Episode summary: Rose and David are getting serious about Airtable, the online-based database/spreadsheet/thingy. In this episode, they explain how Airtable works, how they’re using it to Automate the Automators, and additional uses for Airtable.

Episode summary: When Cecilia Gentili was growing up in Argentina, she felt so different from everyone around her that she thought she might be from another planet. “Some of us find our community with our own family and some of us don’t.” Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you hav...

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Episode summary: This week, an epic Yes Yes No spanning an entire galaxy of internet fights. Plus, Alex Goldman reveals a dark personal secret. And an update on Sal’s quest to get into college in Canada. See the tweet here.

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Episode summary: We talk to the author of Guns, Germs and Steel about his new book on nations in crisis. Jared Diamond argues that personal crises are a good way of thinking about national ones. He tells us about one of his own personal crises and we see whether the lessons really apply to politics....

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Episode summary: Around the launch of Against the Rules, Michael spoke with his friend and co-producer, the author Malcolm Gladwell, at the 92Y in New York. Hear them talk about podcasting, referees, and the magic of “conversational delight.”

Episode summary: It finally feels like spring in Boston, so we asked the Radiotopians about their favorite outdoor activities. In this episode you’ll hear: Benjamen Walker, Nikki Silva, Davia Nelson, Ian Chillag, Roman Mars, Helen Zaltzman, Jonathan Mitchell, Nate DiMeo, Manoush Zomorodi, Dave Nadel...

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Episode summary: Data visualisation is all the rage, but where does that leave the old-fashioned values of audio? Some data visualisation experts are starting to explore the benefits of turning pictures into sound. Financial Times journalist Alan Smith plays his musical interpretation of a chart dep...

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Episode summary: Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about what lies beneath the surface of things - from a subterranean journey to a dive inside a painting. Seams (Extract) Originally made for the Timber Festival Produced by Geoff Bird The Neighbour Produced by Sophie To...

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Episode summary: The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We hear Concierto Para Piano Y Orquesta En Sol Mayor - Adagio Assi as played by Martha Argerich. Notes Jacob S. Robinson’s Journal of the Santa Fe Expedition Under Col...

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