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🥇 Winners of the Golden Lobes and Baltimore Web Fest,🤫 Hush and Loudness, ⛈️ workshops with Thunder's Mouth and 🛜 Wireless, Buy Me a Drink🍸  and I'll Tell You a Story, and more

🥇 Winners of the Golden Lobes and Baltimore Web Fest,🤫 Hush and Loudness, ⛈️ workshops with Thunder's Mouth and 🛜 Wireless, Buy Me a Drink🍸 and I'll Tell You a Story, and more

Plys: Ken Miyamoto shows you how to set up your script to pay off, Tawny Platis shows you voice acting practice, Witchpunk, grants, residencies and more resources to help you make a podcast that makes the imagination go wild.

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

Tune In's Discovery Tool, ACX Royalty Row, The AI Slop Flood, Indie AF chats with Fred Greenhalgh, and more good ways to write and record your original stories and bring them to life.

Tune In's Discovery Tool, ACX Royalty Row, The AI Slop Flood, Indie AF chats with Fred Greenhalgh, and more good ways to write and record your original stories and bring them to life.

Field recording tips from Paul Virostek, Field & Foley chats with Dallas Taylor, tracking plugin compatibility, awards, workshops, grants, and more ways to rise up out of the swamp and make sure they never forget you.

May 1, 2026

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5 min read

📺Video vs. 👁️ viewing, the advertising singularity, 📝Happier Scriptwriting😃, fellowships, residencies and awards, and Calling All Adventurers

📺Video vs. 👁️ viewing, the advertising singularity, 📝Happier Scriptwriting😃, fellowships, residencies and awards, and Calling All Adventurers

Plus, the winners of the Mattia Celloto Sound Design contest, Transom 25! Our Wars Have Ended, roundups of shows for your queue, 10 Creature Voice Acting Strategies and much more

Apr 26, 2026

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6 min read

🤝Audio Primes vs. AI 🥊 , IndieAF IV👩‍🎓, The Independent Podcast Awards🏆, Utrecht 🇳🇱 fellowship,💰 Ohio artist grants, Studio KIND Artist Commission👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️👺🥺, and 🏝️Last Resort

🤝Audio Primes vs. AI 🥊 , IndieAF IV👩‍🎓, The Independent Podcast Awards🏆, Utrecht 🇳🇱 fellowship,💰 Ohio artist grants, Studio KIND Artist Commission👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️👺🥺, and 🏝️Last Resort

Plus, Headliner gives podcasters a birthday gift, we explore why AI-generated podcasts fail to inspire, immersive audio in Austin, How the Arts Can Transform Your Health with Write On, and much more

Apr 17, 2026

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5 min read

📋Prompted Playlists, 🔊 GTT Audio Lab evaluates your studio's sound simply, How to Make Audio Drama🎭,  residencies🧳 and grants💵  with April deadlines, how your brain🧠 decides what to listen to, and more

📋Prompted Playlists, 🔊 GTT Audio Lab evaluates your studio's sound simply, How to Make Audio Drama🎭, residencies🧳 and grants💵 with April deadlines, how your brain🧠 decides what to listen to, and more

Plus: Sounds Profitable's latest report, Audible's pop-up shop, TuneIn simplified, and the trailer for The Very Prudent Decisions of Hortlakçı Süleyman Hoca

Apr 11, 2026

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12 min read

Where are you getting inspiration these days? Your top 10 fiction podcasts, an editing job, grants, festivals, and residencies, and the mystery of NATF

Where are you getting inspiration these days? Your top 10 fiction podcasts, an editing job, grants, festivals, and residencies, and the mystery of NATF

Cast your vote in the Top Audio Fiction Poll and the Podnews Report Card, Spotify's big surprise, Sounds Profitable's Last Quarter, Virginia Queer Film Festival wants fiction podcasts, Das Glühende Knopfmikro, Anonymous Was a Woman, Whalefall, and more

Apr 3, 2026

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13 min read

🚀Great Pods Relaunches with Review Curation, 🎓 In The Making program, 🤯 new tech for binaural audio,  🔖 legal issues with podcasting, and Guess Who Didn't Die Today

🚀Great Pods Relaunches with Review Curation, 🎓 In The Making program, 🤯 new tech for binaural audio, 🔖 legal issues with podcasting, and Guess Who Didn't Die Today

Plus, podcasting is big in Japan and growing, SXSW's video recaps, a fill-time script writing job, grants for podcasters in the Arab world, and how to improve your field recording.

