Radiotopia
{{Short description|Podcast network on Public Radio Exchange}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
| network_name = Radiotopia
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| image = Radiotopia_logo.png
| network_type = Podcast
| airdate = February 1, 2014
| country = United States
| available = Global
| founded = Oakland, California
| key_people = Roman Mars, Julie Shapiro
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| affiliations = Public Radio Exchange
| website = {{URL|https://www.radiotopia.fm}}
}}
Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by Roman Mars (host of 99% Invisible) and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. Since its launch, podcasts in the network have been downloaded over 19 million times per month.{{Cite web |title=v2107 About Radiotopia |url=https://www.radiotopia.fm/v2017/about |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Radiotopia |language=en-US}}
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History
Radiotopia, founded by Roman Mars,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.wired.com/2015/01/podcaster-roman-mars/ |title= Roman Mars: The Man Who's Building a Podcasting Empire |magazine= Wired |date= 28 January 2015 |accessdate= 26 September 2015 |author= Eric Steuer |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927075623/http://www.wired.com/2015/01/podcaster-roman-mars/ |archivedate= 27 September 2015 }} was launched in February 2014 with an initial group of seven shows: Jonathan Mitchell's The Truth, Lea Thau's Strangers, Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything, Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio, the Kitchen Sisters' Fugitive Waves (later renamed The Kitchen Sisters Present), Radio Diaries, and Roman Mars' own flagship show 99% Invisible.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/02/05/radiotopia-podcasts/5224381/|title=Radiotopia: Plug in to this new podcast network|last1=Matheson|first1=Whitney|website=USA Today|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103171634/https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/02/05/radiotopia-podcasts/5224381/|archivedate=2018-01-03|url-status=live}} Without the support of traditional radio broadcasting, these independent producers banded together to instead target a growing audience of podcast listeners.{{cite news|title=Lea Thau, Creator and Host of Strangers, episode #87 of The Wolf Den on Earwolf|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/lea-thau-creator-and-host-of-strangers/|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Wolf Den|publisher=Earwolf|date=September 3, 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818220218/http://www.earwolf.com/episode/lea-thau-creator-and-host-of-strangers/|archivedate=18 August 2017}}
The podcast network was initially supported by a US$200,000 injection from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The network is run by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) who described it as "somewhat like an independent record label".{{cite news |url= https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/a_new_podcast_network_will_foc.php |title= A new podcast network will focus on story-driven radio shows |date= February 5, 2014 |accessdate= September 23, 2015 |work= Columbia Journalism Review |author= Edirin Oputu |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927111630/https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/a_new_podcast_network_will_foc.php |archivedate= September 27, 2015 }} In October 2014 a Kickstarter campaign was started to support the growth of the network;{{cite news |url= http://boingboing.net/2014/10/14/radiotopia-a-collective-of-am.html |title= Radiotopia: a collective of amazing storytelling radio shows |date= October 14, 2014 |accessdate= September 23, 2015 |work= Boing Boing |author= Mark Frauenfelder |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150926020034/http://boingboing.net/2014/10/14/radiotopia-a-collective-of-am.html |archivedate= September 26, 2015 }} it raised over US$600,000, making it the most-funded radio or podcast project on the site.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/media/kickstarter-campaign-focuses-on-public-radio.html |title= Kickstarter Campaign Focuses on Public Radio |date= November 16, 2014 |accessdate= September 23, 2015 |work= New York Times |author= Elizabeth Jensen |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150507194914/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/media/kickstarter-campaign-focuses-on-public-radio.html |archivedate= May 7, 2015 }} This money allowed the network to expand, as well as add four new shows. In May 2015, the network received a further US$1 million from the Knight Foundation to fund more shows. In September of that year, Julie Shapiro was hired as Radiotopia's executive producer.