Do you love March Madness but think coverage of the NCAA college basketball tournament is lacking commentary from an often annoying, sometimes insightful and overly ubiquitous Boston sports fan who isn’t especially associated with college basketball? Well, now you’re in luck. Bill Simmons has finally found a way to insinuate himself into March Madness. Well, more »

An initial 20-second teaser was released this week for Maron, the upcoming IFC series from comedian and top podcaster Marc Maron. The preview is very Maron: the comedian staring at the camera and referring to the voice in his head telling him “you’re gonna screw it up”: The ten-episode series, which is set to arrive more »

Marc Maron earlier this week had the best podcast guest imaginable: Mel Brooks (WTF) An article about a 3D-printed model of Game of Thrones‘ Kingdom of Westeros has the dynamite headline “Printer is Coming” (Wired) Speaking of which, HBO has found a way to get a whole lot of people to promise lifelong celibacy: You more »

Comedian and TV host Chris Hardwick’s nerdy star is on the rise. Recently, AMC extended his The Walking Dead aftershow Talking Dead aftershow to a full hour. Now BBC America will give Hardwick’s Nerdist podcast its own TV show, with a starting order of 10 episodes. It will kick off the network’s Supernatural Saturday, featuring genre more »

The Killing, despite its earlier cancellation, will return for a third season, meaning that yes, it will outlast Twin Peaks (Vulture) An oral history of the year’s best TV episode, Game of Thrones‘ “Blackwater” (GQ) President Obama, who presumably hasn’t read “Hammer of the Gods,” honored Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center (Stereogum) A very more »

Author, statistician, election sage and non-witch Nate Silver visits Bill Simmons’ B.S. Report podcast (Grantland) The world’s two greatest TV critics, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, discuss Sepinwall’s new book (Press Play) Do No Harm- a series being filmed literally a block away from our offices here in Philadelphia- will take over the Thursday more »

One of the best podcasts in the world is headed to public radio. The Tobolowsky Files, a podcast featuring veteran character actor Stephen Tobolowsky delivering often profound and touching stories from throughout his career, will come to Public Radio International.  The new show will debut in October on select public radio stations. The podcast, produced more »

The days of Silent Lucidity are over for Queensryche, as the band’s frontman is feuding on Twitter with his ex-bandmates (Grantland) Slate’s ace political reporter Dave Weigel took a few weeks off from the beat to write a detailed history of prog rock (Slate) Trailer for the new movie “Deadfall,” not to be confused with more »

iHeartRadio, the nifty smartphone app that allows streaming of radio stations from all around the country, has expanded its offerings. Clear Channel, which owns iHeartRadio, said Tuesday that it has added 106 new stations which are owned by Cox Media Group and Emmis Communications. The puts more than 1,000 stations in the free app’s lineup. more »

It’s a dream podcast: Alison Brie, Jason Mantzoukas and Bob Odenkirk in character as his Breaking Bad character (Comedy Bang Bang) Mark Duplass has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s movie about the Bin Laden raid, currently known as “Zero Dark Thirty.” The casting raising the tantalizing prospect of the entire cast of The League being more »