Our guest today is James Cridland, Radio Futurologist and Editor of podnews.net, the on-demand audio industry's must-read daily newsletter.

Topics covered include:

- the early days of Podnews - how podcasting fits in with radio - a global perspective on podcasting - what, if anything is holding podcasting back - podcast stats and charts - and James' favorite podcasts of 2018

We look at the best podcasts a few different ways:

Most reviews

Longest time in the US Top Ten

Charting in the most countries around the world

Critics' favorites

Welcome to the first episode of Chartable Radio! We discuss:

- Chart fraud, following up on our blog post

- New features for Chartable's dashboard

- We're hiring!

We'd love to hear your feedback — [email protected], or @Chartable.com on Twitter.