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“We see your International Women’s Day and raise you an International Women’s MONTH.” – Broccoli Productions Like Broccoli Productions, we don’t want to limit our International Women’s offering to just one article on one day. We’ve not quite stretched to a month, but we’ve got a week packed full of interviews and articles to help you find enough podcasts to...

Acast have announced a free virtual podcast workshop for the LGBTQ+ community. Aclass: Queer Voices, takes place at the end of  LGBT History Month in February, and is now open for registration.  During LGBT History Month, on February 25th, Acast experts will be joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell and The Log Books producer Shivani Dave to inspire the next generation...

With the UK in yet another lockdown, and schools still closed across the nation, many parents are feeling the pressure. Taking on the role of both carer and teacher – with many also having to balance working from home – it’s no easy feat! Feeling overwhelmed? Spotify has given us this helpful roundup of the best podcasts to support home...

The podcast studio Content is Queen has launched Micro-grants for Podcasters. Grantees will be awarded either £250, £500, or £1000 for their podcast project. In addition to the monetary contribution, Content is Queen is also offering up to 6 hours of production support to winners.  We asked our columnist and Content is Queen Founder, Imriel Morgan, to tell us more....

RISE & SHINE is raising money for new audio makers and podcasters, as part of the project’s second birthday celebrations. The money will support people new to the audio industry to create original work with production companies.  The crowdfunding campaign aims to raise £2200 in total to pay a least 5 makers suitable day rates for their work. Once the...

Adam Buxton confirmed The Adam Buxton Podcast will return at the end of January 2021, in his acceptance speech for the Pod Bible Best Interview & Conversation Podcast award. His name is Adam Buxton, he’s a man… and he wants us to enjoy his podcast as soon as possible! When The Adam Buxton Podcast won Best Interview & Conversation Podcast...

HAPPY NEW YEAR POD FANS! It’s time to announce the winners of our second annual Pod Bible Polls! At the start of December we asked listeners to vote for their favourite podcasts of the year within a number of categories. All nominees had featured in Pod Bible Magazine or on the Pod Bible Podcast in 2020 but the final Independent...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced a multi-year partnership with Spotify to produce podcasts that highlight diverse voices and perspectives. Their audio production company Archewell Audio will and Spotify’s Gimlet studio will release their first show, a holiday special hosted by The Duke and Duchess,  at some point before New Year’s Eve. “What we love about podcasting is...

So you’ve launched a podcast, now what? Watch a podcast masterclass! Pods Up: Level Up! took place on Friday, 20 November and was designed to help grow and evolve your podcast. The folks behind Pods Up North brought together a bunch of top podcasters and audio industry professionals who know a thing or two about making brilliant podcasts. And over two...

We at Pod Bible are delighted to announce that we are a new Media Partner for The Podcast Show 2021! The Podcast Show is a new global gathering of the broad and diverse podcasting community. Industry pros, independent creators, business leaders, keen-eyed fans and more will be all together in London, setting the tone for podcasting today and in the...

Spotify has launched a search to discover new and emerging voices of student podcasters. Spotify Next Wave is a chance for UK university students to submit an episode of their podcast and highlight emerging voices who will shape the future of podcasting and culture. Both podcasts that are already running and brand new ideas are accepted. Every student who submits...

Membership platform Patreon and Pod Bible partner Acast have joined forces to make it easier for podcasters to distribute private content to their paying supporters. A press release today announced that the integration between Patreon and Acast uses first-of-it-kind technology to make subscriber-only podcasts available to patrons on nearly every podcast app/player (such as on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pocket...

PODCAST DAY Online is just around the corner so we spoke to the team at Radiodays Europe to find out more about the event and ask about their love for podcasts! First off, can you tell us about your event? Our event is called PODCAST DAY Online, it is our first virtual event but our 4th podcast event, the preceding...

Plosive Productions have announced the second raft of live streams to their first ever online podcast festival, Unmute. The Froth with Rhod Gilbert, Sian Harries & Friends, Black Gals Livin’ and The Bugle have been added to the stellar line-up with the festival taking place from 20th – 24th October. All shows are being streamed live from the Unmute Podcast...

With the evenings drawing in and the weather taking a turn for the worse, many of us are struggling to keep up with the regular outdoor exercise habits we got ourselves into over lockdown. Joe Wicks isn’t doing his daily YouTube workouts anymore and lets face it, keeping motivated with so much uncertainty at the moment can be a real...