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Episode 1: Illinois
3w ago01:00:57Tap to summarizePodcast: Show Me State Of Mind (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 1: IllinoisPub date: 2026-07-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRight in time for the US's 250th birthday, Dan embarks on a trip to see and explore some interesting and possibly dumb places around the country. On his maiden voyage, he sort of goes to Missouri, but ultimately ends up follows Angela Lampsbury's suggestion that he visit The Leaning Tower of Niles.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dan Friesen, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Episode 1: Aftermath
3w ago00:20:51Tap to summarizePodcast: The Rolling Stones Official Podcast - Speaking in Tongues (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Episode 1: AftermathPub date: 2026-06-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn 2023, Hackney Diamonds marked an incredible comeback for The Rolling Stones. It was their first record of original music in 18 years - and the first without their legendary drummer, Charlie Watts. Nobody saw it coming, but Hackney Diamonds topped the charts, won rave reviews, and spawned a tour that grossed over $230 million. They could have bowed out then - but the people wanted more. Turns out, so did The Stones. Foreign Tongues is what came next. This is the story of a band at the beginning of a renaissance - a tale that takes in loss, lunch, and legacy.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cup & Nuzzle, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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The geography of sports movies (with Chuck Klosterman and Michael Weinreb)
3w ago00:58:13Tap to summarizePodcast: Deviate (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: The geography of sports movies (with Chuck Klosterman and Michael Weinreb)Pub date: 2026-07-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization“"When I was in the third grade my teacher announced to our class that Ronald Reagan had been shot. When she asked if we had questions, I raised my hand and asked her if the Indiana - North Carolina basketball game was still going to happen that night.” – Chuck Klosterman In this episode of Deviate, Rolf, Chuck, and Michael hypothesize about where in Texas the town of "Dillon" is in the TV show Friday Night Lights (2:30); the role of sports and sports movies in how people perceive Indiana, and which sports fandoms are independent of geography (17:00); sports movies (and hypothetical sports movies) set in Michael's hometown of State College, PA, or Chuck's home-state of North Dakota, or Rolf's hometown of Wichita (27:00); working-class sports cities with bad reputations, and how geography determines the sports stories that are told there (40:00); the inherent placelessness of the NFL Scouting Combine and the Super Bowl, how sports are the last media events where the outcome is truly unknown, and what the best hypothetical scenario is for diehard fans watching a big game (50:00). Chuck Klosterman is a cultural critic known for analyzing pop culture, sports, and philosophy. He is the author of 13 books, including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, The Nineties, and, most recently, Football. Michael Weinreb (@MichaelWeinreb) is the author of three sports books, including Bigger Than the Game and Season of Saturdays. His Substack newsletter is called Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture. Notable Links: Kansas Never Plays Itself (video essay) The Rewatchables (Ringer Network podcast) Friday Night Lights (TV show) Pflugerville, Texas (shooting Location of Friday Night Lights) Odessa, Texas (setting of the book Friday Night Lights) Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (book) Friday Night Lights (2004 film) Perfect Strangers (TV series) Jesse Plemons (actor in Friday Night Lights) Hoosiers (1986 movie) Bob Knight (Indiana basketball coach from 1971–2000) Season on the Brink, by John Feinstein (book) Gene Hackman (actor in Hoosiers) Woody Hayes (football coach) Rudy (1993 film) Subway Alumni (NYC Notre Dame fans) America's Team (nickname for the Dallas Cowboys) Middletown (PBS series about Muncie, Indiana basketball) Something for Joey (TV movie) Paterno (2018 HBO movie featuring Kiki Bush) Three-Man Weave (Chuck Klosterman article about ND basketball game) The Slaughter Rule (2002 American coming of age sports movie) Hoop Dreams (1994 basketball documentary) Downtown Owl (2023 movie) Wichita Monrovians (Negro Leagues baseball team) Vision Quest (1985 film) The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014 sports documentary) How Rolf Ruined the 1990s (Deviate grunge episode) Dawg Pound (Cleveland Browns fan section) Major League (1989 movie) Punk icon Ian MacKaye (Deviate episode) Massillon (football-crazed town in Ohio) St. Elmo Steak House (restaurant in Indianapolis) NFL Scouting Combine (event in Indianapolis) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don’t host a “comments” section, but we’re happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rolf Potts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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To the Manor Born
