![]() In a stunning twist one wouldn’t normally find on a simple tech-themed interview podcast: Minority Report is fully transcribed. Editing is judicial with the average episode feeling very tight and coming in just under half an hour. The superstructure of the podcast is straightforward: a host introduces a guest, they talk, they go home. Luckily that lead me to this unexpected delight of an interview show. Reporting on minority members of painfully cis white industries. Minority Report Podcast (not to be confused with The Minority Report, a show that looks like the hosts say “grindset” unironically) features hosts Erik Requidan and Kerel Cooper interviewing a people of color, women, and LGBTQIA+ in the world of business and tech. Tech podcasting would be a better place if shows like this were the status quo.Īpple Podcasts | Pocket Casts Minority Report Podcast Rocket is funny, keeps to a modest one hour episode length, and tells it like it is. It’s not easy being informed of some of the latest bad news about Apple but also still have the innate urger to get the newest iPhone for virtue of new-thing-feel-good. They’re up for doing goofy cold opens discussing which Sonic character best fits their personalities, but they also have a track record of discussing the complicated place they have in the world. Warren, Wu, and Rochefort tell it like it is. A big problem in tech podcasting is hosts who ride a centrist line, seemingly out of fear of ruining future partnerships or job opportunities. What sets Rocket apart from people-talking-about-stuff chat casts is the hosts’ combination of industry experience and honesty. ![]() Three women very much embedded in internet and tech culture spend an hour talking about the week’s developments in tech and pop culture. The last time I recommended Rocket I said its continued existence and backlog of hundreds of episodes was a “public service to podcasting.” Lofty words, and I still believe it. If you have a Twitter account for any substantial period of time you’ve likely seen one of them in passing. Christina Warren, Brienna Wu, Simone de Rochefort. If you’ve never heard of Rocket, congratulations. ![]() While a powerful speaker in her own right, Todd understands the power of letting her guests tell their own story as much as possible.Īpple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | Website Rocket Todd gives the people involved the time they need to tell their story. There’s no formulaic structure demanding each story need to run the same length. As the official website perfectly sums up: “digital activist and veteran podcaster Bridget Todd is chronicling what the online experience looks like for us, and the overlooked ways marginalized voices have been at the heart of technology and the internet from the very beginning.”Įpisodes around one hour but can also shrink to near half an hour. Except, instead of spotlighting tech bros as they mansplain dropshipping to each other, TaNGotI is telling the world stories that need to be heard. Reply All ex-pats will pick up the familiar trappings of upbeat plunky music stings being used to transition between lines of thought as a charismatic host leads them down that episode’s story. There Are No Girls on the Internet (otherwise known by the excellent initialism TaNGotI) captures the spirit of NPR-born tech and internet-focused podcasts. I’ve returned to the tech podcast trenches to pull from the inky deep six podcasts that embrace critical thinking, the stories of minorities in tech, and aren’t afraid to be geeky about actual nerdy topics. Now the idea of being “into tech” or “a nerd” has been ground down to simply mean someone who owns one of the highest-selling phones on the market and goes to the highest-grossing movies in human history. Even something as niche as podcasts in which people talk about technology has been slathered in the inoffensive mayonnaise that is corporate branding. With the success of “nerd culture” there has been an unfortunate homogenization of media.
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