Cher talks to James about her recent podcast listening, and they both dissect the "comfort" of the white male voice, and how a new podcast woke Cher up from her pod nap. In Open Call, Cher talks about a recent live show, and James shows some love to Roxane Gay's latest book.

Things we mentioned during today's episode:

Crooked Media Podcasts, run by Obama's former aides

The Daily, a New York Times podcast

NPR Politics Podcast, a roundtable politics pod

Mogul, the Life and Death of Chris Lightly, from Gimlet and Loud Speakers

Digable Planets - For Corners

A Tribe Called Quest - What?

Today's sponsor, Cards Against Humanity. Buy their cards

Why Oh Why, a dating podcast hosted by Andrea Silenzi, had a live taping

The Ajumma Show, hosted by Peter Kim and Eunji Kim, new to Postloudness

Mystic, a podcast on paganism and witchcraft, by Bronte Mansfield, also new to Postloudness

Roxane Gay's Hunger, a Memoir on My Body, about her life as a woman of size

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C + J