Behind The Podcast

A lubricated Stocks and a determinedly abstinent Jules bring you the hottest news from the podcast world, including the new (old) kids on the block and Spotify's big risky podcast gamble.

Mentioned this week:

Late-Night Hosts Switch To Podcasting To Fund Out-Of-Work Staff

Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama

Spotify is reportedly limiting ad payouts for white noise podcasters

The nonstop podcast listeners are on to something

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Produced by DM Podcasts

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Behind The Podcast comes from the coffee capital of Australia this week. Jules has been given the week off, so Stocks and the Head of Podcasts at DM - Cameron Muller - tackle the big podcast stories of the week.

Mentioned This week:

[00:41] How Podcasting in China Became A Symbol of China's Gen Z Feminist Movement, Platforms in China 

[07:19] Podcast Movement 2023: the good, the bad, the uneventful

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No-one is hung over today HUZZAH! Which means our sport-loving pod-nerds can dive deep into the interesting developments into the world of sports podcasting. Plus a comprehensive list of the movers and shakers right now in the podcasting landscape and some of their 'podcasting pet peeves'.

[00:45] Amazon Plucks Ex-ESPN Talent As It Pushes Further Into Sports

[12:52] The 40(ish) Most Important People in Podcasting in 2023 and

Bill Simmons, Alex Cooper, Emma Chamberlain and 36 More on The Future of Podcasting

[18:36] Linkfire Expands To Podcasting with Powerful Marketing Toolkit Built for Podcasters

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Not even a hangover and national football loss can keep our pod-nerds down. In today's dusty episode, a valiant Jules and Stocks discuss the 'Spotify Exclusive' experiment, the latest from the Podcast Ranker, the latest merger and other interesting podcast stories from the week.

Mentioned this week:

[00:45] An integration between spotify and patreon has been announced

[03:54] How a ‘poodunnit’ podcast about a wedding’s dirty secret went viral

[06:30] Podcast Ranker: ARN and SCA battle for podcast supremacy heats up

[07:44] Spotify ends more exclusive licensing podcast deals

[10:52] More Mergers

Recommended this week:

Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding

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Jules and Stocks put their big ol' nerd brains together for another episode dissecting the podcasting and tech news from the past week. In this week's yarn the long awaited TikTok podcasting could be a a monster success for the platform, huge podcaster, Alex Cooper's expansion with her own network set to launch, and the big money, big potential of sport's betting and podcasting.

Mentioned this week:

[00:47] Tiktok-has-been-testing-full-length-podcasts

[05:54] Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper is starting her own podcast network

[10:03] ESPN Shoves Barstool From Penn Sports-Betting Pact and Back to Founder Dave Portnoy

[13:27] CoHost Debuts Advanced Audience Demographics for In-Depth Podcast Listener Analysis

[15:28] Why some publishers are reducing their podcast slate to try to grow their audio businesses

Recommendations this week:

[17:05] Owned - with Rex Chapman

[20:02]  The Kinahans

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This episode sees Stocks very excited to dig out his cowboy boots and get to the rodeo, but not before he and Jules put their heads together to catch up on this week's podcasting news.

Mentioned this episode:

(01:00-08:16) Warner Music creating in house podcast network

(08:18-10:33) Marvel cuts in-house podcast team in half amidst Disney layoffs

(10:38-12:41) 4 out of 5 people will skip podcast ‘radio style’ ads

(12:44-15:12) The Kids podcast listeners report

(15:13-17:23) Radio, not podcasts, rules the car: Edison Research

(17:26-21:27) After the Podcast Gold Rush, Is Audio Too Corporate to Be Cool? 

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In this episode the pod nerds, Jules and Stocks, take a mighty helping from the Spotify news smorgasbord, discuss the writers and actors strike and how it's impacting the podcasting world, and muse whether the Twitter alternative 'Threads' has longevity.

Mentioned this week:

Spotify Eyes Younger-Skewing Podcasts, Q2 Subscribers Jump, Losses Widen 

Spotify Podcasts' High-Growth Era is Probably Over 

Spotify loses out on £34m after podcasting 'write offs' with high-profile contracts including Harry and Meghan

Actors’ Strike Leaves Celebrity Podcasts in Grey Zone

How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

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The nerd-bros are back and they are learning, and sharing. In this week's episode they rankle the Australian podcast ranker, chat about the results from Mumbrella's Podpolls and eagerly await Paul McCartney's new upcoming podcast. Plus they give loads of recommendations so you, too, can learn and share the podcast love.

Mentioned this week:

The Australian podcast Ranker June 2023

Mumbrella 360's Podpoll results 2023

Pushkin Announces Paul McCartney Podcast

Jules recommends:

Quick Smart ABC Podcasts

TED Talk Daily

Patented: History of Inventions

Instant Genius BBC Podcasts

Stocks recommends:

Joe Pomp Show

New York Times The Daily

Stratechery

Huberman Lab

The Imperfects Podcast

High Performance Podcast

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Fresh back from holidays Stocks is reunited with his buddy, Jules, and there is podcasting news galore! Find out what Stocks listened to while he was travelling, what's got the sector rumour mill turning and how Hollywood is inadvertently helping the podcast industry.

Mentioned this episode:

Bradley Cooper makes a deal with iHeartmedia

TV Eyes Podcasts' Profit Potential Despite Content Spending Pullbacks

Lamborghini Just Launched a New Podcast

Apple to provide individual episode artwork … finally

Cohn Has Left Spotify and Been Named Westwood One SVP, Sales & Digital Partnerships

Pocket Casts Wear OS App

Stitcher Is shutting down

Tony Abbott Former PM Has a Podcast with His Ex Key Advisor Peta Credlin

Gary Lineker and his Goalhanger teammates on their podcast empire

‘Like Nothing Else You’ll Ever Hear’: the 20 Best Podcasts Ever - From The Guardian

Twitter vs Threads

Recommended:

The Rest is Politics

Match Of The Day: Top 10

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Jules and producer Mandy chat again this week as Stocks is STILL on holidays! This week a shout out to the original storytellers, as it's NAIDOC Week and there are so many fantastic Indigenous podcasts to discover. Plus a deep dive into the state of podcasting in Australia from the big wigs in the game and Brad Pitt's production company announces it's going to focus on audio.

Mentioned this week:

Long Read - Podcasts, a hot advertising medium Adnews, by Ruby Derrick 

The most handsome man in Hollywood turns to podcasts 

Recommended:

Word Up ABC podcast

Frontier War Stories By Boe Spearim 

The Retrievals

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