Author: Podcast News
Last updated October 9, 2024 – 2:40 p.m. PRIDE Daily, our LGBTQ+ news podcast, will be celebrating its first birthday with a series of special content throughout the week. PRIDE Daily, the world's only daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, celebrates its one-year anniversary on October 16th. The daily two-minute update is produced and brought to you by former BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster Kev McGrath. Next week's first birthday special episode features LGBTQ+ Firsts, the first country to legally recognize gay unions, the first openly transgender soccer coach, and the Marvel Comics Universe's first bisexual superhero. etc.…
Last updated October 9, 2024 – 11:57 AM Audible's latest podcast release, Backfired: Attendance Deficit, follows the critically acclaimed first season of Backfired: The Vaping Wars. In the second installment of Backfired, co-hosts Leon Neyfack and Ariel Pardes examine the unintended consequences of the ADHD industry and trace the surprising path that brought us here. The 10-episode podcast focuses on the explosion in ADHD diagnoses and stimulant prescriptions, and how this, combined with other factors such as federally mandated production limits, has led to widespread stimulant use in the United States. We are tracking what caused…
'Salisbury Addiction' is a new BBC Local podcast that follows the upcoming public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess. The mother-of-three from Wiltshire was murdered in 2018 after coming into contact with the nerve agent Novichok disguised as perfume. Dorn's death comes four months after former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in a suspected assassination attempt in Salisbury. BBC journalists Marie Lennon and Andy Howard will host the podcast, with two episodes released each week from October to November. Excerpts from the hearings, analysis and background to the evidence given are included, along with…
Last updated October 8, 2024 – 9:43am The Best Idea Yet is Wondery's new weekly podcast, co-produced with Jack Krivisi Kramer and Nick Martel, hosts of the pop business news show The Best One Yet. Known for their hilarious humor and keen business acumen, each week they feature fascinating, surprising and untold stories behind the products that are cult favorites and fans around the world. and provide business takeaways and insights along the way. The first episode features a Guatemalan mother who invented the McDonald's Happy Meal, a shoemaker who designed the first Birkenstock sandals in rural Germany more…
Last updated October 7, 2024 – 4:48 PM “If You Were In Charge” invites global experts to share the radical solutions they would implement if given unlimited political and financial power. Hosted by renowned global peace strategist Sanam Naragi Anderlini, this new podcast series brings global innovators and leading activists to the spotlight and shares solutions to some of the biggest problems of our time. I suggest. Each week, Sanam and her 23-year-old twin daughters, Lydia and Soleh, explore big social issues and then speak with experts who are actively creating change. From climate change and wealth inequality to…
Last updated October 7, 2024 – 3:55 p.m. Audacy Podcasts has partnered with PAVE Studios to manage advertising sales and distribution for a wide range of original podcast titles from the media company's Crime House and OpenMind brands. Audacy's PAVE Studios slate will soon transition to Audacy Podcasts. Founded by Max Cutler, former VP and Head of Talk Creator Content and Partnerships at Spotify and founder of Parcast Studios, PAVE Studios already produces video, audio, books, live experiences, merchandise, and more. PAVE Studios is experiencing rapid growth, driven entirely by original content, and already boasts millions of downloads and…
Last updated October 7, 2024 – 3:25 p.m. Following Absolute Radio's decision to end Frank Skinner's radio show six months ago, it will be revived as a twice-weekly podcast in partnership with Adelicious. The award-winning radio show, which has been running for 15 years, has won ARIA's Best Speech Program (2011 and 2014), Best Entertainment/Comedy Production (2017), and Best Community Program Featuring Al Gore. (2018) won four gold awards. The hugely popular show has achieved over 100 million podcast downloads since its launch, making it one of the UK's most successful radio podcasts, and Frank was inducted into the…
Last updated October 7, 2024 – 11:52 AM To mark World Mental Health Day, Birmingham Mind will feature on a special podcast and radio show highlighting the help and support we offer. The program will include conversations with volunteers and service users about their own recovery from poor mental health conditions. The podcast 'A Space to Speak Your Mind', produced by former Galaxy Birmingham presenter and BRMB/Free Radio producer Richard Parkes, will also be broadcast on BRMB in Birmingham. Richard has his own lived experience with mental health and as a passionate Brummie, he wants to let people know…
Last updated October 7, 2024 – 9:11am Blue Sky, a podcast hosted by Bill Burke, a former media executive and founder of the Optimism Institute, has launched a miniseries about the power of optimism. In the three-episode special series, Burke emphasizes that optimism is not just a feel-good attitude, but a powerful tool for tackling today's most pressing issues, from race and identity to national unity. Masu. “Optimism is not just a state of mind, but a creative force that leads to action and positive outcomes, even in the most difficult of times,” says Bill Burke. “‘Blue Sky’ features…
Last updated October 5, 2024 – 8:41am To coincide with the release of its latest true crime series, Crime House is also launching Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts. This new service, exclusive to Apple, gives subscribers early access to the series ad-free, as well as bonus content from Crime House. This comes alongside our newest original podcast, Mind of a Serial Killer, released today from Crime House and PAVE Studios. This new series delves deep into the minds of history's most notorious serial killers, from Jeffrey Dahmer to Ted Bundy, and combines compelling storytelling with expert psychological analysis to…