Awards nights - podcasting's winners in Britain and Australia

• The British Podcast Awards were held on Saturday night in London, UK. Hosted by Cariad Lloyd, George the Poet swept the board with five gold awards. Brexitcast won the Listener’s Choice award. There’s a full winners list of the best British podcasts on our website.

• The Australian Podcast Awards were also held on Saturday night, in Sydney NSW, Australia. Wrong Skin won the podcast of the year; the ABC won seven awards. You can watch the entire ceremony here; and listen to all the winners of the best Australian podcasts on our website.

• Which is Joe Rogan, and which is Faux Rogan? Dessa, an artificial intelligence company, has recreated podcaster Joe Rogan’s voice - take a listen. As the company says in their announcement, “it’s pretty f*cking scary”.

• The Podcast Host are running a gear survey to find out the kit and tools podcasters are using to create their content in 2019. There’s a prize draw for all entrants, first prize will be a Rode Procaster or Podcaster mic (their choice), or $200 kit budget on Amazon.

• Spotify is testing something they’re calling “Car Thing” - a voice-controlled music and podcast device for the car.

• Spotify are encouraging musicians to make podcasts, according to a post on The Music Network, a musicians’ website. Meanwhile Sony Music Entertainment is to make podcasts, they’ve announced, in a joint venture with Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer - and they’re hiring.

  
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• Podfund, a new funding option for podcasters, received over 100 applications in their first 24 hours, they’ve revealed.

• Podcast host Libsyn have announced 125 new podcast networks are using the company, including eBay, the NYSE and a tractor company.

• Podcasting is a core part of a publisher’s offering, according to the Press Gazette.

  
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• Anaheim Calling, an SB Nation podcast about the Anaheim Ducks, is now part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, they’ve announced.

• If you use Stitcher as your podcast player, here are twelve features you might not know about. (And, we’re here on Stitcher).

• How do you grow your podcast? In a long and detailed article, Lower Street covers how you grow your audience, and podcast promotion.

• A company called “Podcastier” is sending mail to podcast owners claiming to be a “big fan” of your podcast and to offer to edit your podcasts for half price. They’re just scraping from your RSS feed, and we’d recommend you avoid any company that lazily spams you in this way.

Opinion

• Greg Campion argues that podcasts add stress to our lives and impair our decision-making:
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  It’s beyond critical to have downtime. Time to think. Time when we are neither creating nor consuming content. Time when we are just being. Just driving. Just walking. Just riding the subway.

Podcasts

New from WABE, Bottom of the map delves into a passionate exploration of Southern hip-hop culture and its impact on the world. We’re told “the first episode will be all about unpacking the Trap/Trap Brunch/Trap Water phenomena. Has Trap been gentrified? Is Trap the new Punk?” which hopefully makes sense to someone.