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Finding new podcasts is hard. We know. We are here to rate, review and recommend all kinds of pods to make your listening easier. We are also here to gossip, just a little, about the podcasts we love. Whether you are looking for scifi or crime, news or cooking, we will give bite-sized reviews with a laugh and a critical ear. Pause Play Repeat is an ear fiesta with us, Anya and Saga, made just for you. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pauseplayrpod Find us on Instagram: https://www.i ...
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This week we’re talking about HACKERS and CYBER CRIME. The Lazarus Heist podcast tells the story of the Lazarus group, an illicit ring of hackers that investigators say are linked to North Korea. The group attempted to steal over a billion US dollars and are said to be behind the 2014 Sony hack. So this week we discuss our encounters with North Kor…
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We LOVE investigative stories. No really, we are addicted. But… sometimes… we feel like we are the ones doing the work. In this episode, we are talking about FINDING NATASHA by Message Heard. The story seems to have everything we love, a good question, a fascinating family history, USSR scaries and ballet (Anya squeals here). The one thing we were …
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! IT'S OUR FIRST BONUS EPISODE! On last week's episode we discussed the Off Menu Podcast, a food podcast where British comedians James Acaster and Ed Gamble sit down with a guest and ask them about their dream meal. So we thought, why not discuss our favorite dishes too? So here you are, a short-mini-bonus episode all about food…
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This week's episode is about SHEER feel-good listening: it's the Off Menu Podcast! Every week, British comedians James Acaster and Ed Gamble sit down with a celebrity (broadcasters, comedians, chefs) and ask them their favorite ever starter, main course, desert, side dish, and drink (but not in that order!) Whenever we need a comfort podcast, this …
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It is not black. It is not white. It is… grey. In this week’s episode we are listening to INTO THE GREY ZONE by Sky News and Deborah Haynes. From assassinations to disinformation, we touch on how states can stay out of ‘war’ as we might know it, but also be perpetually in it. We talk about the dangers of only looking outward when discussing foreign…
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Just a heads up: in this episode we discuss the way The Baron of Botox depicts suicide. The beauty industry is pretty messed up. It’s an industry that feeds off of our insecurities and bombards us with air-brushed beauty standards. Luckily, lots of recent reporting has tried to expose this... ...but not all reporting. Which takes us to this week’s …
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Is there a way to transform the way we listen to podcasts? What would change podcasting forever? In this episode, we take a tip from Saga’s sister Rima and relax to the sound of our first ever fiction pod that is revolutionizing our listening experience. We talk about what it means when podcasts break down our perceptions of an audio-drama, discuss…
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Just a heads up: we discuss domestic abuse in this episode. If you don’t want to hear that, maybe skip this one. Stay tuned for happier episodes (they’re coming, we promise!). Dirty John was released right around the time everyone was going CRAZY for true crime podcasts. And it makes sense. This podcast tells the hair-raising story of a dangerous c…
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Unsolicited pics, reality TV that rotted our brains, and the very sad truth of being a woman on the internet – you guessed it, it’s a Catfish review! If you (just like Saga) don’t know what Catfish the TV show is, we are here to introduce you to a world of guilty pleasures. In this episode, we travel back in time and then forward into the future wh…
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Not an opera fan? No fear! Aria Code is a podcast that tries to fix that. In each episode, host Rhiannon Giddens dissects a famous piece of operatic music (an aria) with the help of opera singers, scholarly experts and opera fanatics. Do they do a good job of convincing us opera is the coolest new thing? Listen to this episode to see what we though…
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In our second episode, we go deep into the jungle… to find a prince. Made by the NYT, “The Jungle Prince” is the perfect award-winning story that tells us a fascinating tale about history and a mysterious family. What’s not to love?! Plus, listen to us figure out the true measure of success (hint, it's the pub quiz). The Jungle Prince podcast is pr…
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This week Pause Play Repeat is reviewing The Missionary podcast. It is an 8-part series which tells the story of a young American missionary who moved to Uganda and set up a malnutrition program. Once praised as a role model back home, she finds herself decades later accused of running an unlicensed clinic where it is rumored hundreds of children d…
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Welcome to Pause Play Repeat! We are Anya and Saga, and we are here to give you just a tiny taste of what’s to come. Join us in the next few weeks as we take you on this magical journey of podcast discovery and way too many hours spent listening to pods that heal our souls. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pauseplayrpod Find us on Instagra…
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