Did you listen to this weeksSerial?
Thats been the question on everyones lips the past three months.
That year, there were only about 3,000 podcasts up and running.
Credit: ILLUSTRATION by HARRY CAMPBELL for EW
A decade later, that number has mushroomed to more than 285,000 podcasts, created in over 100 languages.
Working
Im a process nerd.
If you likedDirty Jobswith Mike Rowe, youll like thistheres way less poop involved.
Well, so far.
and how to save $1 billion (pro tip: Start by downloading this episode).
Itll up your cocktail-party game 100 percent.
Fareed Zakaria GPS
Problem: You hate reading about politics but dont want to sound dumb.
Listen to the whole thing straight through, or cherry-pick the segments that interest you.
The setup perfectly suits Dalys abilities, making for one of the funniest podcasts out there.
Five years in,Comedy Bang!
Bang!remains required listening for comedy nerds.
Topics
Do you like serious podcasts that use words like gestalt or Rimbaud?
Comedians Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter can do that too.
Theres even a gathering: Topicon.
Suck it, TED.
The highlight of each show is the newsy Week in Menstruation segment.
Ive got brutal friend crushes on both.
Shot through with streetwise know-it-all-ness, theirs is aTalk Soupof New York snark.
to gender politics to casual sex with no hands on the wheel.
Hoda and Kathie Lee, even wasted-er.
StartUp
I may not be a business-school grad (sorry, Mom!
Guys, if you ever need a third chair, lets (Google) hangout!
Aaron Morales, Senior Associate Art Director
This article appears inEntertainment Weeklys Jan. 9 issue.
