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Audible, a world-wide leader of spoken-word entertainment, has greenlit a new Audible Original podcast, Climate of Change with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy. Co-created and co-hosted by multi award-winning actor, producer and environmental advocate, Cate Blanchett (Don’t Look Up, Nightmare Alley, Blue Jasmine); and climate entrepreneur and activist, Danny Kennedy (CEO of New Energy Nexus [NEX] and Managing Director of...

Acast, the world’s leading independent podcast company, today announces the launch of Acast Amplifier — its first ever podcast incubator programme — in the UK. Acast Amplifier has been developed to discover and invest in the next generation of podcasters, and will see three aspiring UK-based creators produce and launch new podcasts, as well as receiving benefits including a £2,500...

Acast, the world’s leading independent podcast platform, has today launched a new campaign looking back at the first words uttered on some of the biggest podcasts from its network of more than 35,000 shows. Acast’s “First Words” campaign features the opening lines of the very first episodes of well-known podcasts from around the world, and aims to inspire creators to...

Podcasters and listeners can now vote for their favourite sports podcasts across 24 categories as the inaugural Sports Podcast Awards will take place in March 2022 JANUARY 2022: A whole host of top names in the sports podcasting world are set to go head-to-head as the shortlists are announced for the inaugural Sports Podcast Awards taking place in March 2022 with a virtual...

HAPPY NEW YEAR PODCAST FANS! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and managed to fit in lots of lovely podcast listening. Let’s cut to the chase shall we? It’s time to announce the winners of our third annual Pod Bible Polls! At the start of December we asked listeners to vote for their favourite podcasts of the year...

Pod Bible caught up with the former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, to talk about the new podcast he’s launching today, John Bercow’s Absolute Power. It’s the latest offering from Deborah France-White’s growing The House of The Guilty Feminist label (Media Storm launched two weeks ago), and is part of the Acast Creator Network. The rules of...

Dysfunctional family drama, Succession, is on the lips of millions of people at the moment. The series, which follows the Roy family as they fight between themselves for control of their global media company, is just in the middle of its third season. And as you might imagine, there’s more than a few Succession companion podcasts following this season of...

From the creators of the daily news podcast Smart 7, the Smarter 7 series are designed to give younger audiences a broad and informative snapshot of complicated cultural moments or events both past and present. To coincide with Black History Month, The Smarter 7 series released its third episode called BLM on Friday 29th October! This episode features activist Imarn...

In the week leading up to World Audio Drama Day, Acast will roll out programming and resources for fiction podcast creators and fans. New York — October 22, 2021 — Acast, the world’s leading independent podcast company, is launching Acast Audio Fiction Week from October 25-30 to celebrate the vibrant world of fiction podcasts. With roots in radio dramas, fiction podcasts...

In celebration of International Podcast day, Spotify introduced two new interactive features. The Swedish behemoth announced yesterday that both Q&A and Polls have been built into the platform and will be available to creators enabling them to engage more freely with their listeners. Previously, podcasts have been one way traffic with listeners not being able to give feedback directly however...

Last night saw the inaugural International Women’s Podcast Awards from Skylark Collective, and the evening was full of celebration, bubbling drinks, and sparkles. The evening kicked off with a performance from Poetess Jess, before host Vick Hope took us through the winners and runner-ups of the of the night. Both big productions and solo podcasters took home the prizes. Without...

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 seeing...

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...