Matty writes about these podcast recommendations: I grew up in West Virginia and I believe that the best storytellers come from Appalachia. I love helping bring the voices from home to everyone.

We spent an entire week on The Stacks talking about banned books. And the thing that kept coming up was the ways in which the history of America is constantly obscured to tell a story that was never there. The attempted bans on "critical race theory" and to erase queer narratives is all part of this effort.

From our curator, Valentina Kaledina, “Figure skating is my favourite sport ever and I am looking forward to the competitions that are about to start in Beijing. Let's celebrate this beautiful sport with a few podcasts episodes that will put you in a fan mood.”

This past November, I was on a road trip — I always get the best ideas in cars — and I decided that I wanted to share the podcasts I was listening to via a hashtag. I had just finished (or was about to finish) participating in Jay Clouse’s #tweet100 challenge, and was inspired by the daily commitment of it all. I usually do share what I’m listening to in some way or another: either on Twitter, Instagram, with friends in DMs, wherever. But I wanted to make an effort to listen to, screenshot, share, and tag podcasts and creators in posts on Twitter.

RV: This story is different from my other shows which are heavily plot-driven. Because this is more of a character-driven show, (the best comedies are, I feel) I really could just let these two talk about the most random things with one another and build the plot from what escapes their mouths. It’s the really ridiculous side convos that we have with our best friends that make no sense out of context but keep us smiling throughout the day. Honestly, I just think “What’s the crazy situation we could get these two derps into?”