{{cite news |url= http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/09/02/cambridges-radiotopia-podcast-network-hires-executive-producer/ |title= Cambridge's Radiotopia podcast network hires executive producer |work= The Boston Globe |author= Jack Newsham |date= 2 September 2015 |accessdate= September 23, 2015 |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150926235128/http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/09/02/cambridges-radiotopia-podcast-network-hires-executive-producer/ |archivedate= 26 September 2015 }}{{cite news |url= http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/343837/radiotopia-an-early-podcast-network-is-going-strong-and-expanding/ |title= Radiotopia, an early podcast network, is going strong and expanding |date= May 12, 2015 |accessdate= September 23, 2015 |author= Benjamin Mullin |work= Poynter |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150919173838/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/343837/radiotopia-an-early-podcast-network-is-going-strong-and-expanding/ |archivedate= September 19, 2015 }}
Around the time of Radiotopia's launch, the network's podcasts received around 900,000 downloads per month. This figure increased to 7.5 million by May 2015, 8.5 million in September 2015, 13 million as of June 2016,{{cite web|url= http://www.radiotopia.fm/#sponsor|title= Radiotopia Sponsor a Show section|accessdate= June 29, 2016|url-status= live|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160708103228/https://www.radiotopia.fm/#sponsor|archivedate= July 8, 2016}} and more than 19 million times by the end of 2019.{{cite news |title=Radiotopia is the 2019 Podcast Network of the Year |url=https://marketenginuity.com/radiotopia-is-the-2019-podcast-network-of-the-year/ |accessdate=23 December 2019 |work=Market Enginuity |date=10 December 2019}} Within its first year, Radiotopia grew from seven to eleven shows, adding The Heart (formerly Audio Smut), Phoebe Judge's Criminal, Helen Zaltzman's The Allusionist, and The Mortified Podcast based on the popular international stage show and documentary series.{{cite news|last1=Kowalczyk|first1=Patrick|title=Welcome, Mortified! Now, We Are Eleven. – PRX|url=https://blog.prx.org/2015/02/now-eleven/|accessdate=17 August 2017|work=PRX|date=9 February 2015|format=Press release|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205940/https://blog.prx.org/2015/02/now-eleven/|archivedate=17 August 2017}} Within the company's second year, Radiotopia adopted Hrishikesh Hirway's Song Exploder and Nate DeMeo's The Memory Palace from the Maximum Fun network, as well as Megan Tan's show Millennial; it has continued to add new shows to its roster ever since.{{cite news|title=The Memory Palace Joins Radiotopia. (June Is A Great Month.) – PRX|url=https://blog.prx.org/2015/06/the-memory-palace-joins-radiotopia-june-is-a-great-month/|accessdate=17 August 2017|work=PRX|date=22 June 2015|format=Press release|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205731/https://blog.prx.org/2015/06/the-memory-palace-joins-radiotopia-june-is-a-great-month/|archivedate=17 August 2017}}
Podcasts
=Timeline of shows=
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=Current shows=
Radiotopia members include the following podcasts:{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts|title=Radiotopia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822093148/https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts|archive-date=2017-08-22|url-status=live|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}
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!Title !Host(s) !Genre !First episode aired |
Adult-ISH
|Nyge Turner and Merk Nguyen |Society and culture |
Articles of Interest
|Clothing |
Ear Hustle
|Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams, Nigel Poor |Storytelling |
Everything is Alive
|Ian Chillag |Unscripted Fiction |
The Heart
|Kaitlin Prest |Love stories |
The Kitchen Sisters Present
|Storytelling |
The Memory Palace
|History |
Mortified
|Dave Nadelberg, Neil Katcher |First-person stories |
Normal Gossip
|Kelsey McKinney |Conversation |
Oprahdemics: The Study of the Queen of Talk
|Kellie Carter Jackson, Leah Wright Rigueur |Popular history |Mar 23, 2022{{Cite web |title= Oprahdemics The Study of the Queen of Talk|url=https://Oprahdemics.com/}} |
Passenger List
|Fiction |
Radio Diaries
|Joe Richman |First-person stories |
Showcase
|Multiple |Anthology |
Song Exploder
|Music |
Theory of Everything
|Benjamen Walker |Conversation |
This Day in Esoteric Political History
|Jody Avirgan, Nicole Hemmer, Kellie Carter Jackson |Political history |
ZigZag
|Manoush Zomorodi, Jen Poyant |Business documentary |
== ''Adult-ISH'' ==
Adult-ISH features interviews, storytelling and advice by and for people in their 20s. Hosts Nyge Turner and Merk Nguyen highlight topics central to their own lives, such as mental health, professional goals, personal identity, music, and relationships. The show debuted in 2018 through YR Media and partnered with Radiotopia for its second season.
