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Happy New Year. Listen Notes says that there were more new
podcasts published in 2025 than 2024.
And Livewire says that there were 13.2% more podcast episodes
published last month than in the month of November.
That data also shows Triton Digital's OmniStudio, an enterprise
podcast host leaping from number nine to number six.
Strawberry Data is a new MVP for podcast and media intelligence
that the founder says he built to solve a personal curiosity.
What are these shows actually saying?
Using semantic analysis, the new analytics engine shows what
sorts of things podcasts are talking about.
Their ad loads, their words per minute, how many times they say
the words um or er, and even how many times they swear.
We'll link to the page for Call Her Daddy today as one example.
It's an interesting tool and looking for your feedback.
The Radcast Network, which monetises and hosts podcasts, has
reportedly closed, according to one podcaster that was part of
it.
The company hasn't responded to questions from PodNews.
For the last three days, its website has been unavailable and
that of its parent company, and there don't appear to have been
any posts from the company for more than a month on social media.
The company launched in March 2024 and added its own podcast
hosting in August last year.
Triton Digital's Spreaker, a podcast host, has added automated
transcripts for some of its shows.
Willing to one of them today, you can see a transcript button,
and the transcript is also available in the RSS feed, using the
Podcasting 2.0 transcript tag.
We're unsure when Spreaker started doing this, but bravo anyway.
And in podcast news, the PodNews Weekly Review returns today
with a look at James and Sam's predictions for 2025.
How much did we get right and wrong, and what were our
highlights and lowlights of the year?
The show sponsored by Buzzsprout.
The BBC show Strong Message Here looks at the words and phrases
used by politicians in the country and outside it.
This week, the host, Armando Iannucci, is joined by stand-up
comedian Stuart Lee.
And life is better when you have a friend by your side.
Abby Howard, known for hosting the hit podcast Unplanned with
her husband, has launched Always Here, an even more personal
deep dive into her family life.
It's co-hosted with her sister-in-law, who's also called Abby
Howard.
And the duo explores everything from the chaos of parenting to
the beauty of lifelong friendship.
And this podcast is sponsored by Lean and Loaf.
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