COVID-19 podcasts going viral

COVID-19 podcasts going viral

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  • Acast tells Podnews that there are now more than 650 podcast episodes hosted on its platform alone about Coronavirus. Those episodes have been downloaded more than 16 million times. We link to some new titles in our podcast news section below.

  • In America, ABC News plans a new daily podcast, “COVID-19, what you need to know” which launches today. (We don’t, yet, see it in Apple Podcasts).

  • The radio and podcasting event Radiodays Europe has been postponed because of the virus. Over 1,500 people were due to visit Lisbon, Portugal.

Podcast News

    Cool Stuff Ride Home
    The Coronavirus Daily Briefing is a new podcast from Ride Home Media, focusing on the reason we’re all fist-bumping these days. “We feel that daily news podcasts are uniquely suited for breaking news events like this one, providing much needed utility and curation of what can feel like a deluge of things to follow,” says CEO Brian McCullough. (Ride Home Media / ART19)
    The Coronavirus Podcast is a new podcast from BBC News, focusing on the covid-19 outbreak. Like other BBC podcasts, this public health message has been blocked from Google Podcasts. (BBC)
    What's That Rash?
    Coronacast is available from the ABC in Australia. (Like other ABC podcasts, it is disappointingly unavailable via Spotify; and isn’t, yet, in Google Podcasts either) (ABC Australia)
    Personology
    Play trailerPersonology is a new history podcast, which “aims to identify what propelled individuals into greatness and, in turn, how those acts changed all of our lives” (iHeartRadio)

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