4w ago00:24:29Tap to summarizePodcast: Smarty Pants (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: To the Manor BornPub date: 2026-07-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe English country house has been on the brink of ruination since at least the start of World War I—or perhaps the first chug of the Industrial Revolution—or was it the end of serfdom …? Propping up this dying, decadent institution has been a favored pastime of preservationists, architecture buffs, and earls for about as long as the institution has been around. In his new book, Noble Ambitions, historian Adrian Tinniswood peels back the wallpaper to show how these ancestral piles survived both World War II and the sunset of the British Empire—and in some ways, are more relevant than they ever were. This episode originally aired in 2021.Go beyond the episode:Adrian Tinniswood’s Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War IIFor the completionist, his previous book: The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939Revisit the famed 1974 Victoria & Albert exhibition “The Destruction of the Country House,” or go visit Agecroft Hall and Gardens in Richmond, Virginia, one of several country homes dismantled and reassembled on this side of the Atlantic. In England? Check out Sudbury Hall, which gets a shout out in the episodeThe first bestselling nonfiction book about the country house? Mark Girouard’s Life in the English Country HouseRead Sam Knight’s essay about the National Trust’s recent report on colonialism and slavery: “Britain’s Idyllic Country Houses Reveal a Darker History”If you haven’t yet, you simply must watch Downtown AbbeyTune in every other week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes/Apple • Amazon • Google • Acast • PandoraHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The American Scholar, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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The Miles Davis Story: 1. Don't Call Me Legend
4w ago00:28:23Tap to summarizePodcast: Legend (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: The Miles Davis Story: 1. Don't Call Me LegendPub date: 2026-05-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationClarke Peters explores the life and legacy of a visionary artist whose relentless pursuit of the "new" often scorched his own life and the lives of those around him. In September 1944, an 18-year-old Miles Davis arrives in New York with a trumpet in his hand and a secret mission. He may have first arrived in New York to take up a place at the prestigious Juilliard School, but in reality Miles was actually patrolling the smoke-filled jazz clubs of 52nd Street, chasing the high-speed sounds of his bebop heroes, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Across the series, Clarke charts Miles’s ever-evolving artform, starting with this first great transformation of a legend - when the young Miles chose to step into the unknown, seize control of his own creative destiny, and begin his journey as a leader.Narrator, acclaimed actor and longtime fan, Clarke Peters (The Wire, Treme, Da 5 Bloods) reveals the restless genius and radical evolution of Miles Davis. Growing up in a New York household where his father’s jazz records were the permanent soundtrack, Clarke was captivated by Miles long before he fully appreciated the man behind the music. Across five episodes, Clarke traces a 50 year odyssey of constant reinvention - from a teenage outsider chasing the bebop revolution in 1944 to a global icon who redefined what it meant to be Black, to be cool, and to be an artist.Blending archival recordings and legendary tracks with fresh perspectives from a range of creators, the series reveals how Miles’ influence ripples far beyond the world of jazz. We discover how his "take no shit" attitude and aesthetic fearlessness impacted on the likes of Oscar-winning filmmakers, celebrated designers and music icons like Prince, Joni Mitchell, Sting and even bands like Radiohead, as well as generations of now also legendary jazz musicians that he championed early in their careers - John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Keith Jarrett and Marcus Miller, to name a few. The series also grapples with the darker side of Miles’ legacy, including the domestic abuse that left a trail of pain for those closest to him and the substance issues that took a deep toll on his health. It asks difficult questions about how to regard an artist capable of creating the most sublime aesthetic statements while engaging in brutal behaviour. Clarke Peters, whose own creative journey as an actor was sparked by Miles’s music, leads a searching investigation into a man who refused to be palatable, refused to be a "legend", and simply refused to stop moving forward.Miles Davis Interview: From Jazz Talking by Ben Sidran, 1986. The Arsenio Hall Show, Paramount, originally broadcast in 1989. 60 Minutes, CBS News. Originally broadcast in 1989Featured tracks (in order of appearance) “So What” – Miles Davis “Blue in Green” – Miles Davis (feat. John Coltrane & Bill Evans) “Bitches Brew” – Miles Davis "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - MIles Davis “Agitation” – Miles Davis “Flamenco Sketches” – Miles Davis & Bill Evans “Ko Ko” – Charlie Parker “Salt Peanuts” – Dizzy Gillespie "Jivin with Jack the Bellboy" - Miles Davis "Move" - Miles Davis "Moon Dreams" - Miles Davis "Boplicity" - Miles Davis Presenter: Clarke Peters Series Producer: Clem Hitchcock Executive Producer: Rami Tzabar Editor: Kirsten Lass Production Manager: Emily Duffy Music Consultant: Guy Barker Additional Music: Guy Barker Archivist: Simon Rooks Script Consultant: Anne Harbin Technical Production and Sound Design: Melvin Rickarby Commissioning Editors for the BBC: Dan Clarke and Matthew Dodd A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC Radio 4, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Merciless Indian Savages | Episode 1
4w ago00:36:04Tap to summarizePodcast: First America (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Merciless Indian Savages | Episode 1Pub date: 2026-06-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe’ve all been told the American Revolution was fought over taxation and representation. But that's not what the Declaration of Independence says. According to our founders, in their own words, what they were most upset about was Native Americans. How did we all miss that? Rebecca sits down with historian Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) to talk about how hunger for Indigenous land drove the Revolution. Welcome to First America, the true story of how the United States came to be, and how our current political moment was 250 years in the making. Resources: - Dig into more of Ned Blackhawk's scholarship hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Pushkin Industries, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Spy Cities: London
