Twists on classic hits with Like A Version

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Hey Pod lovers. If you’re joining us for the first time: Welcome! The Mastercast is a podcast recommendation show that brings you a brand new non-spoiler binge-worthy review every week of the best podcasts in a short and sweet 2-3 minute summary on everything you could want to know, from the number of hosts to on average how long you can expect each episode to be. New episodes come out every Monday. You can find the week’s other reviews on the show’s social on Instagram @themastercast and Twitter @mastercastpods I’m your host Marie and before we get to this week’s review it’s announcement time. This episode is actually the last episode that will be appearing under the KCSU network. KCSU is a student-run radio station from Colorado State University and while I was a student and worked there they hosted the show but now that I’m graduating I’m bringing the show with me and continuing it on my own. I’m really so grateful for everything KCSU has taught me and wanted to so thank you and I can’t wait to see what the station continues to come up with because it is in really good hands. If you want to see what they’re up to you can head over to KCSUFM.com and if you’d like to help out this newly independent show you can find me on buy me a coffee and pateron by searching The Mastercast. I’d really appreciate it. But on this week’s review which is..

Cowper

This 2019 podcast could be pegged as true crime but it listens more as an investigative journalistic piece. Looking into who could be culpable in the second-worst road disaster in Australian history, the show by the Daily Examiner is a six-part series. 30 years ago near the small town of Cowper sometime between 3-4 am a semi-truck carrying pineapples drifted onto the opposite side of the road and collided with a commuter bus carrying 45 people. This caused the entire right side of the bus to be sheared off, passengers to fall out onto the roadway, and the vehicle to flip into a roll. 21 of the passengers were killed and the incident led to calls for upgrades to the road that would take three decades and hundreds of lives to make. This pod’s intimate details of the last moments of the victims lives as well as those following the crash, is something I had to hear to get the gravity of. It is the brainchild of Jenna Thompson and narrated by Mary Gardiner with interview help from Kathryn Lewis, and Lesley Apps. The script writing was done by Michelle Gately. Side note: I LOVE when all involved with a show are credited both in audio and written somewhere. Not only is it easy to give them the credit they deserve in reviews like these but makes for a searchable text on the interwebs. Apple Podcasts has 5.0 out of 5 stars BUT ONLY ONE RATING which I can not believe. Episodes are all 29 minutes and commercials are average. One thing I do like about the breaks in this show is they have mental health hotline PSAs which with the topic covered is needed. The music is fitting and there’s only one instance of the host seeming to use heavy emphasis for dramatic effect (just once). Trigger warnings for descriptions of injury, suicide, fear, and hopelessness. It’s a hard listen but worth hearing the stories told of those affected.

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All right, guys, that’s all for this week but remember if you want to see the cover art, sources or the written transcript for this episode be sure to check out the show notes or for the very last time KCSUFM.com. There you can tell us if you have music you would like played on the show or submit a podcast to be recommended. You can also send us an email at [email protected] week’s music was a song by Cincinnati artist Voosive. The song featured was Stray From the Path. Voosive has a brand new “thanks for 2k followers” release dropping today! That’s definitely worth checking out. He’ll also be at quite a few festivals this summer including Bigfoot Electro in Tracy City, Tennesse, Geek Out in College Corner Ohio, Tribal Connection at Wisteria Campground Pomeroy, Ohio, and a few more you can find on his socials which are Vusive on Instagram and Soundcloud and Vusivemusic on Twitter. Their contact will also be in the show notes as well. Remember to share the show with the pod lovers in your life and tune in next Monday. We have a very special episode coming next week where guest host David Samuth, KCSU’s programming director brings us a review making him the first guest on the show so you won’t wait to miss it. Anyways, Thanks for listening!

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Music Attributions:

Artist: Vusive
Song: Stray From the Path
Instagram: Vusive
Soundcloud: Vusive
Twitter: Vusivemusic