'The Daily' offers five things to know about podcasting

• Rachel Quester, Supervising Producer of The Daily, shared five things she’s learned with the audience at Radiodays Asia, which has just wrapped-up in Jakarta. “Have a clear, simple, intentional mission statement” … “Figure out new ways to tell the same story” … “Challenge yourself to not become formulaic” … “Meet your audience where they are (don’t try to be the smartest person in the room)” … and “Find someone who will invest in you and pay it forward”. The show launched almost ten years ago.

  • The winners of the 2026 Asia Podcast Awards were announced during Podcast Day Asia, an integral track in the event. The day, hosted by our Editor James Cridland, also featured speakers from across the region.
  • Radiodays Asia and Podcast Day Asia will be in Taipei, Taiwan, next year, in August.

• Exclusive: Award-winning comedy podcast And That’s Why We Drink is to enter a new chapter: it’s been announced that Christine Schiefer is to step away from hosting duties in October to concentrate on the ParaPods network. Em Schulz will continue hosting, alongside a set of guest hosts.

• True crime has overtaken comedy as the most popular podcast topic in the US, according to Edison Research. In 2019, the genre ranked fifth among weekly podcast consumers.

• Another day, another change in YouTube’s analytics. YouTube quietly announced that it’s to do its own co-viewing measurement figures, rather than using Nielsen and ComScore. The data works out how many people are watching each video - on TV at least, there can be more than one viewer in front of the screen.

• Launching your branded podcast is important: so don’t make the same mistakes everyone else does. Ausha has collected the mistakes they see people making, so you won’t do the same.

• John Garbo has joined Airwave as VP of Podcast Sales. He joins from SiriusXM and PodcastOne. Airwave is expanding its direct-sold and programmatic team, and will take ad sales fully in-house later this year.

Tips and tricks - with Podcast Movement NYC

• The best true crime podcasts include sources inside police and sheriff’s departments, but they’re often reluctant to trust podcasters. During a session at Podcast Movement last year, podcast host Gina Barton and police detective Annie Harrison will discuss how they gained each other’s trust and used the tricks of one another’s trade to conduct more effective interviews.

Podcast News - with Airwave

With Airwave: In NerdWallet’s Smart Money Podcast, NerdWallet’s trusted finance journalists answer real-world money questions to help you make smarter financial decisions with confidence. This week - someone who retired at 40, and what higher bond yields mean for savers.

In the Pine Barrens of New Jersey there lurks a strange beast, the Jersey Devil. What is the real history of this piece of folklore? When did it first appear? Is there any truth in it? How are monsters created? In American History Hit, Don Wildman explores the strange history of the Jersey Devil with the help of an expert guest.

Simmer Down, a new podcast from C-Change Conversations, launches today to make climate change personal, not political. Hosted by founder Kathleen Biggins, the series is designed to make climate change relevant to people who may not think it affects their everyday lives, exploring its impact on everything from your home’s insurance to your investments and the food you eat with your family.