Comedian Solomon Georgio mines the entertainment industry for gossip gold on his new podcast. Also this week, there’s also a new series offering new parents advice for raising a healthy baby. A new show “dishes” on Julia Child. The Washington Post examines no-knock searches while the San Diego Union-Tribune offers a first-hand tale of immigration. Plus a hard look at Seattle’s real-life crime-fighting vigilante.
Here’s some of what’s new this week in podcasting –
The Healthy Baby Show is a new iHeartRadio Original podcast. The show for parents offers insight on raising a healthy and connected baby in today’s world. The show is hosted by organic baby food company healthybaby founderShazi Visram who will share the knowledge she’s gathered––from advocating for children’s health to raising two developmentally different kids. Each episode will feature conversations with leading doctors, scientists, experts and friends on the top emerging and debated topics in parenting, weaving together personal stories with expert, evidence-based insights.
We Talk Back is a talk-show style podcast from iHeartMedia and Charlamagne tha God’s Black Effect Podcast Network. The show gives listeners a raw and unfiltered guide to navigating femininity, men and just about everything else that comes with being a woman. Hosted by two TamBam and AJ, the podcast features thought-provoking conversations about sex, relationships and money, with no topic off-limits. New episodes launch every Thursday.
Reflections of History is a new short-form podcast from Shining City Audio, a history-focused podcast studio joint venture between C13Originals and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham. Every weekday, Meacham will guide listeners on a brief historical journey through an event which occurred on that date, offering a glimpse into the past as well as a guide for the present. Reflections of History will launch on April 4, with the first episode marking the anniversary of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)’s creation on April 4, 1949. New episodes will be released Monday through Friday.
Connections is a new podcast from My Cultura, iHeartMedia’s Latino-focused podcast network. The show is hosted by actress and activist Eva Longoria who is launching a slate of new podcasts for the network. Connections is an interview series that will feature Longoria and her guests taking on complex topics and breaking them down into lively, meaningful conversations. The producers say topics will range from spirituality to money, romance, food, politics and parenting. First season guests will include Jay Shetty, Huda Kattan, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, and Elsa Marie Collins, among others. Later this year Longoria will co-host a podcast called Hungry for History with Maite Gomez-Rejón that will explore the origins of the food and ingredients that flavor Hispanic culture.
The Superhero Complex is a new series from the U.K. podcast studio Novel and iHeartMedia. The podcast tracks the rise and fall of Phoenix Jones, Seattle’s real-life crime-fighting vigilante, who went from the leader of The Rain City Superhero Movement to a man accused of selling drugs to undercover cops. Was he a super villain all along? Host David Weinberg (Radiolab, Below The Ten, Welcome To LA) traces the still-evolving story, as well as the bigger world of costumed crusaders that stretches from Buenos Aires to Tokyo. The Superhero Complex launches with its first two episodes on April 5, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.
The Juice With Solomon Georgio is a new podcast from Team Coco. Just before we all went on lockdown, comedian Solomon Georgio tweeted out a call for everyday gossip. His replies immediately blew up with the wildest stories, and now he’s sharing them on a podcast. Each week Georgio shares only the juiciest tales from comedians, performers, and listeners.
Awakened Underground is a new podcast from iHeartRadio and Calvary Audio. Hosted by filmmaker and psychedelic thought leader Cody Blue, the free-form show explores the ancient art of healing yourself with plant and psychedelic medicines. Join Cody as he sits down with doctors, shamans, scientists, quantum physicists, mycologists, medicine women/men, celebrities and more who have healed themselves with plant medicines to destigmatize and demystify these ancient healing methods in an engaging episode each week. In the first episode, Blue shares his personal story of getting off pharmaceutical medications that left him struggling with side effects for over a decade, before finding himself in the heart of the Amazon rainforest working with shamans, and ultimately healing himself with psychedelic plant medicines.
