PODCAST

The Audio Browser

The Browser / Listen Notes

A curated playlist of podcasts by The Browser.

podcasting

All Episodes

00:38:06

Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/15

Podcast: The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”Pub date: 2023-04-03Ben Lerner reads his story “The Ferry,” which appeared in the April 10, 2023, issue of the magazine. Lerner is the author of the novels “Leaving the Atocha Station,” “10:04,” and “The Topeka School,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.The podcast and artwork

en-us

00:38:06

Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/15

en-us

00:27:46

Songbugs

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/12

Podcast: Twenty Thousand Hertz (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: SongbugsPub date: 2023-05-10Why do bugs make the sounds they do? And how do they make them? In this episode, we explore the un-bee-lievable world of insect sounds, including crickets who craft tools to make themselves louder, and moths who can jam the natural sonar of bats. By the time it’s over, you’ll never hear these buzzes and chirps the same way again. Featuring entomologists Natasha Mhatre and Nancy Mioreli.Watch

en-us

00:27:46

Songbugs

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/12

en-us

00:28:53

How you fight a squatting goat

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/11

Podcast: Planet Money (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: How you fight a squatting goatPub date: 2023-05-06Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his neighbor had a goat pen, and about half of it crossed over onto his property. Burt asked the goats' owner to move the pen, but when neighborly persuasion failed to get the job done, he changed his strategy. He sued her. And that is when things got

en-us

00:28:53

How you fight a squatting goat

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/11

en-us

01:02:16

Raving for a Republic

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/10

Podcast: Pod Save the UK (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Raving for a RepublicPub date: 2023-05-04Pod Save the UK is on a mission: to free the royals, and the country, from the madness of monarchy. Has King Charles’s coronation sent the UK into a frenzy of royal fervour, a bored stupor or a republican rage? Nish Kumar and Coco Khan work out how to ditch the Windsors and replace them with something better. Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of politics at Surrey University, has spotted

en-us

01:02:16

Raving for a Republic

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/10

Podcast: Pod Save the UK (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Raving for a RepublicPub date: 2023-05-04Pod Save the UK is on a mission: to free the royals, and the country, from the madness of monarchy. Has King Charles’s coronation sent the UK into a frenzy of royal fervour, a bored stupor or a republican rage? Nish Kumar and Coco Khan work out how to ditch the Windsors and replace them with something better. Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of politics at Surrey University, has spotted

en-us

00:32:28

Are coincidences real?

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/08

Podcast: The Audio Long Read (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Are coincidences real?Pub date: 2023-05-08The rationalist in me knows that coincidences are inevitable, mundane, meaningless. But I can’t deny there is something strange and magical in them, too.. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">theguardian.com/longreadpod</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Guardian, which is the

en-us

00:32:28

Are coincidences real?

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/08

Podcast: The Audio Long Read (LS 64 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Are coincidences real?Pub date: 2023-05-08The rationalist in me knows that coincidences are inevitable, mundane, meaningless. But I can’t deny there is something strange and magical in them, too.. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">theguardian.com/longreadpod</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Guardian, which is the

en-us

00:52:35

The Novel that Unravels Democracy

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/06

Podcast: Past Present Future (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: The Novel that Unravels DemocracyPub date: 2023-04-27David talks to Ian McEwan about Italo Calvino’sThe Watcher(1963), one of the greatest of all works of political fiction.Challenging, disturbing, redemptive: this is a book about who gets to count and who doesn’t, and what identity politics really means.David and Ian also discuss how political fiction works - and why the climate change novel is so hard to write. Plus they

en-us

00:52:35

The Novel that Unravels Democracy

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/06

Podcast: Past Present Future (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Novel that Unravels DemocracyPub date: 2023-04-27David talks to Ian McEwan about Italo Calvino’sThe Watcher(1963), one of the greatest of all works of political fiction.Challenging, disturbing, redemptive: this is a book about who gets to count and who doesn’t, and what identity politics really means.David and Ian also discuss how political fiction works - and why the climate change novel is so hard to write. Plus they

