Miss Me? does first sold-out live show

• Miss Me?, the podcast hosted by Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, performed its first live show yesterday at London’s Hackney Empire - like tonight’s show, it was a sell out. On stage, they announced that their Q&A shows will soon be available on YouTube as well as in podcast form. The show is produced by Persephonica for the BBC.

• Podtrac has published its rankers for February. The Daily is #1 participating podcast in the US, overtaking NPR News Now.

• There are plenty of podcasting sessions and events at SXSW next week. Here’s a Google sheet of them all.

  • The iHeartPodcast Awards will be held at the event next Monday. The company has announced a slew of award presenters. It’s also streaming live.

• Evolutions in Chicago at the end of this month has announced Dan Granger from Oxford Road as a keynote session - as well as a reprise of Jay Nachlis and Steve Goldstein’s session about the state of video podcasting. Use code PODNEWS to save on selected passes.

• CBS News announced that 48 Hours Post Mortem, a part of the 48 Hours podcast, will be launched in video.

• Podcast hosting company RSS.com has added Apple Podcast reviews to its dashboard, from around the world. (Normally, you only get to see reviews from your own country in the Apple Podcasts app). Our Editor is an advisor.

• YouTube’s Tim Katz was interviewed by Nick Quah for Vulture. The interview includes a different definition of a “podcast” from Katz (and then the same response we got from YouTube as a followup). Katz points to the all-audio consumption that happens in the YouTube Music app.

• The Power of Branded Podcasts is a webinar from Sounds Profitable next week - it’ll be on Wed Mar 12 at 2pm Eastern.

• Serial subject Adnan Syed will not have to face additional jail time, a judge has ruled.

• Blue Wire has re-signed Cam Newton’s Iconic Saga for ad representation and monetisation.

• Inboxhiive sends “personalised chapter breakdowns and highlights” of your favourite podcasts right to your email. There’s also a free beta for podcasters which creates transcripts and social media content from your show. It seems to be a reboot of an earlier product which turned your favourite podcasts into “insightful newsletters”.

• John Wordock writes How Your Podcast Is Like A Breakfast Cereal … Tom Webster writes The Three Most Important Statistics about News Podcast Listeners

Tips and tricks - with Pod Predictor by Coleman Insights

• From Signal Hill Insights, Paul Riismandel shares Four Ways to Use Audience Surveys for Podcasts, Video, Ads and Branded Content

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Shipshape and Bristol Fashion dives into the vibrant world of sea shanties - with the work of The Port of Bristol Shanty Crew. Expect to hear “Corncrake,” inspired by the historical trade routes of Bristol, and a ship that carried wine and brandy from Bordeaux to the West Country.

The Podnews Weekly Review this week talks with the co-inventor of podcasting Adam Curry, and his business partner and developer Dave Jones, on a new podcast platform called Godcaster - where faith-based radio and podcasting collide.

If every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Writing Wrongs, from the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, explores why language analysis plays a crucial role in solving crimes and improving the delivery of justice. It’s hosted by Professor Tim Grant and Dr Nicci MacLeod; the first episode looks at Timothy Evans who was wrongfully convicted and executed for murder almost 75 years ago - with forensic linguistics showing that his confession was likely written by the police.

The first episode of This is Gavin Newsom dropped earlier this week. SFGate reports that his first guest was a right-leaning interviewer, Charlie Kirk, and that Newsom “came across as unprepared (and) malleable”, commenting that the show was “humiliating” and that it was a “surprise was how embarrassingly Newsom performed”. Other opinions are probably available. (Here’s one from the Sacramento Bee, but not quite what we meant).

Two Good Sports is back for a new season - a sports show that isn’t just “two blokes”. Two of Australia’s top female journalists, Georgie Tunny and Abbey Gelmi, will be joined by a set of sporting guests covering the AFL, AFLW, Formula 1, NRL, netball and more. It’s from ARN’s iHeart Australia.