The podcast that's sent 15 million people to sleep

• Having difficulty sleeping? You could either try to understand Joe Budden’s thoughts on Spotify, or - better - listen to the podcast Sleep Cove, a guided meditation and sleep hypnosis podcast which has already put fifteen million people to sleep, according to hypnotherapist and host Christopher Fitton.

• Podcast host Captivate has added private feeds, free for every podcaster on their platform. (Our Editor is an advisor).

  
  Aug 29 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Nominations are now open for The Golden Cranes Podcast Awards. The awards will be given out by the Asian American Podcasters Association, and contain a number of awards for children podcasters.

• The winners of the Audio Production Awards have been announced. The UK award ceremony saw four awards for Have You Heard George’s Podcast.

• Just released, Audiblogs promises “listen to any web article in your podcast player”. A Chrome extension, it uses text-to-speech, produces a personal RSS feed, and is free.

• Edison Research is to reveal their second Super Listeners 2020 study on December 8. It focuses on US podcast listeners who consume more than five hours of podcasts a week.

  
  This link is no longer available, as at Aug 29 2023

• The Podcast Stop Festival, a new comedy-centric podcasting festival, has been announced in London throughout Feb-Mar, “with plans in the works to take live podcasts across Europe in the future”.

  
  Aug 29 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

Tips and tricks

• The best day, time and frequency for publishing your podcast (Resonate Recordings)

• How to use Social Media to Effectively Promote Your Podcast (Ranieri & Co)

Podcast News - with Vurbl

On Vurbl Voices - get to know the co-founders of Vurbl with a behind the scenes launch episode. They talk about why they’re building the platform, developing the team, what they’re excited about most for Vurbl and what creators and listeners can expect from the platform. Listen on Vurbl

Web Masters is an original podcast that explores the history of the Internet through the stories of some of its most important innovators. On Nov 16, their guest was Peter Sunde, the man who went to prison for his company, The Pirate Bay. Here’s the podcast’s website.

Introducing with Tim Blackwell is a new music interview podcast from NOVA Entertainment, in partnership with Pro Podcast Production.

Splice Light Roast, currently on Spotify only, is a “tongue-in-cheek take on all things media” from the excellent Splice Slugs newsletter. They look at the Straits Times redesign.

Conversations With My Dog with the founder of 'doga’ (yoga for you and your dog), explores humans and their relationship with their furry friends. It’s new today.