Jul 800:37:01Tap to summarizePodcast: Spy CitiesEpisode: Spy Cities: LondonPub date: 2026-06-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe Spying Starts HereWhere the modern game was invented and professionalised.In episode one of Spy Cities come and walk with us around the streets of London where we'll share stories of fact and fiction, and maybe a cocktail or two... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chatterbox Audio, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Collapsology (SOCIETAL COLLAPSE, LOL!) with Joseph Tainter
Jul 701:27:08Tap to summarizePodcast: Ologies with Alie Ward (LS 81 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Collapsology (SOCIETAL COLLAPSE, LOL!) with Joseph TainterPub date: 2026-07-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat is your Roman Empire? It’s about to be this episode. What causes the big dogs to stumble and fall? Do societies collapse suddenly, or would one notice as it happens? What *is* a complex society – and is it better than a simple one? Depends on who you ask, and we went straight to the source: the legendary anthropologist, scholar, historian and author of “The Collapse of Complex Societies,” Dr. Joseph Tainter. New obsession awaits you in the fall of the Roman Empire, cities lost to the desert dust, diminishing returns, fiddling amid the flames, the worst beard in history, fossil fuels, fertilizer, bread, circus, hanging chads, and if you should go live on a small goat farm. Happy 250th birthday to the currently United States of America! Follow Dr. Tainter on Google Scholar Buy his book, The Collapse of Complex Societies A donation went to Utah State University's Ecology Center More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Classical Archeology (ANCIENT ROME), Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE), Futurology (THE FUTURE), Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION), Genealogy (FAMILY TREES), Agnotology (IGNORANCE), Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY), Syndesiology (CONNECTIONS), Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK), Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD), Paternology (FATHERHOOD) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alie Ward, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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We Are Monumentally Bad at Statues
Jul 300:48:50Tap to summarizePodcast: Decoder Ring (LS 64 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: We Are Monumentally Bad at StatuesPub date: 2026-07-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt seems like the only time you hear about new statues these days is when something goes horribly wrong. Unfortunate bronze renditions of Lucille Ball, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwayne Wade, and many others are always going viral, becoming a fixture of late-night shows and mocking comment sections. Is the internet too harsh a critic? Or is American statuary a total bust?In this episode of Decoder Ring, host Willa Paskin talks to artist Atalanta Arden-Miller about what’s happened to one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world—why so many contemporary statues turn out off-center, off-kilter, and off-putting. The answer takes us from ancient Greece to Nazi Germany to North Korea.This episode was written by Willa Paskin. It was produced by Max Freedman. It was edited by Josh Levin and Evan Chung, our supervising producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. Our intern is Phoebe Mulder.Special thanks to the Works in Progress Podcast, where we first heard Atalanta talk about the dismal state of statuary today.If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, email us at DecoderRing@slate.com or leave a message on our hotline at (347) 460-7281.Get more of Decoder Ring with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of Decoder Ring and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Decoder Ring show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/decoderplus for access wherever you listen.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Mary Keen on a lifetime of gardening
Jul 300:26:02Tap to summarizePodcast: Why Women Grow (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Mary Keen on a lifetime of gardeningPub date: 2026-06-30Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMary Keen has worked in, documented and designed gardens all over the world for decades. But it’s the garden she’s made at home, during her ninth decade, that she writes most affectionately about. In her seventh book, Diary of a Keen Gardener, she reflects on both a life shaped by plants and her more recent years, when she has weathered grief, illness and aging. It’s an honest love letter to what makes a garden. And it’s here that we meet Mary, on a breezy spring day, to take a studied tour around her Gloucestershire garden.Diary of a Keen Gardener is available in hardback now, and you can follow Mary’s exploits on instagram: @keenkeengardener.This podcast is inspired by my book, Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, which is available in all good bookshops. We’ve also been photographing our guests and their gardens and you can see the beautiful images captured by India Hobson on my website and instagram account @alicevincentwrites. Thank you to our friends at Niwaki. You can get 10% off your order with the code WHYWOMENGROW.If you’re new to the Why Women Grow podcast, do check out our previous episodes, including guests such as Sarah Raven and Ula Maria. And if you’ve enjoyed this episode, it would mean so much if you could rate and review the podcast on whichever platform you’re listening in on, or share it with someone you think may enjoy it.This episode was produced by Holly Fisher. The theme music is by Maria Chiara Argiro. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alice Vincent, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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