Dishing on Julia, the Official Julia Companion Podcast is a new series from HBO Max and Cherry Bombe Media.The show will recap the episodes of the HBO Max series “Julia” and discuss Julia Child’s cultural and material impact through interviews with series talent and creatives, plus a range of food industry and relevant expert guests. In addition, the podcast will explore how “Julia” the Tv show came to be and why Julia Child remains such a cultural and culinary force to this day. The show is hosted by Kerry Diamond of Radio Cherry Bombe who each week talks to the creatives, cast, and crew behind “Julia” as well as the culinary superstars and thought leaders who share their perspective on, and personal connection to, the OG food celebrity. Guest in the first season include Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten, Claire Saffitz, Alex Prud’homme (Julia’s great-nephew), chef Nancy Silverton, and Dorie Greenspan, among other. . Episodes of Dishing On Julia are available Thursdays when new episodes of Julia stream on HBO Max starting March 31. Dishing on Julia is produced by HBO Max and Cherry Bombe Media.
Broken Doors is a new podcast from the Washington Post. With a typical search warrant, police are supposed to knock and announce themselves. But with no-knock warrants, police can force their way into people’s homes without warning. This six-part investigative podcast sheds light on how easy it is to plan, obtain and execute no-knock warrants — one of the most intrusive and dangerous police tactics. That includes the consequences when these warrants become the rule, rather than the exception. The podcast is hosted by investigative reporters Jenn Abelson and Nicole Dungca,
The Accidental Activist is a new podcast from journalist and former CNN anchor Isha Sesay. In this new series, Sesay sits down with an array of cultural icons who have also found themselves unexpectedly inhabiting a role as “activist.” She explores the motivating circumstances behind their passions, all while revealing the human condition that unites us all: a desire to make a difference in the world. In the first season Sesay speaks with celebrities and entertainers like Jesse Williams, Margaret Cho, and Alyssa Milano to uncover the moment they decided to step into the activist ring. At the center of it all, their conversations illuminate a core truth of the human condition: the desire to make a difference in the world.
Don’t Mind: Cruxmont is a new supernatural mystery podcast series starring actress Adjoa Andoh, best known for her role in “Bridgerton.” The podcast is created by Travis Vengroff and Kaitlin Statz, the producing and writing team of Fool & Scholar Productions. The show is about American Neal, who after his brother Colin goes missing on a U.K. road trip, leaves his comfort zone in search of Colin at is last known location; Cruxmont, UK. There, Neal meets Dr. Kingston, a neurologist with her own goal in mind; finding the source of an unrecognizable miracle. The series premieres on April 5.
Border City is a new podcast from the San Diego Union-Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. The podcast features the story of Sandra Dibble, a journalist who in 1994 leaves her job and family in Washington, D.C., to report on Tijuana, Mexico, a city known mostly for drug violence and illegal immigration into the U.S. Dibble expects to stay on the border a year. But her plans change as she is drawn deeper and deeper into the worlds that converge at the biggest crossing point on the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s a story of beauty and violence, artists and drug gangs, immigration and belonging – from the perspective of a writer who spent more than 25 years there. The eight-episode podcast premieres April 5.
The Book of Wrestling is a new podcast from the WWE and The Ringer Podcast Network. The series that looks at 25 catchphrases that defined WWE’s historic Attitude Era. It is based on Bill Simmons’ highly popular book, which evolved into a podcast, the “Book of” theme has established a brand known to fans. This theme focuses on the history of a sport and the people who have defined that history. The Attitude Era is one of the most celebrated in WWE history, and the catchphrases that helped define it live in every fan’s memory. This show tells the stories behind those words and sounds that propelled wrestling to new heights. The Ringer’s David Shoemaker will serve as host, with each episode focusing on one famous catchphrase. David will talk to the people who either played a part in creating the catchphrase or were there to witness its impact on the wrestling community. The Book of Wrestling launches April 4, and will run for 25 episodes. Five new episodes will drop per week.
