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Exciting news today as we announce our team up with podcast PR company Ear Plug. PR packages for podcasts through Ear Plug will now include advertising options with Pod Bible in every package. Read on for the official press statement from Ear Plug…. ———————————————————————— Ear Plug partnership with Pod Bible announced! EAR PLUG, the first PR agency focused solely on...

A big podcasting world announcement came yesterday from AV Media & Events (AVME), a joint venture between SME London and GetOnMedia: Inaugural podcast festival The Podcast Show which will take place at The Business Design Centre London on 26th & 27th May 2021. The two-day event will welcome 6,000 attendees, and expects to be the “largest podcast B2B and consumer...

Spotify’s Sound Up programme is returning for its third year to support aspiring podcasters from underrepresented communities to break into the industry and amplify their voices. This year’s programme will support Black women and non-binary people in the UK and Ireland, and is adapting to the global coronavirus pandemic. Twenty selected participants will receive computers, podcasting equipment and wifi access,...

Last night, The British Podcast Awards was streamed live, offering podcast fans a glimpse into this year’s awards ceremony. It was a silly and fun evening, as hosts Clara Amfo with Rhianna Dhillon navigated internet connections and confetti cannons with ease. Let’s take a look at the winners in each category:   Best Comedy Podcast supported by Acast Gold Winner:...

Podcast enthusiasts can now win the opportunity to be a guest on their favourite podcasts and support coronavirus response efforts! Acast has teamed up with Comic Relief for GuestFest, which will offer six lucky fans the chance to record an episode with the nation’s most beloved podcasts to benefit vulnerable people affected by COVID-19. Beginning today, listeners can enter multiple...

We at Pod Bible have spent the last year trying to bring you an array of voices from the world of podcasting. From now on, we are going to stop trying and start doing.”  The team behind the Pod Bible magazine, podcast, and blog understands that this pledge, which also appears in this week’s newsletter, has to be backed up...

Earlier this afternoon, The British Podcast Awards announced their nominees for this year including five new categories: Best Daily Podcast, Best Business Podcast, Best Live Episode, Best Network and Best Wellbeing Podcast. Best Arts and Culture Podcast supported by Pod Bible Best Pick – The Spontaneity Shop Classical Fix – BBC Radio 3 Production Rule of Three – Great Big Owl...

In support of Sport Relief, SuperPod is back in 2020. Here’s a little bit of info about the festival, who’s going to be there and most importantly, how to donate!     SuperPod is a fantastic 2-day podcast festival, held at The Social in Southampton, from Saturday 7th- Sunday 8th of March. After the success of the first SuperPod event...

At the beginning of December we put together the Pod Bible Poll Winners 2019, a chance for 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 2019 with the final Independent Podcast category open to all. The polls were...

THE HIT COMEDY PANEL SHOW PODCAST RETURNS FOR A NEW SERIES WITH GUESTS INCLUDING SARAH MILLICAN, AISLING BEA, MILES JUPP, DARREN HARRIOTT, DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE AND JOE LYCETT Do The Right Thing – the hilarious, occasionally absurd and frequently obscene live panel game podcast where comedians try to work out the right thing to do in weird and wild situations returned...

An advertisement from Global Hannah Witton is a sex and relationships YouTuber and author. In her new podcast series, Doing It, she aims to remove shame and stigma around sex and instead, nerd out about relationships and bodies and just getting it on. Every Wednesday, Hannah is joined by some very special guests in a series of  open & honest conversations where guests...

Written by Joe Ducarreaux This past weekend saw the British Podcast Awards return to commemorate the cream of the podcasting crop. Here is the full list of the winners in their respective categories. If you would like to hear a sample of this year’s winners, there is a short, six-part series available on the British Podcast Awards website, here. AUDIOBOOM...

YouTuber and Chef John Quilter (aka the ‘Food Busker’) has just released a fantastic new podcast featuring some of the world’s most iconic dishes as you’ve never heard them before. In a true gastronomic voyage, John explores the origin of your culinary favs, how to serve an authentic dish along with some impressive restaurant recommendations. So whether you want to become...

Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show host and Digital Minister, Margot James have been added to the line-up of this year’s Radio Festival, with more sessions also unveiled. Zoe Ball, who was announced as the first female host of the Radio 2 Breakfast show in October last year, is now well into her stride since taking over from Chris Evans in...