iHeart Radio's take on podcasting, plus data from NPR, PRX's tips, and TASCAM's microphones
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Six tips from PRX’s Kerri Hoffman on podcasting. “Why would other people want to listen to an episode? And more importantly, who are those people?” 
 Jul 27 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
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An interview with the SVP of Podcasting at iHeart Radio, Chris Peterson, on the future of radio podcasting. 
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35 of the most popular podcasts in iTunes are hosted by women. “We don’t have to be relegated to fitting ourselves into the roles that a group of male decision makers deems to be appropriate, sellable or allowable,” according to Laura Walker from New York Public Radio. 
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Yesterday, we had a special code for complimentary tickets for the RAIN Summit Europe. November 7th in central London. Good networking opportunity? 
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A Wordpress theme especially for podcasts, called Dixie. See a demo here. 
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Data: 82m downloads for NPR podcasts in a month; a monthly audience of 15.5m unique users. 
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New microphones from TASCAM, specifically for podcasting. 
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