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• The Australian ABC has published its findings from a project where the broadcaster used AI to try to optimise episode titles and descriptions. AI isn’t better than humans, the research discovers; but it can be useful for summarising and inspiration. Highlighting cultural differences, it also appeared difficult to stop AI from using a US English style of writing.
• Podcasting Made Simple Live is a virtual event taking place this Thursday, from 11.30am to 4pm Eastern. There are a number of speakers aimed to help podcast creators grow influence, revenue, and expertise. Tickets are normally $97, but follow this link to get in, free, thanks to Podnews. (You’ll even get replay access, too!)
• In Australia, the 35th Australian Commercial Radio & Audio Awards (ACRA) announced its winners, including a set of podcast prizes. Hannah’s Story won Podcast of the Year.

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• Why aren’t podcasters being taught the craft of audio storytelling? Podcasting isn't a technology problem, says David Hoffman, starting a new series of articles for Podnews from members of the Podcast Professionals Association.
• iHeart’s Inside Radio writes about an NAB Show panel focusing on 89fe-11ef-bf4e-178e1d26667b.html?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2024-10-14">changing technology inside podcasting: and how Crooked Media and 770 WABC use tools to help.
• Our Editor has written a personal opinion piece about public service broadcasters and exclusive podcasts - suggesting that the two shouldn’t go together.
• LexLib is a list of (Amazon affiliate-linked) books mentioned on the Lex Fridman podcast.
• In France, new data was released about French podcast consumption (summarised here by Ausha), which has increased year-on-year. The research looks at “native podcasts”, which are distinct in the country from radio podcasts.

The Tech Stuff

• Got an .io domain name for your podcast? Because the British government has given up sovereignty of of the Chagos Islands, and given them to Mauritius, the .io domain name will, eventually, disappear, possibly.
• How many people feel strongly about the spam they get from the email address in their RSS feed? Not very many: the podprotect.email service, which forwarded emails after spam-checking them, is to close, says the developer - our Editor. The service cost a total of $6.15 a year to run: $6 for DNS via Route53, and literally $0.15 for the (static) website and email forwarding service (via AWS Lambda and SES). However, the fancy domain cost $70 per year.
• Whisper-cpp has been updated to v1.7.1 and now deals with the new large-v3-turbo model.
• The podcast:funding tag is now valid at the channel and the item level. The tag, which is widely supported, helps podcasters add a link to a support mechanism, like Patreon or (in our case) a donation page.
• For phase 8 of the podcast namespace, our Editor is proposing an extension to the podcast:location tag, allowing for location of the creator as well as of the subject matter of a show, and a simple, pragmatic country code. The aim is to produce a JavaScript tool which can build location tags automatically.

Tips and tricks

• Bandrew Scott instructs us to shut off your air conditioner for recording.
• Clipwing tells us how to launch a youtube channel or podcast with evergreen content

Podcast News

• American Tributaries says it is the first podcast to have hosted a guest from all fifty states. The show has conversations with everyday folks with different backgrounds, living in different areas and/or pursuing different livelihoods.
• Small Ball with Kenny Beecham is now with Vox Media. The show is hosted by YouTube star and NBA superfan Kenny Beecham, and provides year-round basketball coverage and publishes weekly on Fridays during the NBA season, Beecham will share his unique insights through game analysis, player stories, and more. Vox Media will look after sales, marketing, and distribution; the show was formerly with Captivate.
• UNBIASED has moved to the fwd. network, the innovative media brand championing female creators. Hosted by South Florida attorney Jordan Berman, the show offers straightforward, fact-driven insights on current events and legal matters—cutting through the noise of opinion and spin.
• Skincare and Beyond is launched today - a beauty podcast from a UK online skincare company, Face the Future. Expect episodes featuring interviews with global beauty brand founders, dermatologists, as well as experts in the skincare and haircare space discussing and demystifying a range of topics from adult acne to menopause and sustainability in the beauty industry.
• Covering the fascinating world of mathematics education, Strength In Numbers is back for a third season. Produced by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, the podcast serves as inspiration and brain food for teachers across Australia who teach that most divisive of subjects: mathematics.

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• Last week, we spoke with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik - this week, it’s the turn of YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim to answer questions like... what is a podcast? Do I have to do video now? And how important is RSS to YouTube? You can read the answers here, or listen to the Podnews Weekly Review.
• Podcast Addict was removed from Google Play, again, this time for apparently violating the “Violent Extremism” policy. It seems to have been restored, though the app’s AdMob account is yet to be reactivated. The app is one of the most popular for Android - and has a history of being blocked and restored from Google’s app store. Earlier this year, it was blocked for having an alarm clock.
• There are some good opportunities for marketing in family and kids podcasts, according to new data from Realm and Story Pirates released yesterday. 82% of kids listen with their parents, says the data.

