Irish podcasting: the audio revolution 'has hit'

• A piece in Irish website The Journal: 'A hit US podcast is a life-changer - in Ireland it might not even have a sponsor' - and an overview of the Dublin-based Headstuff Podcast Network which also has a studio for hire. If you’re looking for the ten best podcasts from the island of Ireland here’s a positive list, in which Claire Mitchell says that “the audio revolution has hit Ireland.” Best Irish podcast name? Motherfoclóir (“a podcast about the Irish language, in English”).

  
  Jul 29 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• The BBC release a new podcast, The Assassination, “an investigation into the death of one of the world’s best known politicians – Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto.”

• A ten-minute “writer’s workshop” from WNYC’s Manoush Zomorodi, host of Note to Self and best-selling author.

• The i (which for non-Brits is astonishingly a name for a newspaper) writes its listicle of the 20 best podcasts of 2017.

• The Amazon Alexa and the Google Home have “topped the charts” this holiday period, implying that smart speakers were popular gifts.

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