Author: Podcast News
Last updated December 4, 2024 – 1:03 PM Spotify Wrapped, an annual feature celebrating the streamer's fans, artists, and creators, has been released in 2024. This release includes top artists, songs, genres, albums, and listening time. We also have data on the top streams around the world, the most listened to podcasts in the past year, and the number of new artists discovered. From showing users how their music tastes have evolved over the course of the year to delivering Wrapped results via a new personalized podcast experience, 2024 Spotify Wrapped will let fans indulge in what they love…
Last updated December 4, 2024 – 10:08 AM The Rest Is Classified podcast received over 200,000 downloads in its first week of release. This is quite an accomplishment for a new show. Goal Hunger's new show topped the charts in the UK and Australia, and also hit the top five in New Zealand and Ireland. The show is hosted by two experienced experts: David McCloskey, a former CIA analyst and best-selling spy novelist, and Gordon Colella, a veteran national security journalist with over 25 years at the BBC. provides insight into the world of intelligence and…
Last updated December 3, 2024 – 4:48 PM The digital marketing and artist development company's new podcast, Blinding Talent, demystifies and demystifies the complex world of music. Hosted by company founder Mark Adams, “The Blinding Talent Music Industry Podcast” features conversations with prominent guests who discuss the nooks and crannies of the music industry labyrinth. Topics covered include: What does it take to make a number one record? How do artists go from the pub circuit to arenas across the country? Building a fan base in the social media age What does it take?What exactly is A&R? Guests come…
The BBC Radio 5 live podcast series 'Gangsters: The story of the Daniels and the Lyons' explores one of Scotland's bloodiest gang wars between two families, the Daniels and the Lyons. Hosted by investigative journalist Liviby Haydock, the podcast follows the explosive story of how two families and their associates went to war for control of the lucrative drug trade in north Glasgow. Masu. The violent conflict that has raged on Scottish streets for more than two decades, from machete attacks and shootings to torture and murder, has torn some families apart and forced witnesses into protection. In one murder…
Last updated Dec. 3, 2024 – 3:36 p.m. Acast has opened a brand new UK headquarters in the heart of London's Old Street for podcasters, advertisers and its 100-strong UK-based team. The ground floor of our new London headquarters is designed exclusively for creators, with four multimedia spaces equipped for both audio and video production, including a photo studio with state-of-the-art cameras and an infinity wall for large-scale video podcasts. Equipped with a studio. “This is a moment of truth for the UK podcasting community,” said Josh Woodhouse, Managing Director, Acast UK & Ireland. “We designed the space to…
Last updated Dec. 2, 2024 – 5:20 p.m. “Scary Terri” is a new season of the podcast that tells the story of Terry Lee Hoffman, a Dallas spiritual leader whose followers continue to die. Between 1979 and 1989, more than a dozen people died, all of them connected to Terry Hoffman. In many cases, Terry was the beneficiary of the assets they left behind. Jonathan Hirsch, investigative reporter and host of Fugitive Father, unravels the web of lies, manipulation, and questionable behavior surrounding Hoffman and her organization, Body, Mind and Soul Conscious Development. Many of the victims' families believe…
Last updated December 2, 2024 – 12:57 PM Legacy, Lyrics & Life is a new podcast from Shawna Wells, Legacy Architect and Founder of 7th Generation Legacy. Through deeply personal conversations and her own reflections, Shauna helps everyone align their daily actions with the impact they want to have on generations to come. If you've ever thought about what kind of legacy you want to leave and how you can begin to intentionally create it every day, this show will guide you every step of the way. This podcast combines Shauna's estate planning expertise with the life lessons she's…
Last updated December 2, 2024 – 11:07 AM New 2025 tour dates for The News Agent Live on Stage with HSBC UK have been announced by Global. Following the success of the podcast's first live show at the Royal Albert Hall last night, Emily Maitlis, John Sopel and Louis Goodall will be heading on the road for a series of exclusive live performances in Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh in early 2025. Live shows will take place at Birmingham Symphony Hall on Monday 17th February, Manchester Bridgewater Hall on Monday 24th February and Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Tuesday 11th…
Last updated November 30, 2024 – 8:26 AM “Me and my Mixtape” is a new weekly podcast about the art of creating and curating the perfect 10-track mixtape. Hosted by Matt Hughes of the podcast “Three is the Magic Number'' and Mark Uyatt of the podcast “Mark and Me,'' the two discuss, analyze, and get excited about different music and topics of all types every week. and curate the perfect 10-track mixtape. . A weekly mixtape playlist will also be posted on Spotify so that fans of the podcast can enjoy the music from each episode. Matt Hughes said:…
Last updated November 29, 2024 – 1:17 p.m. Fellow broadcasters Abbey McCarthy and Olivia Jones are launching a new podcast, Never Seen Gavin & Stacey. While Abbie considers herself a huge fan of Gavin & Stacey, her best friend Olivia has so far never seen a single episode of the award-winning sitcom. They will watch every episode together and give a full report in time for the final episode of EVER this Christmas. Abby thinks she's seen it all before, but Olivia's fresh insights might give this classic show a new perspective. Abby and Olivia met in 2009 when…