0:00

Video attracted the radio star,

0:02

the latest from podnews.net, with critically acclaimed

0:05

highly addictive CBC podcasts.

0:10

Freakonomics Radio has announced a new YouTube channel

0:13

with its podcasts. The network also plans to

0:15

experiment with short and long- form video and animation.

0:19

It claims the partnership will help with searchability for

0:22

their shows and will make the content more accessible with captions

0:26

and transcripts. Google tells us that Google

0:29

Podcasts' carousel links in Google Search, which the

0:32

company said will go away at the end of

0:34

this week, are being replaced

0:36

with a new feature. As spokesperson told us, we are

0:39

always working to make it as easy as possible to find helpful

0:41

information in search, regardless of the format content takes.

0:44

Our existing podcast features will gradually be replaced with

0:47

a new single feature, What to Podcast, currently live on

0:51

mobile for English users in the

0:53

US. This feature provides detailed information about podcasts,

0:56

links to listen to shows on different platforms, and links

0:58

to podcasters' own websites where available.

1:00

Well, we're not in the US, but using a US VPN we think that we

1:03

've found the thing that they're referring to.

1:05

It seems to link to Spotify and

1:08

to Google Podcasts. And we have a short video

1:11

exploring it too. You'll find those linked from

1:14

our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.

1:17

Our series on podcasting in East and Southeast Asia has

1:20

been expanded today, with a look at the Philippines, where true

1:23

crime isn't a thing, for one very good reason, and Indonesia

1:26

and Vietnam, two different

1:29

countries with the same kind of

1:31

podcast habits. Podcast host Osha has launched

1:34

a smart link, a player for sharing, that's intended to

1:37

increase your conversion rate and downloads.

1:40

A podcast studio in Scottsdale

1:42

in Arizona is now open 24 hours

1:45

because of demand. PodPopuli was covered by local

1:50

TV news. Podcast host rss.com now

1:53

supports multiple podcasts under the same account and

1:56

supports uploads in a wider variety of

1:59

file extensions. I'm an advisor.

2:01

LibsHins The Feed podcast has

2:03

added a podcast soundbite audio

2:06

clip from the new podcast namespace into their RSS feed.

2:10

We think it's the first use of the new podcast namespace for

2:13

that show. You'll see the clip appear in

2:16

compatible podcast players. The audio, there is no cliff,

2:19

agrees with our analysis about

2:21

the podcast. The big decrease of new

2:24

podcasts. And have you helped podcasting

2:26

yet? The PodNews report card will take you just minutes to fill

2:29

in, but it's the best way to hear the good and the bad

2:31

about the podcast platforms we all use, and who knows, might

2:34

enable them to fight for more resource.

2:37

You can join your colleagues and fill it in today at podnews

2:40

.net/reportcard. No seriously, it would be a

2:44

great help if you wouldn't mind

2:47

. In people news, Matt Meis has been appointed as director of

2:50

podcasting and head of Pacific content at Rogers Sports and

2:54

Media. He's been with Rogers for more than four years, leading

2:57

branded content and commercial integrations.

2:59

And in podcast news this week,

3:01

ex-spotify exec Lauren Jarvis

3:04

is the guest at Economics podcast Bubble Trouble.

3:07

Being asked whether podcasting is currently suffering a blip

3:11

or a bubble, she suggests the most important thing is

3:14

consumption rather than creation.

3:17

Courtney Kossack's podcast Best ie Newsletter is also to have a

3:20

podcast. I'll be sprinkling in some

3:22

podcast interviews amid the regular newsletter content to

3:25

dive deeper into craft and marketing

3:28

topics, she says. And Richard Wiseman's On Your

3:31

Mind is new today from PolyMoe and Telltale Industries.

3:35

Professor Richard Wiseman holds the UK's only professorship in

3:38

the public understanding of psychology.

3:42

The series starts with criminal barrister and broadcaster Rob

3:45

Reinder asking if there's a secret to becoming a human

3:49

lie detector. And just in case you didn't get

3:52

that, he's not a criminal barr ister, he's a criminal

3:55

barrister. He's focusing as a barrister on

3:59

criminal things. He's not a criminal.

4:02

I hope I made that clear.

4:05

This podcast is sponsored by C

4:07

BC Podcasts, the Africa's versus

4:09

America podcast Chronicles

4:11

Black Liberation Organization

4:13

Move and how Philadelphia came

4:16

to drop a bomb on its own citizens.

4:18

It's the story of when the US

4:21

went to war on an American

4:23

family. And that's the latest from our newsletter.

4:25

To read all the stories and subscribe, we're at podnews.net

4:28

. [MUSIC]

4:30

[MUSIC]