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Trailer: Introducing Pop Comforts
Pop Comforts is a new podcast series hosted by David Peterkovsky that explores the unexpected areas of popular culture that provide solace and comfort. Launching on May 1, 2024, the series delves into...
Trailer: Introducing Pop Comforts
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Speaker A
Hi there. Long time no podcasting. I know that's how it seems. While things have been quiet here on the forkeeps podcast feed for the past several months, that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. In fact, I've been putting together a new podcast series and I'm pleased to share the trailer for it with you. Here. Take a listen to the following teaser for Pop Comforts, a new series in which I follow my curiosity and explore unlikely or unexpected areas of popular culture that people turn to for comfort. I hope you like what you hear, and if so, be sure to subscribe to Pop Comforts through one of the links in the show notes here, or just search for PopComforts wherever you get your podcasts. The series launches on May 1, 2024. As always, thanks for your support and here's that trailer Pop Comforts is a podcast series that dives deep into the unexpected corners of popular culture that bring us comfort. Join me, David Peterkovsky, as I journey through the quirky, nostalgic, and most unlikely aspects of pop culture that people seek out for solace. On Pop Comforts, you'll hear the story behind the birth of New Age music's most famous record company. The name Windham Hill became so synonymous.
Speaker B
With obviously us, but people would call what became New Age sort of oh, like Wyndham Hill kind of thing.
Speaker A
And you'll meet the man whose surprisingly soothing videos of crackling fireplaces mesmerize viewers.
Speaker B
It can't be just three minutes, it can't be two minutes in a loop or one minute loop. It's got to be a real fire from start to finish and it needs to be framed right and work on, focus and use the right wood.
Speaker A
Each episode uncovers tales of unexpected sources of comfort, such as how mourners are using disconnected telephones to work through grief.
Speaker B
It's really not terribly different than visiting a gravestone, visiting a gravesite and having.
Speaker A
A conversation, or how a traditional drink from the South Pacific is having a cross cultural moment and spreading its comforting embrace.
Speaker B
So I wouldn't say there's one strong type of demographic. It's kind of more like, you know, people who resonate with collectivism, community and like the specific ways of doing things. Kind of draws that type of people.
Speaker A
From Japanese watering holes where chatter takes a backseat to vintage jazz records, to the use of AI to bring back the voices of lost loved ones. Pop Comforts is a revelation in the practices, old and new, that bring us relief. To hear the entire series, subscribe to Pop Comforts now, wherever you get your podcasts.