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In a time of volatile politics and chaotic news cycles, it can be hard to separate the signal from the noise, to stay informed without getting completely and totally overwhelmed.

Which is why, despite recent talk of a “podcast bubble,” the medium is exactly what we need right now. Podcasts can slow down and really study a topic or event, bringing in the kind of nuance that’s too often lacking in our current discourse.

Sure, partisan political podcasts — from the Crooked Media/”Pod Save America” crew on the left to Ben Shapiro’s show on the right — are still incredibly popular, as are news podcasts that dip into politics, like the New York Times‘ “The Daily.” Read more…

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Twitter’s maximum tweet length has finally been raised to 280 characters. For some users, this is super exciting. For others, it’s the worst thing ever to hit the Internet.

If you’re in the latter category, you’re in luck. Our friends over at Slate have developed a new Chrome extension called “140” that will help you blissfully ignore the new Twitter for as long as you’d like.

The extension will cut every tweet on your feed down to 140 characters, and will restrict your tweets to the old limit as well. You can download it straight from the Chrome Web Store. Read more…

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