Populacast!

Adventures in Journalism

About the show

From the editors of Popula.com and the residents of the Brick House Cooperative: Tom Scocca reads you the newspaper

Episodes

  • Populacast №20

    January 12th, 2023  |  7 mins 46 secs

    Reporting that a side is being taken.

  • Populacast №19

    January 11th, 2023  |  3 mins 33 secs

    Esoteric online grievance manifesting as the main activity of Congress.

  • Populacast №18

    January 10th, 2023  |  4 mins 30 secs

    Radical subjectivity.

  • Populacast №17

    January 9th, 2023  |  3 mins 36 secs

    There's nothing so xenophobic and disgusting that it can't be mainstreamed.

  • Populacast №16

    January 6th, 2023  |  5 mins 7 secs

    A field of irregular multicolored dots on a plain white newsprint background.

  • Populacast №15

    January 5th, 2023  |  3 mins 40 secs

    Nobody will turn off their cell phones for OPSEC purposes no matter what.

  • Populacast №14

    January 4th, 2023  |  3 mins 26 secs

    Let's all strive to keep our own senses of proportion.

  • Populacast №13

    January 3rd, 2023  |  3 mins 38 secs

    A bleak long weekend of news.

  • Populacast №12

    December 30th, 2022  |  6 mins 11 secs

    Breathtaking feats of skill.

  • Populacast №11

    December 29th, 2022  |  3 mins 26 secs
    china, disaster, new york times

    A youthful group of pro-Trump rightists.

  • Populacast №10

    December 28th, 2022  |  3 mins 40 secs
    attacks, china, disaster, new york times, power grid

    Scenes of desperation and misery.

  • Populacast №9

    December 27th, 2022  |  3 mins 46 secs
    disaster, masks, more disaster, new york times

    Buried in the snow.