Podcasting News

Disgraceland creator and host Jake Brennan is launching Double Elvis Production with his business partner Brady Sadler. Brennan and Sadler already have four music-focused iHeartOriginal Podcasts in the pipeline.

Celebrity Pawcast is hosted by award-winning radio personality Chris Scheetz, and features famous animal owners, athletes, actors, musicians, and other celebrities with deep-dive interviews about their four-legged friends.

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's latest episode of Broadband Conversations, features Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. Commissioner Slaughter was sworn in as an FTC Commissioner in 2018.

The sports network says October was the third straight record month for podcasts and the 10th consecutive month of year-over-year audience growth. 46.1 million podcast downloads in October was 6% higher than October 2018.

PodcastOne has signed some new talent and four new podcasts. Viral phenom Trisha Paytas, and actress Daniella Monet and her fiancé Andrew Gardner, are now on board. The Ladygang Network on PodcastOne has added a fashion-forward podcast.

The New York Times has debuted The Latest, a new audio series that follows the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump. New episodes will be released in the evenings, after the day’s public hearings and news developments have unfolded.

iHeartMedia has announced the nominees for their 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards which will be held Friday, January 17 at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles.

This week's show includes an interview with cannabis marketing expert Greg Heiman from SiteImpact, and a discussion of how marketing for CBD products and cannabis has mushroomed to a $2 billion segment.

Good Kids: How Not to Raise an A**hole from Lemonada Media, is serving up five episodes this Thanksgiving, starting November 26. It's a podcast for anyone in the trenches of parenting or with an opinion on parenting.

A new iHeartRadio Original podcast launched Tuesday and it’s worthy of note. The Women hosted by Rose Reid, features personal and candid interviews with some of today’s female changemakers.