Today through tomorrow, Brooklyn’s On Air Fest will continue to stream free. (Take a quick look at today’s events here, second story.) Registration is à la carte, and streams begin one hour after each session starts. Saturday’s stages will be hosted by Eric Eddings and Brittany Luse, co-creators and hosts of The Nod.
Podcast-specific programming starts with “Code Switch: How We Talk About Race.” Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby, the hosts of Apple Podcasts’ first-ever Show of the Year, will dig into how they built it. An acclaimed podcast since 2016, NPR’s Code Switch project launched exactly eight years ago on Wednesday.
Later on, Object of Sound host Hanif Abdurraqib will take the stage for a discussion on listening. He’ll be joined by Hrishikesh Hirway, host and creator of Song Exploder, to question how who we are shapes what we hear. Check the full lineup for Unladylike, Stony Island Audio, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, and more.
Spotify’s new voice command feature is live. What the app hears is essentially a new data set for ad targeting, explains Shoshana Wodinsky of Gizmodo. By enabling these controls, “You’re not only enabling the ‘Hey Spotify’ feature but others as well — even potentially ‘interacting with some advertisements’ using your voice.”
Voice features have been in the works since 2019, when the company ran voice-enabled ads for several of its podcasts. (The new wake phrase began testing about a year ago.) Per policy, when this current feature is turned on, the app continuously “listens in short snippets” to be deleted if “Hey Spotify” is not detected.
Meanwhile, a digital rights nonprofit is leading an initiative against a voice-analysis patent secured by Spotify. Granted in January, the underlying technology would enable the app to pinpoint “intonation, stress, and rhythm” in users’ voices, a means to recommend music based on the “emotional state of a speaker.”
Toyota Untold goes beyond cars and into the journeys behind them, from garages to showrooms past, present, and future — featuring experts, drivers, engineers, and more.
Come for stories like Trey McDaniel’s, a medic who survived a deadly 133-car pile-up only to then help other drivers escape danger. He talks about the FJ Cruiser that saved his life and Toyota’s gift, a new 4Runner TRD Pro.
Stay for the heavy nostalgia, with throwbacks like the Toyota MR2 sports car. How did it earn such a die-hard community of fans? Toyota Untold asks three MR2 project builders in a lively roundtable celebrating the mighty mid-engine.
On a road trip, commute, or around the house — tune in to Toyota Untold wherever you get your podcasts.
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