The podcast making “well in the six figures”

• The podcast Money for the rest of us has a membership community that charges $450 a year, and the podcast is earning “well into the six figures” in revenue, according to Simon Owens.

• The master of ceremonies for the Podcast Hall of Fame 2025 has been announced. It’ll be John R Miles, the creator and host behind the Passion Struck Podcast.

• Television manufacturer LG has launched LG Radio+, a radio and podcast service on LG smart TVs running webOS 6.0 and above. It uses Radioline as a provider - as a tip, check if you’re there, and if not you can add your show over here.

• Further reading: Perry Michael Simon suggests that copying Joe Rogan is unlikely to work to build a new podcast … Vulture publishes The Best Podcasts of 2024 … EarBuds look at History podcasts that challenge perceptions … 14 podcasts Guardian writers recommend for long road trips (from Guardian Australia, hence why it talks about summer road trips) …

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• Podcasting 2.0 - what’s it all about? PodEngine produced a report with everything said about Podcasting 2.0 over the last few months in podcasts. On podcastindex.social, Kevin Bae fed that report into Google NotebookLM, to make a podcast about it - which you’ll now find in the Podnews Extra podcast. It’s not all entirely right, but pretty close…

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• Our monolithic article on understanding podcast stats points out that a download isn’t the same as a listen, and total audience numbers are hard to work out from downloads.

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Ho, ho, ho. And what would you like for Christmas? Niche to Meet You has a new mini-series out… about professional Santas. It’s a three-episode series that goes beyond the Santa in the mall to uncover what it truly takes to embody the holiday spirit year-round, and features interviews with seasoned Santa veterans, global Santa portrayal artists, industry insiders, and renowned poets.

The interview show Indie AF chats with people involved in audio fiction, and returns for a new season today. Guests are Ella Watts and Amber Devereaux from the audio drama show Camlann which was released earlier this year.

Scarred for Life returns for a new season today, from its new home at Lock It In Studio. The show sees a celebrity confessing three items or events that they found terrifying from their childhood. (We’re assuming Watership Down has already been mentioned. Shudder.)

A metaphysical comedy podcast, Shit My Soul Says, returned for a new season over the weekend. The show focuses on metaphysical takes on current events, “living the woo lifestyle”, and navigating modern life with spiritual insights. The show’s also on YouTube.