Amy Barker

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Podcast Pillowfort Ep09 – This is How We Get Ants

Welcome to Podcast Pillowfort, the podcast about podcasts. We talk all about what’s been happening in the world of podcasts, we induct a podcast into the Pillowfort Hall of Fame, and we finish up as always with things we learned this week So grab your headphones, a tall drink and join us in the Pillowfort …

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Podcast Pillowfort Ep08 – The Eightening

From the Geek Actually Studios this is the PODCAST PILLOWFORT, the podcast about podcasts. In this weeks episode, we talk all about what’s been happening in the world of podcasts, we send two music related podcasts into the Pillowfort Smackdown and we finish up as always with things we learned this week So grab your headphones, …

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Podcast Pillowfort Ep07 – Return of the Hall of Fame

Coming to you from The Geek Actually studios, this week in the Pillowfort we try out a new half hour format. Today we talk about a bunch of new podcasts coming out in 2015, induct a podcast into our hall of fame, share some tiny triumphs, and give a shout out to a couple of …

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New Year, New Podcasts

Welcome to 2015! With show like Serial and 99 Percent Invisible taking off into the podcasting stratosphere in 2014 it is no big surprise that there are a wave of new shows coming to your earphones in 2015. Here is a rundown of what you can expect to see in your feed soon. Richard and I are …

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PPFt: Genre Books

  In the last episode of PPFt, Amy and Richard spoke about an episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour Small Batch where Stephen Thompson and Petra Mayer chatted about fan fiction. Petra writes about genre fiction and is the self-described ‘staff geek’ at NPR. Amy, always the opinionated librarian, wanted to share some books she loves from her gene …

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Pillowfort. Richard and I are so thankful for all of the wonderful support we’ve received this year. Thank you to all of you who have listened to, shared, and followed our little podcast. Have a safe and joyful season. (and thank you to David McVay, the best producer …

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Serial is over….now what?

Today the last episode of Serial dropped. This juggernaut of a show has made Sarah Keonig a household name, broken download records and inspired countless discussions both online and around water-coolers all over the globe. But with episode 12 finished, many are asking, ‘what the hell am I going to listen to now?’ Well, here at …

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How People Obsess Over ‘Serial’

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People really like their ‘Serial’.

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