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" The opening solo on 'Once in Royal David's City' is still the most dramatic radio moment of the year. "
David Hepworth
City
Opening
Moment
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" The packaging of Led Zeppelin's IV doesn't have the name of the band, doesn't have the name of the album: It's got a guy on the cover with a load of sticks on his back. This record didn't quite get to No. 1 in the United States - it went to No. 2 - but stayed on the charts for years and years and years. "
David Hepworth
Years
Name
Guy
" The podcast 'Note to Self' is 'the tech show about being human'. Human notions of privacy have changed. "
David Hepworth
Being Human
Human
Privacy
" 'Adrift With Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port' features Absolute Radio escapee Geoff and erstwhile colleague Annabel doing something similar. All are appealing individuals with plenty to say, tentatively getting used to their new freedom to talk about anything. "
David Hepworth
Radio
New
Say
" The people who talk on the edgier 'Song Exploder' have often made their entire record on their desktop. It's never been easier to compete, but it's never been harder to win, either. "
David Hepworth
Never
Song
Win
" Podcasting is a personal medium, and I savour those moments where details of the podcasters' lives glint through. "
David Hepworth
Through
Personal
Details
" The 'Sodajerker' podcast is the work of Liverpool songwriting duo Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor. "
David Hepworth
Duo
Work
Barber
" Radio 4 Extra is the network which offers the broadcasting version of eternal life. "
David Hepworth
Broadcasting
Radio
Life
" According to the producers of gripping podcast 'Death, Sex & Money', these are the three things we think about a lot but need to talk about more. "
David Hepworth
Money
Death
Three
" As more podcasts become available, it's becoming a challenge to keep everything in order. "
David Hepworth
Become
More
Everything
" For magazines seeking to extend their reach into podcasting, half the battle is finding members of staff who don't sound like the kind of people you wouldn't care to be stuck in a lift with. "
David Hepworth
Finding
People
You
" Famine is a consequence of poverty. "
David Hepworth
Poverty
Famine
Consequence
" John Lydon must be more famous for his efforts on behalf of dairy products than his music. "
David Hepworth
Than
Products
Famous
" The 'PBS NewsHour' podcast is the audio version of the nightly TV broadcast. "
David Hepworth
Nightly
Audio
Version
" It is the melancholy fate of all young legends to becoming better known for the things they did to exploit fame than the things that made them famous in the first place. "
David Hepworth
Fame
Place
Young
" History is written by the victors. The victors in daily life tend to be those who live longest. "
David Hepworth
Life
Daily Life
Live
" For a wide-ranging look at literary matters, the 'Book Review Podcast' from the 'New York Times' is still one of the best. Presented by Pamela Paul, each episode has an interview with an author - recent guests have included Neil Gaiman and Sana Krasikov - plus a roundup of the uppers, downers and hanging-arounders on the U.S. bestsellers chart. "
David Hepworth
Interview
Book
Best
" There's only one podcast subject that can give Donald Trump a run for his money when it comes to vulgarity, excess, and base comedy, and that's football. "
David Hepworth
Football
Give
Money
" From Public Radio International, there's 'PRI's The World', which is the States looking out at the rest of the globe. Elsewhere, the 'Global News Podcast' from the BBC World Service offers something similar. "
David Hepworth
Service
Rest
Looking
" 'You Must Remember This', the podcast about 'the secret and or forgotten history of Hollywood's first century', has a thread dedicated to Dead Blondes, which is a clue to where it's coming from. "
David Hepworth
Dead
You
History
" Radio 3 shows such as 'Between the Ears' also make the kind of podcasts that draw the most from your noise-cancelling headphones. The programme commissions ideas that make adventurous use of sound. "
David Hepworth
Sound
Ideas
Radio
" Richard Hoggart's cultural analysis 'The Uses of Literacy' was published in 1957, but its influence still hovers over anyone setting out to write seriously about people's affection for things that aren't serious, such as the products of pop culture. "
David Hepworth
Influence
People
Culture
" British podcasts tend to shamefacedly shuffle the ads towards the end. Americans put them up front and promote them enthusiastically. I think the Americans have it right. "
David Hepworth
Up
End
British
" I once interviewed Anthony Burgess on the radio. I played pop records between the conversation. "
David Hepworth
Records
Pop
Radio
" The 'Backlisted' podcast describes itself as 'giving new life to old books'. In each episode, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by a guest from the world of books who brings along some overlooked gem to enthuse about. "
David Hepworth
New
Old
World
" Half the battle with successful podcasts is in the naming; here, the big media owners have a lot to learn from the smaller operators. "
David Hepworth
Here
Successful
Media
" Anyone born in the year 1950 who grew to fancy themselves as a soulful 18-year-old bought 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' upon its original release in 1968. For many of them, it was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. "
David Hepworth
Beginning
Year
Friendship
" There's a tendency to locate the cliche of the 'strong woman' exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who endured such inconveniences as the Depression and the Second World War were porcelain compared to, say, Amy Schumer. "
David Hepworth
Woman
Day
Depression
" In 'The High Low', in some respects an audio version of 'Grazia,' Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton wonder whether they missed something in their survey of the Harvey Weinstein story. Maybe they did, they decide. "
David Hepworth
Wonder
High
Low
" A gap in tone is opening up between podcasts and broadcast radio. The people who produce the former know their listeners have given them permission to go deep into their subject. The people who do the latter live in fear they've already gone too far. "
David Hepworth
Deep
Opening
People
" 'Bombshell' is a remarkable podcast. In the course of it, three people who know what they are talking about cover 'military strategy, White House mayhem, and the best cocktails'. "
David Hepworth
Know
Best
Talking