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MetaPod
by Wendy Morrill
MetaPod is a podcast about podcasts. metapodshow.substack.com
Episodes
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Nadia Marie of Dear Young Rocker
Nadia Marie is an artist born in New York, now living in Atlanta, Georgia. She is also a photographer, musician and now writer, contributing her writing and musical scoring to season 4 of iHeart Radio's show Dear Young Rocker. Dear Young Rocker is an audio memoir about girlhood, growing up in…
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Giles Bidder of 101 Part Time Jobs
"Bands and musicians talk about their various and precarious side jobs."Just as MetaPod talks to creators of the web’s most interesting podcasts to get at the stories behind those podcasts, Giles Bidder of 101 Part Time Jobs talks to musicians about the other jobs they do alongside their work as...
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Avery Trufelman of Articles Of Interest
"Articles Of Interest is a show about what we wear." Avery Trufelman is the host and creator of Articles Of Interest and one of the few people on Earth who can connect the shape of a shoulder of a jacket to a major historical event. You might also know Avery from her affiliation with design…
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Ranjay Gulati of Deep Purpose
Ranjay Gulati is an author, podcaster and Harvard Business School's Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor. He is often cited on matters of economics and business and has been studying resilience within organisations in order to understand how organisations grow and prosper under both good...
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Panu Pihkala and Thomas Doherty of Climate Change and Happiness
Panu Pihkala, a climate emotions scholar, and Thomas Doherty, a clinical and environmental psychologist, have created a one-of-a-kind podcast which explores human emotions and feelings around climate change. Climate Change and Happiness is a podcast that also talks about the ways individuals can...
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Bex Lindsay of Getting Emotional
Have you ever experienced “fago” or felt “limerence”? Most likely you have, but didn't realise there were words for these emotional states.Getting Emotional is a podcast at the intersection of culture, language and emotion. Each episode is devoted to discovering a feeling or emotion, the word for...
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Ray Auger of Don't Quit Your Day Job
Don’t Quit Your Day Job … sounds like cautionary advice about something that you might fantasize about occasionally, right? Well, Don’t Quit Your Day Job is a podcast about and for people in cover bands. You know - the bands that play the songs you like at your local bar or neighborhood events,...
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Gavin Conner of The Holy Hour
Hosted by Gavin Conner, Charles "Chaz" Murphy and Antonio Longo, The Holy Hour brings fans from around the globe together in discussing and dissecting The Cure's expansive 40+ year career. Started in 2015, more than 200 episodes offer something for every fan, no matter which era of The Cure you...
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Erica Heilman of Rumble Strip
"Rumble Strip gives you extraordinary stories about ordinary life." This episode of MetaPod features two New Englanders talking about how to capture the culture of the region for a podcast. That would be Erica Heilman, creator of Rumble Strip, a podcast that she makes in her underwear closet in...
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David Peterkofsky of For Keeps
"For Keeps spotlights interesting, unusual or unexpected collections of things and the people who keep them." This episode of MetaPod turns the spotlight around on David Peterkofsky and his podcast For Keeps, which explores the world of collecting. As you might expect, you'll discover that people...
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Reverend Billy and Savitri D of EARTH RIOT
"EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanity’s most urgent issue - the planet’s sixth extinction." In this episode of MetaPod, Wendy talks to radical performance artists Reverend Billy Talen and Savitri D about the EARTH RIOT podcast and their activism. The pair are known...
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Annalisa Enrile of Goodniks
"Goodniks is a podcast series exploring the journey and meaning of doing good in the world — for people who do good or are just thinking about it." How do people do good in the world and why do they do it? Goodniks shares first-hand accounts of "doing good" from the ground. Stories of doing good...
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Isobel Anderson of Girls Twiddling Knobs
"Women making music with technology" Girls Twiddling Knobs is a "feminist tech podcast" filling the gap between conversations about music gear and the human experience of creating music with that gear. Produced by Isobel Anderson, a UK-based musician, recording artist and producer, the podcast...
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Robert Rodriguez of Something About The Beatles
“Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles’ music and career. Smart, funny and surprising – just like the Fab Four.“ Robert Rodriguez can tell you something about The Beatles. In fact, he knows and can tell so much about Liverpool’s greatest export...
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Meg Marco of The Extortion Economy
The Extortion Economy examines "the money, people and technology behind the explosion of ransomware that is delivering hundreds of millions of dollars to cybercriminals around the world." Cybercrime is a growth market with a variety of tools, services and practices. It is an industry that is...
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Heather Li of It's Nice to Hear You
“Can the power of voice lead to a deeper connection?” It's Nice to Hear You is parts experiment, memoir, dating show, self-help, science, and analysis, all thoughtfully combined into an entertaining and insightful podcast. Underpinning It's Nice to Hear You is an audio-only matchmaking…
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Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas of What Could Go Right?
