Lucille Ball sadly handed away lengthy earlier than podcasts grew to become a actuality, however that is not stopping her from becoming a member of the trendy phenomenon. The LA Times reports that SiriusXM is turning Ball’s Let’s Talk to Lucy radio present right into a ‘pop-up’ satellite tv for pc radio station for 3 weeks. Once that stint is over, all 240 episodes of the Sixties-era present shall be accessible as podcasts by way of each SiriusXM’s app, Stitcher and different widespread platforms.

Notably, this is not simply mining nostalgia. This is the primary time Let’s Talk to Lucy has been heard since airing on the radio 50-plus years in the past — there are conversations with legends like Bob Hope and Carol Burnett that have not surfaced for many years.

SiriusXM is clearly hoping to spice up its satellite tv for pc and podcast choices. At the identical time, this additionally illustrates the usefulness of podcasting as a historic software. In idea, the podcasts will each protect Ball’s interviews and make them accessible to a wider viewers which may not hearken to radio within the first place.