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Bonjour!
Today is Monday, September 20. There are 254 days until I go on my next Disney cruise. If you don’t have time for the whole newsletter: I can’t believe I didn’t know about this, this made me laugh and feel sad and pessimistic about humanity at the same time, and you can get out the popcorn for this shit show.
This week we’re getting to peek into the listening life of Phil Surkis, an Oakland based producer who stumbled into pod-life 7 years ago when a pre-Emmy winning W. Kamau Bell invited him to produce his live show/podcast, "Kamau Right Now!" Phil never looked back, and has been producing, consulting and even writing podcast theme songs ever since then. His current slate includes “Lady Don’t Take No with Alicia Garza” and Slate’s “Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery.” Also, Phil’s teenage dreams have come true as producer of ZappaCast, the official Frank Zappa podcast. Check out all of his work at philsurkis.com.
The app I use: I mostly listen using Apple podcasts and…
