Audio & Podcasts Reviews of both vintage and contemporary audio productions, radio shows, and podcasts.
Reviews of both vintage and contemporary audio productions, radio shows, and podcasts.
Nov 01 2021
A New Minnesota Star Wars Podcast Is Born: Detention Block AA-23
A crackling intercom echoes out into the room: “What happened?”
A young, low voice responds, a bit flustered, “Uh, had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh, everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?” Han Solo ends the scene by blasting the control…
Sep 25 2021
The First Sword Art Online Audiobook Is So Good It Changed My Opinion of the Novel
In late August, Yen Press contact me to ask whether I’d like to review the brand-new audiobook version of Sword Art Online: Aincrad volume 1. I was brimming with excitement. Not only do I love all things SAO, but I hadn’t even heard of this new endeavor and was keen to check it out.
For anyone unfamiliar,…
Aug 18 2021
How Did This Get Played? Takes On the Bad and the Weird of Video Games
First there were podcasts. Now podcasts have spin-offs.
Many people are familiar with podcast How Did This Get Made?, which reviews the worst-ever movies. It’s filled with riffs and just all around poking fun. How Did This Get Played? is the same concept, but with video games—Heather Anne Campbell…
Jul 12 2021
WILD Puts Raw, Intimate Conversations in Your Earbuds
“Wild” is one way to describe the whirlwind that has been the pandemic. In a matter of days our lives changed completely, and it was quite terrifying. One of my friends who was visiting almost didn’t make it home because the airports shut down. My last social event was a “Murder…
May 31 2021
Strangers Share Their Lives in Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
We face many challenges in the world, and these challenges treat every single human being differently. Whether they be positive or negative, unique personal experiences are compelling to others—we want to hear people’s stories, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s the most mundane…
Mar 07 2021
I Saw What You Did Feels Fresh in a Sea of Movie Podcasts
The world seems so much smaller since the pandemic started a year ago. We are struggling to find ways to connect with people when we don’t have that physical connection. Yes, we have technology to help us stay connected with our loved ones, but it’s not the same.
I Saw What You Did was a highlight…
Feb 15 2021
The Jobsolete Podcast Brings the Obsolete into the Limelight
Technology moves fast. It seems like forever ago that we were using corded phones to call people instead of telling our smartphones who to call. In reality, this technology was created so quickly that we forget the inconveniences of the past. The Jobsolete podcast explores jobs that used to be so crucial…
Dec 22 2020
4 New Podcasts Worth Checking Out
There are a ton of podcasts out there in the wild world of audio. Trying to sift through even one genre can take a long time—looking at you, true crime—and every podcast is different, for better or worse. This list is here to help!
All of the podcasts here were released in November 2020. Hopefully you will…
Oct 19 2020
Not Another D&D Podcast Is a Nat 20
Growing up, Dungeons & Dragons was a game that I had no knowledge of. Coming from a small town in the Bible Belt, I knew no one that played it. I always found it fascinating: a game that is built on dice and imagination. Even in the 1990s, I didn’t really understand why I kept hearing about this game…
Sep 05 2020
The Minnesota-Based I Drink Your Podcast Finds Its Footing
In July I wrote about a brand-new Minnesota-based podcast I’d be checking out: I Drink Your Podcast, in which some friends join together to banter about movies that came out in 2007. Why 2007? According to the hosts, it was one of the best years for movies. They aren’t just discussing the…