Author: Podcast News
Last updated September 26, 2024 – 2:32 PM Mail Metro Media's annual event, Upfront & Center, revealed its vision for the coming year, including videos, podcasts and the rollout of its social media strategy. The event took place last night at Outernet, Tottenham Court Road, London, and was led by comedian Katherine Ryan, Olympian Katarina Johnson-Thompson and the recently launched Number One, who led the editorial and commercial teams. He was joined by Tim Lovejoy, host of the Soccer AZ podcast. Discussions ranged from the importance of maintaining engagement and relationships with loyal readers to creating more immersive experiences…
Last updated September 26, 2024 – 1:19 p.m. The latest Audible original, BLEAK HOUSE, is the final installment of Audible's Dickens trilogy, executive produced by Sam Mendes. This atmospheric adaptation transports listeners to foggy London. A man's death above a junk shop begins a series of events that weave through the city's social strata, from grand country mansions to squalid slums. At the center of this tangled web are two extraordinary women. Lady Dedlock, who has a mysterious past, and Esther Summerson, whose lives are about to change dramatically. Although they seem to have nothing in common, their destinies…
Last updated September 26, 2024 – 10:50 AM Adelicious has signed with Russell Howard's Wonderbox. This means introducing advertising and sponsorship opportunities for the first time since its launch in September 2023. This partnership also marks the first Avalon title to join the podcast hosting and monetization network. In Wonderbox, a top 10 comedy podcast, British comedian Russell chats with guests about personal memories they'd like to keep in Wonderbox to remind them of important moments in their lives. Guests appearing on weekly episodes include John Oliver, Jameela Jamil, Sean Keaveney, Roisin Conaty, Munya Chawawa, Jimmy Carr, Jack Whitehall,…
Shaping Tomorrow is an all-new Deaf-led video podcast produced by a 90% Deaf production team, available today. Here Art, the British social enterprise co-founded by Cindy Sasha and Academy Award winner Rachel Shenton, has launched a podcast on its YouTube Chanel. Announced in July last year, the series is in British Sign Language and focuses on the careers of deaf people in the creative, sports and entertainment industries, and the challenges and things they have faced along the way. The first Deaf video podcast to reveal how things have changed. time. The first of the four-episode series features designer and…
Last updated September 25, 2024 – 1:52 p.m. Brave New World, the Evening Standard science podcast hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, is returning for a third series. This podcast explores the latest research from the scientists, thought leaders, and intellectuals who are shaping the future and changing our culture. We will also discuss the various solutions experts propose to address the anxieties and health issues facing modern society, as well as cutting-edge medical advances and what they mean for the future of humanity. Topics covered in the new series range from the psychedelic renaissance, longevity and aging, AI, and spirituality.…
Last updated September 25, 2024 – 5:44 p.m. PRIDE Daily, the world's only daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, will celebrate its first anniversary on October 16th. Created and presented by former BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Kev McGrath, the two-minute update is aimed at everyone, not just queer people: “Even if you're not on an LGBTQ+ bus yourself, you definitely know someone who is,” he says. Over the past 12 months, PRIDE Daily has been awarded “Acast Recommends” status by podcast companies and has also been promoted on the Pocket Casts and Goodpods apps, garnering listeners in…
Last updated September 25, 2024 – 4:00 p.m. Lifestyle podcaster Susie Chase has relaunched her two hit shows, Cookery by the Book and Decorating by the Book, under the name Dinner Party. This relaunch with a new logo and title marks a new chapter for the podcast that created the cookbook genre in the food category and the only podcast dedicated to book decoration in the design category. Each episode is set to gather around the table with friends, share stories, and savor the creative inspiration behind every cookbook and book decor. Dinner Party delves into the inspiration behind…
Last updated on September 25, 2024 – 10:26 AM “The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim” is a brand new podcast about global affairs, launched in collaboration with Sky News and NBC News. Hosted by Sky News chief world news presenter Yalda Hakim and NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, the podcast will include eyewitness reports from around the world as well as in-depth analysis and interviews. “These are times of heightened conflict and polarization, so we hope this podcast can act as a kind of port in the storm,” Yalda Hakim said. “The launch of this…
Last updated on September 25, 2024 – 9:24am Ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Dr Stacey Wentworth has launched a new podcast called Less Radical. The six-part series tells the story of an unlikely hero from Pittsburgh, Dr. Fisher, who overcame the barriers of anti-Semitism to get into medical school and make revolutionary advances in cancer treatment. But his success came at a tragic price: public, performative congressional hearings that unfairly tarnished his reputation and haunted him until his death. Host Dr. Wentworth takes listeners into operating rooms, the halls of Congress and the laboratory to explore…
Last updated September 20, 2024 – 3:23 PM American multinational food, snack and beverage company PepsiCo launches a new podcast, Future Back Thinking. Hosted by Dr. Athina Caniola, the company's first chief strategy and transformation officer, this 10-episode podcast explores the innovative approaches that many futurists and leaders have taken to lead organizations and people into the future. We are making use of some “Future Back Thinking.'' . This process involves considering the company's potential future by examining the trends and drivers of change that could lead to different future scenarios. With an extensive background in…