Introducing Selects from Radiotopia and Room Tone

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re introducing our Radiotopia Presents listeners to a brand new show out now from Radiotopia. It’s called Selects.

Selects is a monthly show that brings you unearthed audio works we’ve found buried in web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. They’ve come to us through the recommendations and inspirations of some of the most talented audio creators working today.

Every month we release a new episode right here and it is going to be something that you definitely want to hear. The works that we are going to feature are going to be some of the most compelling and exciting and ambitious works in audio.

You can find the whole library of exclusively curated works and bonus content at selects.fm or on our Apple Podcasts channel.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radiotopia Presents from PRX's Radiotopia.
0:09.5	Hey, pst, you didn't hear this from me, but normal gossip is back for its eighth season.
0:16.4	Join new host Rachel Hampton as she shares the juiciest gossip from the real world. Each episode,
0:22.0	she's joined by a special guest, and you might even recognize a couple this season from the
0:25.9	Radiotopia universe. Normal Gossip, named one of the best podcasts of 2024 by Time
0:32.2	Magazine and Vulture, is out now on all your favorite podcast platforms. New episodes starting April 9th. And this
0:39.4	September, Normal Gossip is going on tour. For more information, check out normalgossip Live.com.
0:46.5	Hi, everybody, Audrey here, executive producer. And today I wanted to share one of the newest projects
0:53.1	from Radiotopia.
0:59.9	So our goal at Presents is to bring you incredible series from top creators.
1:05.6	Some of those folks are brand new to podcasting and others are super experienced audio veterans.
1:13.3	But always, you'll find personal, moving, fun, entertaining stories that make you think, and hopefully that stay with you for a long time. So in that spirit, we're really excited to tell
1:19.7	you about Selects. Selects is a collection of sonic gems found buried in web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. You can kind of think of it
1:30.4	like a criterion collection for audio. And every month, Selects publishes one of their selections for
1:36.9	free in the Selects podcast. But the full catalog and bonus content is available to subscribers
1:43.3	for $2.99 a month or $20 a year. I think that's a
1:47.8	good deal. Selects is lovingly curated by one of the most prolific yet discerning listeners that I know,
1:55.9	Ben Riskin of Roomtone, and the Selects podcast is hosted by Mitra Koboli.
2:02.0	You may know her from her work on Radiotopia's The Heart,
2:05.3	or most recently as host and producer of Welcome to Province Sound.
2:10.2	So today we want to give you a little taste of Selects,
2:13.2	and we're going to feature their most recent drop.
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