Frank Racioppi
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I am a South Jersey-based author who is a writer for the Ear Worthy publication, which appears on Vocal, Substack, Medium, Blogger, Tumblr, and social media. Ear Worthy offers daily podcast reviews, recommendations, and articles.
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Climbing The Walls Podcast Premieres
Understood.org, a leading resource for people with learning and thinking differences, announced the launch of Climbing the Walls, a new limited-series investigative podcast. Hosted by health and science journalist and documentarian Danielle Elliot, the podcast explores why women weren’t diagnosed with ADHD for so long. And what led to new ADHD diagnoses among women ages 20–49 nearly doubling between 2020 and 2022 (CDC). The first episode, “I Didn’t Want to Have ADHD,” became available on April 9, 2025, wherever podcasts are found.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Targeted Podcast
Next Chapter Podcasts announced the launch of Targeted, a gripping new podcast that premiered March 26. Hosted by Zach Abramowitz, a former M&A attorney turned strategist and media entrepreneur, Targeted delves into the lives of individuals singled out, sanctioned, and systematically dismantled by governments, institutions, and powerful entities. Combining real-life storytelling with expert analysis, the show blends elements of true crime, investigative journalism, and political thrillers.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Let'd Talk About The PPA
There are professional associations that we recognize right away. Groups like the National Association of Realtors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the American Meat Institute. But there are lesser-known industry groups you may not have heard of: American Christmas Tree Association, American Pie Council (I'd like to attend their conventions), International Solid Waste Association (Hard Pass), and even the American Association of Political Consultants (Swamp!).
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Lenny.fm: How Fans Can Support Their Favorite Indie Podcasts
Courtney Carthy of Nearly Media had years of experience in podcasting in Australia before he had the revelation that led to Lenny.fm. He shared that moment on Podcasting Tech with Mathew Passy on the January 21st episode.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Two Podcasts To Help Podcasters
Think of the podcasting industry like an assembly line. Every day, podcasts roll off the line. The line runs in three shifts -- 24/7. Some models are interview shows, others are informational, one-topic shows, still others deal in comedy or true crime. The most expensive models, not necessarily the best and most reliable, are the network-supported models where celebrities entice listeners into the audio and video showroom.
By Frank Racioppi9 months ago in Interview
Open To Debate Podcast
Open To Debate may be one of the most vital communications channels we still have left in the U.S.today. We don't talk to each other but AT each other. Too often, our solution to communicating to family members, co-workers, friends, and acquaintances is a stony, sullen silence followed by an abrupt, "I don't talk about politics."
By Frank Racioppi10 months ago in Interview
Curiosity Weekly Podcast
Discovery Channel is an American cable channel that used to be known for documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history. Over the years, it has been transformed into a schedule of reality television shows, promotion of pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories. On Discovery, there are people apparently running around naked in the woods and other people searching for gold. The cable channel should merge those shows into one where naked people search for gold.
By Frank Racioppi10 months ago in Interview
The Gray Area Podcast
Vox Media is one of those media companies with a host of desirable properties. Its brands include Vox, New York Magazine, The Verge, The Cut, Eater, and Vulture. Its podcasts, like NPR and The New York Times, have a distinctive footprint -- thoughtful, insightful, inquisitive, and embracing nuance, incongruity, and contradiction. Vox doesn't trade intellectual honesty for fealty to ideology like Fox News and its competitors, desperately trying to carve out space on the political right by "out-extreming" the Rupert Murdoch network.
By Frank Racioppi10 months ago in Interview
Familicide True-Crime Podcast
True-crime podcasts typically recount tales of victims being murdered or kidnapped by total strangers, which is certainly a scary scenario. But how about violence committed by a family member? For women, the numbers are disturbing. In 2023, approximately 60 percent (or 51,100) of women and girls intentionally killed worldwide were murdered by an intimate partner or other family member, according to a UNODC report on femicide. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 16 percent of homicides were members of the defendant's own family.
By Frank Racioppi10 months ago in Interview
