Hark Recommends

March 2022

Our editors make podcast recommendations each month by sharing the moments that got them hooked.

Our editors make podcast recommendations each month by sharing the moments that got the... more

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Understanding Putin's Rise to Power

This 2019 episode of NPR's Throughline is one of the best primers for understanding what shaped (maybe the word is warped?) Vladimir Putin's worldview - from the fall of the USSR, to the corruption of Yeltsin, to this staged mob boss moment.

Throughline

1 MIN

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Sam & Jamie Interview a Real Woman

Hark editor Ade Sherling recommended this comedy podcast where Sam Martin and Jamie Hoggart, who “believe” themselves to be feminists. In trying to make “feminism less annoying,” they hilariously illustrate a version of it that’s feminism’s anthesis.

FeMANism

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The Grey Space of Abortion

Rebecca Shrader was staunchly pro-life when she began working at an obstetrics clinic in Durham, NC. But her faith was tested when by a complicated pregnancy. Over five years, she carried three pregnancies to term. Only one was successful.

The Experiment

4 MINS

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The Rights of Wild Rice

In an effort to stop the Line 3 pipeline from tearing through their land, the Ojibwe tribe formalized the rights of wild rights, or manoomin. The pipeline has now been built, but the legal fight continues.

Damages

4 MINS

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The Tokyo Cash Heist

In this episode from 'Caper,' host Michelle Kelly recounts the time in which a man in Japan pulled off a multi-mullion-dollar heist and got away with it.

Caper

5 MINS

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How One Joke Turned an Actor Into a Leading QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

Isaac Kappy was an actor who had appeared in Thor. But his belief in conspiracy theories grew until he went too far. And one badly-judged joke by some friends sent him over the edge.

How One Joke Turned an Actor Into a Leading QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

Things Fell Apart

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‘Keep the Dream Alive’

“Keep the Dream Alive” is a podcast mini-series about Tiny Telephone, a legendary analog recording studio in San Francisco that was founded by John Vanderslice in 1997.

TrueAnon

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Hark Recommends

March 2022

Understanding Putin's Rise to Power

Throughline

Sam & Jamie Interview a Real Woman

FeMANism

The Grey Space of Abortion

The Experiment

The Rights of Wild Rice

Damages

The Tokyo Cash Heist

Caper

How One Joke Turned an Actor Into a Leading QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

Things Fell Apart

‘Keep the Dream Alive’

TrueAnon

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