Who's the fastest podcast host?

• Who offers the fastest podcast hosting? Daniel J Lewis highlights who is fastest; whether it matters; and uncovers some interesting results in terms of podcast statistics.

• Bullet, an app that allows podcast listeners to share audio of their favourite podcasts as a video to social media from their favourite podcast app, has officially launched.

  • Meanwhile, social media audio sharing company Headliner has signed a deal with SiriusXM, the North American satellite radio company.

• Podtrac released their opt-in top 10 US podcast publishers list for May 2019. NPR is #1, iHeartRadio is #2, and PRX is #3.

  
  Aug 14 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Gareth Cliff from podcaster CliffCentral in South Africa celebrated his fifth anniversary recently, sharing some views about the strength of the sector. (Podnews is in Johannesburg this Wednesday to Friday).

• Advice: Going to a conference? Want to get listeners subscribed to your podcast? Here’s how RedHat does it, thanks to Pacific Content. tl;dr: QR codes are good, but you need human beings to help.

• In Brooklyn NY, USA, the Afros & Audio Podcast Festival took place last week, highlighting black podcasters.

• September is International Podcast Month, with over 150 podcasters already involved. IPM have launched their Indiegogo campaign to cover costs and provide giveaways.

• UK broadcaster Steve Penk is to launch a podcast, Steve Penk’s Radio Nightmares, containing bloopers and embarrassing moments from live radio broadcasts.

• Music band The Pixies are teasing new songs from their forthcoming album in their podcast, reports the NME.

• Canadian broadcaster Terry O’Reilly (Under the Influence) lets slip in the latest edition of the Sound Off Podcast that he is launching a podcast soon. (Oh, and happy Canada Day, Canadians!)

• NPR writes a piece about the growing poetry-in-podcasts trend.

• Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs have launched a new podcast network called Lemonada Media. Westwood One to distribute, sell, and market the shows.

• Here’s what else you need to know today: what everyone who works on The Daily looks like. (Those interested in gender balance: two-thirds female).

Opinion

• Our Editor has some ideas on how to get the BBC back into Google Podcasts - noting that Google could give podcasters a little more control over how their podcasts appear within Google products.

• 9to5Mac think it’s time for a podcast creation tool from Apple. They give some ideas for features they’d like.

• Listening To Podcasts May Be The Cool Thing To Do, But Is It Worth Wholly Cutting Yourself Off?, asks the India Times. “The problem is, with all of our senses now tuned to the web, none of them are tuned to ourselves anymore.”

  
  Aug 14 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

Podcasts

In-Person is a new podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s biggest professional events and the leaders who make them happen. SXSW is the first event highlighted. (Libsyn)

The Practical Futurist Podcast looks at the near-term future through the eyes of global experts and asks… “What’s the future of…” Today’s episode is about the future of work, with Dominic Price from Atlassian. (Buzzsprout)

Just Cases covers “the backstory to some of the biggest court cases you’ve never heard of,” and has just started season three: from Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial to why governments can fund religious schools. (Monash University / Soundcloud)