The Kicker

Columbia Journalism Review

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The Kicker is a podcast on the media and the world today. It comes out twice a month, hosted by Megan Greenwell and produced by Amanda Darrach for the Columbia Journalism Review. It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

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Recent episodes

  • Magazines Are Back, and They’re NewslettersOct 29, 2026 · 45 min
  • California’s Big Bet on Government-Funded NewsOct 15, 2026 · 57 min
  • A Victim of the ‘Elon Musk Playbook’Oct 1, 2026 · 49 min
  • Ruth Ann Harnisch on life as the fairy godmother of newsletters, podcasts, and blogs.Sep 17, 2026 · 51 min
  • So Are Nonfiction Books Dead or Not?Sep 3, 2026 · 54 min
  • Kenya Hunter took a terrifying leap out of journalism. She couldn’t be happier.Aug 20, 2026 · 46 min
  • Twenty Years of Food Blogs: Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman has never needed AI to develop a recipe.Aug 6, 2026 · 54 min
  • What Went Wrong: A first-time editor in chief reflects on a startup that didn’t workJul 23, 2026 · 57 min
  • Welcome to Hell: A site with personality big enough for the city it covers.Jul 9, 2026 · 49 min
  • Why Do You Have to Run from Us? Local reporters are struggling to get answers from the politicians they cover.Jun 30, 2026 · 46 min

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