Your next co-host could be AI

• How can you make a whole podcast just using AI - no microphones required? Paul McNally produced a podcast with three hosts chatting about the news, entirely AI generated. He writes how he did it, and produced the Develop AI podcast which is impressive (try episode 1 for an episode based on his blog post). McNally founded Develop AI, an AI training and strategy company, and runs podcast producer Develop Audio.

• Exclusive: Reality with the King, hosted by renowned executive producer and personality Carlos King, has joined QCODE’s podcast network. The show was with Stitcher.

• YouTube is now sending out emails to creators entitled Podcasts are on YouTube Music – make sure yours is too. It links to this page, which includes official buttons. We hear the company is also briefing some podcast hosting companies.

• Podcast website service Podpage has released a new dashboard. It includes new customisation features, as well as cleaner organisation.

• Marketing Brew reports a survey from Integral Ad Science, saying “audio ads can be effective, but only if they’re not disruptive”.

• The CBC’s Commotion podcast looked at the potential effect of the CRTC’s new podcast regulations in the country.

• PodcastOne has signed Nighty Night, hosted by Rabia Chaudry. The show was with Kast Media.

• Ad marketplace Audacia has announced a representation agreement with Podcast Network Asia, the biggest podcast network in the region.

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• The CEO Magazine post four simple podcasting tips to supercharge your personal brand. The article is by Wavelength Creative’s Adam Jaffrey.
• Consistency is key. Bamby Media’s Brianna Ansaldo talks with Shine Online's Ellie Swift on “the benefit of consistently releasing podcast episodes over a long period of time”.

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• Betsy Lehman has been appointed to the Board of Directors at PRX.

Podcast News

From the creators of Radio Rental and Tenderfoot TV, Rattled & Shook is a variety show for all things creepy-adjacent and horror-lite where each week, hosts Aprile and Meredith share new scary stories — reacting in real time — play horror-themed games, and feature special guests.

Game for Anything launches today - “a somewhat frenetic weekly podcast taking on everything from indie games to new VR peripherals and anything in between.” It’s with Acast.

What’s it like to work for The Mouse? Or even… to be The Mouse? Keys To The Kingdom is new, revealing the real and peculiar backstage life of theme park performers and Disney Cast Members. What type of person decides they want to work in a pseudo fairy tale, a fake ghost town, or a make-believe movie studio in the first place? Keys to the Kingdom is an Earios production in conjunction with Tradecraft Media.

From Beneath the Hollywood Sign is new this week from the Airwave Podcast Network. A weekly podcast, writer and producer Steve Cubine and actress Nan McNamara explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometime bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. The first episode is all about the Oscars, and when the ceremony didn’t quite go to plan.00

Mummy’s Boy with Arthur Hill features TikTok pop star Arthur Hill - with more than 1.5mn followers - and his mum. The show, from AudioAlways, also features special guests. The first episode is out tomorrow.

Paranormal show Radio Rental returns for a new season with more real-life, insanely haunting tales. You can expect horrific camping disasters (including on secluded islands), babysitting jobs gone real-life horror story, and “the lady in the woods”.

With wildfires, floods and record-breaking temperatures, KQED’s SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America is back for a third season, examining the intersection of the climate and housing crises. The new season starts with the story of the Escutias, a family in the small town of Pajaro, along the Monterey California coast, who must look for a new home on higher ground after a levee breach forces them to abandon their home.

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