Category:Podcasts

Recent additions to the category

• 2025-11-07: atp/664 podcast chapters
• 2025-10-31: ibbu/CoachMayseq parenting
• 2025-10-30: podcast/Corey Doctorow on Enshittification and Tech Monopoly
• 2025-10-22: podcast/Internet Archive
• 2025-10-18: news/podcasts-youtube-now-elephant-in-room

News, links, notes

1. 2025-10-31 https://archive.ph/lqCjY Podcasts are on TV now, and that’s changing everything, Ashley Carman writes in this week’s Soundbite. Podcasters had been moving from audio-only to video, but now it’s not just YouTube, she writes. They’re cutting deals with Netflix, Fox and other streaming services usually watched on television.
2. 2025-10-14 "We also asked whether, for some of the more fact-based or list-driven AI shows, they would rather listen or simply read the same information. The answer was nearly unanimous. They would rather read it. Without the warmth, pacing, or personality that make podcasts engaging, a few students said it felt like having a Wikipedia page read aloud." --What Happens When College Students Critique AI-Generated Podcasts | Amplifi Media/Thought Letter <sjgoldstein@amplifimedia.com> [1]
3. 2025-10-09 https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/the-definitive-guide-to-creating-engaging-podcast-content/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-10-09
   • YouTube posts “The definitive guide to creating engaging podcast content”. It recommends chapters, keyword-rich descriptions, strategic titles, and cultivating the comments section. [2]
   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKgV1f6qdgc Jon Youshaei on the new rules of podcasting   YouTube Insider  and Creator Insider
4. 2025-09-25 https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/four-reasons-your-podcast-belongs-on-youtube/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2025-09-26
   1. The visual advantage: Even a static image provides a crucial visual anchor, giving your audio a tangible presence in a viewer's feed... the true magic happens when you embrace live video. When your audience can see your facial expressions during an emotional story, watch the dynamic between co-hosts, or view the physical product you're reviewing, it adds a rich layer of communication that audio alone cannot capture. This visual element builds a stronger parasocial relationship—the feeling of a genuine, personal connection between a viewer and a creator. It transforms passive listeners into a deeply engaged community that feels like they truly know you.
5. 2025-09-22
   1. As AI Podcasts Emerge, Advertisers Need Disclosure Now [3] In the wake of the recent Hollywood Reporter article about Inception Point AI’s venture to produce AI-generated podcast content, podcast agency Adopter Media has called for creators and publishers to disclose when the majority of a podcast has been AI-generated, in the same way that they have to tick a box for explicit content. The key issue, according to the article, is transparency. Without proper disclosure and controls, the author argues, AI-generated content risks damaging the credibility of the entire podcast advertising ecosystem. One thing is for sure, the platforms themselves are keenly aware of these issues: Spotify has been booting AI-generated music from its platform for years, and YouTube already has a checkbox for this kind of disclosure.
   2. Digital content creators such as podcasters, streamers, and social media influencers could receive the tax break as well. for qualifying workers, the first $25,000 in tipped income can be deducted from next year's tax bill. Tip deductions won't be allowed for activities that violate the law. The IRS listed exotic pet smuggling, human trafficking, drug dealing, and counterfeiting as examples. Pornographic activity won't fall under the no tax on tips policy either, per the IRS. Under the new law, individuals earning up to $150,000 can deduct their first $25,000 in tips from their annual taxes. Payments at the discretion of the customer and given voluntarily to a worker count as a tip. Workers, however, will still owe payroll taxes on their tipped pay. [4] [5]
6. https://podnews.net/article/embedding-spotify-podcast-player
7. https://play.anghami.com/episode/1049082309

   Join Indiana University English Department Chairman and word nerd Michael Adams to talk about a recent acquisition of an enormous collection of dictionaries and associated material by the Lilly Library. The Kripke Collection is a lexicographer's dream, full of books on slang, pirate terms, erotic language, obscenities, regional terms, as well as ephemera, pamphlets, archival material about making and selling dictionaries, and much more! Michael talks about the history of early dictionaries and the behind-the-scenes drama that arose as passionate experts tangled over words and attribution. We also discuss the politics of dictionaries, how decisions about what is included and how it is defined are made by people (for better or worse), and how dictionaries present a moment in time in a particular cultural context. Michael explains what criteria could be used to evaluate the quality of a professional dictionary and shares his enthusiasm for lay dictionaries and glossaries and how those represent the human engagement and creativity that underlie efforts to share what we know about the words we use. Jennifer tells a story about finding herself creating a Wardaman-English dictionary for an Australian aborigine rock art study. A fun and lively episode.