Bad Bitch Empire is a new podcast from Lisa Carmen Wang. The show offers candid advice from female entrepreneurs, executives, and investors who have broken free of “good girl brainwashing,” and are building empires of their own. In the inaugural episode, Wang shares her own experience with when in her early career she focused on “being polite, pleasing, perfect,” and succumbing to traps like failing to negotiate and tolerating “the condescension, the rudeness, and the disrespect that every woman is so intimately familiar with.” First season guests will include Joanne Wilson, Angel Investor, Gotham Gal Ventures; Lily Wu, Cofounder WOW Pixies NFT; Cindy Gallop, Founder MakeLoveNotPorn; Michelle Reeves, Cofounder Mavion NFT; Jessica Schaefer, Executive Chair, Bevel; Alex Cavoucoulus, Cofounder Meta Angels NFT; and Amanda Goetz, CEO House of Wise, among others.
Solar is a new science fiction podcast from CurtCo Media which has released a new science fiction podcast called Solar. Solar is about a group of space travelers who are disconnected from Earth and trapped on separate parts of their spacecraft. The crew members must fight for survival following a disaster onboard the ill-fated Aethon, a manned solar research probe sent to explore temporal distortion around the sun. As painful memories, forgotten dreams, technological challenges, and blunt realities collide, the crew must work together to keep their hope alive in the face of growing darkness. It stars actors Stephanie Beatriz, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, and Jonathan Bangs. The 30-45-minute episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays, with short supplemental scenes that range from one to five minutes released weekly on Thursdays.
Inside the Monster is a new podcast produced in collaboration with the Boston Red Sox and Audacy’s 2400Sports. It is hosted by Steve Perrault and Joey Copponi who will have unprecedented access to Red Sox players, club personnel, reporters, front-office and beyond. The podcast is dropping two times per week in season on Mondays and Thursdays, and will take listeners through the Red Sox organization and aims to bring a deeper connection with the team and players. Perrault joined 2400Sports last September as a Senior Producer for Major League Baseball content. Perrault also serves as an on-air contributor for Audacy’s WEEI-FM Boston (93.7), the flagship radio station of the Red Sox and is also the former co-host of the popular Section 10 Podcast with Barstool Sports. Copponi is a social media producer for Audacy.
Making Bread is a new podcast from Team Whistle, the sports media and entertainment company, and Amaze Media Labs. The podcast builds on Team Whistle’s recently launched “Price Went Up” series that it says is also looking to satisfy the appetite among Gen Z for alternative forms of investment. Hosted by NFL quarterback and crypto enthusiast Matt Barkley, the show aims to educate listeners to the variety of ways in which they can invest through the latest news, interviews, and entertainment in the world of cryptocurrency, NFTs, and sports gambling. Upcoming guests include former NFL quarterback and NFT company founder DeShone Kizer, Fanatics Collectibles cofounder Josh Luber, and former NFL player Dhani Jones, among others.
The Period Feels is a new podcast from DCP Entertainment. The series is dedicated to talking about your period and erasing the embarrassment that is so often associated with the topic and to address the many unanswered questions about basic period health. The show is hosted by Nadya Okamoto, Nadya “Neddy” Eddy and Sam De La Cruz, who are behind the August personal care brand The Period Feels.
“Periods make human life possible and over half the global population will experience menstruation. And yet, we have so many unanswered questions! That’s why we’re so excited to have this podcast as a space to talk more deeply about periods, and try to answer some questions from our community too,” said Nadya Okamoto, the co-founder and CEO of August. “I started working with DCP last year as the host of my personal podcast, Tigress, and have had a wonderful experience working with the group. So, when we started thinking about bringing this podcast to life, I couldn’t think of a better partner.”
People who would like to submit questions to be answered on The Period Feels can join the Inner Cycle community at itsaugust.co to submit a question for the show.
