Podcasts take to the stage

• The Guardian covers big podcasts making it even bigger on the live stage. The article focuses on two BBC shows, which sell out within hours of going on sale.

• Spotify posted a look back at 2022 on the platform, highlighting its work on platform safety and diversity. Meanwhile, Spotify’s Joe Rogan made another anti-trans comment this week.

• Pod the North, a newsletter about Canadian podcasting, shares insights from twelve of the largest podcast publishers in the country - including our sponsor, CoHost and Quill.

• Wondering how the TV networks seem to get better images on Zoom calls? VOA’s Steve Herman posts the image that BBC World News sends back to him - a black and white still caption telling him to look at the camera.

• One of our most-read articles, how to understand podcast stats, is good for a long read over this holiday period.

Podcast News

Despite the name, Manufacturing Talk Radio, a podcast for the manufacturing industries, has never been on the radio - until now. The show has been picked up by WLEA-AM in Hornell NY, and will air during its morning drive.

“Ambitious science fantasy” audio drama The Madness of Chartrulean is gearing up to launch a Kickstarter for a second season. You can be notified on launch by signing up.

If yesterday’s AI-focused newsletter wasn’t enough for you, Human-B-Gon is an audio drama set in a future when the machines have taken over, and robots capture stray humans.