Time to look beyond the big cities?

• Are there opportunities for podcasting outside the big cities? Larry Rosin looks at the data from Edison Research’s Infinite Dial, suggesting that fewer people listen to podcasts in small cities and rural areas.

• The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast has done a deal with The Daily Wire. The company will manage sales and distribution for the controversial top-50 podcast, and offer premium content.

• Listened to any good television shows lately? The Columbian looks at podcasts that have morphed into TV shows.

• A criminal defence attorney, Bob Motta, is the curator of EarBuds Podcast Collective this week, with five recommendations for podcast episodes about true crime.

• Mashable covers the use by podcasters for reproductive rights activism. Mentioned in Podnews last Monday, the campaign now has its own website.

Moves and hires

• Supriya Santhakumar has been hired by Indian podcast production company Ideabrew Studios as the company’s Associate Vice President for Sales. Supriya joins from radio stations FM Tadka and Radio One.

• Ishani Dasgupta is also new at Ideabrew Studios, as AVP Growth & Strategy. She had been with JioSaavn as their Lead for Podcast Partnerships.

The Tech Stuff returns tomorrow, after the US holiday.

Podcast News - with Post Script Media

From Post Script Media: In the latest episode of The Carbon Copy: In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court decided that the EPA has overstepped its authority in regulating heat trapping gasses from power plants. We’ll look at what led to the Supreme Court to take up the case. Now that the high court has restricted how America’s environmental cop can enforce climate pollution rules, how severe are the consequences? And where can federal agencies continue to make progress?

Novel’s Call Me Mother has returned for a new season. Shon Faye talks with LGBTQ trailblazers who have something important, interesting or enlightening to say about what it means to be queer in the world today.

Women are turning into dragons. Audio fiction podcast The Dragoning releases its second season today, as one tourist brings their girlfriend from Dragon City to their home country, where no dragons have been documented yet. The show features actors from three continents, and is produced by the Messenger Theatre Company of New York.

Podcast ads in the wild

Jessica Alpert sends us this image of Wondery and Rococo Punch’s Queen of Hearts, in Times Square, a few weekends ago.

Advertising for podcasts help grow the whole medium - so if you’ve spotted any (or responsible for some), just hit reply and send us a nice picture.