Luminary, a podcast technology and content company, announced 6
new podcasts launching this week on its premium content network.
Luminary is a free podcast app and premium subscription content network,
where Luminary Premium subscribers will have access to more than 40
podcasts from some of the most recognizable voices in podcasting,
legendary entertainers, and diverse and emerging voices. The week’s
newest podcasts include content from four female creators who are
driving conversations around race and gender and who are helping
listeners explore the world around us.
New shows launching this week on Luminary include:
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Sincerely, X from TED with Sarah Kay: Bringing
its second season to Luminary with new host Sarah Kay, TED’s Sincerely,
X provides a space to share powerful ideas anonymously – featuring
stories that are too risky, painful, or controversial to be told on
the mainstage. Using anonymity to facilitate honest conversation about
difficult topics, these are the stories that deserve to be heard from
people who need to remain hidden. (Monday, 5/6) -
Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay & Tressie McMillan
Cottom: Hear to Slay, a new podcast that elevates black female
voices, brings listeners compelling conversations with an
intersectional perspective on celebrity, culture, politics, art, life,
love and more. Each week, Roxane Gay, author of the New York Times
best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist, and Tressie
McMillan Cottom offer uncommonly incisive reads of the politics that
shape the world we live in and the popular culture we consume. In
their first episode, Roxane and Tressie share the genesis story of the
podcast, address Joe Biden and Anita Hill, and even take
listener questions. (Tuesday, 5/7) -
Celeste & Her Best with Celeste Barber: What
happens when you move past the red carpet and manicured Instagram
feeds and get real access to some of the world’s most famous people?
On this podcast, you’ll be dropped into relatable conversations
between some of the world’s biggest celebrities, such as Tiffany
Haddish, Cindy Crawford, Miranda Kerr, Busy Philipps and the
hilarious queen of Instagram herself, Celeste Barber. (Tuesday, 5/7) -
Lena Dunham’s The C-Word: The C-Word is a new podcast
from Dunham, co-hosted by Alissa Bennett, offering a weekly
deep-dive into the life and media coverage of women who have been
deemed “crazy” by society. The C-Word unpacks the lives of messy,
fascinating women with empathy and humor. (Friday, 5/11) -
A Very Fatal Murder from The Onion: After
returning from over a year hiatus, The Onion’s wildly popular
satirical true-crime podcast follows intrepid reporter David Pascall
on his never-ending quest for truth, praise, and murder. The entire
second season will be available on Saturday, 5/11. -
Telephone Stories: What starts as a simple
question of guilt or innocence turns into a searching chronicle as
Brandon Ogborn relentlessly examines Michael Jackson through the
interviews of those who knew him best. (Sunday, 5/12)
In addition, consumers can listen this week to more than 25 new
episodes from recently released shows ranging from leadership, to
news and politics, scripted storytelling and female empowerment. Several
shows have released new episodes, including On Second Thought with
Trevor Noah, musical podcast Anthem: Homunculus
from John Cameron Mitchell and Bryan Weller, Guys We F****d
from Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, Stoop Talks with
Leila Day and Hana Baba, Karamo, Note to Self with Manoush Zomorodi and
Bill Simmons latest pop-culture hit, The Rewatchables 1999.
New episodes featured on Luminary this week include:
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Anthem: Homunculus: The next two episodes of John
Cameron Mitchell and Bryan Weller’s Anthem will
debut on Monday, with Cynthia Erivo making her first appearance
as Joan the Baptist. (Monday, 5/6)-
Luminary listeners can get caught up on the first four episodes of Anthem:
Homunculus on Luminary today.
