimping with Lene Van Nie. 98 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,600 I love Amanda Seales and she was spitting poetry as Amanda Diva. 99 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,680 Her career just continues to thrive. 100 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,520 I'm also a new fan of Lene Van Nie, pronounced Nie not Naye. 101 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,800 She starts off the episode with that. 102 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,800 But Black women speaking freely on any topic is a form of protest and I just thought this 103 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,120 was a dynamic duo. 104 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,920 Amanda has so many great guests on her show, Ananda Lewis, Big Sean, like several people 105 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,920 have made appearances, but I think this is a great one to start with. 106 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,720 ODB, a son unique, episode one for the children. 107 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:01,840 Since I made this list, I actually have watched Wu Tang in American Saga and I've also been 108 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:07,920 on a deep dive with my Wu Tang throwbacks from 36 chambers to return of the 36 chambers 109 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,640 to liquid source to the purple tape. 110 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,800 What I love about Coleek Alaa's take on ODB's story, who's wonderfully portrayed by T.J. 111 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,440 Adams in the Hulu series. 112 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,440 But what I love about this show is that these stories about ODB stretched beyond the persona 113 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,880 that Dirty Let Us See in public. 114 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:30,680 With someone growing up who listened to Wu Tang, it was interesting to hear that there 115 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,920 was so much more under the surface. 116 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,640 And episode one actually starts off immediately with ODB helping to save a life of a young 117 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:38,720 girl in his neighborhood. 118 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,680 So Wu Tang is really for the children. 119 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,400 Next up, the Almanac of Rap comedy and hip hop part two. 120 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:47,960 Shout out to Don Will. 121 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,440 He's one of my dear hip hop friends. 122 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,760 I could have picked any episode, but I chose this one because it's a fun entry point to 123 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,200 those who are new to hip hop. 124 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:01,240 It also features the alloreto and luxury from the hip podcast, One Song. 125 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,600 I would recommend checking out not only this episode, but also the episode with DJ Tara. 126 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:11,280 Don Will does his homework and he also like comes prepared with fun receipts to share 127 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,440 via his newsletter and his Instagram page. 128 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:23,360 So it's a lot of fun to hear about some of his influences, but also his take on a lot 129 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,800 of hip hop culture in general. 130 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:32,160 This particular one comedy in hip hop actually has a fun additional, I guess, sidebar where 131 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:38,360 he actually includes a clip of one of their discussion points, which is Dan Ackroyd and 132 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:44,000 Tom Hanks rapping for Drag that, which is like I didn't know about, but it was really 133 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,520 cool to hear the conversation and also kind of see the flashback video of it. 134 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:53,720 And just to see how hip hop like spans across, you know, various genres in various decades 135 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:54,720 as well. 136 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,080 Finally, I think to honorable mentions, I would love to throw in Carisha Pleas and Women 137 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:04,200 in Hip Hop with Jazzy Bell, just because I think it's always good to have like a well 138 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:10,160 rounded list with various angles, but also including the voice of women, especially as 139 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,800 it relates to hip hop culture. 140 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:19,400 Both of those shows highlight and interview women across the board, so both onstage and 141 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,080 offstage from the boardroom to quite frankly the dressing room. 142 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,080 They both highlight women that have been important to the culture. 143 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,080 So I'd want to throw those in as honorable mentions. 144 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,120 I hope that people will get some variety added to their hip hop content. 145 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:40,760 Keep checking out Earbuds and I also write a monthly column for the Black Podcast Association, 146 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,640 which is called Diary of a Mad Black Podcaster. 147 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:49,080 It's fairly new, but hopefully it'll continue to grow, but you can check it out for marketing 148 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,520 tips and random memes. 149 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,880 Other than that, huge shout out to Ariel and Devon. 150 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:54,880 Thanks for having me. 151 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Peace and love, Ellis Love. 152 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:56,880 Faye. 153 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:02,320 Thank you to Faye for curating this week's list of podcast recommendations and for sending 154 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:03,320 in that voice clip. 155 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,160 Faye's podcast picks will be listed in the show notes of this episode, so you can click 156 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,000 and start listening right now. 157 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,640 You can also of course find them on the Earbuds website, Earbuds.audio. 158 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,560 Do you want to be an Earbuds curator? 159 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,560 Great news for you. 160 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:17,560 You can. 161 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,480 All you have to do is submit a theme idea and five episode recommendations to our Curator 162 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:22,960 Submission Forum. 163 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,400 The link to curate is in the show notes of this episode and every episode, and it's in 164 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,680 our newsletter every single issue. 165 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,320 Go ahead and submit. 166 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,440 Now onto our Spotlight Podcast Pick. 167 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,680 It's a bonus recommendation located at the bottom of our newsletter and on the homepage 168 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:37,840 of our website. 169 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,600 This week we're spotlighting the puzzler. 170 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,960 Finally, your daily puzzle fix in audio form. 171 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,760 Every day in 10 minutes or less, New York Times bestselling author AJ Jacobs and his 172 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:51,520 celebrity guests will puzzle and laugh their way through new spins on old puzzle favorites, 173 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,080 like anagrams and palindromes as well as quirky originals such as Ask Chat GPT and 174 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:57,320 Audio Rebuses. 175 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,400 Plus, Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Plisca joins AJ each week to present new puzzles from the 176 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,960 Puzzle Lab, and there's a daily extra credit puzzler for our puzzlers at home. 177 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,920 Listen to the puzzler wherever you get your podcasts. 178 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,400 Now let's hit some podcast news and tidbits. 179 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,760 First, this week in Podcast The Newsletter, Lauren Pacell writes, I was smiling like an 180 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,920 idiot through every single second of feedback, Q6 Theatres' new audio drama about Akbar, 181 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,480 a queer brown aspiring drag queen who gets connected with Valerie, a white senior citizen 182 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,180 while he's working his job as a phone company rep. 183 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:33,560 We will link to this show from Q6 Theatres in the show notes of this episode. 184 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:37,840 Next, all Indian women know that being out in the city comes with rules about who gets 185 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,600 to be where and what you can and can't do. 186 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,000 City of Women is a podcast all about how those rules get broken, bent, and jumped over when 187 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,280 women decide to do things for themselves. 188 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,280 We will have it linked in the show notes. 189 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:54,320 Next, the subverse is a podcast about uncovering hidden and marginal stories about nature, 190 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,360 social justice, and the environment. 191 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,760 They're currently releasing a mini series about sci-fi writers from South Asia, and 192 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,680 you guess it, we will link to it in our show notes. 193 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:06,400 And before we go, what is James Cridlin covering in Pod News this week? 194 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:11,480 He's got stories on the winners of the Australian Podcast Awards 2023, winners of the 2023 195 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,240 Audio Production Awards. 196 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,680 He's got stories about Spotify Sunsetting Service in Uruguay, and more. 197 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,080 Read more about those stories by going to podnews.net. 198 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,560 And that is the end of our show for this week and until the new year. 199 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:27,240 Like I shared earlier, we've got a hiatus brewing. 200 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:31,840 Your weekly dose of podcast recommendations will be available in newsletter form at earbuds.audio, 201 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,360 where you can make sure you're subscribed to our newsletter. 202 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,200 I really appreciate all of you folks who tune into our podcast and those who reach out in 203 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