Podcasting’s rural opportunity?

• People in rural areas of the US listen to podcasts for only half the time as those in urban areas, says data from Edison Research today. Rural listeners consume just as much audio as urban listeners: but only spend half as much time listening to podcasts.

• The British Podcast Awards are open for entries. The awards will take place on Sep 26; you’ve until May 9 to enter. This year you can also nominate a judge.

• AdLarge has launched a female podcast network. Named “the fwd. network”, it will benefit from a collaboration with audio tech platform Consumable, and will offer access to 250mn monthly audio impressions.

• Adelicious has signed a number of new established shows to its roster - joining the company’s representation of Diary of a CEO.

• Why are we celebrating Pushkin’s Malcolm Gladwell, who fired a third of his employees, with an award this week? Skye Pillsbury asks whether accountability has “slipped through the cracks” in her newsletter.

• Rob Greenlee, writing on his blog, asks if adding video is the future of a successful podcast strategy.

  • Podcast Tips with Rob Greenlee is live at 7pm Eastern today, with a special guest of our Editor, talking about video podcasting and podcasting round the world. Come for the British accent, stay for the insight.

• City, University of London has announced a free event on March 20. Careers in Podcasting and the State of the Industry is a free evening event looking at the last twelve months in podcasting; our Editor, James Cridland, is one of the speakers.

• Transistor has launched an AI speech-to-text transcription service. The tool includes automatic speaker detection, and is powered by Deepgram. Apple Podcasts launches transcripts on playback in the app next week (we think).

Tips and tricks - with Podpage

• How to Put a Podcast on Apple Podcasts (Formerly iTunes) - The Podcast Host’s Colin Gray takes us through what is needed.

• Transcripts are coming to Apple Podcasts - some say next week. Here’s all the information you need.

Podcast News - with New Podcast Trailers - the podcast

Peter Birsinger from Podscribe joins the Media Roundtable this week to discuss the company’s recent data. “If you are an advertiser who tried podcasting in the last two years, and it wasn’t all that you ever dreamed it would be, it might be time to revisit it soon… because the performance has gotten better.”

Media Pressure has managed to hit a million downloads within its first thirty days. The show, repped by AdLarge, looks at the disappearance of a nursing student in 2004.

In the mid-1970s, the Republican Party looked on the verge of self-destruction. Until 1976. Landslide from WFAE and NuanceTales is a new narrative podcast that looks at the closest presidential primary race in American history, what followed, and how it reshaped the political parties — opening the partisan rifts that divide us today.

From the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of prehistoric times, Monsters, Sharks, and Dinosaurs uncovers tales of history, mythology, and science. It’s new from Caloroga Shark Media today, and the launch episode features Godzilla - in episodes in English and in Japanese.

The #1 podcast in Australia, Hamish & Andy, is back for a new season today. Formerly a drivetime radio show, the podcast retains much of the features you’d expect: it’s well worth a listen to understand how interactive it’s possible to make a podcast even if it isn’t on live radio any more.

Finally leaving prison might sound like a reason to celebrate, but Zak and Jules, who both have lived experience of jail, understand that 'getting out’ isn’t so simple. Life After Prison has been at the forefront of breaking the stigma of being a part of the prison system and aims to help answer the question on the minds of everyone leaving jail: what now? It’s back for a fifth season today.