==''Articles of Interest''==
{{Main article|Articles of Interest}}
Avery Trufelman's podcast Articles of Interest is about clothing, fashion, and power. Originally a miniseries appearing on 99% Invisible
==''Ear Hustle''==
{{main|Ear Hustle}}
Ear Hustle is a podcast about life inside prison,{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/podcast-review-ear-hustle-radiotopia.html|title=Ear Hustle Is an Utterly Fascinating Look at Prison Life|last=Quah|first=Nicholas|work=Vulture|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915100424/http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/podcast-review-ear-hustle-radiotopia.html|archivedate=2017-09-15}} produced by two inmates at San Quentin State Prison, Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, together with Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist who volunteers at San Quentin.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/ear-hustle-how-inmates-created-enthralling-prison-podcast-w491292|title='Ear Hustle': How Two Inmates Created First Prison Podcast|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-09-11|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911161844/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/ear-hustle-how-inmates-created-enthralling-prison-podcast-w491292|archivedate=2017-09-11}} The show beat out 1,536 other entries to win Podquest – a 2016 contest organized by Radiotopia for new podcast ideas.{{Cite news|url=https://blog.prx.org/2016/11/your-podquest-winner-ear-hustle/|title=Ear Hustle is the winner of Radiotpia's Podquest contest|date=2016-11-03|work=PRX|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204348/https://blog.prx.org/2016/11/your-podquest-winner-ear-hustle/|archivedate=2017-09-11}} The term "ear hustle" is prison slang for eavesdropping or being nosy.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/ear-hustle-the-podcast-made-inside-san-quentin|title="Ear Hustle" Listens to Prisoners|magazine=The New Yorker|date=16 August 2017 |access-date=2017-09-11|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911163152/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/ear-hustle-the-podcast-made-inside-san-quentin|archivedate=2017-09-11}} On November 21, 2018, Earlonne Woods' sentence was commuted, with Ear Hustle cited as a significant contributor to his reformation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-thanksgiving-pardons-jerry-brown-20181121-story.html|title=Immigrants facing deportation, drug offenders and a former state lawmaker receive pardons from Gov. Jerry Brown|last=Ulloa|first=John Myers, Jazmine|website=Los Angeles Times|date=22 November 2018 |access-date=2018-12-15}}
==''Everything is Alive''==
{{main|Everything Is Alive (podcast)}}
Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show in which the host, Ian Chillag, interviews an actor inhabiting the role of a different inanimate object each episode. Interview "subjects" in the first season included a can of generic cola, a bar of soap, and a mousetrap.{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/prxofficial/radiotopia-welcomes-its-newest-podcast-everything-is-alive-a9be371d0610|title=Radiotopia Welcomes Its Newest Podcast: 'Everything is Alive'|last=Taylor|first=Maggie|date=2018-07-17|website=Medium|access-date=2018-08-16}} These interviews are punctuated by conversations between Chillag and a real person that further explore topics touched upon in the main interview. Before joining Radiotopia, Chillag was a producer on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!{{Cite web|url=http://howtodoeverything.org/moreinfo|title=ABOUT OUR SHOW|website=howtodoeverything.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}} and Fresh Air, and had previously co-hosted the now-defunct podcast How to Do Everything.
==''The Heart''==
{{main|The Heart (podcast)}}
The Heart originally aired in Canada under the name Audio Smut. It changed its name when moving to Radiotopia in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://uniondocs.org/heart-invited-join-prxs-radiotopia-network/|title=Help The Heart Podcast Join PRX's Radiotopia Network — UnionDocs|last1=Lerner|first1=Sarah|date=October 30, 2014|work=Union Docs|accessdate=22 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822221521/https://uniondocs.org/heart-invited-join-prxs-radiotopia-network/|archivedate=22 August 2017}} On December 8, 2017, it was announced that The Heart would not be producing new shows in 2018.{{cite web |title=An Announcement |url=https://www.theheartradio.org/solos/2017/12/8/an-announcement |website=The Heart |date=8 December 2017 |accessdate=3 October 2019}} After December 2017, the show took a hiatus while its producers made a serialized fiction podcast called The Shadows for the CBC in 2018. In 2019 producer Kaitlin Prest announced the founding of a new audio arts production company, Mermaid Palace, that will make shows in partnership with Radiotopia and the CBC, including a new season of The Heart, which launched in January 2020.{{cite news |last1=Quah |first1=Nicholas |title=With Mermaid Palace, some talented podcast creators are looking for a model that looks more like an art collective than a network |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/with-mermaid-palace-some-talented-podcast-creators-are-looking-for-a-model-that-looks-more-like-an-art-collective-than-a-network/ |accessdate=23 December 2019 |work=Nieman Lab |date=October 19, 2019}}
==''The Kitchen Sisters Present''==
The Kitchen Sisters Present is a podcast produced by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, who are collectively known as the Kitchen Sisters. They have had long careers in radio production, with shows like Hidden Kitchens, Lost & Found Sound, and The Hidden World of Girls. Their podcast, then called Fugitive Waves, was one of the founding members of Radiotopia. In it they present pieces from their archive of stories built up over their careers, which they describe as "stories from the flip side of history".{{Cite web|url=https://www.prx.org/series/33538-fugitive-waves|title=PRX » Series » Fugitive Waves|website=PRX – Public Radio Exchange|language=en|access-date=2017-09-12|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912144618/https://www.prx.org/series/33538-fugitive-waves|archivedate=2017-09-12}}
==''The Memory Palace''==
{{Main|The Memory Palace}}
The Memory Palace is a monthly historical podcast hosted by Nate DiMeo. The Memory Palace moved to Radiotopia from the Maximum Fun network in 2016.