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Luminary listeners can get caught up on the first four episodes of Anthem:
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The Passion Economy: From Adam Davidson, the
creator of Planet Money. The economy is bananas, even
scary. But some people are thriving, and we’re going to figure out
how. This week Adam interviews Kelly Moffat and her wife Laura
Moffat who found confidence and pride in a pair of custom made,
menswear inspired suits which turned into their wildly successful
non-binary clothing brand, Kirrin Finch. (Monday 5/6) -
Note to Self: Your guide to an accelerating
world, with Manoush Zomorodi, from WNYC. This week Manoush and
her guest, Kashmir Hill, examine the implications of our
browsers tracking us and why they asked in the first place. (Monday
5/6) -
Roads and Kingdoms’ The Trip: “The Trip is
one of the most fun podcast interviews I’ve ever done. I’m still
coming down from the high.” —W. Kamau Bell. Join the late Anthony
Bourdain’s partners at Roads & Kingdoms for interviews and drinks from
around the world. (Monday 5/6) -
The Axe Files: From David Axelrod, former senior
advisor to President Barack Obama, comes The Axe Files, a series of
revealing interviews with key players in the political world. This
week he interviews Jason Rezaian, covering his time as a
prisoner in Iran, his experience as a journalist covering Iran, and
how he sees the country vs how it’s portrayed. (Monday 5/6) -
Wisdom from the Top: From Guy Raz, best
known for How I Built This, and the first person to have
three podcasts on the top 20 chart, comes a chance to slide your chair
into boardrooms, C-suites, and the quarters of top brass. Wisdom
From the Top brings listeners into conversations with the leaders
helming today’s most powerful corporations and organizations, offering
direct access to the secrets, mistakes, and wins that define modern
leadership. (Tuesday 5/7) -
I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST: Actor/Director Michael
Rapaport shares his strong, funny and offensive points of view on
life, sports, music, film, and everything in between in two new
episodes of I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST this week. (Tuesday 5/7 and
Friday 5/10) -
Now What? With Arian Foster: Follow Arian
as he explores himself through conversation with a wide variety of
people and topics ranging from current events to unexplored regions of
our universe. We’re all walking through life guessing the best way we
know how, and he’s decided to guess in front of an audience. (Tuesday
5/7) -
LGBTQ&A: From The Advocate magazine, Jeffrey
Masters sits down with Amiyah Scott, actress on the
hit musical drama series Star on FOX who breaks down the
challenges of playing a trans character on primetime. (Tuesday
5/7) -
Hollywood & Crime from Wondery: Think
Tinseltown is all glitz and glamor? Think again. Hollywood & Crime dives
into the dark underbelly of Hollywood you thought you knew. (Wednesday
5/8) -
Karamo: If you’ve seen Queer Eye, you know that
Karamo Brown’s onscreen appearance is your cue to break out the
tissues. The charismatic star turns to podcasting to go deeper than
deep on life’s thorniest issues with celebrity guests and personal
friends. This week’s theme is “putting others first”
where he spends the episode taking calls from his listeners and given
them real advice. (Wednesday 5/8) -
The AM Archives from Lauren Shippen: This sci-fi
series picks up where hit podcast The Bright Sessions left off.
The original series followed a group of therapy patients with
supernatural abilities as they uncovered the secrets of their
therapist, Dr. Bright. (Wednesday 5/8) -
On Second Thought with Trevor Noah: This
week Trevor digs into “Executive Pay,” exploring pay discrepancies
between CEOs and employees working at the companies they run. The
discussion will revolve around pay, the rich and the poor, executives
and workers, and why these gaps exist and what can be done about them.