“What if instead of being on the brink of disaster, we’re on the cusp of a better world?” What Could Go Right? is the podcast of The Progress Network, an "idea movement for a better future. The Progress Network examines issues like population growth, the environment, public health, the future of...
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Rob Harvilla of 60 Songs That Explain The 90s
“The 1990s were a turning point in music: with the increasingly connected world enabling an unprecedented coalescence of various styles and genres, the decade featured the rapid evolution of sonic artistry — and subsequently shaped the soundscape of eras that followed.“ The 1990s were a bit of a...
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Alexi Mostrous of Sweet Bobby
“Sweet Bobby is a live, multi-part investigation in search of one of the world’s most sophisticated catfishers. It’s a story about who we are online, and how social media can be weaponised as a tool of abuse and coercion.“ If you didn’t know what “catfishing” is, Sweet Bobby will be an extremely...
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Danny Robins of Uncanny
“From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Uncanny host Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters.” How do you follow up on the tremendous impact of The Battersea Poltergeist – the hit podcast from Danny Robins in 2021? You create a new series of ghostly stories from its…
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Jennifer Strong of In Machines We Trust
“In Machines We Trust is a podcast about the automation of everything.” The automation of everything sounds impossibly extensive, but automation is everywhere. The artificial intelligence (AI) that drives automation is increasingly part of how individuals live and work, do business, spend leisure...
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John Kennedy of Tape Notes
Tape Notes is a “podcast about the art and craft of music production.” What makes a music producer “good”? What does it mean when critics deem a song or album “overproduced”? And does any of this matter if long-play albums are on the demise? “What’s interesting is how interested in the album…
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Ciaran Tracey & Chris Warburton of End Of Days
"The story of David Koresh: the prophet whose cult in Waco, Texas preached an apocalypse — and the 30 Britons taken in by his message.” End Of Days tells the story of the British victims of the deadly standoff between the US government and David Koresh in Waco, Texas in 1993. Published by the BBC...
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Simon Barber & Brian O'Connor of Sodajerker On Songwriting
"Sodajerker is a songwriting team from Liverpool, founded by Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor. The podcast Sodajerker On Songwriting features interviews with the world’s most successful songwriters." A "soda jerk" isn't normally associated with songs, unless of course, you ask Simon Barber and…
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SPECIAL EDITION: Wendy Morrill & Kevin May of MetaPod
“MetaPod unpacks the web’s most interesting podcasts and the stories behind them.” “We made it!” – well, just about. After 36 shows featuring the finest podcasters in all the land, we decided to not take a breather to celebrate our first year, but produce a bonus episode of MetaPod. Maybe it’s a...
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Juliette and Theo of Apologies Accepted
“An entertaining look at some of the big issues in history by examining public apologies of the famous and infamous. Apologies Accepted looks at politicians, serial killers, actors, and you!” Apologies Accepted is a place to examine and debate the controversies that develop around public…
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Peter Jukes of Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder
“The story of Daniel Morgan’s killing moves from back streets of London, through the highest echelons of Scotland Yard, to the offices of Rupert Murdoch’s best selling newspapers, to the doors of Number Ten Downing Street. If you haven’t heard this story, ask yourself, why?” Untold: The Daniel...
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Jean Lee and Geoff White of The Lazarus Heist
“Almost a perfect crime. The hacking ring and an attempt to steal a billion dollars. Investigators blame North Korea. Pyongyang denies involvement. The story begins in Hollywood.” The Lazarus Heist is a BBC World Service podcast examining cybercrime and how modern nation-states are utilising such...
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Dr Yami of Veggie Doctor Radio
“Your weekly infusion of plant-based nutrition, lifestyle habits and mindset to live your best life possible!“ How many of your lifestyle habits are optimised for good health and wellness? Your sleep? Your physical activity? What you eat? All of the above? One? None? Dr Yami Carzorla-Lancaster is…
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Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde of West Cork
“In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. There are no witnesses and no known motive. The police suspect one man in this community but they can’t make a charge stick and he refuses to leave, living under the glare of suspicion ever since.” In…
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Nick Hilton of The Town That Knew Too Much
“A podcast documentary about Cheltenham, the home of British spying, and the cracks of lying and deception that run through this seemingly perfect Cotswolds town.” The Town That Knew Too Much shines a light on the English town of Cheltenham and how the “pomp and ceremony” of this…
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SPECIAL EDITION: Podcast pioneer Elsie Escobar
“Seeing how it all started and seeing where I am now, one of the things that’s so different than before is that now it’s fancy.” If you had an iPod in 2006 and synced podcasts from iTunes, you might have seen Elsie’s Yoga Class. The class was one of the first female-led yoga podcasts available....
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Joshua Baker of I'm Not A Monster
“How did an American family end up in the heart of the ISIS caliphate?” Samantha Elhassani (nee Sally) insists, “I’m not a bad person — I’m not a monster”. Yet she lived in the ISIS caliphate. Her ten-year-old son could make a suicide belt and be featured in ISIS propaganda. She owned slaves. And...