==''Mortified''==
Mortified is a podcast based on the popular stage show of the same name. Both the podcast and the original show feature adults sharing things they wrote as teenagers, such as diaries, letters, and poems, that now seem embarrassing in retrospect. The show was started in Los Angeles by David Nedelberg in 2005,{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055129|title='Mortified' Finds Success in Public Humiliation|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162315/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055129|archivedate=2017-09-11}} whence it spread to other cities.{{Cite news|url=http://abc7news.com/entertainment/readers-share-embarrassing-teenage-diary-entires-in-hit-show/1100249/|title=Readers share embarrassing teenage diary entires in hit show|last=Daetz|first=Ama|date=2015-11-26|work=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911161930/http://abc7news.com/entertainment/readers-share-embarrassing-teenage-diary-entires-in-hit-show/1100249/|archivedate=2017-09-11}} Nedelberg also turned the show into the book Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2006/12/05/6582014/mortified-first-hand-tales-of-love-and-pain|title='Mortified', First-Hand Tales of Love and Pain|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162113/http://www.npr.org/2006/12/05/6582014/mortified-first-hand-tales-of-love-and-pain|archivedate=2017-09-11}} Together with Neil Katcher, he also created a documentary series, The Mortified Sessions, that ran on Sundance Channel for two seasons in 2011 and 2012,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundance.tv/series/the-mortified-sessions|title=The Mortified Sessions|website=www.sundance.tv|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-11|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162107/http://www.sundance.tv/series/the-mortified-sessions|archivedate=2017-09-11}} and a 2013 documentary movie, Mortified Nation.{{Citation|last=Mayer|first=Michael|title=Mortified Nation|date=2013-11-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2281365/|others=Jenny Bergman, Tynan DeLong, Yetta Gottesman|accessdate=2017-09-11|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216200342/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2281365/|archivedate=2017-02-16}} The podcast, which was also created by Nedelberg and Katcher, joined Radiotopia in 2015. Celebrity guests who have appeared on the Mortified podcast include Elijah Wood, Kate Micucci, Chvrches, Alison Brie, Alanis Morissette, and Busy Philipps.{{Cite news|url=http://getmortified.com/podcast|title=Podcast|work=Mortified: Share the Shame|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055201/http://getmortified.com/podcast/|archivedate=2017-09-12}}
== ''Normal Gossip'' ==
{{Main articles|Normal Gossip}}
Normal Gossip is a conversation podcast co-produced by Defector Media, hosted by Kelsey McKinney and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin. Each episode explores an anonymized story of interpersonal drama alongside a celebrity guest.{{Cite web |title=Normal Gossip |url=https://defector.com/normal-gossip-podcast |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Defector Media |language=en}}
== ''Oprahdemics: The Study of the Queen of Talk'' ==
Each week, historians and longtime friends Kellie Carter Jackson and Leah Wright Rigueur dive deep into the cultural significance and contributions of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Discussion topics have included diets, the LA riots, Tyler Perry, Toni Morrison, and Oprah's Book Club.
== ''Passenger List'' ==
{{main|Passenger List (podcast)}}
A serialized fiction podcast starring Kelly Marie Tran in which a plane has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. Tran plays Kaitlin Le, a college student on a quest to discover the truth behind the missing aircraft. The first eight-episode season ran in the fall of 2019. A second season launched on May 10, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-news/id1472392291?i=1000519826872|title=Passenger List: Breaking News on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple|access-date=3 May 2021}}
==''Radio Diaries''==
Radio Diaries Inc. is a production company started by Joe Richman in 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/arts/television-radio-messages-from-prison-whispered-in-our-ears.html|title=TELEVISION/RADIO; Messages From Prison, Whispered In Our Ears|last=Strum|first=Charles|date=2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527153352/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/arts/television-radio-messages-from-prison-whispered-in-our-ears.html|archivedate=2015-05-27}} Richman and his staff give everyday people a tape recorder and ask them to record their daily lives, which is then edited to create an episode-length story.{{Cite news|url=http://radiohandbook.org/origin-story/|title=Our Origin Story – Radio Diaries DIY Handbook|work=Radio Diaries DIY Handbook|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US}} Richman's pieces have appeared on NPR's All Things Considered,{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/series/92479240/-radio-diaries|title=Radio Diaries|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831092154/http://www.npr.org/series/92479240/-radio-diaries|archivedate=2017-08-31}} and This American Life,{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/joe-richman|title=Joe Richman|work=This American Life|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191357/https://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/joe-richman|archivedate=2017-09-12}} and on BBC Radio.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003drcf|title=12/06/2009, Outlook – BBC World Service|website=BBC|access-date=2017-09-12|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706155640/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003drcf|archivedate=2018-07-06}} In 2013, Richman started the Radio Diaries podcast, as a showcase for his pieces. The podcast later became one of the founding members of Radiotopia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiodiaries.org/radiotopia/|title=Radiotopia Is Here – Radio Diaries|date=2014-02-05|work=Radio Diaries|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621211431/http://www.radiodiaries.org/radiotopia/|archivedate=2017-06-21}}
==''Radiotopia Plus''==
In 2018 Radiotopia created a short-form exclusive podcast for its financial supporters. Each episode of Radiotopia Plus poses a question that each of the network's show hosts and producers answer.{{cite news |last1=Willens |first1=Max |title=Podcast network Radiotopia is expanding its member-paid benefits – Digiday |url=https://digiday.com/media/podcast-network-radiotopia-expanding-member-paid-benefits/ |accessdate=12 October 2018 |work=Digiday |date=7 May 2018}}
==''Radiotopia Presents''==
In 2017 Radiotopia launched a podcast feed under the name Showcase after putting out an open call for new podcast proposals. From over 1,500 entries, four were chosen to run as limited series with weekly episodes all sharing the same podcast feed. After a successful run, four more limited series were chosen in 2018. In 2020 the feed was renamed Radiotopia Presents.