(Wednesday 5/8) -
Players’ Tribune: The Podcast: The Players’ Tribune
disrupts the conventional approach to athlete stories, focusing not
only on players like Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry but on the scores
of athletes whose wins and losses have gone unnoticed. Now, TPT’s
groundbreaking approach to storytelling is about to make a mark on
podcasting. On this week’s episode, actor Jocko Sims reads “The
Pursuit Never Ends” by Taureen Prince. (Wednesday 5/8) -
The Ten from The Advocate: From The Advocate, the
world’s leading source of LGBTQ news, and hosted by Editor-in-Chief, Zach
Stafford, The Ten is a weekly look at news and culture through a
queer lens. (Thursday 5/9) -
Poetics hosted by Omari Hardwick: Omari
Hardwick, star of the hit series Power, presents Poetics,
a new podcast that invites you inside the minds and lyrics of the
biggest names in hip hop and the culture. Every show, Omari invites
his guests to share an original poem or verse, before diving deep into
the stories and history that gives every word its meaning. This week
Omari hosts rapper, Big Daddy Kane who breaks down various rap
battle strategies. (Thursday 5/9) -
The Rewatchables 1999: Featuring The Ringer’s Bill
Simmons and a rotating cast from the Ringer universe, dissects the
most iconic movies from 1999, an all-time great year in film. This
week Bill Simmons explores the hit-comedy Big Daddy starring
Adam Sandler and John Stewart. (Thursday 5/9) -
Guys We F****d from Corinne Fisher and Krystyna
Hutchinson: Hailed as changing the way society
thinks about female sexuality, Guys We F***d continues to pave
the way toward a healthier outlook on sex. Hosted by stand-up
comedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, this critically
acclaimed podcast will be your new best friend. (Friday 5/10) -
Handsome Rambler: Hannibal Burress is on the
road, and he’s taking you along for the ride. Tune in for unfiltered
observations on sports, sex, wrestling, relationships, philosophy,
books, watches, other podcasts, bottled water reviews…anything can
happen on Handsome Rambler. Hannibal’s show made its Luminary debut
last Friday, 5/3. (Friday 5/10) -
Stoop Talks with Leila Day and Hana Baba: Stoop
Talks podcast carves out a place for broad-minded conversations that
embody the black diaspora. This week Leilia and Hana interview Queer
Eye star Karamo Brown about what it meant to come out
as a black man at a young age in a Jamaican family, and what it meant
in terms of his identity as a black father. Karamo also has a podcast
on Luminary, airing on Wednesdays. (Friday 5/10) -
Locked Up Abroad from Wondery: What does it feel
like in the split second when you realize you’re about to be locked up
in a foreign country – possibly for life? In Locked Up Abroad,
host Jim Clemente of Real Crime Profile brings you first
hand accounts from people who lived this nightmare. (Saturday 5/11) -
Under the Skin with Russell Brand: Each week,
Russell asks: what’s beneath the surface – of people we admire, of the
ideas that define our time, of the history we are told. Speaking with
guests from the world of academia, popular culture, and the arts,
they’ll help us to see the ulterior truth behind our constructed
reality. This week, Russell interviews Lena Dunham, whose
podcast, The C-Word debuts on Luminary on Saturday, 5/11 as
well. (Saturday 5/11) -
Love and Radio with Nick van der Kolk: Love and
Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an
eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside
the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Or find out what it’s like to
experience a stroke firsthand. You’ve never heard anything like it
before. (Saturday 5/11) -
Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Every story
has a backstory, even in today’s 24-hour news cycle. In Deep
Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg View
columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cross-section of expert
guests to explore the historical, scientific, legal, and cultural
context that help us understand what’s really going on behind the
biggest stories in the news. (Sunday 5/12)
Luminary offers all listeners a one-month free trial of Luminary
Premium, with a monthly subscription of $7.99 following the first month
for U.S. subscribers. The free Luminary app is also available to
download for listeners in Canada (CA$8.49/month), the U.K. (£6.99/month)
and Australia (AU$7.99/month), also with a one-month free trial.
Podcast fans can listen on Luminary for free at luminarypodcasts.com
or by downloading the free app on Apple and Android devices.
About Luminary
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podcast app with simple user interface and smart content discovery, and
a premium subscription network of top quality and premium podcasts
available only on Luminary. Driven by the singular mission to improve
the podcasting experience for both listeners and creators, Luminary is
making it easier for podcast listeners to find great content and for
podcast creators to do their best work. Luminary Premium will have more
than 40 shows and more than 1,000 hours of premium originals available
only on Luminary, featuring some of the most recognizable voices in
podcasting, legendary entertainers, and diverse and emerging voices. The
free Luminary app — where listeners can listen to Luminary Premium
shows and their favorites among hundreds of thousands of publicly
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