If you’ve ever tried to learn a language, you’ll know how important listening can be.
That’s why Duolingo has launched the Duolingo Spanish Podcast, for English speakers who are learning Spanish. The first episode is available for free on Duoli…
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Apple buys podcast search startup Pop Up Archive
Apple’s played a central role in podcast since its earliest days — heck, even the term was borrowed from its big hardware product at the time. But the company’s marketshare appears to have eroded somewhat as players like Google and Spotify have entered the market, reportedly down from 70-percent of podcast downloads in 2015 to 55-percent in 2017. That’s still not a… Read More
Marvel is aiming to create the next ‘Serial,’ starring Wolverine
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Wolverine has explored plenty of territory in his 43-year history at Marvel — from comics to computer games, big screen to small — but come 2018, he’ll venture into a whole new frontier: his own podcast.
Mashable can exclusively reveal that the beloved X-Men character will headline Marvel’s first-ever scripted podcast, Wolverine: The Long Night, a 10-episode serialized story that will debut exclusively on podcast network Stitcher Premium in Spring 2018 as part of a partnership between Marvel and Stitcher, before rolling out across all other podcast platforms in the fall.
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Original Content podcast: We ride with the outlaws of ‘Godless’
Some big names — including Jeff Daniels, Michelle Dockery and Scoot McNairy — donned cowboy hats and mounted horses for Godless, a seven-episode Western on Netflix. Each episode was written and directed by Scott Frank (A Walk Among the Tombstones), while Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven) serves an executive producer.
But does all that talent add up to a compelling show? Read More
Shonda Rhimes talks move from network TV to Netflix
When Shonda Rhimes, the creator of network hits like Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, announced her new contract with Netflix, it marked yet another win for the digital media world. TechCrunch recently sat down with Rhimes to hear what we can expect to see from her on Netflix, the importance of diversity and inclusion and media, and more. Read More
R.J. Palacio’s ‘Wonder’ is an important lesson in the power of kindness
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The first thing you’ll notice about author R.J. Palacio is her incredible optimism.
Even while talking about school bullying, the author refuses to believe that children are inherently mean.
“I feel like kids really do want to do good, they want to be their best selves, and sometimes they don’t know how to do that. There’s never a kid who’s irredeemable,” she says.
That’s a major theme of Palacio’s best-selling book Wonder, which was recently adapted into a movie staring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.
The novel for young readers follows a year in the life of Auggie Pullman, a 10-year-old boy who is starting the 5th grade. Auggie was born with facial differences resulting in numerous surgeries, which have kept him homeschooled and away from his peers until now. Now, entering school for the first time, Auggie and his community must find the courage to accept each other, despite their differences. Read more…
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View More R.J. Palacio’s ‘Wonder’ is an important lesson in the power of kindnessOriginal Content podcast: ‘The Punisher’ arrives with a bang
Marvel and Netflix’s latest show The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as the bloodthirsty superhero. Bernthal first took on the role in the second season of Daredevil, but now he’s the headliner in a story exploring the aftermath of war and a broader government conspiracy. In the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Original Content podcast, hosts Darrell Etherington and Anthony Ha… Read More
‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’ is a fantastic teenage rage novel
Erika L. Sánchez is completely over the idea that female characters shouldn’t be angry.
“I think that’s a bunch of crap. I don’t see why girls aren’t allowed to be mad. We have so much to be mad about,” Sánchez says. An early draft of her …
Equity Shot: The Uber-Softbank deal explained
Hello and welcome to another Equity Shot, a quick-hit episode of our venture-capital themed podcast. (Equity, released every Thursday, focuses on the money behind the headlines.) This week Katie Roof and I — Alex Wilhelm — sank our teeth into the story that roiled the tech community’s weekend and continued to cause waves today. Yes, the Uber-SoftBank story — which we… Read More
Marc Maron on Louis C.K.: ‘I’m disappointed in my friend’
Comedian Marc Maron spend the first 20 minutes of his latest podcast episode talking about Louis C.K. and the troubling gender dynamics of Hollywood and comedy.
On Thursday. C.K. was accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a New York Time…
Original Content podcast: Marvel’s ‘Runaways’ looks like an all-around good time
Lord of the Rings as a streaming TV series? It might happen. Also, Netflix is releasing a comic book with Mark Millar, and Harry Potter is getting its very own Pokémon Go. Plus, TechCrunch’s Darrell Etherington and Anthony Ha enjoy an early look at Marvel’s Runaways, coming to Hulu later this month. We also get into some off-topic chat around the Now You See Me film franchise,… Read More
‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ is what you get if you turned ‘Scream’ into a YA novel
This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Stephanie Perkins’ new book There’s Someone Inside Your House, a YA homage to classic slasher movies like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The novel follows a teenager, Makani, who h…