The series broadcast so far have been:
- Summer 2017: Damon Krukowski's six-episode treatise Ways of Hearing about how humans listen to music.
- Fall 2017: The Polybius Conspiracy, a podcast about urban legends.{{cite news |last1=Little |first1=Harriet Fitch |date=August 18, 2017 |title=Podcast: Ways of Hearing — the art of critical listening |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f75428b8-83f7-11e7-94e2-c5b903247afd |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |accessdate=23 August 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824011958/https://www.ft.com/content/f75428b8-83f7-11e7-94e2-c5b903247afd |archivedate=24 August 2017}}
- Winter 2018: Secrets by Swedish producers Mohamed El Abed, Martin Johnson, and Åsa Secher, about the secrets people keep.
- Spring 2018: Errthang, by Al Letson and Willie Evans Jr. This is the second season of the podcast – the first season ran as an independent show.
- Summer 2018: The Great God of Depression by Karen Brown and Pagan Kennedy, a five-episode documentary about the author William Styron and his neurologist Alice Flaherty.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nepr.net/post/how-great-god-depression-made-it-ok-talk-about-mental-illness-and-creativity#stream/0|title=How The 'Great God Of Depression' Made It OK To Talk About Mental Illness And Creativity|last=Healy|first=Carrie|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en}}
- Fall 2018: The Stoop, by Leila Day and Hana Baba, a four-episode series about stories regarding African Americans.
- Winter 2019: Spacebridge, by Julia Barton and Charles Maynes, a four-episode documentary about U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge.
==''Song Exploder''==
{{Main|Song Exploder}}
Song Exploder is a biweekly music podcast hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway. The show features musicians talking about the creative process behind an individual song while "deconstructing" the song into its component parts. The podcast launched on the Maximum Fun network, went independent in February 2015, and joined Radiotopia in June 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://jessethorn.tumblr.com/post/111237056756/thanks-to-song-exploder-the-memory-palace|title=Thanks to Song Exploder & The Memory Palace|website=Jesse Thorn: Tumbler|access-date=2016-05-16|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401130934/http://jessethorn.tumblr.com/post/111237056756/thanks-to-song-exploder-the-memory-palace|archivedate=2016-04-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://blog.prx.org/2015/06/song-exploder-joins-radiotopia/|title=Song Exploder Joins Radiotopia – PRX|date=2015-06-11|website=PRX|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-16|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616202325/https://blog.prx.org/2015/06/song-exploder-joins-radiotopia/|archivedate=2016-06-16}}
==''Theory of Everything''==
Producer Benjamen Walker ended his WFMU radio show Too Much Information (TMI) to start Theory of Everything as a founding member of Radiotopia. Theory of Everything focuses on stories as they relate to new technologies and shifts in culture, and Walker has used the podcast format to excerpt and serialize old episodes of TMI.{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Dayna|title=Listening to the Radio Is Cool Again: 8 Smart Podcasts You Should Hear|url=http://gawker.com/listening-to-the-radio-is-cool-again-1619583911|accessdate=23 August 2017|work=Gawker|date=September 8, 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903224613/http://gawker.com/listening-to-the-radio-is-cool-again-1619583911|archivedate=3 September 2017}}{{Cite web|last1=Standley|first1=Laura Jane|last2=McQuade|first2=Eric|last3=Taylor|first3=Devon|date=December 22, 2015|title=The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-50-best-podcast-episodes-of-2015/421572/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164630/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-50-best-podcast-episodes-of-2015/421572/|archive-date=December 22, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=The Atlantic|publisher=Emerson Collective|language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Miranda |date=2019-02-17 |title=The week in radio and podcasts: Conviction |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/17/conviction-podcast-manuel-gomez-gimlet-media-review-spotify-230-million-dollars |access-date=2023-07-12 |issn=0029-7712}}
== ''This Day in Esoteric Political History'' ==
Hosted by journalist Jody Avirgan and historians Nicole Hemmer and Kellie Carter Jackson, This Day in Esoteric Political History looks back at notable moments in the history of American politics and government for insights on current-day issues and developments.{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=2020-03-24 |title=Jody Avirgan to Launch Political History Podcast With Radiotopia |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/jody-avirgan-launch-political-history-podcast-radiotopia-1286124/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
==''ZigZag''==
ZigZag is the first production by Stable Genius Productions, a startup formed by Manoush Zomorodi, the former host of WNYC's podcast Note to Self, and her colleague Jen Poyant. The show itself is a documentary of the early days of the new company.{{Cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2018/7/12/17561700/manoush-zomorodi-blockchain-civil-stable-genius-podcast-wnyc-journalism-peter-kafka-recode-media|title=Can blockchain save journalism? Manoush Zomorodi doesn't know, either, but she's going to find out.|work=Recode|access-date=2018-08-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/this-blockchain-powered-podcast-allows-listeners-to-pay-for-content-that-matters-to-them/|title=This Blockchain-Powered Podcast Allows Listeners to Pay for Content That Matters to Them|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-US}}
= Former shows =
