The number of right-leaning podcasts in the US has exploded over the past four years. Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, and even - as we discover - the President of the United States now have their own shows. But conservative dominance over the airwaves isn’t new. In this episode, we explore how the Right has used radio and cable TV to mobilise activists for years and are now using podcasts as a way to try and reach new voters.

Plus - big audio developments at one of the UK’s biggest newspapers (21:47), the podcast world gets its own Oscars (24:11), a listening boom in Mexico (26:35) and the weirdest show in Rachael’s library (28:05).

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Links:

 

- EncuestaPod report on Spanish-speaking podcast audiences: http://encuestapod.com/EncuestaPod2019_Podcasteros_EN.pdf

 

- Pete’s favourite Key and Peele sketch: http://bit.ly/338QPn0 

 

- Find Rachael at www.podpeople.com and Pete at www.petenaughton.net

 

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