When life gives you Parkinson's

• Ten million people have been diagnosed with it - but few people know much about it. When life gives you Parkinson’s launches tomorrow; co-hosted by Larry Gifford (above), a thirty-year broadcast veteran who was diagnosed in August 2017. “My goal is to help people with Parkinson’s realize they aren’t alone”, Gifford says in a press release. (CuriousCast / Parkinson Canada / Omny Studio)

• Podsquad is “designed to help small-independent podcasters build their audiences more efficiently on social media and so we’re hoping to gather feedback from as many podcasters (and people who work in podcasting) as possible.” You can sign up to be part of the beta on the website.

  
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• Yamaha will supply prizes at the Australian Podcast Awards next year.

• PodcastAddict is now adding “support this podcast” links, the author announces. At the start, the app is looking for Patreon, Tipeee and Anchor links, rather than the rel="payment" standard.

  
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• At the end of the IAB Podcast Upfront was a chat with Bob Pittman, CEO and Chairman of iHeartMedia, and Jarl Mohn, CEO of National Public Radio. Here it is in print form. Question from the moderator: “How do you ensure that podcasts don’t cannibalize terrestrial live radio?”

• Your guests are an opportunity for your podcast’s growth, say RadioPublic, in a two part series.

• In a survey, Adobe Analytics claim that 48% of US consumers will have a smart speaker by the end of the year; and that 32% of US consumers apparently have one now. The link in the TechCrunch article to the full research is no longer working, if you’d like to dig a little deeper into these surprising numbers.

• What does a big feature in Castbox give you in terms of additional traffic? Jack Rhysider knows: he won one at Podcast Movement. He writes up the results for his podcast, Darknet Diaries.

• The US military have developed a microphone and earpiece that clamps to your teeth.

Opinion

• Stop chasing a larger audience before you’ve even started to work on improving your podcast, says Reddittor fitzrhapsody. “This complete and total obsession with numbers is getting really ridiculous. If numbers are your God, then you’re in the wrong church.”

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• Dave Keine want you to freshen up your podcast subscriptions - a campaign called #PodcastParedown asks you to unsusbcribe from podcasts you don’t listen to any more, find new ones, and share them on Twitter using a hashtag.

Podcasts

Ellen on the Go is an audio catch-up, “giving a never-before-seen glimpse into how the daily talk show comes together from the creative minds that make it all happen.” (WAD Productions / Wondery / ART19)

The View, an ABC daytime television program in the US, is also now available as a (37m) podcast. The announcement says that the podcast will be available by 4pm ET each day - the program finishes airing at 3pm ET on the West Coast.
• The award for most positive press release goes to Andrew Dice Clay’s brand new show. It’s part of GaS Digital, “home to Legion of Skanks, Real Ass Podcast, Tim Dillon is Going to Hell, High Society Radio, Part of the Problem and the SDR Show”.

Listicle

• 10 Steps to Starting a Successful Podcast (Resonate Recordings)

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