class="wikitable sortable"
!Title !Host(s) !Genre !First episode aired !Final episode aired |
99% Invisible
|Design |Ongoing |
Appearances
|Sharon Mashihi |Memoir |
Criminal
|Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer |Crime stories |Ongoing |
Love + Radio
|Nick van der Kolk |Storytelling |Ongoing |
Millennial
|Megan Tan |
Strangers
|Storytelling |Ongoing |
The Allusionist
|Language |Ongoing |
The Bugle
|Political Satire |Oct 14, 2007 |Ongoing |
The West Wing Weekly
|Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina |TV discussion |Jan 29, 2020 |
This is Love
|Phoebe Judge, Lauren Sphohrer |True love stories |Feb 14, 2018 |Ongoing |
Trump Con Law
|Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh |Law |Ongoing |
Judas and the Black Messiah Podcast
|Fred Hampton Jr., Elvis Mitchell |Film |Feb 12, 2021 |Mar 12, 2021 |
The Truth
|Jonathan Mitchell |Storytelling |Jun 14, 2023{{cite web | url=https://mailchi.mp/thetruthpodcast/pariah-3 | title=Pariah No. 3 }} |
== ''99% Invisible'' ==
{{Main|99% Invisible}}
99% Invisible is an independently produced radio show created by Roman Mars that focuses on design and architecture.{{cite web |url=http://99percentinvisible.org/about/ |title=About | 99% Invisible |publisher=99percentinvisible.org |date=2014-01-31 |accessdate=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212211134/http://99percentinvisible.org/about/ |archivedate=2014-02-12 }} It began as a collaborative project between San Francisco public radio station KALW and the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco. In April 2021 the company that produces the show (99% Invisible Inc.) was acquired by SiriusXM, with 99% Invisible moving to the Stitcher Radio network.{{Cite web|last=Carman|first=Ashley|date=2021-04-26|title=SiriusXM acquires Roman Mars' 99% Invisible and a bigger stake in the podcasting world|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/26/22403852/siriusxm-roman-mars-99-percent-invisible-acquire-stitcher|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Verge|language=en}}
== ''Appearances'' ==
==''Criminal''==
{{Main|Criminal (podcast)}}
Criminal is an independently produced podcast that focuses on true crime. The show describes itself as telling "stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle".{{Cite web |date=2015-04-01 |title=Criminal podcast, review: These skillfully shaded crime cases are such |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/criminal-podcast-review-these-skilfully-shaded-crime-cases-are-such-a-guilty-pleasure-10150203.html |url-status=live |access-date=2016-05-29 |website=The Independent |language=en-GB |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608095022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/criminal-podcast-review-these-skilfully-shaded-crime-cases-are-such-a-guilty-pleasure-10150203.html |archivedate=2016-06-08}} In 2021, Criminal host Phoebe Judge announced the show would move from Radiotopia to Vox Media. Judge attributed the change to a wish to grow the podcast and spend more time on storytelling over business running.{{Cite web |last=Falk |first=Tyler |date=November 16, 2021 |title='Criminal' will leave Radiotopia to join Vox Media |url=https://current.org/2021/11/criminal-will-leave-radiotopia-to-join-vox/#:~:text=In%20a%20tweet%2C%20Judge%20added,Vox%20Media%20starting%20in%20January. |access-date=March 11, 2022}} The founders expressed gratitude towards Radiotopia in a PRX newsletter. Criminal left alongside This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery.
==''Love + Radio''==
{{Main|Love and Radio}}
Love and Radio is an American audio podcast directed by Nick van der Kolk and produced by Brendan Baker. It originally began in 2005 as a series of self-distributed episodes, though the show later received some support and distribution from NPR and Chicago Public Media. In 2014, the show joined Radiotopia as one of its seven original members and began producing episodes on a more regular monthly schedule.{{cite web|url=http://loveandradio.org/about-2/|title=About|website=Love + Radio|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025031807/http://loveandradio.org/about-2|archivedate=2015-10-25|url-status=live}} In 2019, during the mid-season break after completing its 7th season, Love and Radio announced that they would be leaving the ad-supported Radiotopia network to join the subscription-supported podcasting service Luminary, starting with their 8th season in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://loveandradio.org/2019/03/weve-joined-luminary/|title=We've Joined Luminary! {{!}} Love + Radio {{!}} Listen with headphones on|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}
==''Millennial''==
{{Main|Millennial (podcast)}}
Millennial was a semi-autobiographical podcast created by Megan Tan in 2015, when she graduated from college and was unemployed living with her boyfriend in Portland, Maine. It became part of the Radiotopia network in 2016. The podcast focused on the transition between university and work from the point of view of a person in their twenties. In 2017, Tan decided to end the podcast,{{cite news|url=https://podcastproblems.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/after-47-episodes-millennial-says-goodbye/|title=After 47 Episodes, "Millennial" Says Goodbye|last1=Williams|first1=Wil|date=16 August 2017|work=Podcast Problems|accessdate=22 August 2017|quote=Instead of forcing the show into a different format with a different purpose, I’ve made the complicated and difficult decision to let it go–to say goodbye–to Millennial.|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223843/https://podcastproblems.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/after-47-episodes-millennial-says-goodbye/|archivedate=22 August 2017}} and the final episode aired on August 16, 2017, making it the first show on the Radiotopia network to end its run. Tan went on to work as a producer of The Habitat from Gimlet Media.
