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.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 256
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Spotify video - we speak to Maya Prohovnik; plus Crossed Wires and podcast consumption
Our special guest this week is Maya Prohovnik, VP and Head of Podcast Products at Spotify, who joins James Cridland to share insights on Spotify's latest innovations and what’s next for podcasters on…
Extra: Emma Turner, from the Independent Podcast Awards
Emma shares exciting news about the upcoming Independent Podcast Forum on June 16th at 21 Soho in London—a full-day event designed specifically to combat what she calls "the lonely sport" of podcasti…
The definition of a podcast: and the Independent Podcast Awards
We chat with Emma Turner from the Independent Podcast Awards; and about the new definition of a podcast from Oxford Road.
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Live at Podcast Movement Evolutions - video, podcasting and more
We chat with Jay Nachlis, Steven Goldstein, Alban Brooke, Daniel J Lewis, Dave Jackson and many others. Plus, the week's news - including the Podnews Report Card.
Extra: Chloe Straw, AudioUK
Audio UK is an industry body dedicated to advancing the UK audio sector through innovation, creator support, and driving sustainable growth for podcasts, radio, and audiobooks. We talk with Chloe Str…
Extra: Megan Lazovick, Edison Research
Edison Research Vice President Megan Lazovic joins us to unpack key findings from the Infinite Dial 2025 report and explore the growing phenomenon of podcast fandom.
AudioUK, Megan Lazovick, and YouTube
We chat with Megan Lazovick from Edison Research, Chloe Straw from AudioUK, and Podcast Nation - and talk YouTube
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Extra: Matt Medeiros on the future of Podcasting 2.0
A full interview with Matt on the future of Podcasting 2.0, and his view of Tom Webster's recent article.
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Podcasting 3.0?! And the Infinite Dial 2025
We speak with Matt Medeiros on Podcasting 3.0, and how to fix Podcasting 2.0. Plus, the Infinite Dial 2025, and more podcast industry news.
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Extra: Annalise Nielsen, from Pacific Content and Lower Street
Annalise Nielsen shares her expert insights on YouTube's dominance in podcast consumption and why video strategy needs careful consideration rather than automatic implementation. She explains how dif…
Video and its part in podcasting - Annalise Nielsen from Pacific Content and Lower Street
We chat with Annalise from Pacific Content about how video fits into podcasting, live events and shows, and women in podcasting. Plus, lots of Spotify news.
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Extra: Adam Curry and Dave Jones on the Godcaster
A full version of an interview with Adam and Dave about their new product.
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Faith, Radio, and Podcasting 2.0 - Adam Curry and Dave Jones
We talk about Godcaster, and also catch up with the week's news. (A long interview with Adam and Dave on Monday here).
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Podimo's success; and the Pod Predictor from Coleman Insights
We speak with Morten Strunge of Podimo about the company's success in hitting one million paid subscribers; and Jay Nachlis from Coleman Insights about their testing tool, the Pod Predictor.
Extra: Rockie Thomas from SoundStack
Rockie talks about why the new podcast namespace excites her, and how to grow podcasting by making it simpler.
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SoundStack's Rockie Thomas; and has Podcasting 2.0 failed?
We chat with Rockie Thomas, who is very excited about the potential of live podcasts. And, we cover new developments in the industry, including a look at one podcast that claimed Podcasting 2.0 has f…
Spotify's payments to creators, and Acast in profit
Sam and James talk about Spotify's recently revealed creator payments for podcasters, and Acast's profitable year
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Extra: David Bodycombe on video for podcasts
James chats with David Bodycombe on how he produces video for Tom Scott's Lateral podcast.
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Riverside's AI tools; and why do video podcasting?
We speak with Kendall Breitman from Riverside on their new tools; and with David Bodycombe on reasons why video podcasting is a good thing after all.
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Europe's podcast growth, and the podcast numbers you should know
We speak with Andreea Coscai from EuroWaves about Europe's growth; and talk TuneIn, as well as a ton of numbers
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