TLDR

WNYC Studios

4.1 (351)
Society & Culture

A weekly podcast featuring short, surprising stories about the internet.

03/05/2015

#48 -- Art Critics Love Us On Yelp

Brian Droitcour is a professional art critic, and a Yelp user. In 2012 he started using the popular review site to post his reactions to galleries and museums, using a distinctly un-art world-y voice. This week, Brian sits down with TLDR to talk about art, online criticism, parties and his unusual project. To read Brian's Yelp reviews, click here. To check out Fifteen Stars, Brian's project for the New Museum, click here. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

10 min
02/26/2015

#47 - JebBushforPresident.com

CJ Philips and Charlie Rainwater bought JebBushforPresident.com back in 2008 -- but not because they're huge Bush fans or want to sell the address at a markup. With the 2016 election approaching, the pair have launched the site as a place for discussion, with a focus the URL might not suggest. This week, CJ and Charlie tell TLDR about what inspired their initial purchase, their plans for JebBushforPresident.com, and what a CJ and Charlie presidency would look like. To join the discussion at JebBushforPresident.com, click here. To check out Santorum-2012.com, click here. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

13 min
02/19/2015

#46 - Episode 45 Redux

The last episode of TLDR was titled "Quiet, Wadhwa." It concerned a man named Vivek Wadhwa, but we did not ask him for comment. The episode was later removed. This week we look at the controversy we've become a part of and our role in it. To read Amelia Greenhall's original blog post, titled "Quiet, Ladies. @wadhwa is speaking," click here. To read Greenhall's post-podcast removal follow up, titled "I wrote about Vivek Wadhwa and you'll never guess what happened next!," click here. To read Vivek Wadhwa's rebuttal of episode #45 on Venture Beat, titled "My response to the podcast that unfairly attacked me," click here. To read Vivek Wadhwa's other response to the situation on South Asia Mail, titled "Perils of becoming a public figure," click here. To read Gawker and Gizmodo's coverage of the situation, click here and here. [Update: The Cate Huston article referenced was co-authored by Karen Catlin, and is notably titled "Tech’s Male ‘Feminists’ Aren’t Helping. To read, click here.]

24 min
01/29/2015

#44 - Prostitute Laundry

Charlotte Shane writes a TinyLetter called Prostitute Laundry, writing frankly and lyrically about her feelings, her relationships, her body and her sex lives -- both personal and professional. This week TLDR looks into women writing personal, voice-driven newsletters, sitting down with Charlotte, as well as writer Meaghan O'Connell, to talk about the kind of writing that you want delivered straight to your inbox. To sign up for the Prostitute Laundry TinyLetter, click here. Meaghan O'Connell's birth story was published by Longreads, and you can read it here. Download "The Laugh of the Medusa," by Helene Cixous, here. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

10 min
01/22/2015

#16 - *Win a Million Dollar Mansion From Your HOME COMPUTER* (Rebroadcast)

"Sweepers" are people who spend their free time entering hundreds of online sweepstakes -- the contests most of us skip because we're sure they're all scams. It turns out, we're wrong. Some people win big. Sandra Grauschopf is About.com's Contests and Sweepstakes Expert. You can visit her website, http://contests.about.com, to learn all you need to know about sweepstakes, and to check out what other sweepers have to say in About.com’s contests and sweepstakes forums. You can order Don Cruz's book "Life of an HGTV Dream Home Winner" at his website, DonCruz.net Thanks for listening. If you like the show please follow TLDR on Twitter and subscribe to us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.

9 min
01/16/2015

#43 - Hey Ladies

If you've ever been a bridesmaid, in a sorority, or just been friends with two or more women, you have probably received an off-the-wall planning email or two. Caroline Moss and Michelle Markowitz have been parodying these chains for The Toast since August 2013, in a series called Hey Ladies. This week on TLDR, the cast of Hey Ladies Live comes together to show us how much effort goes into organizing one, simple St. Patrick's Day on the town. Thanks for listening. You can find Caroline and Michelle on Twitter, as well as the rest of the cast. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

14 min
01/08/2015

#42 - GodTube

When Will Rogers discovered GodTube.com, he was bothered by the idea of Christians segregating themselves from the larger cultural conversation. So he set out to start a dialogue. Meredith talks to Will about his GodTube.com videos, what he wanted to communicate, and the people he met. Thanks for listening. You can read Will's essay about Godtube at The Kernel. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

13 min
12/18/2014

#41 - Tell Me How To Live My Life

Susan Miller, proprietor of Astrology Zone, is the biggest name in internet astrology. Her fans are many and devoted, and among them are both Meredith and Laura Mayer (this week's co-investigator). This week marks Miller's 19th year reading the stars online. Meredith and Laura look into her enduring appeal with the help of Emily Gould, Jon Methven, and Kate McKean. Thanks for listening. Emily, Jon, and Kate are all on Twitter. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Laura, Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.

9 min

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351 Ratings

It’s nice to see the hosts of reply all try and struggle, then graduate to a better podcast.

01/04/2021

Dad Goose

It’s nice to see the hosts of reply all try and struggle, then graduate to a better podcast. Good, but the hosts can do better (and they do)
Hosts moved to "reply all"

11/10/2020

Kevbgoolsby

Original hosts were great, the later hosts energy wasn't right... sorry this feed died, but yeah search reply all.
Great show! Want more!

05/04/2016

bobby BoShay

Great show, the original host have moved on to" reply all “ but still very much worth the time. Show" #46 - Episode 45 Redux “ looked to be a death blow but i really wish it was still on. The show gets a slight different focus when the new host takes over but I think the host does a great job and reports on real Tech issue and not just tech interests.
Good podcast

05/21/2019

Muno11

This is a good podcast but reply all is better because it gets more in depth and you get more of the story. I sort of get that these short burst is for the internet generation with low attention spans. But that’s what makes PJ and Alex so great, whether it’s the short TLDR or longer reply all, they are able to report on these human stories that are really interesting. I like the more in depth of really deep dives but I think there is more closure with TLDR, kind of like a disappearing Snapchat.