==''Strangers''==
{{Main|Strangers (podcast)}}
Strangers is hosted by Danish-born{{cite news |last1=Duran |first1=Harry |date=November 23, 2015 |title=Lea Thau Interview |work=Podcast Junkies |url=http://podcastjunkies.com/lea-thau-interview/ |url-status=live |accessdate=18 August 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818215839/http://podcastjunkies.com/lea-thau-interview/ |archivedate=18 August 2017}} producer Lea Thau.{{cite news |last1=Misfeldt |first1=Mai |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Historier på scenen og i æteren |language=da-DK |work=Kristeligt Dagblad |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/historier-p%C3%A5-scenen-og-i-%C3%A6teren |url-status=live |accessdate=16 August 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817034900/https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/historier-p%C3%A5-scenen-og-i-%C3%A6teren |archivedate=17 August 2017}} Initially part of KCRW's Independent Producer project, Strangers became a founding member of Radiotopia in 2014. In 2017, Thau decided to leave the network and to continue producing the show independently.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Maggie |date=2017-11-21 |title=Changes for Radiotopia and Strangers |url=https://medium.com/public-radio-exchange/farewell-to-strangers-1d883f526578 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-12-14 |website=@PRX |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203183956/https://medium.com/public-radio-exchange/farewell-to-strangers-1d883f526578 |archivedate=2017-12-03}} The show's last episode on the Radiotopia network aired on December 12, 2017,{{Cite news |title=Isn't It Nice |language=en-US |work=STORY CENTRAL |url=http://www.storycentral.org/isnt-it-nice/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-12-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302024348/http://www.storycentral.org/isnt-it-nice/ |archivedate=2018-03-02}} followed by an unofficial hiatus and a 2019 Patreon-backed revival.
== ''The Allusionist'' ==
The Allusionist is a podcast about the English language. Zaltzman{{Who|date=May 2025}} was already the co-host of the Answer Me This! podcast and was looking at the possibility of starting a new podcast focused primarily on English etymology, a subject she was interested in. Roman Mars helped Zaltzman find funding for the podcast, which eventually became The Allusionist,{{Cite news |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=2015-09-10 |title=The Allusionist: the podcast that speaks to the word nerd in everyone |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/10/the-allusionist-podcast-helen-zaltzman-words-english |url-status=live |access-date=2017-08-29 |issn=0261-3077 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829080643/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/10/the-allusionist-podcast-helen-zaltzman-words-english |archivedate=2017-08-29}} and debuted on the Radiotopia network. Caroline Crampton of New Statesman put it on her list of podcasts of 2016.{{cite journal |last1=Crampton |first1=Caroline |date=December 16, 2016 |title=CAROLINE CRAMPTON'S PODCASTS OF 2016 |journal=New Statesman |volume=145 |issue=5345 |page=111}} Zaltzman and the podcast left Radiotopia in October 2020 to free up more resources to address the mostly white line-up at the network.{{cite web |title=The Allusionist has left the Radiotopia network |url=https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/leaving-radiotopia |website=The Allusionist |date=21 October 2020 |accessdate=26 October 2020}}
==''The Bugle''==
{{Main|The Bugle}}
The Bugle is a satirical news podcast created by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman in 2007. Its focus is global news stories, primarily on UK/US news items. Initially produced independently and distributed by TimesOnline, the show was launched in 2007 following John Oliver's move to New York to work on The Daily Show, allowing Oliver and Andy Zaltzman to continue a partnership that had previously enjoyed success with Political Animal and The Department. The show joined Radiotopia in September 2016 after Oliver's departure.{{cite magazine |last1=Shepherd |first1=Alex |date=2016 |title=John Oliver has left "The Bugle," the world's best podcast. |magazine=New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/133964/john-oliver-left-the-bugle-worlds-best-podcast |url-status=live |accessdate=22 August 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823020527/https://newrepublic.com/minutes/133964/john-oliver-left-the-bugle-worlds-best-podcast |archivedate=23 August 2017}} In late 2018 Andy Zaltzman announced that The Bugle would leave Radiotopia at the start of 2019.Brexray Specs – Bugle 4091, The Bugle, https://thebuglepodcast.com/
==''The West Wing Weekly''==
{{Main|The West Wing Weekly}}
The West Wing Weekly was an American podcast hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway and Joshua Malina, in which the hosts discussed one episode of the popular television program The West Wing, which originally aired on NBC from 1999 to 2006. The podcast featured various cast and crew members including series creator Aaron Sorkin, director Tommy Schlamme, Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Janel Moloney, Marlee Matlin, and Dulé Hill, as well as former government officials, academics, and pundits. The podcast finished its run with their discussion of the series' final episode on 29 January 2020.