Beat the Press with Emily Rooney is a new podcast from MuddHouse Media. The show, which has aired for more than 25 years on Boston’s PBS TV station, now returns to a national audience as a podcast. Joined by a rotating cast of acclaimed journalists and media experts, Beat the Press challenges the new norms of objectivity in journalism, politics, and opinion.
“Now more than ever it’s critical that the media itself is a watchdog to the industry,” said Rooney. “Our transition from local TV to the podcast format offers tremendous opportunities to dive deeper into timely topics, and give media experts a platform to voice their singular perspectives.”
Backing Brilliant Business is a new podcast from Radiocentre, the industry body for commercial radio in the U.K. Targeted toward for business owners, the podcast is hosted by entrepreneur and broadcaster Saira Khan. The 16-episode series and explore what it takes to grow a successful business. The series will be supported by a radio advertising campaign. Kahn is most famous for being runner-up in the first series of business-reality show, “The Apprentice.” On the podcast, she will speak to some of the biggest names in British business, asking them about the challenges they have faced and how they overcame them. Each guest will provide listeners with guidance, insight and inspiration to help them develop the skills needed to grow a business.
The podcast will form part of Radiocentre’s Backing Brilliant Business initiative which launched last year to help small and medium sized enterprises grow, with radio advertising. Backing Brilliant Business has its own dedicated hub on Radiocentre’s website.
The Nature of Florida with Oscar Corral is a new podcast dedicated exclusively to Florida’s environment and wildlife hosted by documentary filmmaker and media entrepreneur Oscar Corral. The weekly series will feature interviews with experts at the forefront of the state’s environmental awareness, discourse and policy, to inform listeners on the many issues impacting Florida’s natural places and resources.
“People love nature, and they want to know what’s happening to the natural world around them,” said Corral, a former Miami Herald journalist. “I aim to accomplish that with this new podcast, delivering to the public important information and updates on what is affecting our state’s natural environment – today and tomorrow.”
Among the guests lined up for the first season are Captain Benny Blanco, co-founder of Captains for Clean Water and an internationally renown fishing guide; Mermaid Michi, a professional mermaid leading a major social media movement to save Florida’s springs; State Rep. Anna Eskamani of District 47 in Orange County; Lauren Hill, a professional surfer, environmental activist and Florida native; biologist Joe Wasilewski, who researches invasive species and has survived multiple venomous snake bites; and others.
“I want ‘The Nature of Florida’ listeners to learn about what’s wrong with Florida’s environment,” Corral said. “But I also want to remind them why they love it so much, and why it’s all worth saving.”
The podcast is sponsored by several prominent organizations, including: The Everglades Foundation; The Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Foundation; The Florida Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and the Felburn Foundation.
Uniquely Milwaukee is a new podcast from adult alternative “88Nine Radio Milwaukee” WYMS Milwaukee (88.9). The podcast expands its flagship “Community Stories” radio program into a full-length weekly podcast that will collect the on-air stories heard daily on the radio and present them on-demand. New episodes of Uniquely Milwaukee will drop each Monday. Uniquely Milwaukee will be hosted by Radio Milwaukee’s Salam Fatayer. She joined the Radio Milwaukee team as an intern in 2019 and has held her current position of audio storyteller since August 2021. WYMS Director of Content Nate Imig will serve as the Executive Producer for the podcast. With over a decade of experience leading the “Community Stories” program, he has produced hundreds of audio stories for the station and its website.
Small Town Dicks is releasing its tenth season. The true-crime podcast co-hosted by Yeardley Smith (the iconic voice of Lisa Simpson) and identical twin detectives Dan and Dave. The podcast explores the big-time crime in small towns across the globe, through in depth, first-hand accounts from the detectives that cracked the cases. The new season begins with an episode featuring a grisly case with an elderly woman. When the lead detective begins to investigate, he interviews a boy who tells him a wild tale of a ginger-bearded man — a story all the more chilling when detectives discover the real truth.
