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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 22 | #198 | #189 |
| Oct 16 | #165 | #157 |
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Jason Arday, Investigating Football, Broadcasters Moving to YouTube
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Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio
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