Free podcast transcripts, a special from CKNW and food podcasts

November 27, 2017

• Exclusive: a brand new service that gives you a transcript of your podcast for free: podtext. A nice and interactive user interface, it understood my podcast pretty well on the first attempt. In beta.

• Vancouver's CKNW publishes a special podcast about BC's "flawed" family justice system.

• Podcasters in South Western Ontario, Canada? Here's a new Facebook group for you.

• The Vancouver Courier reports "how this Vancouverite quit his day job to be a successful podcaster". The story is about Paul Bae and his podcast, The Big Loop; it's just published episode two (so the story might be a little hopeful). The score is by Lee Rosevere, who might be familiar as composer of "Music for Podcasts".

• "What are some entertaining podcasts to listen to while at work?" asks a redittor. 65 comments later: "Wow! A lot of great recommendations so far. I’m never getting bored again!"

• An interview with food podcaster Dan Pashman. Includes a solid tip for getting off “The Wheel of Infinite Thanksgiving Anxiety.”

• A long-form piece from the New York Times about Pod Save America. "Crooked Media is most likely bringing in at least $50,000 in advertising revenue for each episode of “Pod Save America”".

• Radio New Zealand reports on cold-case podcasts for their Mediawatch program, and asks whether they they risk exploiting the sorrow of relatives. (And here's a feature on another: Searching for Ghosts, in Tennessee).

• "Why Slack is perfect for podcasters": "perhaps the greatest advantage it offers podcasters over traditional social media is that you can monetize your community".

• "How to record a phone interview for a podcast (without using a phone)" - this is certainly one way of doing it, though it does seem quite complex...

• Contest: there's USD$4,000 up for grabs in the Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award.

• Job: "Head of On-Demand Audio" at the UK's Wireless Group. Owners of talkSPORT, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio, as well as being owned by The Times and The Sun's News UK.

• Pocket Casts, the podcast app for Android, gets an update. Now supports variable speed playback on Chromecast devices, and "more fixes than you can shake an admittedly small stick at".

• Listicle: Family friendly podcasts to listen to with your kids - interestingly, a US publication including some content from ABC Audio Studios.

My sincere thanks to Omny Studio and Placard Media who have become sponsors today through Patreon. You can too!