Election season starts for podcasting

• As the US’s first election contest of 2024 takes place, news podcasters have flocked to Des Moines IA, like Brad Mielke, the host of ABC News’ flagship daily podcast Start Here, seen here recording yesterday’s episode from his hotel room “studio”. It’s said that podcasting will benefit with increased ad revenue during the election period; if this image is anything to go by, so will pillow manufacturers. Elections are also planned this year in the UK and India.

  • Here’s our studio in Pret a Manger in the City of London, where Podnews was recorded on Jan 4 (yes, using Hindenburg PRO). Maybe we should have brought some pillows.

• Flightpath, a yield prediction and ad optimization platform, has unveiled a 12-month prediction feature, delivering a full year of trusted campaign projections across all shows on the platform.

• Making a factual or documentary podcast? The Whickers are open for entry: the deadline is Feb 25. Selected projects are invited to pitch in person during the festival in June and there is a first prize of £5000 and a second one of £2000, to be awarded by an independent audio professional jury.

• Podpage is holding a SEO for Podcasters webinar today at 10am Pacific Time, working with SEO company Clarity. You can register here.

• Nomono, the makers of an innovative sound capsule, have announced that Nomono Cloud now has editing functionality; allowing you to directly create episodes from your recordings.

• In Yorkshire? Aged between 18-25? Want an eight month internship in Leeds at a great podcast producer and music studio? Want to gain professional level production skills, access to industry networks, career coaching and a professional portfolio of work? Can you apply this week? Be quick!

• Is it worth making a podcast? Transistor’s Justin Jackson started in 2012, and suggests it “has led to almost every good thing in my professional life since”.

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• How long should a podcast be? We look at the scientific, creative, and selfish answer.

• How can you grow your show with cross-promos? Podcast Movement’s Jared Easley looks at how to do them right.

Podcast News - with Airwave

From Airwave: Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. In Who Did What Now each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting!

Cross-border podcasting is a thing, especially in Europe. In Sounds like Europe, made by Podium Podcasts and WePod, you’ll hear how a team works together in a podcast that serves as a showcase for what WePod are doing in the world of podcasting in Europe.

ART CLASS is new from Lincoln Center, featuring “three Black, queer artists, culturistas, and arts administrators who are passionate about composing a future of artmaking and arts education that creates more joy for more people more of the time.” The first show features guest Junauda Petrus, winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and author of The Stars and The Blackness Between Them – one of Essence’s “10 Banned Black Books You Should Be Reading”.

Zach might just be twelve, but he’s got a lot of questions about climate change: as well he should. We The Children is new today from Lower Street - a podcast that’s good for teachers for their climate curriculum, but also so jam packed with information that adult listeners will learn lots by tuning in.

TCM was launched in 1994; and to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary, Talking Pictures launches today, featuring TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in conversation with iconic filmmakers and writers as they discuss their earliest film memories, favorite films, creative influences and guilty pleasures.

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson is back for a new season today. It’s a place for intimate sharing, laughter and honest discussion, all while enjoying delicious food from some of the hottest spots in town. Season 2 guests will include Kathy Griffin, Weird Al Yankovic, and today features Jesse’s former Modern Family castmate (and TV dad) Ed O’Neill.

Multiple award-winning journalist and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr.  Sanjay  Gupta will delve deeper into how weight fits into our understanding of what it means to be healthy in the ninth season of his podcast Chasing Life, which returns today. This season will feature expertise from a variety of guests, as Dr. Gupta uncovers what the science tells us about weight, and how it should impact how we view our overall health.

According to Pen America’s 2023 report, Banned in the USA, 138 school districts in 32 states banned books. The majority of those books featured queer themes and characters, protagonists of color, or addressed racism and activism. Black & Published returns for a new season today: Nikesha Elise Williams speaks with authors who’ve had their books banned, and those who might be headed that way.