Check out the links below to listen to this week's lineup of podcast recommendations!  Narrative: Revisionist History (Panoply) — Malcolm Gladwell interviewed by Adam Grant. (in between season 2 & season 3). WorkLife with Adam Grant (TED) — How to love criticism   CONVERSATIONAL: HBS After Hours — Voice Assistants, Wells Fargo   EMERY: Break It Down with Matt Carter — Tim / Underoath: launched most successful album, owns a coffee shop, and just bought a gas station. Labeled: The stories, rumors, & legends of Tooth & Nail Records — story of Emery.   BRIAN ZAHND Nomad — Brian Zahnd. Prep for “prayer school" Word of Life Church Podcast — "Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God."   CULTURE Decoder Ring (slate) — Laugh Track / Laff Box. Song Exploder (radiotopia) — Ludwig Goransson / Black Panther. Now What with Arian Foster — interview with Snoop Dogg, gangbanging, systematic racism. Who’s Doing What Now — Dr. Who show:  Epi 0 Trader Joe’s (Inside) — by Trader Joe’s. 5-part, launched May 1st. Casper the Podcast sponsored by Casper — 20min ad. very super meta   Sports Dray Day (uninterrupted) — old podcast from last year NBA Fan Podcast — Round 2   WRAP UP --- Thank YOU for listening. podcast: @supermetamedia chris: @chrisrandazzo90 music: by Phantogram.  

There are podcasts we listened to in the last week. We wanted to share with you as a recommendation list for the week ahead.   (1)The Liturgists. -- "Embodiment" (March 8)   (2) The Pitch (Gimlet) -- I listened to an episode on "1 Second Everyday” a social media company (a digital journal).     (3) Safe for Work (Wondery) -- I picked the first episode because they had Rainne Wilson on as a guest.   (4) Launch (Wondery) -- One of my favorites of year so far!   (5) Kaleidescope -- M Barclay: Breaking the Binary   (6) The Ezra Klein Show (Vox Media) -- Mark Zuckerberg interview   (7) Pull Up with CJ McCollum — New this month, one I'm most excited for this year!   (8) Live Alive Podcast — by some friends: Chris DiDonna and David Pezzoli.   (9) Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman (WaitWhat)-- “Netflix’s Reed Hastings in Culture Shock” all about culture.   (10) NBA Fan Podcast -- Team Profile: Phoenix Suns.   Special thanks to Nick Quah & his "Hot Pod" newsletter. Recorded & Produced by Chris Randazzo.

In this episode we go through our favorite podcasts from 2017 and talk about the podcasts we're most looking forward to. Chris also shares his podcast goal for how many different podcasts he wants to listen to in 2018!  Nick Quah, author the amazing podcast newsletter "Hot Pod" has an excellent article some of the best podcasts slated for 2018. Check it out here: http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/upcoming-new-podcasts-of-2018.html   Podcasts we launched in 2017: SuperMeta Church Over Coffee Humdinger Booster Leader Podcast. Reconstruct Podcasts Launched in 2017:  S-Town Revisionist History (Season 2) Missing Richard Simmons 30 for 30 (ESPN) The Bible for Normal People Podcasts we discovered or loved in 2017 The Bill Simmons Podcast (the best sports podcast) Song Exploder (the best music podcast) How I Built This with Guy Raz Podcasts Chris is excited about for 2018 The Bible for Normal People (season 2) Hinge Atlanta Monster Invisibilia (season 4) Wolverine: The Long Night (Marvel) The Fantasy Footballers My Brother, My Brother and Me The NBA Fan Podcast (by Chris & Trent Kinsey) West Friends (Chris is starting another on. Coming soon in 2018) Podcasts Mark is excited about for 2018 Business Wars Hinge A Very Fatal Murder (by the Onion) The Future of Everything (WSJ) Modern Love (NYT) Culivated Just For Fun Portlandia Podcast Bit     Contact Us Twitter: @SuperMetaMedia Email: supermetapodcast@gmail.com     Our theme song is “Don’t Move” by Phantogram Logo by Mark Casper Produced by Chris Randazzo

