Adnan Syed, convicted in 2000 of killing his former girlfriend, high school senior Hae Min Lee, in a Best Buy parking lot in 1999, is not going to get a new trial, Maryland’s highest court ruled on Friday. Perhaps you recognize the name; this is the case that practically made podcasting a ‘thing.’ His story, and allegations of ineffective counsel by a lawyer who’s dead, failure to interview an alibi witness, questionable witness testimony, and withheld evidence, was told by the podcast ‘Serial.’ Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Podcasts
NPR, which was the one of the first major media companies to embrace podcasting, now seems afraid of it. Read more →
NPR’s Linda Holmes, who writes the Monkey See blog on popular culture, has found her way — sort of — into the percolating podcast v. radio debate with her latest post about a TV show. Read more →
In Waltham, Mass., a Boston suburb, the summer reading list has substituted a podcast for a book. For the record, you can’t read a podcast. Read more →