Hey everyone, Jody Avirgan here. Way back when, when SLR was just getting started, I provided podcast recs for Jacob and Don each week. Turns out, my keys still work, so I broke back in to offer you some summer podcast listening tips. Shows that will keep you engaged as you sit in beach traffic, or on the beach itself. And shows that I keep returning to for inspiration. Here we go, let me know if you have any favorite breezy listens.
Okay, fine, I’m starting with something I helped make — but to me nothing says “beach listen” more than Ramona Shelburne’s epic series on the Hollywood-meets-NBA-meets-internet scandal of Donald Sterling, the racist for owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. This series is full of juicy details, over the top characters, and leaked audio… but it also places Sterling’s collapse in the long history of his Los Angeles real estate, corrupt power circles, and the tale as old as time: men behaving very very badly.
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