Household tips from the 1950's; and a PM19 session not to miss

• At Podcast Movement 2019, Thurs 15 Aug 11.30am - 12.15pm, an exciting session: hearing from podcast newsletter writers. Wil Williams, Skye Pillsbury and Podnews editor James Cridland will be on stage with Arielle Nissenblatt from EarBuds Podcast Collective. We suspect only one will be silly enough to wear a branded shirt.

• Shift FM is a workout app that lets you listen to podcasts while you rest, listen to music while you lift, and “everything else you need in a workout app”. /thanks Colin Kelly

• The US’s ABC News Radio has been awarded four Edward R Murrow Awards, including one for their daily podcast Start Here. Host Brad Mielke says “of all the awards we could get, the one for innovation is super exciting”.

• Via Product Hunt, and oddly not available on Apple Podcasts, Terms and Conditions is a podcast consisting of a guy reading the terms and conditions from large banks. (It’s branded advertising from Current, a US bank that claims it’s better than all the others.)

• Podigee, which we think is the largest podcast host in Germany, has published advice on how to increase the number of listeners to your podcast.

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Podcasts

Pass it on is a new podcast containing very old household tips, from the Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post in the 1950s. The tips (you can see one above) have been turned into a book, and now a podcast. (DC Thomson Media / Podbean)
Aug 14 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

The Virtual Couch interviews Dan Radin from Auxbus. “Dan did a great job of talking about the state of podcasting, what compelled him, a 15-year veteran of the audio industry, to head into the podcast industry specifically, AND he teaches me how to better use my mic (after 135 episodes of my podcast)” (Blubrry)

Single Daddy Daily features two single daddies, Drew Manning and Evan DeMarco, looking at what it takes to balance a successful career, dating, and most importantly being a present parent. (Messy)