Mar 27, 2026

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11 min read

✍️ Overcast's transcript beta, 🧮taxes and crowdfunding, 😴 your Dream Job awaits, 🐈‍⬛ Dark Road Diaries,  fellowships, open calls, prizes, and more

✍️ Overcast's transcript beta, 🧮taxes and crowdfunding, 😴 your Dream Job awaits, 🐈‍⬛ Dark Road Diaries, fellowships, open calls, prizes, and more

Plus, Apple's video push, NYC meetup, an editor gig, and the longest golf club in the world

Mar 20, 2026

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13 min read

Emeline ⛓️‍💥, 🫛Podbean pulls European DAI 💶,  🗽NYC meetup🤝, 💰grants, residencies🏡, and awards 🏆

Emeline ⛓️‍💥, 🫛Podbean pulls European DAI 💶, 🗽NYC meetup🤝, 💰grants, residencies🏡, and awards 🏆

Plus, the Infinite Dial reaches new heights, a proposal for Netflix's $2.8 billion, Stephanie Elie's podcast management tools, a chance to have your audio drama script directed by Dirk Maggs, and so much more.

Mar 13, 2026

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12 min read

Project Gnosis casting ☎️ , Laura's  launch, Wondery+🌅 prompts an Audible discount, mouth noise🫦  removal strategies, 💵 funding, awards, and more

Project Gnosis casting ☎️ , Laura's launch, Wondery+🌅 prompts an Audible discount, mouth noise🫦 removal strategies, 💵 funding, awards, and more

Plus, Siobhán McHugh's rallying speech for narrative audio, sound design winners, Headliner's social media scheduling tool, how you can win a tablet PC with Pen to Print, and a cavalcade of good stuff to help you survive March Madness

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

Edison says podcasts>📻, Can Your 🐱 Be a Podcast?, Audio Flux Could Take You to 🗽Tribeca,  and $4k💵  for MN artists

Edison says podcasts>📻, Can Your 🐱 Be a Podcast?, Audio Flux Could Take You to 🗽Tribeca, and $4k💵 for MN artists

Plus: Following Jimmy Valentine, casting Venture Rift Online, Anime For Your Ears, Drop Zone for your fears, and much more.

Mar 1, 2026

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12 min read

PodcastAddict's surprise, Triton shows fiction brings listeners to the fold, AIR discount, casting calls, and Counterbalance is back

PodcastAddict's surprise, Triton shows fiction brings listeners to the fold, AIR discount, casting calls, and Counterbalance is back

Plus, what can RSS do for you? IndieAF interviews Russ More, pitching indie podcasts to sponsors, OnAirFest, AFF, and a cornucopia of delights for audio drama and fiction podcast creators

Feb 22, 2026

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12 min read

⭐️ Elsie & Rob are Captivated! 🍏 Apple vs. trolls?🧌 Is Pete Davison's podcast a fiction?📺 Casting Calls 📼 and HearSay opportunities 🇮🇪

⭐️ Elsie & Rob are Captivated! 🍏 Apple vs. trolls?🧌 Is Pete Davison's podcast a fiction?📺 Casting Calls 📼 and HearSay opportunities 🇮🇪

Plus, DASH, Moonlight & Love Songs, moving from Libsyn to Captivate, free instruments, and making your script spark the audience's visual imagination, and much more

Feb 15, 2026

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12 min read

Mercury Rising, Unpaid Casting? Broken Arts seeks scripts, How i Died casting, Golden Lobes, and more

Mercury Rising, Unpaid Casting? Broken Arts seeks scripts, How i Died casting, Golden Lobes, and more

Plus, an interview with Alex Kemp of Wolf at the Door, MN actors & writers needed for Hidden Herald, VT Humanities grants, RSA Scotland residencies, and a call for papers concerning 'a critical theory of podcasting'

Feb 9, 2026

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11 min read

Audiochuck Invests in LGBT Youth, How to Win at Sound Design, Atypical Artists' Q&A, residencies, grants, and Choose The Bear

Audiochuck Invests in LGBT Youth, How to Win at Sound Design, Atypical Artists' Q&A, residencies, grants, and Choose The Bear

Plus: what artists "should" do in times of strife, a $50 promotion opportunity, Pen to Print, Tribeca, and how video is the on-ramp for audio podcasts

Feb 1, 2026

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11 min read

RSS poll results, artists' role in tough times,  Libsyn's 301 debacle, residencies, participation opportunities, and more

RSS poll results, artists' role in tough times, Libsyn's 301 debacle, residencies, participation opportunities, and more

Plus, fiction nominees for the Ambies, a weird podcast award that raises questions, sound techniques, casting calls, and more

Jan 25, 2026

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12 min read

RSS or Not? Podcasthon, Edison's latest reports, Transom x Blue Mountain, casting calls, Harvey in Hell, Petrified news and more

RSS or Not? Podcasthon, Edison's latest reports, Transom x Blue Mountain, casting calls, Harvey in Hell, Petrified news and more

Plus, recording at SXSW, share your show with a tap, subscription revenue models, AIR's New Voices Amplify program, and more

Jan 18, 2026

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9 min read

📰 Extra Issue: What Can Go In The Fiction Podcast Weekly?

