Most Anticipated New Podcasts

June, 2021

New Podcasts for the month of June

Curated byLauren Passell, Hark Editor

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Songs in the Key of Death: Behind the Murder Ballads

From new Hark Editorial Director Courtney E. Smith comes a show that uses music, true crime, history, and edge-of-your-seat storytelling to investigate the legendary murder ballads and the grisly crimes that inspired them.

Songs in the Key of Death

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70 Over 70: Mining Wisdom

Max Linsky talks to 70 remarkable people, all over the age of 70, about the fascinating lives they've lived and how we can all lead better lives now.

70 Over 70

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Gravity: Looking at Hardships Differently

Lucy Kalanithi, physician, storyteller widow of Paul Kalanithi, and author of When Breath Becomes Air, has deep conversations with people about loneliness, the myth of the ideal nuclear family, climate crisis, and more.

Gravity

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Life Out Loud: Using Pride to Fight Inequality

Award-winning journalist LZ Granderson draws from his own lived experience as a gay, Black father to host conversations with some of the most influential and inspirational people in the LGBTQ+ community.

Life Out Loud: Using Pride to Fight Inequality

Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson

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Here Comes the Break: Fiction Meets Music

A fictional narrative show featuring real interviews with emerging artists and the story of a young creator making a podcast of his own.

Here Comes the Break

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On Our Watch: Inside Police Internal Investigations

After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, NPR and KQED reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline.

On Our Watch

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Telling Our Twisted Histories: Decolonize Your Mind

A show that reclaims Indigenous history by dissecting one word at a a time.

Telling Our Twisted Histories

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Now & Then: Understanding the Present

Award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman make sense of the week in news by looking back at resonant historical parallels, introducing listeners to history’s influential and often-forgotten characters.

Now & Then

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The Sound Aquatic: Listen Under the Waves

Discover extraordinary soundscapes scientists are recording, the ways animals talk and listen, and how Covid is driving new interest in the ocean and the anthropause.

The Sound Aquatic

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The FADER: Meet the Artists

Mark Robson talks to legendary musicians about their breakthroughs, struggles, and evolutions.

The FADER Uncovered

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Most Anticipated New Podcasts

June, 2021

Songs in the Key of Death: Behind the Murder Ballads

Songs in the Key of Death

70 Over 70: Mining Wisdom

70 Over 70

Gravity: Looking at Hardships Differently

Gravity

Life Out Loud: Using Pride to Fight Inequality

Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson

Here Comes the Break: Fiction Meets Music

Here Comes the Break

On Our Watch: Inside Police Internal Investigations

On Our Watch

Telling Our Twisted Histories: Decolonize Your Mind

Telling Our Twisted Histories

Now & Then: Understanding the Present

Now & Then

The Sound Aquatic: Listen Under the Waves

The Sound Aquatic

The FADER: Meet the Artists

The FADER Uncovered

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