8. "Tsawurya" Almajiri Radio Prog. Episode 1.
9. Translate Merriam-Webster's WOTD podcast? https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/jovial-2025-09-17
10. Possibly uses of NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d8e68833-9057-4891-9176-1648ee02990f?authuser=1

2025-09-17

1. The Podcast Landscape 2025: Maturity, Growth, and What Comes Next Inbox Sounds Profitable [6]
   1. The Time Paradox: When we asked consumers why they've reduced their podcast listening, the leading cause was time constraints. Yet our data also shows that weekly podcast consumers are actually spending slightly more time with the medium – 6.3 hours per week versus 6.0 hours last year. This paradox reveals something crucial about listener behavior. People aren't actually consuming less audio content – they're making more deliberate choices about what deserves their attention. The casual listener who might have sampled multiple shows is being replaced by the engaged listener who follows fewer shows more consistently. The average monthly consumer follows 3.4 different podcast titles regularly, up from 3.2 in 2023. This suggests that while overall growth is slowing, engagement among existing listeners is deepening. For creators, this means retention becomes more important than acquisition, and quality becomes more important than quantity.
   2. The YouTube Reality: The platform battle has become a three-way fight with YouTube increasingly prominent. Apple Podcasts has held steady at 11% share, but the real story is how YouTube continues to grow while traditional podcast platforms struggle to maintain relevance. Today, 40% of podcast consumers tell us that YouTube is the app they use the most, up from 39% last year. It's not just gaining share – it's dominating it. Spotify, despite its massive investments in exclusive content and creator acquisition, has actually lost ground, dropping from 20% to 18%. We see a similar story in the secondary platform usage data. When asked about their second most-used podcast platform, 26% of respondents said they only use one platform. Among those who do use multiple platforms, YouTube again leads at 18%, followed by Spotify at 15%. We're witnessing the same consolidation that happened in radio, where a few major players came to dominate distribution. For creators, this means platform dependency becomes a real business risk. But here's what's really interesting: YouTube usage for podcasts breaks down into distinct patterns. Among YouTube podcast consumers,  47% consume most as audio-only. This means YouTube isn't just winning the video podcast war – it's a major audio platform too. For creators, this presents both opportunity and challenge. The data shows that 76% of smart TV podcast consumption happens through YouTube, which suggests that podcasts are increasingly becoming living room entertainment. Yet simultaneously, the majority of YouTube podcast consumption is still audio-only, meaning your content absolutely must work without the visual component.

2025-09-19

YouTube announced a number of new services, including ways to grab the best bits from long-form podcasts to automatically make shorts; enhance live streams; add AI editing; and enable dynamically-inserted sponsorship messages (so you can “remove the sponsorship when the deal is complete, resell the slot to another brand or eventually sell the same slot to multiple brands in different markets”). That feature is coming later, to selected creators only. [7]

2025-09-20

1. James Cridland reposted - 09/20, 6:57 PM [8] -- Kind thoughtful words about Caloroga Shark Media here re our use of AI vs That Other Company.  Thx Sam Sethi and James Cridland. Our shows, as James said, are human made, and sometimes human voiced (Palace Intrigue by Mark Francis), Daily Comedy News by me, as examples) and sometime AI voiced (5 Daily Trivia Questions as just one example). So let's look at the Trivia show.  John The Human asked AI for topics for Week of Sep 15 so I could batch produce five episodes. (ideas - Birthdays, Historical events).  AI makes a list.  Human Me picks some of these ideas, makes up some others on my own.  In 1975 or 2015 I would have gotten out an almanac and looked up What Happened On September 19th.   In 1885 I'd be feeding my horse.  In 2025, AI saves me time.  I write the script, AI voices it (saves me time) and I assemble it in Logic Pro and use some other pod-tools like Auphonic. The uses of AI to make this show provides a program that "Makes business sense" as I can make a week of shows in about an hour.

2025-08-06 (noted 2025-10-18)

1. https://sherwood.news/business/podcasts-youtube-now-elephant-in-room-move-video-amazon-wondery/?utm_source=chartr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=chartr_20251017 -- news/podcasts-youtube-now-elephant-in-room -- https://www.inoreader.com/article/3a9c6e77512e9489

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