That’s right, now I’ve got one too. For those playing the home game, you should be aware that this is the second time around for me. About ten years ago, when people could relate the term podcast to the long-forgotten iPod, when Steve Jobs was alive and Apple dominated the music world, I had a […]

How to listen to the ‘Dirty John’ podcast Have you ever regretted your choices? Wondered how life would have turned out if you’d taken the other path? I have. Now I’m not sure whether this podcast is a triumph, or a low-level genre piece akin to cable TV exposes of crime. But the difference is […]

I thought it was a joke. At this point the most famous rock writer was Jon Landau, before he saw God and went off to manage Bruce Springsteen. Lester Bangs was just another scribe, before his death and deification by Cameron Crowe, but his words in “Rolling Stone” were undeniable, he was testifying about a […]

“Release, observe, react” That’s what Reid Hoffman says in his podcast with Mark Zuckerberg. MARK ZUCKERBERG? He’s more inaccessible than a rock star, harder to hear in an uncontrolled environment than our President, just to hear him talk normally, off guard, telling his tale, is a thrill. We’re long in the tooth in the tech […]