''Podcast Playlist'' is a Canadian radio program and podcast, which airs weekly on
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of Ca ...
."CBC Radio One Unveils Fall Lineup" . ''Broadcaster'', September 3, 2015. It's currently hosted by Leah-Simone Bowen. Podcast Playlist was the first and longest running podcast curation show. It often explores a particular theme in each episode through curated excerpts from
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
s. The show frequently includes special guest curators and interviews. Some featured guests include:
Glynn Washington
Glynn Washington (born 1970) is a media personality and producer. He is the host, creator and executive producer of '' Snap Judgment'', a radio / podcast/ stage / television show distributed by PRX.
Early life and education
Washington was born in ...
,
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom ''The Office'', for which he earned three consecutive Emm ...
Nicole Byer
Nicole Byer (born August 29, 1986) is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She is known as the host of the Netflix comedic reality bake-off series ''Nailed It!'' (2018–present), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award no ...
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Nate DiMeo
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Phoebe Judge
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Early life and education
Judge was born to parents Valentine and Tony Judge, and named after her aunt, P ...
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Roman Mars
Roman Mars is an American radio producer. He is the host and producer of ''99% Invisible'', a KALW radio show and podcast, and a founder of the podcast collective Radiotopia, which he describes as efforts "to broaden the radio landscape ndmake ...
Jamie Loftus
Jamie Bethany Loftus is a writer, stand up alternative comedian, animator, podcast co-host, and actor based in Los Angeles. She is known for her solo work, such as her one-woman shows ''I Lost My Virginity on August 15, 2010'' and ''Boss, Whom i ...
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Dan Savage
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W. Kamau Bell
Walter Kamau Bell (born January 26, 1973) is an American stand-up comic and television host. He has hosted the CNN series ''United Shades of America'' since 2016, and hosted FXX television series '' Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' from 2012 ...
Adam Conover
Adam Conover (born March 2) is an American comedian, writer, voice actor, and television host. He created and hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of t ...
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Hrishikesh Hirway
Hrishikesh Hirway (born February 1, 1979) is an American musician, producer, and podcast and television host. He has made four albums under the name The One AM Radio, and has a side project with Lakeith Stanfield called Moors. He is the creator a ...
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Dylan Marron
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Avery Trufelman
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Background
Born into a "radio family" of two WNYC producers, Truf ...
Helen Zaltzman
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Aisha Tyler
Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Tara Lewis (Criminal Minds), Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Crimi ...
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David Suzuki
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Scaachi Koul
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Gaby Dunn
Gabe Dunn (born June 1, 1988) is an American writer, actor, pop journalist, comedian, LGBTQ activist, and podcaster. They were a writer and director for BuzzFeed Video, before leaving to focus on their YouTube comedy show and podcast ''Just Betw ...
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Latif Nasser
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Early life and education
Nasser was born to ...
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Mara Wilson
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Max Kerman
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and more.
The program debuted in May 2015 as a short-run summer series, and was subsequently extended as part of Radio One's permanent regular season schedule in September. The program was originally cohosted by Lindsay Michael and Sean Rameswaram, a Canadian radio producer and podcaster currently based in
New York City
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, where he was a producer for ''
Studio 360
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The Globe and Mail
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'', March 13, 2015. Rameswaram was previously heard on CBC Radio as a guest host of '' Q'' in early 2015, and was one of the five finalists for the permanent new host of the program before
's selection was announced in March.
Rameswaram left the show in November 2015, and was succeeded by
Matt Galloway
Matt Galloway (born 1970/1971) is a Canadian radio personality, who debuted in January 2020 as the host of '' The Current'' on CBC Radio One. Previously, he was the host of '' Metro Morning'' on the network's Toronto station CBLA-FM from 2010 to ...
. After Galloway was named host of '' The Current'' while Michael was concurrently on maternity leave, the show was hosted for several months by
Nana aba Duncan
Nana aba Duncan is a Ghanaian Canadian writer, broadcaster, and academic. In 2021, she was appointed Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University’s School of Journalism.
From 2016 until 2020 she was host o ...
, until
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a Sudanese Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator, and podcast host based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as a culture writer for BuzzFeed and as host of ''Pop Chat'' and co-host of ''Party Lines'' with R ...
joined as the new host in September 2020.
In September 2021 Leah-Simone Bowen joined as the permanent host. Bowen also co-hosts the CBC podcast The Secret Life of Canada.