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36 Podcast Personalities Recommend Their Favorite Shows
The voices in your ears, including Chelsea Handler, Tamar Braxton and Bowen Yang, share their favorites, new and enduring.
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Feb. 25, 2021
We might not commute anymore. We might not go to the gym. Errands are fewer. Listening opportunities have shrunk. Still, the podcast episodes keep coming. In a year when many of us had to encounter the world audibly rather than actually, we asked some of our favorite podcast personalities to recommend their own favorites, new and enduring. Here are their answers, lightly edited.
With most events, concerts and festivals canceled or pivoting online
, please consider contributing to your local arts organizations or to individual artists and performers.
L.A. County s new safer at home order went into effect on Nov. 30. Check the status of any drive-through events listed before heading out as the new safety measures only allow occupants in each car from the same household.
Watch a modern retelling of
A Christmas Carol. Catch livestream concerts from Fleet Foxes Robin Pecknold, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Dustbowl Revival. Grab the popcorn and watch Christmas movies at the drive-ins. Attend the 61st annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration virtually this year.
St. Vincent the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 8, 2020.
In a time where everyone is focused on negatives, The Ally Coalition is ready to highlight some positives in 2020 with the help of some of their favorite artists.
On Tuesday (Dec. 15), The Ally Coalition announced their seventh annual Talent Show, a livestream event set to raise money for various LGBTQ youth programs around the country. The show, which will be hosted on songwriter and organization co-founder Jack Antonoff s Twitch channel, will feature a lineup of stars from music and comedy, delivering some of their best material to encourage fans to donate.