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Review: Future Ecologies

Review: Future Ecologies

What's striking about the cover art - this simple yet detailed neon jelly with the title's subtle wave-like undulations - is that it's so much like the podcast itself. It is elements put together to support the story to its fullest.

Review: Climbing the Walls

Review: Climbing the Walls

The most beautiful thing about this podcast is the way it highlights the women involved by letting them be themselves.

Review: Shell Game

Review: Shell Game

Today’s podcast brought to light a lot of general feelings I’ve been having about artificial intelligence, and the Podcast Brunch Club discussion around it helped me reframe my thoughts.

Review: Cramped

Review: Cramped

“Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus” is true. Downey takes what she finds, runs with it, and is a champion for comprehension and empathy.

Review: The Other Moonshot

Review: The Other Moonshot

President Kennedy was right that we don't do things because they are easy, we do them because they are hard.

Review: Hysterical

Review: Hysterical

It was the journey the host brought us on, to tackle the word “hysterical”. Maybe not intentionally, but through the story of what happened to these young girls in LeRoy, New York we have the chance to zoom in and out.

Review: Tested

Review: Tested

Women's issues are worth time, space, and thought. Not just during Women's History Month. Not just during Mother’s Day. 2024 is the first year in the history of the modern or ancient Olympics where there may be an equal percentage of men and women competing.

Review: Crash Course Pods: The Universe

Review: Crash Course Pods: The Universe

This podcast is a brilliant work of science communication that touches the clinical of science while reaching across the aisle to the humanity of it all.

Review: Outside/In

Review: Outside/In

So I am reviewing this podcast not just because it’s great, and from a local radio station*, but also because it’s like coming home to damp earth, fresh air, and great conversation.

Review: Strange Arrivals

Review: Strange Arrivals

I’m not against the idea of aliens being real. I honestly have a love/hate relationship with the idea of us being alone, or not alone in the universe. The most important thing is to move through these thought processes with more than a grain of salt.

Review: Pale Blue Pod

Review: Pale Blue Pod

Each episode has a setting that has to do with the topic of conversation. It effectively draws you into the mood with a quiet ambiance, giving the podcast an extra layer of cozy as you try to wrap your head around the universe.

Review: Moonrise

Review: Moonrise

While interspersed with interviews and clips from the past, there is no choppiness to the story or quality. This is a gorgeous glide of audio documentary to listen to.