We DEEP DIVE into one of favorite podcasts of the last few months, the greatest sports podcast of all time, HBO & The Ringer's "The Bill Simmons Podcast". Bill Simmons is the founder and CEO of the Ringer, and has been podcasting for about 10 years. We highlight why we love his style, test each other on our Bill Simmons / The Ringer knowledge, and talk our favorite episodes.   Websites: https://www.theringer.com/ https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast Podcast link on iTunes   Our #hotpods of the week. Chris #1 — Song Rescue by Toby Morrell & Devin Shelton Chris #2 — The Bible for Normal People by Pete Enns & Jared Byas Mark #1 — Cultivated by Mike Cosper — a podcast about faith & work Mark #2 — The Paris Review — a phantasmagoric podcast   What Else Video of Will Ferrell playing baseball — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGWSmVxY8HY Video of JJ Redick's 2017 free-agency process — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMexGnud4Q   Our theme song is “Don’t Move” by Phantogram Logo by Mark Casper Produced by Chris Randazzo

In this episode, Mark and Chris discuss their "hot pods" of the week, including Humdinger, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Start Up, Masters of Scale, and the Fantasy Footballers. Then they do a deep dive on season two of Malcolm Gladwell's 'Revisionist History' podcast. 

We discuss our #HotPods (podcast recommendations) of the week as well as deep dive into Snap Judgment and talk about it, around it, and why we love it.   HotPod Ratings **All of these come highly recommended by ya boys!**   Hot — Worth the Listen. You will like it!  Spicy — Maybe not for everyone. But if you’re into that kind of thing, you’ll LOVE it! Fire — You gotta check it out. Might change your life   3:24 — Taylor’s #HotPod Podcast (#Hotpod Update) 30 for 30 Podcasts Episode: “Yankees Suck” (July 4, 2017) Rating: Hot   9:30 — Chris's HotPod Podcasts: Up & Vanished Episode: Episode 1: Cold as Alaska (Aug 7, 2016) — You gotta start at the beginning! Rating: Hot   16:10 — Mark’s HodPod Podcast: Podcivility Episode: Laughing Their Ossof — (June 28, 2017) Rating: Spicy   21:08 — Our Deep Dive: Snap Judgment Snap Judgment is a podcast hosted by Glenn Washington that brings together the best stories told by the best story tellers. Critically acclaimed and known as This American Life with a beat. The music is incredible, and individually designed and produced for each episode.    iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561?mt=2 Website: http://snapjudgment.org/   Credits: Hosts: Mark Casper, Taylor Hendrick, and Chris Randazzo Production: Mark Casper Song: Phantogram — “Don’t Move"

Our #HotPods of the Week   Chris's HotPod Podcast: Reconstruct — hosted by @johncraines and @dankoch. Episode: S01E07 & S01E08 - on Biblical Interpretation Rating: Fire *links: https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/podcast/    Mark's HotPod(s) Podcast: The Bill Simmons Podcast - the guy behind the 30 for 30 series Episode: Episode 226 - Will Ferrell on His Favorite Movie, ‘SNL’, and Lebron on the Lakers Rating: Hot   Podcast: Revisionist History - by Malcolm Gladwell Season 2 Out Now Rating: Fire   Taylor's HotPod(s) Podcast: 30 for 30 Podcast - Season 1 launched the day we recorded!    Podcast: Invisibilia Season 3 Out Now - hosted by Lulu Miller, Hanna Rosin, and Alex Spiegel Rating: Hot     Our Deep Dive: Song Exploder Song Exploder is a podcast by Hrishikesh Hirway where artists tell the stories of their songs piece by piece. The host does an incredible job breaking the sometimes mysterious process that is song writing, and shows all the different artistic ways artists go from idea to final production!    http://songexploder.net/   link on iTunes   Credits: Hosts: Mark Casper, Taylor Hendrick, and Chris Randazzo Production: Mark Casper Song: Phantogram — “Don’t Move"