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• The 50th annual Gracie Awards are open for entry. For half a century, the Gracies have celebrated the exceptional contributions of women in media, honoring outstanding content created by, for, and about women across television, radio, streaming, and digital platforms.
• Magellan AI can now give reporting based on ZIP code or DMA - making it easier to optimize campaigns based on where they perform best.
• Wondercraft has added a “director mode”, allowing you to give more control over the service’s AI voices.
• After a list of AI-generated podcasts using NotebookLM was published by Listen Notes, John Spurlock has analysed the podcast hosts being used to publish them. You’ll never guess who’s #1. (This is a lie. You’ll probably guess.)

Tips and tricks

• Descript posts six ways to “stop AI hallucinating”.

Podcast News

• El Bueno, la Mala y el Feo won the "best radio podcast of the year" in the NAB Marconi Radio Awards. The show is made by Univision Radio in LA; it was the only specific podcast award made in the ceremony, which was held on Wednesday night.
• It's National Coming Out Day today in the US, and Season of Stuck recently did an episode with Ash Beckham, author, inclusion activist, and speaker behind the viral TedX talk "Coming Out of Your Closet," which expands the definition of coming out of the closet to something we can all relate to: and how that expanded definition can help us tap into more empathy.
• Absolute Radio cancelled Frank Skinner's radio show... but The Frank Skinner Podcast is now returning as a twice-weekly podcast with the same team - Frank, Emily and Pierre - and in the same podcast feed as the old Absolute show. The first new show is today.
• The Hardest Part launched yesterday - a brand-new podcast that delves into the untold stories behind some of the most emotionally, creatively, and technically challenging songs ever written. Hosted by Kieron Banerji, each week’s new episode offers an intimate glimpse into the struggles and triumphs artists face while creating their most personal songs.
• Fortress Europe is new: an in-depth documentary series on what it says is the European Union’s increasingly hostile policies towards migrants. Reported from multiple countries from the shores of the Mediterranean to the streets of Dublin, journalist Andrew Connelly interviews migrants, politicians, activists and experts. It's from Podmasters.
• Nicky Byrne HQ - yes, Westlife's Nicky Byrne - is new this week with Acast. Nicky kicks off his podcast with an open and honest conversation with his former Westlife bandmate, Brian McFadden and they discuss Brian's decision to leave the band.
• Tech Unheard, new from ARM and NPM, launched this week. The show will take listeners behind the boardroom doors, featuring a series of one-on-one conversations exploring the future of AI and the mindset required to build some of today's biggest companies.
• True crime podcast Chasing Ghosts returns for a new series from New Zealand. This season focuses on serial catfisher and online predator Natalia Burgess, who was convicted and jailed for duping numerous teenage boys across the country, but continues to this day. It's from NZME's NZ Herald.

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• Above, a live show for The Rest is Politics, in Brighton, UK. The Goalhanger show is doing a tour of the country; the show in Brighton, above, was the first of the tour; the auditorium fits up to 4,500 people.
• Blubrry published its stats report for August. The share of Apple Podcasts downloads on the platform dropped to a new low, from 56% in January to 47.3%. Buzzsprout also reported a three-year Apple low for September, and Libsyn has similarly reported an all-time low for Apple Podcasts in August’s numbers.
• Today is World Mental Health Day, and Spotify is launching Take a Beat, a section with field recordings from nature, to nature-themed albums, guided meditations to inspiring podcasts.

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• The Atlantic writes about why Trump and Harris are turning to podcasts. Writer Helen Lewis says: “We need to stop treating these podcasts as the “alternative” media when they are absolutely the mainstream these days. The top ones have audiences as big as, if not bigger than, most legacy outlets ... We should stop treating the mega-podcasts like mom-and-pop outfits competing with chain stores. They’re behemoths.”
• Podcast Gold - An Evening of British Podcast Award Winners is planned in London on Mon Nov 18. The event is free - a chance to hear from some of the winning presenters and producers on how they created podcasts, what makes them a success and what comes next after winning Gold.
• Walmart is “redefining podcast advertising”, says Ad Age, with some new integrated advertising formats.
• Acast is to expand into the Chinese-speaking market, partnering with Initium Media.
• Just in time for Halloween, the Wondery show Morbid has released an exclusive merch collaboration with Spencer’s.
• A podcast link service launched in 2021, availableon.com, appears to have ceased.

Tips and tricks

• Want to install Apple Podcasts on your Android phone? Yes, you can do that, using their web app.
• We’ve updated our page on how to get your podcast some universal links to include tools like episodes.fm and Linkfire.

Podcast News

• Indie show Sliding Doors, hosted by Jennie Becker, releases its 100th episode today. The guest is legendary broadcaster Tony Blackburn. Celebrating his 60th year on the radio, Tony delves into his 3 Sliding Doors moments in his most in-depth podcast interview about his life on radio, being crowned the first king of the jungle and his favourite memories from his life and career over the past 60 years.
• The Lamorning After has joined Headgum's slate of shows. Ad sales for The Lamorning After will be facilitated by Gumball. In the inaugural Headgum episode of the podcast, Lamorne and Kyle chat with Saturday Night director Jason Reitman about the film, which releases nationwide October 11.
• Mics to Millions today has Jeremy Enns as guest, from the Podcast Marketing Academy and the Scrappy Podcasting Newsletter. We're told "he shared some incredible insights and takeaways on how podcasters can increase revenue by combining their podcast with an email strategy, specifically looking at how adding a newsletter can boost their income." - get off our land, Enns!
• Squid Game: The Official Podcast is Netflix's first-ever official rewatch podcast, looking at season 1 (in anticipation of season 2 of the series coming in December). There are full video versions on Spotify, too. It launches today.
• The Rebel Maker starts season 3 today - focusing on writing and publishing books (traditionally or independently), or how to make real money from your writing. On the first episode: what to do when you have too many book ideas and don't know where to start.

