First Black Effect Podcast Festival Draws Big Crowds
Charlamagne Tha God and iHeartRadio held the first-ever Black Effect Podcast Festival on April 22 in Atlanta, GA. The festival showcased Black voices in the podcast industry and included live podcast recordings from popular shows.
Meghan Trainor Apologizes After Insulting Teachers
Pop star Meghan Trainor apologized for disparaging teachers during a recent episode of her podcast, Workin’ On It. The comment came during a discussion on sending children to school in America amid mass shootings and active shooter drills.
Transgender Athlete Expands Advocacy With Podcast
Trans-rights advocate and educator Schuyler Bailar has joined Division Audio with Dear Schuyler. The podcast discusses how gender, mental health, and civil rights impact the daily lives of the LGBTQ+ community with guests from sports, pop culture, and beyond.
Carey Mulligan and QCODE All For ‘Foxes’
QCODE and Criminal Content are launching a new historical-fiction podcast series, The Foxes of Hydesville, starring and executive produced by Carey Mulligan and created by Shawn Christensen. The 9-episode series is inspired by the true story of the Fox sisters.
Pike Picked For ‘Mother, Neighbor, Russian Spy’
Audible and BBC Studios are set to launch a new podcast narrated by Oscar-nominee Rosamund Pike. Mother, Neighbor, Russian Spy will tell the true story of Cindy Murphy, a wife, mother, and finance professional, who was revealed to be a Russian sleeper agent by the FBI.
Pew Data Gives Divided Picture Of Top Podcast Genres
A new survey by Pew Research Center has revealed that podcast listening in the United States is highly fragmented, with no single show dominating. The survey also showed which podcast genres are the most popular, with politics taking the top of the list.
Birmingham Civil Rights Icon Starts Podcast
Dr. Shelley Stewart, a Birmingham radio and civil rights legend who started his career in the 1940s, has launched Shelley's Plumbline. The podcast uses Stewart's archival interviews to urge unity to problems that he has been discussing since the 1980s.
ABC News Follows ‘The Idaho Murders’
With the preliminary hearing for accused murderer Bryan Kohberger approaching, ABC News has announced The Idaho Murders. The podcast will cover the murders of four University of Idaho in late 2022 and the manhunt that led to Kohberger's arrest.
Who Were America’s Top Podcasts In April?
Triton Digital released its US Podcast Report for April 2023 on Thursday. For the US' top podcasts by downloads, NPR News Now, produced by National Public Media, claims and retains the top spot on the list. Audiochuck and SiriusXM Media's Crime Junkie takes second.
‘Small Town Dicks’ Returns For 12th Round Of Cases
The 12th season of the true-crime podcast Small Town Dicks premieres on April 21st with a new, fourth co-host. Small Town Dicks is hosted by Yeardley Smith, along with identical twin detectives Dan and Dave, and the addition of true-crime expert Paul Holes.
