2.5 million podcast episode transcripts

• The Podcast Standards Project has announced that more than 2.5mn podcast episodes now feature creator-supplied transcripts using the open <podcast:transcript> standard. Those Podcasting 2.0 transcripts are visible in apps like Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Fountain and Podcast Guru as well as many others.

  • Doing your own transcripts in the RSS feed means you can add speaker names to your transcripts and correct mis-spellings.

• Inspired by Ashley Carman’s recent article in Bloomberg, The Podglomerate has produced a list of almost the top 1,000 shows from Spotify. The company says it’s great for research, pitching and general navel-gazing.

• Spotify for Podcasters has added team management to its list of features, allowing you to invite other members of your team to manage your podcast.

• Expect some internet ad revenue numbers from the IAB later today.

• Android Police share five things we will miss about Google Podcasts now that it’s dead. (The app is alive and well in every country outside the US until June 24).

Get the free Podnews newsletter for more like this

Get it free

• A podcast app for those who love the terminal window, TaleCast is a free download using Rust.

• EarBuds shares five episodes of Podcasts About AI in Politics & Democracy. They’re the choice of Mila Atmos, producer and series host of Future Hindsight … Emily Rudder from Wonder Media Network shares her podcast playlist with Pocket Casts.

Moves and hires

• Long Zheng is to leave Omny Studio and Triton Digital. Based in Melbourne, he was a co-founder of Omny Studio, which was purchased by Triton Digital in 2019.

• Kevin Sachs has been appointed VP, Marketplace Development at Katz Digital. He had been at Spotify for over seven years.

Tips and tricks - with Memberful

• After making 400 guest appearances on podcasts, Mark Herschberg knows a thing or two about podcasts. For hosts and guests, he’s written Podcast Alchemy, a ten-part series of articles exploring best practices as well as a look at the emerging business models and uses of podcasting.

• Castos has 20 Strategies To Monetize Your Show

Podcast News - with New Podcast Trailers - the podcast

The long-running interview show hosted by Anna Sale, Death, Sex & Money, is back, with a new home. Formerly with WNYC Studios, the show launches with Slate today, with a conversation with a sociopath. We learn that a life without shame could feel beautifully liberating.

Somehow Related with Dave O’Neil & Glenn Robbins is marking its 300th episode today with a move to 9Podcasts. Hosted by legendary Aussie comedians, Glenn Robbins and Dave O’Neil, Somehow Related is the show that proves even the most seemingly random subjects are in fact related – somehow.

FC Bullard is new from Crowd Network - hosted by Jimmy Bullard, a former Premier League football player, with John Fendley. “Jimmy and Fenners” were hosts of Soccer AM, a long-running TV sports show, until it ended last year.

As the UK heads to local council elections on May 2, The Trouble With Politics is a new independent podcast from broadcaster and journalist Marverine Cole - after a new survey suggests that a mere 9% of the British public say they trust politicians to tell the truth.

It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield returns for season six today, celebrating with new artwork by Hungarian artist Kamilla Varga. “The previous art was traced on an old iPad at 4am when I decided to start the podcast and I never really thought to change it,” she said. The show includes discussions including mental health, body positivity and the social discourse around feminism, misogyny, and politics.