📰 Extra Issue: What Can Go In The Fiction Podcast Weekly?

The editorial policy, explained: what's relevant, what isn't, and the official stance on generative AI.

Jan 12, 2026

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7 min read

Libsyn loses another leader🤦  , AI🤖 tool stripping ads for profit🤑 , Alice Wong  remembered, WGGB negotiates🤝  with the BBC for radio drama writers, 🤠 Sound Design Showdown, and more

Libsyn loses another leader🤦 , AI🤖 tool stripping ads for profit🤑 , Alice Wong remembered, WGGB negotiates🤝 with the BBC for radio drama writers, 🤠 Sound Design Showdown, and more

Plus: 🕰️ The clock is ticking for Anticrastination, behind-the-scenes with Thomas Wrightson, looming deadlines for Tribeca Podcasts and the UK Radio Drama Festival, and protecting your creative energy and sanity. 😶‍🌫️

Jan 11, 2026

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11 min read

🎉New Year, New Drama?🌲Evergreen Resources to Craft Your Podcast, Curation > Algorithms, Dirt, Thoramagog, and more

🎉New Year, New Drama?🌲Evergreen Resources to Craft Your Podcast, Curation > Algorithms, Dirt, Thoramagog, and more

Awards, grants, and fellowships (money and support!) with looming deadlines, Third Coast International news, Public Domain Day, gay cowboys fighting monsters, and everything you need to craft an immersive experience that will blow people's minds, except patience and diligence, but you've already got that, right? Right?

Jan 2, 2026

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12 min read

Lopez's gift🏅, IndieAF's 🛋️ cosy Hygge-bration🎄,🏡 residencies, 🏆awards, 💰 grants, and calls to participate 🤝

Lopez's gift🏅, IndieAF's 🛋️ cosy Hygge-bration🎄,🏡 residencies, 🏆awards, 💰 grants, and calls to participate 🤝

with food for thought from Eric Nuzum and Stamatis Astra, opportunities from Content is Queen, Dundee Radio, and Mudhouse, and PodCraft by Alitu wants to protect your creative brain. Plus, wintry additions to your podcast queue.

Dec 26, 2025

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13 min read

📖 Directories standing up to🤖 AI slop, Oxford Road pantses YouTube's hype, 📺💸  AudioUK's Success, casting calls, Audio Delicacies, and Comedy Gold

📖 Directories standing up to🤖 AI slop, Oxford Road pantses YouTube's hype, 📺💸 AudioUK's Success, casting calls, Audio Delicacies, and Comedy Gold

Yeah, that's right, I said "pantses," as in "has pulled the pants off of," find out why. Also, The Dragoning lights it up, The Program shows you sustainability strategies, VO jobs, Tips for Listening Events from Talia Augustidis, and much more

Dec 19, 2025

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12 min read

🧑‍💻 The Creators 2025, new gifs for🦠   #SpotifyUnwrapped, interview with🧛🏻‍♂️   Karim Kronfli, 🔊Sonic Dash, 🚪open calls, residencies, and more

🧑‍💻 The Creators 2025, new gifs for🦠 #SpotifyUnwrapped, interview with🧛🏻‍♂️ Karim Kronfli, 🔊Sonic Dash, 🚪open calls, residencies, and more

Plus: an interview with Helen Quigley about AD production, 7 Ways to Make Your Podcast Irresistibly Human, and Mason Amadeus' 50 Fake Radio Commercials For You to STEAL, and more

Dec 12, 2025

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11 min read

🏆BBC Audio Drama shortlist,🦠  Wrapped for Creators,📚legal issues with AI, mentorship, fellowship, and how to make🌟 action figures🌟 for your podcast

🏆BBC Audio Drama shortlist,🦠 Wrapped for Creators,📚legal issues with AI, mentorship, fellowship, and how to make🌟 action figures🌟 for your podcast

Plus: Jazmine T. Green's Sound School episode revisited, casting calls, fun with funding, Pen to Print's intro writing course, Podcasthon registration is open, and much more

Dec 5, 2025

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12 min read

 🪁 Thank you for being here. Let's make some Fiction Podcast Magic.🪄✨

🪁 Thank you for being here. Let's make some Fiction Podcast Magic.🪄✨

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy some schadenfreude with Fox digging up Jesus' back catalog, plus Highgate Wood is the latest supernatural rock and roll crowdfund, Riverside's little oopsie-daisy, monetizing your podcast with chickens, Radio Race, Nebraska micro-grants, Am I Old Yet?, Netovicius The Vampire, and much more.

Nov 28, 2025

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13 min read

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