June 21, 2024

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🎙️Welcome to the 266th edition of Find That Pod 🎙️

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No time to chit-chat this week, so let’s get to the good stuff…

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Here are this week’s podcast recommendations.

NATURE

Vertical Farming Podcast

Join Harry Duran as he explores the world of controlled-environment agriculture (CEO). Tune in every week for fascinating conversations with CEOs, Founders and luminaries from the exciting and fast-growing world of Vertical Farming. If you’ve been interested in the world of Indoor AgTech and want to hear inspiring stories from the innovators on the frontlines of this fast-moving industry, then this most definitely is the show for you!

Not sure where to start? Start with the latest episode.

PLACES & TRAVEL

Desert Oracle Radio

Desert Oracle Radio is a weekly road trip through the weird American desert from the publisher of Desert Oracle, the pocket-sized field guide published in Joshua Tree, California. Hear tales of mysterious lights, missing tourists, lost mines, venomous creatures, weird history and weirder people. Hosted by editor Kenny Layne and featuring a cast of intriguing mystics, oddballs, scientists and artists, Desert Oracle Radio is your soundtrack for a desert night.

Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

Living Understaffed

Living Understaffed is a podcast hosted by two empowered and weighty women, offering candid discussions on the challenges faced by millennial women. From dissecting office politics to navigating modern relationships, the show shares unfiltered stories and diverse book recommendations, all serviced with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Tune in for genuine conversations embracing the complexities of being a millennial woman. Laugh, learn, and liberate your thoughts with humor and sass.

Not sure where to start? Start with the first episode.

CHEMISTRY

The Episodic Table of Elements

Although this podcast is now “complete”… it’s still an amazingly well put-together audio journey for anyone interested in the world of Chemistry. Discover the amazing true stories behind every element on the periodic table.

Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.

HISTORY

History Gap

Think history is a boys club? Think again. In this podcast History Gap we are looking back to pull up the women throughout history that might have fallen through the cracks. Join (extremely) amateur history fans comedy writer Mollie Goodfellow and creator and producer Jorja McAndrew as they educate themselves on some of the cool women from the past that they didn’t learn about in history lessons - mostly because they weren’t listening. From Junko Tabei, incredible mountain climber, to Anne Lister, dubbed the ‘first modern lesbian’, History Gap is a snappy look at the stories of women who were doing brave, exciting, sometimes evil but always interesting things with new episodes dropping weekly.

Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.

industry news

🧠 Curious about what listening to podcasts does to our collective brains? Curious be no more.
🤖 How to effectively use AI in the podcasting process.
🤑 Frequent podcast advertiser, BetterHelp is facing some scrutiny over allegations that its shared sensitive data with third parties.
🍎 How the Apple automated podcast transcription feature came into existence.
🎧 Podcast app Castro is rolling out a new version with a bunch of new fixes and features.
📺 If your podcast is hosted with Libsyn, you now have an easy way to publish your show to YouTube.
⭐️ Who are the most influential podcasters right now? I guess we have Nick Quah to tell us.
💰 A new study says that podcast advertising delivers a 4.9x return on investment. I don’t know… seems a bit high.
🎙️ Descript is introducing a new feature called AI Video Regenerate, the ability to make edits to the transcript of your podcast and have the system make your lips look like they actually said those words. The example they have is fairly impressive, but still doesn’t look 100% real.