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Easy Listening - Ep. 111 - WE ARE COLUMBINE May 20, 2021

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On this second season of Confronting, the Wondery network is taking on Columbine High School where in 1999, 3 high school students killed 12 kids, 1 teacher and injured many more. We all know what happened. What we DON’T know is what happened to the survivors two decades after that horrific event. Confronting Columbine gives us a look inside what happened that day. Warning - This subject matter is difficult, please take care while listening. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep.110 - Dying Alone With a Weird Box of S*% May 13, 2021

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What’s left after a life? Can a box of artifacts from the box of a man who died indigent tell a story that illuminates something about the human condition. IT’s not pandora’s box, it’s Matthew McGill’s and a new podcast series serves up one beautiful un-boxing. We play clips, we kibbitz - this is easy listening, a podcast about podcasts. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/dying-alone-in-new-york-city.html

Easy Listening - Ep 109 - The Big Wedding Grift May 06, 2021

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Here comes the Bride … CHILLA. That’s a bridal podcast, one among many, but a good excuse for us to discuss Gina Grad’s upcoming nuptials and all the ways BIG WEDDING is trying to pick her pockets. We play clips, we kibbitz, this is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. I’m TS, and I’m GG. Welcome to the show!

Easy Listening - Ep. 108 - No Improving on the Improvement Association Apr 29, 2021

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If you remember where you were when you listened to the last words of the podcast S-Town, if you still don’t see how Adnan Syed could have murdered Hae Min Lee, as he was in the library talking to Asia McClain, The Improvement Association is for you. From the makers of Serial, this is another juggernaut of podcast production, talent and news gathering, and we will be breaking it down today. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad bring you Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Welcome to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 107 - Your Own Backyard, Crime Pod Snags Suspect Apr 22, 2021

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An 8 episode true crime series about the unsolved murder of a CAL POLY student back in 1996 is topping the itunes charts this week, as new developments unfold in the latest cold case warmed up by a compelling podcast. What happened to Kristin Smart may never be fully known, but all indications are that new evidence has surfaced, directly resulting from this podcast series. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts.

Easy Listening - Ep. 106 - Odd Moms and Antisemitic Kids Apr 15, 2021

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CARDS on the table: I avoid MOM content. Essay books, cable series, and wacky social media accounts. When it comes to podcasts, I like a getaway - not a faux-edgy look at motherhood that’s supposed to cut close to the bone because it swears. But wait - a friend suggested a mom podcast, and I was all in. I related, it didn’t feel forced and did the thing you want a podcast to do, keep you good company. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad welcome you to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 105 - Mayim Bialik Breaks Down Apr 08, 2021

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A child star who “Blossom’d” into a respected neuroscientist then went BACK into acting to PLAY a neuroscientist on a hit TV show… It doesn’t get more meta than that! Mayim Bialik has had a lot on her plate…and not just her Passover Seder plate. In her podcast, Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, she dissects the myths about mental health. We’re going to dip into Bialik’s brain in this episode of Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 104 - The Bloom is Off Danny Rose; Farrow v Allen Apr 01, 2021

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Before the phrase “ME TOO” or “CANCEL CULTURE” a guy was obsessed with his 7 year old daughter, then he married, essentially, his step-daughter. And people were like … okay, we don’t love this but Broadway Danny Rose is still a great movie, so … the heart wants what it wants? There’s a new podcast series, Farrow V Allen, and this week, we’re gonna discuss it, our thoughts, some clips -- the USHE -- this is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad welcome you to the show!

Easy Listening - Ep. 103 - A Wedding and a Funeral Mar 26, 2021

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Like anyone who wanted to know the score of a Laker’s game while stuck in traffic, I switched over my radio dial to KNX-1070, where I heard the avuncular updates from a sportscaster who always felt like family. But to Gina Grad, he was literally family. Legendary broadcaster Steve Grad passed away last week. Today, we focus on a man that constructed his own mic as kid, spoke into one across decades in radio and TV, and lived long enough to see his daughter on the podcast stage. Welcome to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 102 - Real Housewives and the Truthiness Brand Mar 18, 2021

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Bethenny Frankel believes in saying YES. She’s written books about it. She’s said yes to reality shows. She created SkinnyGirl cocktails and workout videos and recipes, but if any of us could sample even a sip of the confidence that Bethenny breathes into every venture, well, I’m not even sure how that would feel. Where we say … uh, maybe. She says YES, and now she’s said yes to being a podcast host. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and GIna Grad welcome you to the show!

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