May 24, 2024

🎙️Welcome to the 263rd edition of Find That Pod 🎙️

As always, welcome new subscribers!

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Here are this week’s podcast recommendations.

ARTS

Imaginary Worlds

Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with comic book artists, game designers, novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers, and fans about how they craft their worlds, why we suspend our disbelief, and what happens if the spell is broken. Imaginary worlds may be set on distant planets or parallel dimensions, but they are crafted here on Earth, and they’re always about us and our lived experiences.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: How to go to Infinity and Beyond.

COMEDY

Nobody Panic

(The podcast formerly known as The Debrief Podcast) Your guidebook to being a fully functioning adult without screaming all the time. Each week, Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates tackle life's big, small, fun and sometimes scary questions with the help of experts and special guests because we're all in this together, guys. So nobody panic.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: How to Understand Boundaries

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BUSINESS

What’s Your Problem?

Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there. How do you take a drone delivery service you’ve built in Rwanda and make it work in North Carolina? How do you convince people to buy a house on the Internet? How do you sell thousands of dog ramps to weiner dogs all across America when a pandemic breaks the global supply chain? Hosted by former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein, What’s Your Problem helps listeners understand the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now.

Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: Building a Robot that Can Walk the Walk

TECHNOLOGY

Click Here

The podcast that tells true stories about the people making and breaking our digital world. We take listeners into the world of cyber and intelligence without all the techie jargon. Every Tuesday and Friday, former NPR investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and the team draw back the curtain on ransomware attacks, mysterious hackers, and the people who are trying to stop them.

Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.

PARENTING

Didn’t I Just Feed You

Didn’t I Just Feed You is a candid weekly podcast about feeding our families — because, wow, kids need to eat a lot. And frequently too! Armed with culinary prowess earned from over 20 years as food professionals and practical, non-judgmental advice shaped in the parenting trenches, co-hosts Stacie and Meghan make life as the family cook easier. Or at least funnier.

Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.

industry news

Here are the top podcast advertisers in April 2024 - according to Magellan AI
Spotify has released their 2024 Podcast Trends Tour report.
Libsyn Studio, in a surprise move, is no more.
A proposed industry guide for AI in audio has been released.
What are the biggest threats to podcasting? Oddly enough, no-one mentioned what I think is the biggest threat: not enough listening time.
How to create effective podcast ads.
How to create no-fluff content.