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Michelle Obama Launches Podcast With Her Brother

Video podcast 'IMO' with Craig Robinson debuts Wednesday

(Newser) - Michelle Obama is launching a new podcast, this one a video version co-hosted by her big brother. On IMO, an acronym for "in my opinion," the former first lady joins Craig Robinson to address "everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships, and the world around us," the...

Why Kylie Kelce's Podcast Is a Smash Hit
Why Kylie Kelce's
Podcast Is a Smash Hit
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Dec 22, 2024 3:15 PM CST

Why Kylie Kelce's Podcast Is a Smash Hit

Jason Kelce's wife says she 'couldn't care less about the charts' after her podcast beats Rogan's

(Newser) - She's a mom of three ( soon to be four ), wife to former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, and sister-in-law to Taylor Swift beau and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. But Kylie Kelce is breaking out in her own right now, thanks to her new Not ...

Here's Who Took Joe Rogan's No. 1 Spot on Podcast Charts

Kylie Kelce dethrones him, at least for now

(Newser) - Joe Rogan is no longer at the top of the podcast heap, at least for now. He was unseated by the premiere episode of Kylie Kelce's new podcast, Not Gonna Lie, which hit No. 1 on the Spotify and Apple charts after it debuted Thursday, People reports. Kelce's...

Matt Gaetz Gets His Own Show
Matt Gaetz
Gets His
Own Show
Dec 10, 2024 12:05 PM CST

Matt Gaetz Gets His Own Show

Former lawmaker joins OAN, where he'll host a political talk show and podcast

(Newser) - Matt Gaetz is expanding his platform beyond Cameo . The former Florida lawmaker, initially chosen as President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, has settled for a hosting gig on One America News Network, Politico reports. Gaetz is to anchor an hourlong political talk show on the network to...

Top Podcasts That Lit Up Spotify This Year

The Joe Rogan Experience, Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy both interviewed presidential candidates

(Newser) - Spotify may have lost exclusivity rights for The Joe Rogan Experience this year, but that didn't stop the comedian's podcast from ascending to the No. 1 spot for the fourth year running on the streamer's annual "Wrapped" roundup . Variety notes that both Rogan's show and...

Vance: I'm Against Prosecuting Out-of-State Abortions

And more highlights from his interview with Joe Rogan

(Newser) - JD Vance followed former President Trump's lead in sitting for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, which aired Thursday. Several clips quickly went viral, "but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate," per the Independent . The wide-ranging...

Highlights of Trump's Joe Rogan Interview

Former president talked with podcast host for about 3 hours

(Newser) - Two hours and 58 minutes. That's how long Joe Rogan's latest podcast ran, with a very special (and talkative) guest: Donald Trump, who chatted at length on The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday—so long that his own rally in Traverse City, Michigan, later that evening was "...

Cheers Stars Settle Decades-Old Dispute

Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer put the past behind them in podcast episode

(Newser) - Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer starred together in the hit 1980s-'90s TV show Cheers, but it didn't exactly bond them. On Wednesday, the actors alluded to an argument during their time on the show that apparently led to decades of silence, or distance at least. "I feel...

Jon Stewart Slams NBC, CNN for Guest Obstruction

Pundit says that news groups aren't letting their reporters on his podcast

(Newser) - On the latest episode of Jon Stewart's Weekly Podcast, the comedic pundit got meta, questioning why certain media outlets aren't permitting their reporters on his show, nor explaining why. Per The Hollywood Reporter , Stewart took NBC News and CNN to task in particular, blasting the news groups for...

Tucker Carlson Has a Surprise for Joe Rogan

Ex-Fox News host's podcast steals top Spotify slot from comedian

(Newser) - Joe Rogan's podcast reigns supreme on Spotify, with "massive" numbers recorded back in March and a hefty paycheck to go with it. This week, however, the Joe Rogan Experience host was "dethroned," by none other than fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson, reports Mediaite . The Tucker ...

'This Generation's Oprah' Looks to Expand Her Monopoly

WSJ looks at Alex Cooper's new media company and the brands watching her influence

(Newser) - With an average of 10 million listeners per episode, the Call Her Daddy podcast is a blockbuster in the space, bringing in $60 million over a three-year deal with Spotify. Host Alex Cooper, who's 29, is expanding her horizons to capitalize on the influence and attention she has over...

