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Comedian and writer Deborah Frances-White, and her award-winning podcast, sign deal — with plans to launch brand new podcast IPs exclusively with Acast. London, 9th September 2021: Acast, the creator-first podcast company, has signed Deborah Frances-White’s hilarious, award-winning podcast The Guilty Feminist to the Acast Creator Network. Winner of Pod Bible’s ‘Best Lifestyle and Culture Podcast’ 2019, and gold winner...

With the London Podcast Festival kicking off this Friday, Pod Bible Editor Adam Richardson caught up with Zoë Jeyes, Deputy Director at Kings Place and lead programmer for the festival, to find out the shows she’s looking forward to and what else to expect from this year’s event!   It’s nearly festival time! Which shows are you most excited about...

The sixth annual London Podcast Festival is back at the UK’s home of live podcasting, Kings Place London, from 2nd – 12th September. Taking place in front of a live audience – with many events also streaming online – the festival brings together the community of podcast listeners and creators in a unique celebration of this flourishing artform. Whether your...

It was announced yesterday that Fearne Cotton has joined the Acast Creator Network with her podcast Happy Place. Happy Place is the UK’s most popular Wellness podcast, and Fearne herself was recently awarded the Podcast Champion award at the British Podcasting Awards. Acast says they will be looking to amplify the podcast to a more global audience, particularly in the...

Pod Bible aims to be the essential guide to podcasts. To keep your download list full of brilliant podcasts, and help you find the next podcast sensation, we’re bringing you the latest podcast releases in our New This Month feature. Things have slowed down somewhat this month and we have a slightly shorter list of new pods (hopefully many podcasters...

Saturday saw the 2021 British Podcast Awards ceremony taking place outside and in person in London’s Brockwell Park. The weather just about held out for the picnic-type event and photos from the day can be found here. The winners were chosen by a diverse range of over 100 judges from the UK and abroad, all of whom work within the...

Pod Bible aims to be the essential guide to podcasts. To keep your download list full of brilliant podcasts, and help you find the next podcast sensation, we’re bringing you the latest podcast releases in our New This Month feature. The new podcasts this month are a real mix of intense investigation, and just a bit of fun. We have...

Popular true crime comedy podcast, and Pod Bible favourite, Drunk Women Solving Crime have announced a raft of live recordings for 2021 as part of a new London residency at the Museum of Comedy in Bloomsbury. The show, which features celebrity guests attempting to “solve” historical crime cases in a quiz-style format over drinks, will record episodes monthly at the...

On the 10th June Spotify UK has launched ‘Football Now’,  a one stop location for a personalised daily roundup of the best football content available on Spotify, including brand new Spotify Original podcast The Teamsheet with Ivo Graham. Just in time for the highly anticipated European football tournament, the new playlist will feature the very best of football podcasts alongside curated commentary from...

Pod Bible aims to be the essential guide to podcasts. To keep your download list full of brilliant podcasts, and help you find the next podcast sensation, we’re bringing you the latest podcast releases in our New This Month feature. This month has seen a stream of new podcasts in time for Summer, and this is our longest list so...

It’s that time of year again! The nominations for the 2021 British Podcast Awards, powered by Amazon Music, were announced today in a fancy streamed video presented by Hannah and Suruthi from Redhanded. As well as the extensive list of nominations, featuring appearances from Miranda Sawyer, Alison Spittle, Ramel London and BPA co-founder Matt Deegan, it was also announced that...

We’ve all turned to podcasts over the last year as we looked to escape the inevitable boredom of the various lockdowns in the UK. But Spotify revealed on Monday that late-night podcast listening has increased by 22% compared to pre-pandemic levels. People in the UK are using podcasts for what’s been dubbed ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’. It seems people are putting...

Acast, the creator-first podcast company and a Pod Bible partner, has extended its long-standing relationship with Acast Creator Network show Distraction Pieces Podcast. Acast will continue to host, distribute and monetise actor, podcaster and former rapper Scroobius Pip’s popular podcast, which is set to reach an incredible 400th episode milestone later this year. Pip, who has been part of the...

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Acast — the creator-first podcast company — is bringing the UK and Ireland’s favourite health and wellness podcasters together, with a line-up of the most popular podcasters from the Acast Creator Network answering the question: ‘What piece of advice do I wish I could tell my younger self?’ The conversation series encourages podcast fans to...

Like many industries, COVID-19 has forced people working in audio out of their offices and into remote recording. Saying goodbye to studio sessions has been hard, but it has led to innovations in remote and mobile recording. AudioMango is a novel – and stylish – concept to provide elevated recording experiences, driven to your door. We asked the team behind...