Current and Former Adam Carolla News Girls Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser to Launch New Podcast
“PodSoup With Gina and Teresa” will air on PodcastOne
Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas | February 8, 2019 @ 9:32 AM
Last Updated: February 8, 2019 @ 11:31 AM
Gina Grad
Current “Adam Carolla Show” news girl Gina Grad and former one Teresa Strasser are launching their own PodcastOne podcast, “PodSoup With Gina and Teresa.”
Grad and Strasser announced the news on Friday’s “Adam Carolla Show,” which ironically did not include Carolla. With Carolla out of town, “Bald” Bryan Bishop and Grad guest-hosted the show. Strasser was their first guest.
While revealing her new project with Strasser, Grad said that the two have been thinking about teaming up for “years” and working on the new show for “months.”
The plans are to launch the podcast in early March. The two will be discussing their lives and respective ailments, they said — or “our private convos broadcast to the public,” as Grad put it.
Grad has been covering the news (and generally side-kicking) at “The Adam Carolla Show” since 2015, after working on the now-defunct 100.3FM “The Sound” KSWD and making regular appearances on “The Young Turks” YouTube channel. She replaced Alison Rosen on Carolla’s main podcast.
After hosting the first season of TLC’s “While You Were Out” in 2002, Strasser replaced Rachel Perry as the news anchor for Carolla’s podcast in May 2006, previously serving as a fill-in before Perry officially left the show. Strasser exited the show herself in 2010 and was replaced by Rosen.
“The Adam Carolla Show” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, with Carolla — an early adopter of the podcasting medium — having just extended his PodcastOne deal for five more years, through 2023, last month.
12 Podcasts That Should Be Turned Into TV Shows (Photos)
With a slew of recent podcast-to-TV adaptations -- from "My Brother, My Brother, and Me" to "Startup" to "2 Dope Queens" -- the industry is primed for even more. With so many podcasts to choose from, which ones should get the small screen treatment? We looked at ones that make for the best long-form series that tackle a unique subject and that have the elements to translate into a visual medium. Here are our picks.
"You Must Remember This"
Karina Longworth has a unique perspective on classic Hollywood that is readily apparent the moment you put on an episode. Just listen to her "Dead Blondes" series, which is running at the time of this writing, and it's clear we need more women educating people about "Hollywood's first century."
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"99% Invisible"
It's like "This American Life" but for the smallest, least interesting sounding stories. Somehow, the producers make something like cargo containers seem interesting. I'd be very curious to see how that would work on TV.
99% Invisible
"The Black Tapes" A fiction podcast about a batch of supernatural tapes and people with a lot of secrets seems like it should've been a TV series to begin with.
"The Black Tapes"
"Hardcore History With Dan Carlin" The internet is filled with history podcasts, but few are as intricate and detailed as "Hardcore History." I think it's time to bring back classic History Channel with some long, educational, but entertaining documentaries on history.
"Hardcore History"
"Hello From the Magic Tavern" It's an improvised story podcast about a guy who fell into a dimensional portal behind a Burger King and ended up in a magic land. It has a homespun, low-key feel that could work as a show if you kept it looking as amateurish as possible.
"Hello from the Magic Tavern"
"How Did This Get Made"
There are plenty of bad movie podcasts on the internet, but few go beyond the typical format, where a bunch of friends talk about, well, a bad movie. "How Did This Get Made" has a number of different segments, a slew of celebrity guests and a visual element that would translate well to TV.
"How Did This Get Made"
"Judge John Hodgman" Comedian John Hodgman is a judge in this podcast, where he takes the most mundane and absurd cases from everyday people. Now you just need to put that in a "Judge Judy"-style setting.
"Judge John Hodgman"
"Pod Save America"
Any of the Crooked Media podcasts would work on television. The podcasters are incredibly smart and educated in politics (two of the hosts were speechwriters for President Obama) and have a lot of inside scoop. We have enough politics on TV, but Jon, Jon and Tommy can be the "no-bulls--" commentators we need, combined with a bit of White House gossip.
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"With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus" "With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus" is a spiritual successor to "Comedy Bang Bang." Each episode has a different celebrity guest, who engages in improv with Lapkus in a false talk show scenario. It works over audio, but costumes and a set will only heighten the entertainment factor.
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"This American Life" "This American Life" already ran as a Showtime series for two seasons that ended in 2009. Please bring it back? We want to see and not just hear where and how the show's subjects live.
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"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" NPR's weekly trivia show is already good as it is, but imagine if you could see the special guest comedians or the contestants instead of having them call in on the phone?
"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me"
"Alice Isn't Dead"
The sister podcast to "Welcome to Night Vale" isn't as popular, but it might work better as a visual adaptation. The narrator is so good at explaining the grotesque horrors around her that we almost want to see some of them in action.
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With a slew of recent podcast-to-TV adaptations -- from "My Brother, My Brother, and Me" to "Startup" to "2 Dope Queens" -- the industry is primed for even more. With so many podcasts to choose from, which ones should get the small screen treatment? We looked at ones that make for the best long-form series that tackle a unique subject and that have the elements to translate into a visual medium. Here are our picks.
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