Phonograph
Robert McGinley Myers
Recent Episodes
To explore the phenomenon of podcast bonus feeds, Rob and Britta start by discussing an episode of Yowei Shaw's podcast Proxy (with guest Alex Goldman) about the struggle of podcasters having to ask listeners for money. We then dig into several podcast bonus feeds (This American Life Partners, Slate Plus, and others), to find what they're offering. And we are pleasantly surprised.
To access our bonus feed story of Rob's harrowing Thanksgiving road trip back in 2008, follow this link to our Patreon. You can listen for free with a seven day trial membership and see if it's worth it.
Podcasts discussed in this episode:
- Alex and the Impossible Ask - Proxy with Yowei Shaw
- Hyperfixed with Alex Goldman
- Slate Culture Gabfest
- Slate Plus
- This American Life Partners
- If Books Could Kill Mile High Club
- The Selects Podcast
Our music comes from Blue Dot Sessions
Episode Description:
With the triumphant return of the podcast Heavyweight, Rob and Britta trace the career of Jonathan Goldstein through several of his stories, including his early work at This American Life, the CBC radio show Wiretap, and his podcast Heavyweight.
Stories and episodes discussed:
- "Baby Scientists with Faulty Data" - This American Life
- "You Call That Love?" - This American Life
- "A Fate Most Of Us Fear" - This American Life
- "Buddy Picture" - This American Life
- "Other People's Problems" - Wiretap
- "Jesse" - Heavyweight
- Jonathan Goldstein on the Longform Podcast
- Nieman Storyboard on The Little Mermaid story
Our music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. To support Phonograph, subscribe to our bonus feed, which features experiments in audio storytelling.
As the 15th anniversary of 99% Invisible approaches, Rob and Britta dig into four very different episodes from the first four years of that show's run (as well as the story of the time Rob met Roman Mars):
- Episode 6: "99% Symbolic"
- Episode 29: "Cul de Sac" (Produced with Katie Mingle)
- Episode 103: "U.T.B.A.P.H" (Produced with Sam Greenspan)
- Episode 83: "Heyoon" (Produced with Alex Goldman)
To support Phonograph, subscribe to our new bonus feed, which features experiments in audio storytelling, including this month's story about a young mother's relationship to her hearing aids, having refused to wear them since she started losing her hearing in the 6th grade.
Show Notes:
Invisible Ink (featured on Transom.org) "Genesis Object" on 99% Invisible HowSound episode on 99% Invisible HowSound episode on Heyoon Alex Goldman's new podcast Hyperfixed Music from Blue Dot Sessions
Episode Description:
Rob and Britta discuss Nancy Updike's podcast "We Were Three," which tells the story of one family devastated by Covid and what that devastation revealed. Also discussed: Nancy Updike's status as as one of the all time great audio producers.
To support Phonograph, subscribe to our new bonus feed, which features experiments in audio storytelling. This month's story comes from Rob: a collage of recordings he made in the spring of 2020 around the theme of anxiety and grocery shopping.
Show Notes:
ICU nurse Kelley Anaas talking about the state of nurses near the end of 2020
Serial Productions podcast We Were Three
Nancy Updike's talk at the Third Coast International Audio Festival
Nancy Updike's story for This American Life about private contractors in Iraq
The Longform Podcast interview with Nancy Updike and Jenelle Pifer
Maintenance Phase episode about Covid Conspiracies
Music - Blue Dot Sessions
Rob and Britta discuss the new podcast Signal Hill, which takes its inspiration from the world of print magazines. Rob talks to Liza Yeager and Jackson Roach about the project, and then we dive into a handful of the stories from Signal Hill's first "issue."
Show Notes:
Fishing the Sky by Jackson Roach
Desperado by Neena Pathak
A Porous Place by Hannah Sassoon
On the Family Group Chat by Hannah Kingsley-Ma
Music by Blue Dot Sessions