First 2025 show partners and speakers announced for The Podcast Show London

The Podcast Show, the biggest international festival for the business of podcasting, is back for its fourth year. This one-of-a-kind event brings together podcast industry leaders, brands, platforms and the sharpest new creators from across the globe to celebrate and help shape the future of podcasting. The festival will take place across two days in Islington, London, 21 - 22 May 2025.

This year, The Podcast Show is bigger and more ambitious – with even more global industry partners, more networking opportunities and parties, more content and the biggest names in the industry.

Over 120 partners will join the line up with many exhibiting for the first time sitting alongside those that have supported the show since its launch four years ago.

Official Partners returning include; Acast, AdsWizz, Amazon Music, Audioboom, BBC Sounds, and Wondery, with Sirius XM joining for the first time alongside other new Partners NPR, BBC Studios, Financial Times, The Economist, CVP and SanDisk.

Further partners include Netflix Podcasts, Sony Music Entertainment, Dolby, BetterHelp, Podnews, Insanity, Sounds Profitable, IAB UK, AudioUK, The Radio Academy. International partners and exhibitors include; Triton Digital, Canon, Audio-Technica, Coleman Insights, Disctopia, RedCircle, Adelicious, Noiser, Bumper, Magellan AI, Hindenburg Systems, Quill, Audi-on, Tiltify, Jamit and The Podcast Academy. See the website for the full list of partners so far, with more to be announced.

Global promoter AEG Presents, comes on board as the partner for The Podcast Show LIVE festival taking place in venues around London from 19 - 25 May, bringing some of your favourite podcasts to the stage. The first shows will be announced very soon.

“It’s incredible to think we are now in our fourth year with The Podcast Show, London. With the ongoing support of the wider industry the event has continued to grow, now firmly establishing The Podcast Show on the global podcasting calendar. We are delighted to see the value the event provides to the international podcast community which is reflected by the record number of partners and visitors set to join us in London this coming May.” Jason Carter, Festival Director and Co Founder

The Podcast Show will present over 450 speakers with industry leaders, creators and some of the most recognisable faces in podcasting taking to the stages. Every sector of the industry will be represented - from content creators, to publishers, tech developers, brands & agencies, plus leading industry bodies - over the two days.

The first names confirmed to the speaker lineup include; Tiffany Ashitey (Managing Director. The Americas, Acast), Jenna Weiss-Berman (Co-Founder Pineapple Street Media), Nish Kumar (Host, Pod Save The UK), Russell Howard (Comedian & Host, Five Brilliant Things), Frank Skinner (Comedian & Host, Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast), Remel London (Host, The Mainstream), Nihal Arthanayake (Broadcaster & Host, Headliners), Callum Airey (Calfreezy) (CEO, The Fellas Studios), Elliot Hackney (COO, The Fellas Studios), Ruth Fitzsimons (Director of Digital, Bauer Media Group), Chi Chi Izundu (Correspondent, BBC News) Mike Parkinson (Producer, Virtually Parkinson & Managing Director, Parkinson Productions), Richard Knight (Director of Audio, BBC Studios), Megan Bradshaw (Head of Podcasts for Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Amazon Music), Tom Webster (Partner, Sounds Profitable), Chloe Straw (CEO, AudioUK), James Cridland (Editor, Podnews), Jessica Cordova Kramer (Co-Founder and CEO, Lemonada), Shira Atkins (Founder, Wonder Media Network & Global SVP Business Development & Partnerships, Acast), Steve Ackerman (EVP, Head of Global Podcasts, Sony Music Entertainment), Sharon Taylor (EVP of Podcast and Content Delivery, Triton Digital), Shaun Wilson (VP of Podcast Sales, Audioboom), Gretta Cohn (CEO, Pushkin Industries), Dino Sofos (CEO, Persephonica), Jamie East (Head of Podcasts, DMG), Francesco Tassi (CEO & Founder, Vois), Bernard P Achampong (Founder & Creative Director, Unedited), Davy Gardner (Head of Tribeca Audio, Tribeca Enterprises), Arielle Nissenblatt (Founder & Head Curator, Earbuds Podcast Collective), Corey Layton (Head of Digital Audio, ARN), Arif Noorani (Director of Podcasts, CBC) and Kattie Laur (Editor, Pod The North and Podcast Growth Specialist, Bumper). Many more to be announced.

The Podcast Show will host over 130 in-person panels and sessions with the first session programme announcement in early April. In the meantime, here is a little taste of what’s in store.

• The Economist Presents: How “Legacy Media” Can Succeed With Podcasts
• From Explosion to Evolution: The State of Video Podcasting
• After the Gold Rush: Navigating the Post-Bubble Podcast Landscape
• 75% of the World Does Not Speak English! A Truly Global View of the Podcasting Industry
• Podcasting’s Place in the Advertising Landscape with Sounds Profitable
• Why Comedians Make Great Podcasters
• Podcasting 2025–2035: Predictions for the Future of Global Podcasting
• How to Get Your Story Made - Pitching to the CBC, ABC and NPR
• Keeping Integrity in True Crime
• Podcast Monetisation - A guide to riding the ever shifting landscape of the creator economy.
• AI and the Unique Creator Voice: Why Your Voice Still Matters in the Future of AI
• Almost 100 Podcast Growth Tips - THE best most impactful ways to grow a show
• Presenter Tips Interview technique, public speaking and hosting in all its forms
• The Art of Freelancing - Income, Impact and Independence
• Award-Winning Sound Design - a workshop

The Business Design Centre is close to King’s Cross train station and the Eurostar. Advance rate Day Passes are now on sale at thepodcastshowlondon.com. Silver passes are SOLD OUT. £109/£195 (Gold - Day or 2 Day Pass), £295 (Platinum- 2 Day Pass) with rates going up from 21 May. Discounted Group (8+) rates are available.

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