==''This Is Love''==
{{Main|This is Love (podcast)}}
This Is Love was launched in 2018 by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson—the team behind Criminal, another Radiotopia show. The show ran for a short six-episode season in early 2018, with a second season airing at the end of the same year. As of 2022, it had five seasons.{{Cite web |title=This Is Love |url=https://thisislovepodcast.com/ |access-date=2022-03-11}} The show tells stories on the subject of love. This is Love left the Radiotopia network in 2021 along with Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery.
==''Trump Con Law''==
Roman Mars and UC Davis School of Law Professor Elizabeth Joh developed the podcast What Trump Can Teach Us About Constitutional Law (often abbreviated as Trump Con Law in conversation and distribution), which was first launched in June 2017 and used the circumstances surrounding then-president Donald Trump to discuss constitutional law in a format accessible to laypersons.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/elizabeth_joh/status/824097540589002752|title=Teaching Constitutional Law 2017: [glances at twitter every five minutes before class].|last=Joh|first=Elizabeth|date=2017-01-24|website=@elizabeth_joh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706155640/https://twitter.com/elizabeth_joh/status/824097540589002752|archive-date=2018-07-06|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-29}}{{cite news |title=Trump Con Law: A Show About Constitutional Law with Elizabeth Joh and Roman Mars |url=https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/law-1202-real-estate-law-schechter-spring-2018/files/2018/01/Trump-Con-Law-Podcast.pdf |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=CUNY Open Lab |publisher=City University of New York |date=August 23, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Huffman |first1=Brian |title=Trump Con Law |url=https://library.law.hawaii.edu/2017/06/21/trump-con-law/ |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=UH School of Law Library |date=21 June 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Wade |first1=Erin |title=Happy Fourth of July From Radiotopia |url=https://medium.com/prxofficial/4th-of-july-2017-d11ebd0eb31b |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=Medium |publisher=Public Radio Exchange |date=2 July 2019 |language=en}} The show is now distributed independently of Radiotopia under the title What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law.
== ''Judas and the Black Messiah Podcast'' ==
Judas and the Black Messiah Podcast is hosted by Fred Hampton Jr. and Elvis Mitchell and accompanies the film of the same name. The show was produced by Proximity Media and 99% Invisible and in partnership with Warner Bros.{{Cite web |title=Apple Podcast Preview Judas and the Black Messiah |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/judas-and-the-black-messiah-podcast/id1549883019 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Apple Podcasts}} The last episode aired March 12, 2021.
==''The Truth''==
{{Main|The Truth (podcast)}}
The Truth was a biweekly fiction podcast that sought to re-imagine what audio drama is and can be.{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Jonathan|title=Modern Radio Drama|url=http://transom.org/?p=14972|publisher=Transom.org|accessdate=2011-02-15|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702110420/http://transom.org/?p=14972|archivedate=2011-07-02}} Stories were developed as a collective where frequently the dialogue was completely improvised. Additionally, recordings were made on location and then taken into the studio to be edited. Work by The Truth has been heard on many nationally syndicated public radio programs, including This American Life, Studio 360, Snap Judgment, and The Story (see Links below).
Accolades and awards
In 2015 Fast Company ranked Radiotopia among the top 10 most innovative Kickstarter companies, and in 2017 as a top 10 innovator in media.{{cite web|title=Radiotopia: Articles, Info, Video {{!}} Fast Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/company/radiotopia|website=Fast Company|accessdate=18 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064429/https://www.fastcompany.com/company/radiotopia|archivedate=19 August 2017}} Of the 50 best podcasts as ranked by The Atlantic in 2016, eight were part of Radiotopia,{{cite news|last1=McQuade|first1=Laura Jane Standley and Eric|title=The 50 Best Podcasts of 2016|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2016/510698/|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Atlantic|date=December 18, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827090334/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2016/510698/|archivedate=27 August 2017}} and a similar list from The Guardian included five Radiotopia shows.{{cite news|last1=Guardian Staff|title=The 50 best podcasts of 2016|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/21/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2016|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Guardian|date=21 December 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170822180428/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/21/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2016|archivedate=22 August 2017}} In January 2019, VertitechIT listed ZigZag as one of the Top IT Podcasts of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vertitechit.com/top-it-podcasts-2019/|title=Listen Up! Top IT Podcasts of 2019|last=wpengine|date=2019-01-22|website=VertitechIT|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-13}} The network won "Podcast Network of the Year" at the 2019 Adweek Podcast Awards.{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Discover the Winners of Adweek's 2019 Podcast of the Year Awards |url=https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/discover-the-winners-of-adweeks-2019-podcast-of-the-year-awards/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.radiotopia.fm/}}
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