Zach Brooke
The AV Club
Toledo, OH, United States
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Cats is clawed open on This Had Oscar Buzz podcast
Also: Terry O’Reilly talks about what happens when spokespeople change brands, The Pod And The Pendulum explores the 2012 horror film Sinister, Travolta/Cage finally takes on Face/Off, and a look at Ghislaine Maxwell's Bond villainesque father. → Read More
Search Party: The Podcast hunts for all the noir dramedy’s Easter eggs
Also: Marc Maron talks to Thundercat on WTF, How Did This Get Played? ponders Yo! Noid, and Vox's Chicano Squad follows a late-1970s team of Latino police officers in Houston tasked with solving as many homicides as possible in 90 days. → Read More
From Basic Video to a Club Event
An interactive digital ad pushed Callaway Golf to a new engagement frontier. → Read More
Writ Large podcast tackles The Great Gatsby, a book you likely already have opinions about
Writ Large guest David Alworth discusses how Gatsby was revolutionary for its time and also possesses a certain timeliness. Plus: All That’s Lori Beth Denberg returns to offer Bad Advice, while Skin Deep explores a plane crash survivor's collection of tattoos. → Read More
Drunk Black History podcast starts with Assata Shakur
Other episodes featured in Podmass this week tell how to fight a big hospital in small claims court, how to trace your emotional steps, and how to find Indigenous voices in science fiction. → Read More
Drunk Black History podcast starts with Assata Shakur
Other episodes featured in Podmass this week tell how to fight a big hospital in small claims court, how to trace your emotional steps, and how to find Indigenous voices in science fiction. → Read More
Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata turn to the stars to explain their Best Friends connection
Also: We Called Your Mom may inspire you to call your own mom, and Were You Raised By Wolves? offers a Miss Manners podcast for the digital age. → Read More
New film podcast recalls how Do The Right Thing made white critics paranoid
Also: The Bomb explores the life of scientist Leo Szilard, while Blowback calls tags the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq "the greatest crime of the 21st century." → Read More
Michelle Obama welcomes a familiar guest at the launch of her new podcast
With Broadway dark until at least 2021 due to the pandemic, New Yorkers are experiencing the first summer in almost 60 years without The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare In The Park. Luckily, what might seem like a stumbling block was transformed into a serialized radio play so euphonious, it’s hard to believe the actors did it all through Zoom. WNYC and The Public Theater have teamed up to… → Read More
The Baby-Sitters Club Club lovingly unpacks the stylish BSC reboot (and all of Claudia’s outfits)
Also: Once Upon A Time… In The Valley documents the rise and fall of underaged ’80s porn goddess Traci Lords, and Switched On Pop explores a mystery in the mix of the 2015 hit “Hey Mama.” → Read More
The best podcasts of 2020 so far
From a new take on investigative podcasts to an in-depth look at the systemic failings in response to Hurricane Katrina. → Read More
You Must Remember This unpacks a Hollywood love triangle
Plus: Rivals digs into Billy Corgan's beef with Pavement. → Read More
Hannah Gadsby talks Douglas with Alan Cumming and Chris Sweeney on Homo Sapiens
Also, Pod Damn America recounts a harrowing protest experience, and Useful Science explores the apparent futility of food expiration dates. → Read More
Roger and James Deakins get into the cinematographic weeds on Team Deakins
You might not be familiar with the name Thomas Rose, but by the end of his new six-part audio memoir you won’t be able to forget it. Written and performed by comedian Tommy McNamara (Stand By Your Band), My Spectacular Life! A Memoir In The Key Of Storytelling chronicles the rise and fall of Rose, a legendary and technically illiterate singer-songwriter who seems to believe success and fame… → Read More
Chris Gethard gets an EMT on the phone in Beautiful/Anonymous
Plus: Desert Oracle Radio visits the Mojave, and The CryptoNaturalist gives everyone a pep talk. → Read More
John Mulaney and Nick Kroll return for Oh, Hello: The P’dcast
Plus: Seven more podcasts to listen to this week, including Cheryl Strayed and George Saunders on Sugar Calling. → Read More
The City Known for ‘Sewer Socialists’ Actually Has Great Sewers
Milwaukee now averages a mere 2.4 combined sewer overflows a year, thanks to a massive underground tunnel, green infrastructure, and flood-control measures. → Read More
Raisin d'être: Is it worth it to dry your own grapes?
Raisins once enjoy a favored place in society, as evidenced by the fact they were distributed as prizes in ancient sporting events. But they occupy a weird place in our present food landscape. Are they a snack or an ingredient? Delicious treat or lunch box cast-off? And are millennials killing them? Earlier this year, Sun-Maid leaned heavily into nostalgia-based marketing to ask us, essentially:… → Read More
Tony Packo’s is the world capital of autographed hot dog buns
If you’re a history buff or fast-food purist, then you’d say Toledo, Ohio hot dog joint Tony Packo’s Cafe was founded almost 90 years ago by the restaurant’s namesake during the Great Depression, using a $100 loan from relatives. If you’re a TV junkie, celebrity obsessive, or kitsch connoisseur, it makes more sense to believe Tony Packo’s Cafe was birthed in the 1970s by the improbable… → Read More
Rise of the Buy-It-for-Lifers
Emotional connection has long been the goal of brands yearning to gain pathological loyalty from consumers. A burgeoning consumer movement asks: What about selling stuff that lasts? → Read More