Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets Webby Podcast of the Year

• The Webby Awards took place last night. We’d already covered the podcast winners; the ceremony’s famous five-word speeches included one from Lemonada Media’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, winning podcast of the year for Wiser Than Me: “Listen to old women, motherfudgers”. (Some words may have been changed to ensure delivery of this email.) You can watch highlights at The Webby Awards website.

• The new owner of Castro wrote up progress since acquiring the app earlier in the year. Support for transcripts is coming. The company’s Android app, Aurelian, now uses Castro for trending and search.

• Spotify ran a workshop in Cairo, Egypt.

• Ad management company Frequency has partnered with Barometer, a brand suitability and contextual targeting service.

• Take a look at Pod Houston, in this fancy new video. Oziel Enriquez says that he is looking to empower other leaders to go local and launch in-person micro-events too.

Moves and hires

• Madeleine Hawcroft has joined Deadset Studios as Executive Producer. She will be working on the company’s show The Solutionists.

Tips and tricks - with Ausha 🚀

• Ausha suggests: Check out Ausha’s top picks for AI-assisted podcast editing tools.

• Ausha suggests: See how AI is changing the podcast industry in this YouTube Short.

• Bamby Media wants you to steal their podcast launch strategy, which has a decent set of steps to take.

• Pacific Content promises “episode descriptions to make listeners click play”.

Podcast News - with Airwave

With Airwave: A Mindful Moment's Teresa McKee says: “Airwave took the time to listen to our needs and demonstrated sensitivity to our concerns about advertising. Since joining Airwave, they have consistently placed ads that align with our purpose, unlike previous networks."

Bubble Trouble, the podcast that explains how businesses and financial markets really work, turns its eye to the business of podcasting this week. Joining Will Page and Richard Kramer are Jonas Woost from Bumper, and Podnews’s Editor, James Cridland - looking at what they call the “post-bubble world of podcasting”.

In the Podcast Advertising Playbook this week, Acast’s Greg Glenday is interviewed about what a podcast is these days, and how best to make your ads compelling.

Acquired was #1 in Apple Podcasts yesterday. The Transistor-hosted show was featured in the Wall Street Journal, and gets over 500,000 downloads an episode according to the story, which discusses how much they charge for sponsorship and how much the back catalogue is responsible for downloads.

Sincerely, Sloane is new today from UNINTERRUPTED and Acast, hosted by American professional tennis player Sloane Stephens. The show invites athletes, entertainers, and experts for conversations on personal growth and wellness.

The Madhouse Chronicles is a new raucous talk show hosted by rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and his best friend Billy Morrison, diving into the internet’s wildest clips and tackling topics ranging from aliens to rock 'n’ roll. It’s just been signed by Libsyn Ads.

One of the first shows from Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios, Murder: True Crime Stories is new today from Crime House. A true crime show investigating the death of an intern in Washington DC, it’s hosted on Megaphone; and its name is classic Parcast.

Pretendians is a new show from Canadaland today - looking at some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and professors who all have something in common: they aren’t Indigenous. From the Governor’s mansion to Hollywood, co-hosts Robert Jago (Kwantlen First Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe) and Angel Ellis (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) reveal unbelievable stories of identity theft. So why do these so-called “Pretendians” do it? And what happens when they are exposed?

How do you balance being a dad with a successful career? If one person should know, it’s Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, tech entrepreneur, and father of two daughters. Business Dad delves into the often overlooked topic of work-life balance from the perspective of successful fathers across various industries. It’s represented by Realm.