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Public Announcement
by Public Announcement
Public Announcement is a premium general-interest podcast, and our agency's "slow culture" media product. Join the global listenership.
Episodes
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Based On Happy Times
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Very Advanced: Flynn McGarry
Our guest Flynn McGarry is a chef whose career started at the tender age of 11 in Los Angeles. Heralded as the "Justin Bieber of food" McGarry's pop-up dinners in his parents' house regularly sold out and garnered tons of press. Now 19, McGarry has opened Gem, his first restaurant in New York…
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Message of the Bhagavat
This one is a real odyssey. Solid hour. Relentless, tip to tail. James and Chris introduce Audrea Soong, who takes them on an executive team-building adventure, from Niketown to their first contact with Kundalini yoga. Show page: http://publicannouncement.org/episode/message-of-the-bhagavat/<img...
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The Naomi Fry Origin Story
This week we are joined by writer, OG “fuccmom,” and bonafide Twitter legend Naomi Fry. Naomi walks us through her younger years in Israel, her time as James Franco's professor, and her short stint as a fact checker at US Weekly. We also touch on her no holds barred campaign to get John Mayer to...
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Help Wanted
Editing a podcast like Public Announcement is a big responsibility and opportunity. Chris and James—and really, the entire global listenership—are asking for your help.
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A Compulsively Listenable Audio History with Lizzy Goodman
James and Chris trace their diverse and sometimes confusing musical roots before speaking with author Lizzy Goodman. Goodman's new book, Meet Me in The Bathroom, chronicles the famed pre-internet rock boom of the early-2000s in New York City. Lizzy recounts the six-year writing process, gives her...
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Going to Space with King, Duane
Designer Duane King joins us to celebrate the 1972 Sagan/Drake mission to create the oldest artifact of humankind: The Pioneer Plaque. We learn how Duane brought the plaque back to earth, via crowdfunding platform of choice, Kickstarter. Show page:...
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"What we talk about when we talk about food."
This week we are very happy to present the keynote panel from the 2017 Food Book Fair, recorded live from Liberty Hall at the Ace Hotel New York. The discussion was moderated by Frank Bruni and featured panelists Mario Batali, Samin Nosrat, Myisha Priest, and Ken Friedman. They explored what it...
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Side B - Jason Stewart Tall Tales
This week we try something new. Instead of our usual luxury podcast, we deliver something more raw and authentic. We sat down with friend Jason Stewart aka Them Jeans for a meeting of minds at the Ace Hotel in New York City. The first half of our discussion (Side A) can be heard on this week's...
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For Immediate Release
Press Release, 10 May 2017 — “As of today Public Announcement is much more than just a podcast. With the launch of our destination homepage we wanted to create a platform for our esteemed colleagues to share the best of the web, in one easy to navigate place.” “With a clever, brutalist design…
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First-Wave Teenage Spam Career
Chris pushes James to reveal the details behind his time operating in the early days of the dark web as a teenage spammer. They speak to James' friend and accomplice John Roman to get further details on how it all worked, the amount of money they made, and the glory days of AOL. Finally, Chris…
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The Callaway Report
Continuing with their Nashville series, Chris and James sit down with the city’s unofficial mayor, Libby Callaway. She was raised in rural Tennessee but made the jump to New York City where she lived an exciting and creative life as a writer and editor. After years of the big city media industry...
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Performing Arts with Vanessa Carlton
A cold-open featuring Chris Black behind the kit—on his throne—leads to our hosts discussing Oasis as “the Lynyrd Skynyrd of Britain”, a proposal for upping Nashville’s edge, and thoughts on carpetbagging transplants. The second episode of the Public Announcement Nashville series, Chris and James...
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Athens of the South
This week Chris and James head down to Nashville (aka Music City USA, aka Nashvegas, aka The Athens of the South) to see what all the fuss is about. Their first stop is East Nashville to chat with their high school buddy Jacob Jones and his business partner Reno Bo. Under their Electric Western...
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The Making of a Digital Wildboy: Brandon Wardell
Navigating the world wide web in 2016 can be difficult. The oversharing, lawlessness and mob mentality can make even light Twitter work a challenge. But if you can avoid the Facetuned selfies and fit tea ads you will find news, intelligent opinions and strong LOLs. This week James and Chris chat...
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Political Chatter
New York, NY — Chris and James go beyond their signature brand of general-interest podcasting to weigh in on American public affairs—with the help of media insider Slade Sohmer, Managing Editor of Video at Mic.com. Originally recorded on the heels of the conventions, the conversation remains…
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A Medical Retrospective
James and Chris commiserate over their aging bodies and health problems. They also celebrate the 10th episode with a look back at some of the great moments in the show's rich history.
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Summer Sixteen Millennial Survey
Much has been said about the millennial generation (aka Generation Y, aka Digital Natives, aka Generation Rent, aka Echo Boomers, aka Generation Me). Are they self-involved, narcissistic, lazy, pragmatic idealists who take a lot of selfies? This week Chris and James conduct the Public…
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My Cool Hat
This week Chris and James hit the streets of Soho to buy James his first cool hat.
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Log On
Men’s fashion has seen a steep rise in popularity in recent years. This week Chris and James talk to Grailed brand director Lawrence Schlossman about the speed of trends and the role he plays in the culture. He gives James some feedback on his look, explains Rick Owens and the meteoric rise of...
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Some Views On Views
Chris has spent quite a lot of time with Drake’s music; sadly, James has not. This week they go track by track, talking production, themes, sequencing, promotion and the associated lingo of Drake’s recently released fourth studio album, Views (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records). The sales…
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I Wonder To Myself
Discovery and influence often lend themselves to one another. Find something great, love it and then introduce it to someone else. Our guest this week, Millie De Chirico, is very familiar with that process. Her taste and instincts have made her someone who decides what you listen to and what you...
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New Theory On Dumbasses With Magic Capes
This week is the first episode in an ongoing series called New Theory. Chris and James lift the curtain and reveal their true feelings about a wildly popular genre of film and television. They chat with Sher Ellis (J’s Mom) who is ultimately very helpful in finding clarity with her decisive...
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Fit for the Job
No matter what you are told when you are younger, careers are not always planned. Ellis Jones had worked at VICE for a long time before she became the editor-in-chief. This week we speak to her about the recent overhaul of the twenty-one-year-old magazine, drinking wine in the bathtub and her…
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Band in a Bubble
In 2007 the band Cartel thought they were getting the break of their career when they signed a deal with MTV for a promising new reality show, "Band in a Bubble" which would film them 24 hours a day while they recorded their sophomore album… in a bubble. Chris, who was their manager at the time,...
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Two Dropouts, One Mysterious Deer
In high school Chris discovered that someone had put a dead deer in his suburban driveway. The incident changed his life forever. After 17 years we try to find out who did it, and the story is a little different than we remember.<img...
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Public Announcement is a premium general-interest podcast, and our agency's "slow culture" media product. Join the global listenership.
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