Podcasts
Feed the Queue is the ultimate podcast discovery podcast! Adela Mizrachi (founder of Podcast Brunch Club) and Lauren Passell (Tink Media, Podcast the Newsletter) do the listening for you and then drop an episode of their favorite shows into this feed. These are the shows that aren’t in Apple’s top charts, but should be. Think of it as a podcast buffet. You can taste each one and decide if you want to go in for second helpings.
Check out the very meta Podcast Brunch Club podcast! We’ll do roundups of the monthly listening lists and interview the hosts of our favorite podcasts. If you have your own feedback about the listening list to share and would like to be a part of the podcast, record a voice memo and send it to [email protected].
Chapter Choice Roundup
Sara and Adela discuss the episodes on the PBC Chapter Leaders Favorite Episodes list and we hear from our chapter leaders in Moscow, San Francisco, Nairobi, New York, and Ames about what their chapter chose to do this month. We also get podcast recommendations from Phoebe Judge and Michael Ian Black!
Conversation Listening List Roundup
Sara and Adela discuss the Conversation listening list, which was curated for the PBC community by the one-and-only Adam Grant! The episodes included on the list were from Invisibilia, How’s Work? With Esther Perel, The Upgrade by Lifehacker, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, and WorkLife with Adam Grant. The episodes all had a theme of vulnerability and confrontation running through them. Then, they diverge to talk about other podcast recommendations.
Science Vs host, Wendy Zukerman
An interview with Wendy Zukerman, the host of the amazing Science Vs podcast. In normal days, Science Vs looks at fads and trends from the lens of science to help listeners suss out what is evidence-based. Since January 2020, meaning in these pandemic times, Wendy and the rest of the Science Vs has done some fantastic reporting on Coronavirus and upped their production schedule to putting out two episodes per week to help answer listener questions about the virus.
Happiness Listening List Roundup
Sara and Adela discuss the Happiness listening list, which offers perspectives on what we can do as individuals to achieve happiness, what governments can do, and how happiness has become an industry.
Meet Andi Paradise, chapter leader of PBC-Santa Cruz
In this episode, we’re joined by Andi Paradise, the former leader of our chapter in Santa Cruz, California. Back in January, we learned that Andi was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given 6-24 months to live. To honor Andi and her contribution to PBC, we dedicated our March 2020 listening list on Happiness to her. In this episode, we talk to Andi about her life, her legacy, and her thoughts about happiness.
Meet Heather Welch, chapter leader of PBC-Wellington
In this episode, we’re joined by Heather Welch, the leader of our chapter in Wellington, New Zealand. Heather and other members of the Wellington chapter curated our listening list on Nuclear Power. For the last 8 years, Heather has lived off the grid and documents her off-grid journey on her podcast, Sunshine & PowerCuts.
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