Anna Sorokin Has Competition in 'Queen of the Con'
'Queen of the Con'
Extradited From Maine
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Jul 2, 2024 11:38 AM CDT

'Queen of the Con' Extradited From Maine

Alleged fake heiress Marianne Smyth to answer 15-year-old fraud charges in Northern Ireland

(Newser) - A US woman who allegedly claimed to be an Irish heiress and scammed victims out of tens of thousands of dollars has been extradited to the UK to face charges there, reports the AP . Marianne Smyth allegedly stole more than $170,000 from victims in Northern Ireland from 2008 to...

Christina Applegate: 'I'm Trapped in This Darkness'

The actor opened up about her mental health since her MS diagnosis

(Newser) - Christina Applegate broached the subject of her mental health in stark terms on the latest episode of her podcast, revealing she doesn't "enjoy living" in the wake of her 2021 MS diagnosis . The actor said she had avoided therapy because she was "afraid to start crying" and...

Podcast Subject Who Denies Killing Wife Granted Parole

Leo Schofield Jr. of the 'Bone Valley' podcast to be released into Florida halfway house April 30

(Newser) - The subject of a true-crime podcast who's maintained innocence in the killing of his wife while serving 35 years of a life sentence for the crime will soon walk free. Florida's Leo Schofield Jr., subject of the popular 2022-23 Bone Valley podcast , was granted parole on his fifth...

Bradley Cooper Makes Cringy Dad Confession


Bradley Cooper:
It Took 8 Months
to Love My Kid
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Mar 3, 2024 11:10 AM CST

Bradley Cooper: It Took 8 Months to Love My Kid

Says that paternal feeling wasn't immediate

(Newser) - Bradley Cooper says he's "not sure I'd be alive" if not for his 6-year-old daughter Lea De Seine. But it took awhile for him to recognize his love for the child born to Cooper and Russian model Irina Shayk in March 2017. "The first eight months—...

New Deal Will Let Rogan Podcast Air Elsewhere

Per 'WSJ,' controversial podcaster may make up to $250M under new Spotify contract

(Newser) - Not too long ago, after a series of missteps and controversies , Joe Rogan's relationship with the music platform Spotify seemed tenuous . But "for more than three years, The Joe Rogan Experience has consistently been the number-one podcast across the globe," noted a recent Spotify statement—which helps...

UK Sentences Podcasters Who Called for Killing Prince Harry

Neo-Nazis urged listeners to commit violence against ethnic minorities

(Newser) - A neo-Nazi podcaster who called for the deaths of Prince Harry and his young son received a prison sentence Thursday along with his co-host Thursday. The sentencing judge in London called the duo "dedicated and unapologetic white supremacists" who encouraged terrorism, the AP reports. Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh...

She Turned to Podcasters Over Sister's Killing. It Ended Badly
She Turned to Podcasters Over
Sister's Killing. It Ended Badly
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Dec 10, 2023 3:15 PM CST

She Turned to Podcasters Over Sister's Killing. It Ended Badly

The 'New York Times' looks at how families can be retraumatized by online sleuthing

(Newser) - Liz Flatt was 8 when her sister, Debbie Sue Williamson, was murdered in 1975. The cold case continued to haunt her into adulthood, so in 2016, she decided to make a new push to get the crime solved. The years that followed brought her to CrimeCon, where she met George...

Newest Multimedia Star: Lady Bird Johnson

Podcast, documentary use former first lady's voice

(Newser) - Texas college student Jade Emerson found herself entranced as she worked on a podcast about Lady Bird Johnson, listening to hour upon hour of the former first lady recounting her life from childhood to advising her husband in the White House. "I fell in love very quickly. "She...

2 Podcast Fans Help Right a Decades-Old Wrong

They brought 'Crime Junkie' case to husband's dad, who was chief of police in Odessa, Texas

(Newser) - In some ways, the exoneration of James Reyos in Odessa, Texas, has a familiar ring to it. A reexamination of evidence from a decades-old murder convinced the state's highest court to clear him earlier this month, as the Texas Monthly recounts. But the story has a unique twist: Reyos,...

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