Podcaster asks: “was my dad involved in a murder?”

• Alex Estrada has a question to ask in a new podcast from Sonoro and Tenderfoot TV - was his dad involved in a murder? Fifty years after a 34 year-old man was killed, The Estate blends true crime and family memoir to look at the complicated legacy we are left with when people die. It’s out tomorrow.

• No, says Spotify, you can’t upload your own thirty-second track and make $1,200 a month by listening to it on repeat. “That’s not quite how our royalty system works,” said Daniel Ek, responding to an investor.

• In the UK, the Audio Production Awards 2023 are open for entry - you’ve just over a week to get your entries in. The Awards are organised by AudioUK, the trade body which champions and supports independent audio production businesses in the UK.

• Who’s a fan of appearing on podcasts? Why, none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger. After a number of interviews about his forthcoming book: “I’ve been impressed with every podcast host so far. They ask questions I’ve never thought about. They all have their own unique focus. They feel more like a deep conversation than an interview. They’re real.” (h/t Pete)

• DubCrime is an interesting new project on Kickstarter: an app that, with permission, translates true-crime podcasts from across the world into the English language.

• Lemonada Media signed with award-winning podcast Everything Happens with Kate Bowler for ad sales and distribution. Meanwhile, Cumulus Media expanded their partnership with Rich Eisen’s podcast network.

Podcast News - with Airwave

Part of the Airwave Podcast Network: Some people thought that sheep used to grow from trees; there’s a hotel in Las Vegas that accidentally shoots heat rays at poolside guests; and a new form of water in the 1960s set off a cold war arms race. The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong focuses on the always fascinating ways people mess things up.

During Hispanic Heritage Month, Law & Order Me Some Tacos shines a spotlight on extraordinary individuals whose stories resonate with the Latinx experience in the world of law. Host Sandra C. Muñoz talks with people who have carved their paths in the legal profession.

Hooked on Freddie is new from Wondery and Blanchard House - the gripping and controversial real-life story of a dolphin called Freddie, who’s visit to Amble, Northumberland, UK, turns the sleepy seaside town upside down. It’s Wondery’s sixth UK original podcast.

A Success Of Our Own is new today from coach, meditation teacher, and journalist Natalie Ruskin as she seeks answers to the question she’s been contemplating for two decades — how do we create a success of our own, beyond the striving, salary, and status we’ve been told we should want? She was formerly a producer at CBC.

KJZZ’s Word returns for a tenth series today. Host Tom Maxedon will talk with Chuck Palahniuk, J.A. Jance and NPR’s Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, among many others. The show features discussion about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, TV and film with those who produce them.