Dead and Gone is returning for a second season of the show from Tenderfoot TV and Double Elivs. It is a podcast about the Grateful Dead and their missing and murdered fans. One of the most iconic bands in American history, “The Dead” have been dogged by a darkness that has followed the band since its inception and despite the Grateful Dead’s ethos of peace and love and communal music, this darkness has led to the murder and the disappearance of some of the band’s most dedicated fans. While the first hit season focused on a possible wrongful conviction in the double murder of Mary Regina Gioia and Gregory Allen Kniffin, this season will focus on three additional tragedies that took place from the 1980s to 2004. The show is hosted by Payne Lindsey of Up and Vanished and Jake Brennan of Disgraceland, the podcast combines the distinct storytelling styles of both Payne’s investigative style and Jake’s single-voice narrative style. The new season will debut April 6.
Origins: HBO: Present, Past, and Future is a new season of the Origins podcast from Cadence13. The five-episode series is written and hosted by award-winning journalist and bestselling author James Andrew Miller. It begins with the highly uncertain future HBO faces as well as insights into the current competitive landscape. From there, the narrative structure will go back in time so listeners can understand important inflection points in HBO’s history — the triumphs and the lost opportunities, hearing directly from the most important figures who shaped HBO’s half-century drive to fundamentally change television.
The season is the seventh chapter of the hit podcast series. In the Origins franchise, Miller uncovers the bold beginnings within success stories in television, movies, sports, music, and business, as told by the insiders who were there from the start, bringing listeners all the unpredictable and pivotal moments, and the sheer strokes of luck that turn great ideas into even greater realities. Previous chapters of Origins have focused on Curb Your Enthusiasm, ESPN, Nick Saban and Alabama’s Crimson Tide, Saturday Night Live, Sex and the City, and Almost Famous.
“This chapter of ‘Origins’ reflects interviews conducted since the publication of my HBO book, and I hope it gives listeners the opportunity to hear new and personal thoughts from key individuals in HBO’s history,” said Miller. “I’m thrilled to be back with my longtime partners at Cadence13 to tell this riveting story.”
Origins is written and hosted by Miller, and executive produced by Miller and Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer and Founding Partner, Cadence13.
The GM Shuffle is launching a new season as it relaunches under the DraftKings and VSiN umbrella. The show is hosted by NFL veteran Mike Lombardi who will now be teamed up with Femi Abebefe, a host on VSiN The Sports Betting Network. They will tackle a wide range of pro football topics on the weekly podcast. The podcast will also have a new video component as it will also appear on DraftKings and VSiN’s YouTube channels. The GM Shuffle will release a new episode each Thursday during the NFL off season and two episodes each week, on Mondays and Thursdays, during the NFL season.
Voices Behind the Music is releasing a second season of the podcast from the Feed Media Group. Hosted by CEO Jeff Yasuda, the podcast’s second season will explore the future of music from the intersection of music and technology with a lineup of luminaries from the music industry. The first episode of Season 2 features Topgolf CMO Geoff Cottrill. Upcoming guests include Grammy nominee Stephania “Teff” Martinez, Songtrust President Molly Neumann, Saidah Blount from Sonos Radio and others. A new episode is released every other Tuesday.
Encuentros is releasing its second season. The weekly podcast is co-produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s La Corriente del Golfo and streamer, MUBI. It features interviews with Latin American film starts and other culture influencers who discuss their approach to their craft, and their personal experiences, and reflect on films and filmmakers that have influenced or inspired their work.
Human Capital Lab is a new podcast from Bellevue University. It is a podcast about unlocking the long-term potential of human capital. Through conversation with visionaries in various fields, it will explore the links between education, employee fulfillment and corporate productivity. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Michelle Eppler. “Launching the Human Capital Lab podcast is a way to continue and broaden the critical conversation about the business impact of learning,” said Eppler. “I’m excited to help companies better understand the true ROI of their investments into people.”
