Podnews Weekly Review
The last word in podcasting news.
Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry.
Winner, "Best Podcasting Podcast", 2025 Ear Worthy Awards
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 256
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Podcasting in South East Asia; Sharon Taylor co-hosts; Spotify paid podcasting and more
Sharon Taylor is Managing Director of Triton Digital, and looks after Omny Studio, an enterprise podcast host. Find out more at https://omnystudio.com/learn
Our guest is Ron Baetiong, founder and CEO …
Dynamic ads and podcast networks - Rachel Corbett co-hosts; Mignon Fogarty is our guest
Rachel Corbett joins James Cridland to talk fiction podcasts; dynamic ad insertion; whether we're in a slowdown or not; GoodPods and indie podcasting; social audio networks; and the benefits of a pod…
Podcast SEO: stuff the title and forget the description, it's only a B medium anyway!?
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi
With Special Interviews:
- Nick Hilton, CEO Podot with NEW Podcast " The Town That Knew Too Much"
- Zach Moreno & Rock Felder Co-Founders of Squadcast.FM
- Jemily Rime, BBC…
Apple iOS 14.6, is it a bug or a feature exposing the dirty download secret? Ross Adams CEO, ACast explains 5 reasons why we need RSS, Is Audacity dangerous now it's Russian owned. Podcasts finally agree on episode notes. Interview with Jim Ballas, CTO,
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi
With Special Interviews:
- Jim Ballas, LaunchpadOne
Podland News
1. Audacity, an open-source audio editor, is to share limited analytics data with their company in Kali…
Why Amazon podcasts start to splash the cash and bought Art19 and Smartless? We interview Arielle Nissenblatt from the Podcast Taxonomy board and we interview Don MacKinnon (Hark) and Hannah Blake (Entale) both help with podcast discovery
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they talk about Why Amazon Podcasting bought Art 19.
With Special Interviews:
- Arielle Nissenblatt - Podcast Taxonomy
- Don MacKinnon - Hark Audio
- Hannah Blake - …
Facebook Podcasting. It's alive but why can't you actually play them yet? We interview David Markowitz, Netflix amd Niklas Hildebrand, Audry.
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they talk about Facebook Podcasting. It's alive but why can't you actually play them yet?
SPECIAL GUESTS:
- David Markowitz, Netflix
- Niklas Hildebrand, Audry
WE TA…
Apple channels finally arrive. Facebook podcasts launch next week and who is in the Spotify Green Room? Our special guest is Mark Asquith CEO Captivate. And do we need a GUID for every podcast?
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they ask: Is Podcast hosting no longer a USP? It's fast becoming free. So how can podcast hosts survive? Should they go vertical with more paid features or simply…
Apple Subscriptions and Channels are finally coming! With special guest Neil Mody the CEO Headliner.
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss monetising podcasts through channels.
Special Guest:
Neil Mody - CEO HeadlinerVideo
News Headlines:
- Apple has set the launch date for Apple Podcasts Sub…
Space Casts v Apple Casts: Monetising podcasts through feeds and channels
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss monetising podcasts through channels.
NEWS:
Title: Spacecasts v Apple Channels.
Full Episode: https://www.podland.news
NEWS:
- Space Casts v Apple Chann…
Podcast piracy or defamation, should podcast hosts monitor the content or could a new podcast license be the simple fix to the problem?
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi as they discuss podcast piracy, theft, content moderation and licensing.
GUESTS:
- 🎙 Jake Warren 🎧 - CEO Message Heard
- Will Page - author of Tarzan Economics
- Dave Jo…
I'm at a loss, will anyone notice the difference? Lossless audio comes to Apple, Spotify and Amazon for free.
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into .
SPECIAL GUESTS:
- Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO & Co-Founder at Casted
- Adrian Spataru, CEO & Co-Founder at Cleanvoice.ai
IN THIS PODCAST:
- The Ambi…
Whether it's firmographic enrichment or psychographically targeting, everyone is saying podcasting is getting bigger, while Apple is learning to crawl podland faster but it's not podping speed just yet?
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into subscription services.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
- Brandon Blackburn, POD TV
IN THIS PODCAST:
Will Superfans pay extra to come into a Spotify Green Room or Twitter Space? Should Apple buy Clubhouse? Interviews with Will Page, Author of Tarzan Economics and Charles Van Winkle, Senior Software Engineer, Descript.
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's deep dive into subscription services.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
- Will Page - Author of Tarzan Economics, Visiting Fellow at The London School of Economics and P…
Like London buses, you wait years for a subscription service to turn up and two come along at the same time. James and Sam analyse Spotify's new subscription service and compare it with Apple's alternative subscription service.
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's thought-provoking show about Spotify's new subscription service.
NEWS:
Podcasts, Podcasts everywhere but not a mention of RSS anywhere! We discuss Apple's podcast subscriptions, Facebook's podcasting app and Google recommendations
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's jam-packed show about Apple subscriptions and Facebook's entry into podcasting with the help of Spotify.
NEWS
It's all about the numbers! Google 100m, Amazon 1.5bn, Podcast Index 2.7m plus interviews with Juliana Meyer CEO Supapass and Elsie Escobar Libsyn.
Join Sam Sethi and Matt Deegan on this week's jam packed & informative show
INTERVIEWS:
- Elsie Escobar - Libsyn talking about Libsyn 5 beta 1
- Juliana Meyer - Supapass - one website and app for your…
James and Sam are joined by Alban Brooke from Buzzsprout, and talk stats and sats
Full episode notes coming soon, and chapter marks and all of that.
Connect With Us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Fediverse: @[email protected] and @samsethi@po…
Organiser of The British Podcast Awards Matt Deegan joins as co-host. Spotify launch 'Sound Up' and buy Locker Room. Voting for the Ambies is now open. You can now download the Podclock.
Join Sam Sethi and Matt Deegan on this week's highly informative show
NEWS:
- James Cridland launches his new project the PodClock
- The British Podcast Awards has closed entries for this year. Organiser Ma…
It's now 2 million podcasts, Interviews: Chair - Podcast Academy, CEO - Riverside FM, Head of Digital Audio - iHeart Podcast Network
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's jam-packed show
INTERVIEWS:
- Donald Albright, Chair, The Podcast Academy
- Corey Layton, Head of Digital Audio, Australian Radio Network and iHeart Podcast…
Is Apple no longer free? Is podcast streaming a myth? PodBean Live or Clubhouse? Why was Message Heard in the NY Times? The NEW Recommendation Tag and Where's James? .
Join James Cridland and Sam Sethi on this week's jam-packed show
INTERVIEWS:
- Jake Warren - Message Heard
- Benjamin Bellamy - Ad Aures
- Norma Jean Belenky - PodBean
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NEWS:
- Next week, Podbean is to run a …