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Selena Coppock of Two Wick Minimum
“Standup comedian, writer, and candlehead Selena Coppock talks with guests about their individual candle journeys, including candle stories, favorite scents and #wickpics.“ Who doesn’t like a candle burning away on their desk, on the kitchen table or while you’re having a bath?! Well, maybe the...
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Brian Resnick of Unexplainable
“Unexplainable is a science show about everything we don’t know, looking at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them.” Dark Energy – what the heck is it? And what about UFOs – surely there’s some kind of analysis available...
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Sarah and Brian Linnen of Permanent Record Podcast
“Permanent Record Podcast is a look back at albums from the New Wave and Classic Rock genres.” Think back to your favourite bands, songs and albums before the Internet – the songs you recorded off the radio or the albums that your friend let you borrow and copy with your dual cassette deck. How...
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SPECIAL EDITION: Podcast pioneer Todd Cochrane
“In the early days, it really was this group of geeks and hardcore people that wanted to create media and hardcore audiences that wanted to listen to it.” How do you go from a career in the military to one in podcasting? Just ask Todd Cochrane, the founder and CEO of Blubrry, a podcast hosting...
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Dan Beeston and Greg Wah of Smart Enough To Know Better
“Smart Enough To Know Better is a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance.” It’s a unique skill to be able to apply humour to science – and get it to work. Greg Wah and Dan Beeston have been doing this for over 10 years with Smart Enough To Know Better, creating an extremely listenable podcast...
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Eric Mennel of Stay Away From Matthew MaGill
“When Matthew MaGill died alone in the woods on the Florida-Georgia border, he left behind a box filled with the artifacts of an incredible life. A series of coincidences leads reporter Eric Mennel to the box, sending him on a five-year search to understand the truth about its owner.” Stay Away...
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Nina Gilden Seavey of My Fugitive
“Nina Gilden Seavey was twelve in May 1970, when an Air Force building in St. Louis burned to the ground. Her dad represented a young man arrested in connection with the fire: Howard Mechanic. Facing serious federal time, Howard fled and became one of the longest-running fugitives in U.S.…
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Marissa Bridge of The Apology Line
The Apology Line podcast tells the unsettling stories of a secular confessional telephone line. The Apology Line project invited the public to call a telephone line and leave anonymous apologies for wrongdoings on an answering machine. The project was started by artist Allan Bridge, anonymously…
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Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz
Twenty Thousand Hertz tells “the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.” Are you conscious of sound – especially sounds that you hear all the time? “Our brains are very good at filtering out – especially things we hear a lot,” explains Dallas Taylor, sound designer…
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Willa Paskin of Decoder Ring
Decoder Ring “takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.” The mullet isn’t just a peculiar haircut from the 1980s, (strangely) loved by hipsters in the 2020s – it has a backstory all of its own, from sports stars to...
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Laura Palmer of Island Crime
“On a long weekend in the summer of 2002, Lisa Marie Young went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday. That night Lisa got into a red Jaguar with a young man from a prominent local family and was never seen again.” A mysterious and hardly straightforward case, Island Crime tells the story of a…
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Chris Molanphy of Hit Parade
"Hit Parade is a podcast of pop-chart history that dissects how songs become hits: the intersection of art and commerce that is popular music." How do songs and albums achieve success on the charts and become lasting memories, for better or worse, in popular culture? Chris Molanphy, a pop-chart...
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Tara Boyle of Hidden Brain
“Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.” Imagine years of academic research distilled down to a 45-minute conversation. The conversation is easy to understand and offers new ways to look at...
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Danny Robins of The Battersea Poltergeist
“The Battersea Poltergeist is a paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain’s strangest hauntings.” Danny Robins doesn’t believe in ghosts, however, he thinks that we need them. The Battersea Poltergeist is the story…
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Dan Maudsley of Paradise
"Peta and Chris are in paradise – they sail into hell. Why does it take 38 years to arrest the only suspect: Silas Duane Boston?” Murder cases that take nearly four decades to solve are rare and usually reserved for when there is no idea as to the identity of the perpetrator. The brutal killings…
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Paul Hanford of Lost and Sound
“Lost And Sound is a podcast series bringing the stories of people who make exciting innovative music from across the world to your ears.” When did music first come into your life? Who was there and how did you feel? Where did that moment or period of time lead to? These are some of the questions...
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Ryan Anderson of Sonixcursions
“Sonixcursions explores the far reaches of modern music – space rock, dream pop, post-rock, shoegaze, electronic, ambient and other outer sounds from that end of the spectrum.” If you were into the spacey fringes of 90s alternative music that only got played on college radio stations, you’ll...
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How many episodes does MetaPod have?
MetaPod currently has 62 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is MetaPod about?
MetaPod is a podcast about podcasts. metapodshow.substack.com
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MetaPod has 62 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Who hosts MetaPod?
MetaPod is created and hosted by Wendy Morrill.
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