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How custom sound design sets premium podcasts apart: designing sonic identity
Designing a unique audio profile can be the differentiator that earns you listener loyalty.

How I make... Podnews
What tools are used by Podnews every day to produce the newsletter and the podcast?

How Podnews records podcasts on the move
Our Editor records a daily podcast in all kinds of places. This is what he uses

How to get universal links to your podcast for everyone
One link to rule them all - or to get your new listeners. Here's how to get one.

How to add your podcast to every podcast directory
We have a daily podcast. Here's where to find it - and all the directory links to add your podcast, too

Massive, and growing, size of US podcasting revealed
A new metric for the industry, helping us expand financially and to tell our growth story.

YouTube Live Streaming for Podcasters: transcript
A transcript of a YouTube session about live podcasting

Why podcast criticism is important - and needed
Podcasts need criticism. It exists, but we need more of it, and more visibility around it.

Podcasts for the deaf
If you need help with audio, you can still enjoy podcasts. Here are all the ways that new technology can help.

Why Local Podcasting Could Be the Next Big Leap for the Industry
The collapse of local media has created massive gaps in community coverage. Podcasting could help with that.

Review: Make Noise, a creator's guide to podcasting and great audio storytelling, by Eric Nuzum
A podcasting book that doesn't focus on the technology. Music to my ears.

Review: The Spotify Play, by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud
A review of 'The Spotify Play: How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance', by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud

Review: Hindenburg PRO v2 - with transcription editing
I test drive the new version of the audio editor I've used for the last five years

Review: the iRig Stream Mic Pro
A good sound, a strange connector, and a feature some might find useful

Review: Nomono Sound Capsule
We test this in-the-field recording kit. Is it for you? And if not - then who is it for?

The history of the word 'Podcast'
Who invented the word? And who was responsible for getting it used by the community? A full history, with audio, looking at the words used for on-demand audio via RSS.

The Story of the First Podcast Feed
When was the first podcast feed produced - and what is the history of the first podcast?

The Last Yard - the blog post that started it all
The original blog post from Adam Curry that gave birth to podcasting

Was Robin Williams the first podcaster?
Was the actor and comedian Robin Williams an early podcaster - even before the name was invented?

The history of podcasting in the UK
How did podcasting get going in the country? And is it really just about the BBC?

Our podcast sample
We mention our podcast sample quite a bit here. What is it? And why isn't it a perfect sample?

Podcasting events in your calendar
How to add our calendar to your phone's calendar (or your desktop, too)

How to get Podnews on your smart speaker every day
How to listen to our updates every day

Github repositories for podcast app and website developers
From badges to user agents, there are a lot of regularly updated community Github repos out there.

What to know when applying for a job in podcasting
Hints and tips as to how to get the best out of our jobs board

Vietnam: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Vietnamese podcasting market, its history, and what shows will work there

Indonesia: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Indonesian podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Korea: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Korean podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Japan: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Japanese podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Understanding podcasts in East and South East Asia
A focus at East and South East Asia - what podcast listeners are consuming, and what content works in a part of the world with twice the population of the US and a fast-growing podcast market.

Is the Australian APRA mini-licence a way for podcasters to licence music?
This music licence says it covers podcasting. So does that mean you can use music in your podcasts?

Podcast host migrations - who's moving where
Which podcast has moved where? Who is the podcast host most podcasters are moving to? We have all the data, continuously updated.

Podcast app user-agents
We wondered what user agents were being used by which apps. Here is details of the resources that exist to help with that.

Additional RSS namespaces
RSS namespaces extending podcasting

Podcast recommendation newsletters
Looking for some new podcasts to listen to? Here are some of our favourite recommendation newsletters.

Our Editorial Policy on Gated Content
Why we don't link to gated content, and how we can help you further

Submissions and Disclosures
How to submit stories to Podnews; and our relevant editorial disclosures

How to submit a podcast to us for news coverage
How to get a podcast promoted in our newsletter

Advertising and supporting Podnews
Want to support us - or get your company's name out there? Here are the options at Podnews.

Things I learnt when self-hosting my own podcast
Some things learnt after self-hosting a podcast for a while