The VPM+ICA Community Center will host visitors during First Fridays to tour the recording studio and get a lesson in podcasting from VCU alum and award-winning podcast creator Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
Tribeca Unveils Official Podcast Selections, First Major Film Festival to Feature Audio Programming
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The first Tribeca Podcasts lineup features world premieres of 12 fiction and nonfiction podcasts from emerging creators (
listed below), as well as panel discussions and other special events.
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The festival’s 20th anniversary celebration will take place June 9-20 across New York City the first major film festival to return to in-person events since the pandemic first hit last year. The 2021 Tribeca Festival also will mark the first time it will feature video games as official selections.
“The past few years have seen an explosion in the popularity of podcasts, making this the perfect time to introduce our inaugural Tribeca Podcast Program,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises and the Tribeca Festival. “We look forward to welcoming the creative forces behind this year’s most an
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New York’s Tribeca Festival (formerly the Tribeca Film Festival) will feature podcasting in its annual celebration on June 20. It is the first time podcasts are included in the agenda, which will also feature films, TV, and gaming.
Audible is the Exclusive Audio Entertainment Sponsor of the event. Leah Sarbib, Tribeca’s Manager of Audio Storytelling, has curated the podcast portion of the festival. Featured speakers include Sarah Koenig (co-creator
Serial), Jad Abumrad (creator
The 1619 Project), Alex Blumberg (founder of Gimlet Media / Spotify), Commie Walker (creator,
Missing & Murdered), Conal Byrne (CEO, iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group), and Tanya Somanader (Chief Content Officer, Crooked Media).
A striking look at the UK justice system – podcasts of the week Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Elena Morresi
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Josie Bevan’s Radio 4 series and podcast, Prison Bag, charted her family’s unexpected and traumatic experience with the UK penal system following husband Rob’s conviction for fraud. This striking and honest follow-up considers the justice system more generally, and what it seeks to achieve. Insights come from the likes of Carl Cattermole, who wrote a book about his experience in Wormwood Scrubs and describes prison as a “static pirate ship”, and Dave Merritt, whose son Jack was killed in the London Bridge terror attack in 2019 while working with ex-offenders.
Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. was born in Sierra Leone and came to the U.S. when he was 8. He regrets that he no longer has an accent. The accent is like a reminder of who you are and it s a reminder of where you come from, he says. Aundre Larrow / Spotify
Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
Podcaster Chronicles Racism, Resistance And The Fight For Black Lives: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. lost a close friend from college to police violence. His podcast explores different aspects of the movement for Black lives including Tejan-Thomas Jr. s personal history.