Evan Chung

Congrats to 4 (!!) @slate.com podcasts -- Decoder Ring, Death, Sex & Money, Slow Burn and Political Gabfest -- for making Left of Dial’s list of the 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time (voted on by 300 audio creators, podcast hosts, writers, etc.)

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19.08.2025 18:09 — 👍 14    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

My role in the rediscovery Corn’s-a-Poppin’ in 2007 will be my greatest accomplishment in life. I think I programmed maybe the first public screenings of it in 50 years(??) at Doc Films, back when my pals from CFS and I were all still in school together

13.05.2025 02:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

a promo photo for the 1990s CBS medical drama "Chicago Hope" but with the second word in the title changed to "Pope"

is this anything?

08.05.2025 17:39 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for listening, Michael!

20.11.2024 16:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Approachable, Omnipresent, Manufactured Pop Stars of Japan From Pink Lady to AKB48, Japanese “idols” are a kind of celebrity with no Western equivalent.

And exclusively for Slate Plus members, a special bonus episode! An interview I did with anthropologist Patrick W. Galbraith about Japanese idol culture, the fascinating phenomenon that Pink Lady helped define and that's still going strong.

20.11.2024 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So I talked with Mie and Kei of Pink Lady, along with their co-host Jeff Altman, head writer @evanier.bsky.social, and even the legendary producer Sid Krofft ("H.R. Pufnstuf!" "Land of the Lost!")—to find out the real story of how "Pink Lady & Jeff" got lost in translation.

20.11.2024 16:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Time Japan’s Biggest Pop Stars Crash-Landed on American TV “Pink Lady and Jeff” tried to carry an international mania over to American airwaves. Instead, it became a punchline.

For Decoder Ring, I look into "Pink Lady & Jeff," the infamous 1980 NBC variety show flop, dubbed one of the "worst shows in TV history." But it turns out that old narrative is too simplistic, too US-centric, and omits the voices of the Japanese stars of the show—the sensational pop duo Pink Lady.

20.11.2024 16:28 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 3

Can't wait to recreate my glory years on the old site by neglecting my mentions and never posting anything ever!

18.11.2024 01:20 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0