Behind the Series: Introducing Radiotopia Presents
Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we conclude Behind the Series with a big update. Showcase is back! And we’re back as...Radiotopia Presents, your destination for limited-run, artist-owned series from new and original voices. To help celebrate, we talk with Radiotopia’s Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich about what listeners can expect from Radiotopia Presents, what they look for in limited-run podcast series, and the childhood sleuth that deserves a daily podcast. Plus, a special hello and series preview from the host of the first podcast to debut on Radiotopia Presents.
Behind the Series is hosted, written, and produced by Mark Pagán. Executive producers are Audrey Mardavich and Julie Shapiro. Music from JD Samson and Blue Dot Sessions.
Behind the Series is a production of Radiotopia Presents, from PRX’s Radiotopia. Wanna learn more about your favorite shows, get audio recommendations, events updates, and podcast news? Sign up for the Radiotopia Citizen newsletter at radiotopia.fm/citizen.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Radiotopia Presents from PRX's Radiotopia. |
| 0:06.0 | This is behind the series, a short run series about the shows featured on this very |
| 0:14.5 | podcast, Showcase from Radiotopia. You might think this guy loves his |
| 0:20.5 | podcast, shows, series, |
| 0:23.4 | guess what, you're right. |
| 0:25.5 | But that's also what we've been here talking about |
| 0:27.4 | over the last few weeks. |
| 0:29.4 | Over the course of these four episodes, |
| 0:31.5 | we've mentioned some exciting announcements about the future |
| 0:34.1 | of showcase and don't worry we'll finally get to that today. I'm Mark Pagan, the |
| 0:40.0 | host and creator of the podcast Other Men Need Help and a producer here at Radiotopia. |
| 0:47.6 | In my life I was lucky enough to work at two video stores. |
| 0:51.0 | It was a prideful job at the time because along with record shop owners |
| 0:54.8 | creature feature hosts on TV and older siblings I owe so much my discovery of |
| 1:00.6 | obscure media to video stores and the clerks at random. |
| 1:04.8 | In particular, the wall of staff picks. |
| 1:08.3 | If you're of a certain age, you may remember coming across the various titles that Jorge |
| 1:12.0 | or Suzanne would suggest at your town's video store. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay, Jorge loves The Shining, I love that too. What's this random French film he likes? |
| 1:20.3 | I'll check it out. And from something like like The Shining I would be led to watch |
| 1:24.8 | elevator to the gallows which would then lead me to discover films that were totally |
| 1:29.2 | off my radar. A world of stories introduced by these neighborhood clerks who were just |
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