Podcast Awards open; and a live podcast on Twitch

• The Podcast Awards are open for listener nominations. Podcasters need to register their podcasts first (US$10). (Listeners: how’s about a nomination for Podnews?)

• A live podcast on Twitch - Westwood One Podcast Network stars Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson of 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff are doing an exclusive live broadcast of their podcast on Twitch while co-streaming episodes of Doctor Who. We’re told “You won’t want to miss Eric and Conrad experiencing the show as only they could – through the eyes of wrestling guys.”

• What are podcasters talking about? FluidDATA is monitoring and transcribing over 500,000 podcasts - their dashboard shows that 'World Cup’ is the most popular subject right now.

• Nielsen release a report saying that podcast fans are big barbecue sauce, ketchup, and sunscreen buyers, too. Avid podcasters are 11% more likely to purchase ketchup.

• Wondery’s Inside Jaws is being considered for possible TV adaptation. Host Mark Ramsey “wrote the seven-part series as a television show without visuals. That should make it easily adaptable to TV.”

• South Africa: the growth of podcasting in the country makes columnist Nkateko Mongwe ask how to use the medium effectively

• A podcast studio is closing in San Pedro CA, USA.

• A new podcast of note: Automators from Relay: “every episode, Rosemary and David tackle a set of tasks made better and easier through the automation tools available on iOS and macOS.”

Podnews is in Munich, Germany, tomorrow afternoon. Coffee? Beer? E-mail james@crid.land or text via WhatsApp.