Hot Docs Podcast Picks

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Just like documentary, audio storytelling has the extraordinary capacity to move us in the most strange and unsettling of times. Whether it’s to get better informed on the latest developments or for some much-needed escapism, here is a compilation of our go-to quarantine podcasts, inspired by some of the talented creators featured at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival. Happy listening! For more from the original post on the Hot Docs website, visit: https://www.hotdocs.ca/p/hd-home-podcasts


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    On this shelter-in-place edition of 99pi, Roman walks around his house and tells stories about the history and design of various objects Buy Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are and all Beauty Pi...Show More

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    99% Invisible is an endlessly thought-provoking deep dive into the hidden stories of design. In one of the most inspired audio responses we’ve seen to the crisis, follow host Roman Mars as he selects ...Show More

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    "My life is never exactly normal. But it's normal for me." We're doing a call-in show! If you want to vent to Jesse about your living situation, call 844-929-1331 on Wednesday from 4-6pm EST.Support C...Show More

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    Media criticism, probing political commentary, groundbreaking investigations—Jesse Brown and the team at the Canadaland podcast network aren’t afraid to speak truth to power.

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    The SHU

    Ear Hustle

    28:26 | Jul 26th, 2017

    15 recommendations

    The hole, the box, solitary confinement. It doesn’t matter what you call it; doing time in the SHU (Security Housing Unit) means you are alone and segregated from the general prison population. In thi...Show More

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    A highlight of the 2017 Hot Docs Podcast Festival, Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.

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    Thanks to COVID-19, most of us are isolated, glued to the news and worried about how every little choice we make could spread the virus or get us sick. And while the threat of COVID-19 is very real, d...Show More

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    Award-winning investigative journalist Jayme Poisson takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world in CBC’s essential daily news podcast.

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    This is DAY 19 of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what you need to know on Sunday, March 29th, 2020 Prime Minister Trudeau announced new funding to help seniors and children affected by the COVID-...Show More

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    Separate the facts from the myths as host Dave Trafford breakdowns all the news surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.

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    A man in California is haunted by the memory of a pop song from his youth. He can remember the lyrics and the melody. But the song itself has vanished, completely scrubbed from the internet. PJ takes ...Show More

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    "A podcast about the internet that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian

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    Six feet away

    Today, Explained

    22:39 | Mar 19th, 2020

    1 recommendation

    Vox’s Brian Resnick (safely) meets Sean in a Washington, D.C. park to deliver the Five Commandments of social distancing. Start your #SixFeetAwaySong journey at vox.com/today-explained. (Transcript he...Show More

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    Toronto native Sean Rameswaram delivers the daily news with great guests, context, radio drama, and the internet’s best parody songs in Vox Media’s irreverent daily news podcast.

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