This week’s podcast pitches from my inbox to yours📩
There are a lot of new podcasts and/or seasons that drop each week. Who am I to keep them from you?
Hey. No one likes an opening paragraph where I try to come up with something cute or profound. So let’s give the people what they want: podcast recommendations coming atchya.
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Hot off the press (releases)
The following podcasts were sent to me throughout this week from media companies, creators themselves, and PR reps. For each of them, I downloaded the artwork and copy/pasted a sentence or a paragraph from the press release. If there’s any editorializing from me, it’ll be marked as such!
The Secret Daughter
From the team behind Con Mum (Netflix) and The Price of Paradise (Wondery) comes The Secret Daughter, the story of Nikki Carlson, an adoptee whose search for her roots sets her on an unbelievable thrill ride and emotional odyssey that forever changes her.
The Touchup
The fizz is real on this week’s episode of The Touch Up, where hosts Tarryn Feldman and Mari Brown sit down with former Bachelorette-turned-entrepreneur JoJo Fletcher and her sister-in-law and Saint Spritz co-founder Mallory Vaughan Patton for a fresh, feel-good conversation about beauty, business, and building a brand from scratch.
Buzz
From iHeartPodcasts and Thoroughbred Studios, Buzz is a new scripted audio series starring legendary actor John Lithgow (Conclave) as narrator and voice of famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin as he reflects on his life and career.
The Daily Friday
The Daily Friday podcast covers all the news you’d ever want to share in a group chat with your buddies in a funny and light-hearted way. Hosted by LA-based comedian Jack Lawler who breaks down all the news from the week every Friday: insane headlines, wild takes, absurd viral trends, and featuring guests ranging from subject matter experts to comedians, it’s a mix of pop culture, sports, real world news, and internet brain rot. It’ll help you actually have something to talk about at your next pregame, happy hour, Hinge date, or at the office water cooler.
Not Skinny But Not Fat
Lena Dunham sits down with Not Skinny but Not Fat host Amanda Hirsch, for a hilarious and entertaining conversation about everything from early menopause to a possible Girls spin-off series fans have been waiting for.
Lena Dunham Reveals On Not Skinny but Not Fat:
Her experience with early menopause
Having no regrets about her tattoos, “all my tattoos are things I decided to get literally that day.”
Her journey with sobriety
Lena discusses doing drugs in college and acting high as Hannah in Girls, “I was doing such a bad job, acting high that Jenni had to pull me aside and be like, that is not really how people do cocaine.”
The Girlfriends
Novel and iHeartPodcasts announce a powerful new season of the global hit podcast, The Girlfriends, returning July 14 with “Jailhouse Lawyer.”
The series follows Kelly Harnett, a domestic abuse survivor who spent over a decade in prison after her boyfriend murdered a man, then blamed her. She survived, fought back, and became a jailhouse lawyer. After a decade behind bars, now she tells her story.
LITERALLY with Rob Lowe!
SiriusXM announced the new season of Literally! with Rob Lowe, the popular podcast hosted by award-winning actor, producer, and entertainment personality Rob Lowe. The first guests of the new season include Larry Charles, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, Marc Maron, Joel McHale, Daniel Dae Kim, and more. The latest episode features Billy Bush candidly discussing his fallout from the Trump tape, revealing he flagged it years earlier and reflecting on shame, betrayal, and the personal lessons that followed.
Have I Got News For Your Ears
CNN announced the expansion of the CNN Original Have I Got News For You brand with the launch of a new companion podcast, Have I Got News For Your Ears, hosted by Team Captain Michael Ian Black.
Hard Knox
Amanda Knox, bestselling author, journalist, and exoneree, announces the launch of her new podcast Hard Knox with Amanda Knox, a weekly show that explores the deep questions of how we survive — and grow — through life’s most disorienting challenges.
The Retsy Podcast
RETSY, the fastest-growing luxury real estate firm in Arizona, announced the launch of The RETSY Podcast, its highly anticipated podcast series, providing unprecedented access to the strategies and insights of the region's most successful luxury real estate professionals. Episodes of The RETSY Podcast can be found across podcasting platforms, and on YouTube.
The Deal
On the latest episode of Bloomberg’s podcast The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, Rodriguez opens up at the top of the show to discuss the recent closing of his own deal as co-owner, alongside Marc Lore, of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx. Jason and Alex also sit down with this week’s guest, professional golfer Michelle Mie West, to discuss what she learned during her impressive golf career, why she invested in Togethxr to promote women’s golf, seeing potential in the new simulator golf league TGL, and what she learned from her father-in-law, the late NBA great Jerry West.
The Hunter
BBC Studios Audio, the award-winning producers of To Catch A Scorpion and Stalked, will release a powerful new series, The Hunter, exclusively on Wondery+.
The Hunter is an astonishing tale of justice, survival, and a mother’s unbreakable will. Narrated by the actor, theatre director and advocate Anaya Echo Hawk, the six-part series follows Lydia Lerma, an American mother who risks everything to find justice for her son.
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Arielle I have too many podcasts stop adding to my list (please never stop ❤️)
Thanks for this opportunity, I have three:
Safe Passages: https://safepassages.substack.com/
Learn tips and best practices about travel and digital wellness from those who walk the walk and learn from their experiences so that you can go out there and live it yourself.
MediaMaker Spotlight: https://mediamakerspotlight.com/
features conversations with industry professionals on a range of topics of interest to screen-based media makers, and is a must-listen resource for filmmakers of all interests and experience levels.
Who was she? https://shows.acast.com/who-was-she-podcast
About the stories of women throughout Baha'i history.