This week guest host Jodi Randazzo joins Mark & Chris to highlight their HotPods of the week and review This American Life & Serial’s new podcast: S-Town.   Funny Story... We recorded this in April not too long after S-Town was released. We really wanted to record it quickly so as to get ahead of the reviews. And now it's July. C'est la vie.   Our #HotPods of the Week   Chris's HotPod Podcast: The Liturgists — hosted by Michael Gungor and Science Mike. Episode: “Fake News & Media Literacy” (from March 7th, 2017) Rating: Fire *links: http://mikemchargue.com/; http://www.gungormusic.com/; Fake News Song   Mark's HotPod Podcast: Longform hosted by Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff. Episode: Episode 239 “Brian Reed" Rating: Spicy   Jodi's HotPod Podcast: Free Sex Podcast Latest Episode: Episode #86 “Ask Science Mike: How Do I Know I’m Ready, Complimentarian Man Are Attractive & The Ratio" (May 8th, 2017) Episode: Episode 02 “Female Orgasms” (June 15, 2015) Rating: Spicy   Our Deep Dive: S-Town (warning: spoiler alert)   S-Town is about a man you’ll come to know as John B. John despised his Alabama town and decided to do something about it. He asks a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy family who’s allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But then someone else ends up dead, sparking a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man’s life.   There are 7 chapters in this novelistic podcast. Definitely check it out!! https://stownpodcast.org/ link on iTunes   Credits: Hosts: Mark Casper, Jodi Randazzo, and Chris Randazzo Production: Chris Randazzo Music: Phantogram — “Don’t Move"

Our #HotPods of the Week   Taylor’s HotPod Podcast: Ted Radio Hour — hosted by Guy Raz. Episode: “Why We Lie” (from Aug 9th, 2016) Rating: Hot   Chris's HotPod Podcast: Drunk Ex-Pastors Episode: Episode 143 “Online Dating, Media Conspiracy, and Co-Habitation Rating: Spicy Jason Stellman’s Book: Misfit Faith   Mark's HotPod Podcast: Hardcore History with Dan Carlin Episode: Blueprint for Armageddon — all about WW1 (7-part series, 3hrs each part) Rating: Spicy   NEW: Breakdown of the Rating System for our HotPods Hot - a great podcast, highly recommended, something you love or though interesting Spicy - you love it, but it’s more of a niche podcast, maybe not for everyone.  Fire - topping the charts, superhot, you are forever changed, best-of-the-best   Our Deep Dive: Missing Richard Simmons (warning: spoiler alert)   Missing Richard Simmons skyrocketed to the top of the charts in February/March, 2017! It unveils the incredible and unbelievable story of who Richard Simmons is and he “disappeared”. We debated the ethics of the kind of investigative reporting by filmmaker Dan Taberski as well what we loved about Richard, our theories on what’s going on, and more. We loved the music of the show, getting to know Richard, and the outlandish conspiracy theories.   There are 6 episodes in 6 weeks that Dan released in real-time about his search for what happened. Definitely check it out!! https://www.missingrichardsimmons.com/ link on iTunes   Credits: Hosts: Mark Casper, Taylor Hendrick, and Chris Randazzo Production: Chris Randazzo Song: Phantogram — “Don’t Move" Made possible by our wives: Laura, Martie, & Jodi! Thanks for all your support!

Our #hotpods of the week: Taylor: Freakanomics, "Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble?" Mark: Snap Judgment, "One in a Million" Chris: Blue Babies Pink by Brett Trapp, "Not Perfect, But Extremely Rare" - this NEW podcast topped the charts in March as top 50 worldwide, and #1 for "religion/spirituality".  Deep Dive: Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History There is so much we love about this podcast. Gladwell's voice. His edge. His storytelling. It is currently ranked 16th on iTunes for all podcasts! Gladwell is a best-selling author and incredible thinker. We don't always agree with him, but we always love his courageous opinions, his persuasive and poetic storytelling, and his podcast! http://revisionisthistory.com/ Revisionist History on iTunes   Credits: Hosts: Mark Casper, Taylor Hendrick, and Chris Randazzo Production: Chris Randazzo Song: Phantogram, "Don't Move" Made Possible By: our wives: Laura, Martie, & Jodi! Thanks for all your support!

We are very excited about our first SuperMeta Podcast. We kick it off by going our favorite podcasts of the week: Mark's choice: Church Over Coffee - Episode 3... where they interview Mark. Nice! Chris's choice: Jonocast - Episode 103 with Dr. Chris Green. Taylor's Choice: How I Built This - Southwest episode. Podcast Review: "How I Built This" by NPR. NPR & Guy Raz is pretty much our hero! We all love this show and highly recommend it! We don't have a rating yet, but if we did, we would all probably give it a 10!