Magellan: 4 out of 5 comedy podcasts talk COVID

• First look: Which podcasts are talking about the coronavirus? Magellan has taken a look: and discovered that 4 out of 5 comedy podcasts are mentioning it; and 1 in 4 of all true crime shows. It’s the latest in a series of articles about how the coronavirus is affecting podcast advertising.

• We’re using more desktops and laptops, and less mobile devices, according to a long piece in The New York Times. For podcasters, that probably means ensuring you have a decent embedded player experience on your website. (/ht Splice Slugs)

  
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• One in four women in Saudi Arabia listen to podcasts every week, says new research from markettiers and 4DC. 15% of the country listens every week, putting the country roughly on par with the UAE. More than nine out of 10 people in the Kingdom trust podcasts more than any other medium.

• Entercom have announced “blockbuster audience growth across its Podcast Network, which includes Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios”, claiming significant growth across virtually every category.

• Podfund, which supports emerging podcast creators, has announced Q2 and Q3's new shows and seasons, including more from Double Elvis, Pushkin, and Locked On Podcasts.

• Buzzsprout has published a review and walkthrough of Hindenburg Journalist Pro.

• How do you record a podcast remotely anyway? Rachel Corbett’s PodSchool has put a guide online about how to do it, with some crafty tips. Meanwhile, Pacific Content’s Steve Pratt writes a comprehensive COVID-19 and Podcasting FAQ; and Cedric Begoc, Acast’s Content Director in France shares his unambitious recipe for crêpes, as well as the company’s slightly more ambitious vision for podcasting.

Podcast News

The Next Binge Thing features Amber Rollo and Gabe Pacheco, two comedians who used to be engaged, now they are quarantined together. Yikes. Anyway, they’re bingeing shows to pass the time.

“I didn’t come this far to die in prison.” Into America from NBC News focuses on how the coronavirus is unfolding in the US prison system.

The launch of Soundstage has been moved forward to engage with audiences in a time of social distancing: from Playwrights Horizons, it’s a series of scripted short fiction works from America’s “most adventurous playwrights”

Prince Charles, the son of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II, has recorded an Easter Day reading for the Westminster Abbey podcast. The podcast is taking the place of in-person worship at the church, which was built in 1245 in central London. Prince Charles is recovering from COVID-19.

The Improv Chronicle focuses on how improv is having to reinventing itself because of the stupid virus - running online workshops and performing shows on Zoom, Twitch and Facebook Live.

The LA Times has launched a daily podcast, called Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lines, which covers… oh, you guessed.

Dennis Quaid has launched The Dennissance with production company Audio Up. “What we are doing brings together so many of the things I love, blending stories, music, and insightful conversations across all genres,” said Quaid. He launched it on April Fool’s day as saying it would only be available on cassette tape.

No Laying Up, a golf podcast, is now airing on SiriusXM, a satellite radio service. The podcast airs Monday, Thursday and Friday at 6.00pm ET on the Dan Patrick Radio channel.