Podcasts

Esperanza Spalding has been flying just under the radar for years now, especially for those who don't follow jazz pop news (it's not all about Norah Jones, people!), but recently experienced something of a breakout in her February performance on the PBS program Austin City Limits. The day after her performance, Spalding, became the second most-popular search term on Google and millions of PBS viewers were (I assume) smitten.

To bring you this week’s installment in our Mad World series, Bitch went on-location to Console-ing Passions, an international conference on media and feminism. We figured that with big questions like, “How is technology influencing advertising effects?” and “Where are the women in media creation and distribution?” we needed to consult the experts. Did someone say experts? We found ‘em. So tune in to hear feminist scholars extraordinaires Jackie Cook, Nina Huntemann, and Carol Stabile share their ridiculously awesome amount of knowledge with me in this special episode of Bitch Popaganda. Listen to the embedded audio right here, or subscribe to Bitch Radio on iTunes. You can also download the episode from archive.org. Transcript coming soon!

It’s like The View, but Rico Rodriguez never brings us flowers. Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Shaamini, Brian, and Kelsey discuss the premiere of HBO’s Treme, whether or not celebrities should use Twitter, and the implications of a Photoshop-free lifestyle. Plus, Bitch faves! You can listen to the podcast right here, or you can subscribe to Bitch Media on iTunes to download it and listen on the go. (The episode is also available at archive.org.)

Read My Bitch is a brand-new audio segment that features Bitch Magazine readers and subscribers sharing one of their favorite articles from the archives by reading it aloud and discussing it afterwards. For our first episode, Kristin reads aloud “Harriet and Claudia, where have you gone? Notes on the gender divide in children’s literature,” by Monica T. Nolan, which was printed in Issue 15, Winter 2002. Kristin reads aloud a sizable excerpt from the piece, and, being in the publishing industry herself, discusses how she relates both personally and professionally to the article, which covers how independent, young female protagonists are unfortunately few and far between. You can subscribe to Read My Bitch on our iTunes channel, along with other Bitch audio programs.