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• Is a new Google service flooding podcast apps with spam? Calling them “a threat to the podcasting community”, the podcast directory Listen Notes has made a NotebookLM Detector, to spot shows made by Google’s NotebookLM. So far, it’s detected more than 280 shows which have been made using the AI tool. “Notebook LM has made it easier to mass-produce low-quality, fake content”, says Listen Notes founder Wenbin Fang; though The Spectator’s Sean Thomas suggests that AI may “make the podcast bro irrelevant”.
  • There is a proposal for a Podcasting 2.0 tag on generative AI disclosures. However, it relies on creators being honest about their use of AI.
• Congratulations to Todd Cochrane, who celebrates 20 years in podcasting today. He’ll be doing a special live Geek News Central show today at 6pm Eastern - episode 1,772.
• Podtrac released its rankers for September. In the US, Wondery has moved up from #5 to #4. iHeart remains #1 for podcasts. The ranker measures participating publishers only.

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• Audacy released State of Audio: The Trends Report, exploring game-changing shifts in creativity, artificial intelligence, measurement and audience activation. Personalized ad creatives, the company says, drive up to twice the conversion rates.
• Podcast host RSS.com is adding a way for its podcasters to get their show sponsored. Any podcast with more than 1,000 downloads a month can apply - you can find “Sponsorship Opportunities” under the “Monetization” tab in your RSS.com dashboard. The company has also added more links to apps on podcast pages.
• Another month, another new low for Apple Podcasts, according to September numbers from Libsyn: the app is now delivering 45.9% of all downloads. This time last year, it was 66%.
• Buzzsprout now lets you create custom mid-roll placements - for dynamic content or Buzzsprout Ads.
• DeepCast has been officially launched (though you’ll have seen the company in our supporters list for a while). The website helps listeners search and discover the most relevant podcast content, guests, topics with key insights and meaningful excerpts.
• Audioscrape “transcribes podcast episodes so you can search through everything that was said”.
• YouTube UK head of podcasts, Sandy Wilheim, has spoken to Broadcast Sport about best practice on the platform. She will be on the Podnews Weekly Review this Friday.
• Belgium’s biggest podcast festival, DS Podcastfestival in Ostend, returns for its third year in early November. For the first time this year, there’s a website in English; this year’s guests include Avery Trufelman, Josh Baker, Kim Barker, and Michael Safi.
• Highlighting both candidates’ recent appearances, “podcast audiences could decide the election”, says Morning Brew, which is excellent because we’ve already picked a winner, and perhaps we can stop all this nonsense now.

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Tips and tricks

• Heartcast Media writes how to identify and reach out to perfect podcast guests
• Podcastle share with us Lex Fridman’s Secrets to Unforgettable Interviews

Podcast News

• MoneyWise interviews "high net worth" people about their personal finances - but the latest episode is the first time the podcast has interviewed an actual billionaire. He's called Oscar, and he's not just a billionaire - he's worth about $3bn. A Lower Street production, Andrew Namanny hosts the show (in for Sam Parr).
• After a lifetime of experiences, what perspectives hold true? What do people know for sure when they are 80, or 90? Wisdom of Age is Raine Media’s first original series and is new this month - featuring life lessons from people in our oldest generations. Learn from people like a 97-year-old WWII veteran, an 84-year-old Christmas tree farmer, and a Japanese-born doll maker.
• You Can’t Make This Up is a three episode companion series to The Menendez Brothers, the new Netflix documentary. Through over 20 hours of exclusive prison interviews with both brothers, recorded in 15 minute intervals, Alejandro reveals the deeper story of just what happened that summer in 1989 – a story of abuse, myth-making, and choices you can't come back from. "To avoid spoilers, we recommend watching the film first" the company says.
• The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim is a new show launching today. Richard Engel is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News. Yalda Hakim is the Lead World News Presenter for Sky News. Under one roof at sister news organisations, they’ll come together each week to offer audiences a thoughtful look at our world’s most complex issues, as they give listeners the full story on the people shaping global events.
• The multi award-winning Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a new season today from Lemonada Media, with more funny, touching, personal conversations with iconic older women who are brimming with the kind of unapologetic attitude and wisdom that only comes with age. The first episode will feature an interview with renowned zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist, Jane Goodall. Other upcoming guests include Catherine O’Hara, Alice Waters, Patti LaBelle, and Dolores Huerta, among others.

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And a Vice President makes it onto Call Her Daddy

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And a bug in Apple Podcasts makes podcast episodes played

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And Ausha launches Ausha Intelligence

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And a new chart from Apple Podcasts

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