en-us

00:44:48

Modi's Big Con

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/05

Podcast: The LRB Podcast (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Modi's Big ConPub date: 2023-05-02Accused of ‘the largest con in corporate history’, Indian magnate Gautam Adani has lost half his net worth and the indulgence of financial journalists. As Adani comes under increasing scrutiny, so do his troubling political connections – not least with India'sprime minister,Narendra Modi. Pankaj Mishra joins Tom to discuss Adani and Modi’s intertwined careers, and their shared role in shaping

en-us

00:44:48

Modi's Big Con

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/05

Podcast: The LRB Podcast (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Modi's Big ConPub date: 2023-05-02Accused of ‘the largest con in corporate history’, Indian magnate Gautam Adani has lost half his net worth and the indulgence of financial journalists. As Adani comes under increasing scrutiny, so do his troubling political connections – not least with India'sprime minister,Narendra Modi. Pankaj Mishra joins Tom to discuss Adani and Modi’s intertwined careers, and their shared role in shaping

en-us

00:40:45

The World’s Fair: Tech’s bygone showcase

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/03

Podcast: Quartz Obsession (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: The World’s Fair: Tech’s bygone showcasePub date: 2023-05-02Once the globe’s largest festival, World’s Fairs provided a glimpse into inventors’ newest creations, technologies, and human-contrived feats. The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair alone debuted electric irons, sewing machines, and laundry machines, along with the Ferris Wheel and Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an early device for displaying motion pictures. So why do we no

en-us

00:40:45

The World’s Fair: Tech’s bygone showcase

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/03

Podcast: Quartz Obsession (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: The World’s Fair: Tech’s bygone showcasePub date: 2023-05-02Once the globe’s largest festival, World’s Fairs provided a glimpse into inventors’ newest creations, technologies, and human-contrived feats. The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair alone debuted electric irons, sewing machines, and laundry machines, along with the Ferris Wheel and Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an early device for displaying motion pictures. So why do we no

en-us

00:49:35

Julia Gets Wise with Fran Lebowitz

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/02

Podcast: Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Julia Gets Wise with Fran LebowitzPub date: 2023-04-18In this edition of Wiser Than Me, Julia gets schooled by 72-year-old writer and legendary New York City resident Fran Lebowitz. This is an interview for the ages – literally. Fran gives Julia her best advice for plotting revenge, being a bad girlfriend, and avoiding modern technology at all costs. Plus, Fran shares what she learned about forgiveness

en-us

00:49:35

Julia Gets Wise with Fran Lebowitz

The Audio Browser ·

2023/05/02

Podcast: Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (LS 71 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Julia Gets Wise with Fran LebowitzPub date: 2023-04-18In this edition of Wiser Than Me, Julia gets schooled by 72-year-old writer and legendary New York City resident Fran Lebowitz. This is an interview for the ages – literally. Fran gives Julia her best advice for plotting revenge, being a bad girlfriend, and avoiding modern technology at all costs. Plus, Fran shares what she learned about forgiveness

en-us

00:43:24

Babbage: The unfinished genomics revolution

The Audio Browser ·

2023/04/30

Podcast: Babbage from The Economist (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Babbage: The unfinished genomics revolutionPub date: 2023-04-19Twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project was completed. It unveiled a mostly complete sequence of the 3 billion pairs of building blocks that make up the code within every set of human chromosomes. These are the instructions that create humans. Almost all of human biology research uses the Human Genome Project’s findings in some way, from understanding

en-us

00:43:24

Babbage: The unfinished genomics revolution

The Audio Browser ·

2023/04/30

Podcast: Babbage from The Economist (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Babbage: The unfinished genomics revolutionPub date: 2023-04-19Twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project was completed. It unveiled a mostly complete sequence of the 3 billion pairs of building blocks that make up the code within every set of human chromosomes. These are the instructions that create humans. Almost all of human biology research uses the Human Genome Project’s findings in some way, from understanding

en-us

938 results

The Audio Browser

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

وجوه من الـظل

Medi1 Podcast

Radio Miraya

Radio Miraya

docandersen

kmfm news

kmfm news

Steve Jessney "Nothing But The Blues"