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News, Roundups, and Announcements

• Podcast Movement is in full swing. If you’re there and have some great intel that’s relevant to audio drama and fiction podcasting, please let me know!

• What’s Next for Sounds Profitable Bryan Barletta explains how Podcast Movement, Sounds Profitable, and Podnews have formed a coalition of “educating, growing, and supporting individuals looking to enter the podcast industry professionally” burrito, and what this means for the rest of us.

• An Urgent Call to the UK Government to Recognise and Support Podcasting and Audio as a Core UK Creative Industry is an open letter from Audio UK, which you can co-sign.

• Captivate Unveils Ad Marketplace, Online Podcast Recording Platform and Integrated Audio Editing Tools, by Ben Dodd for Captivate

• War audio drama to be unveiled at listening post by Katie Waple for the BBC. “A solar-powered listening post where visitors can hear radio extracts about childhood during World War Two is set to be unveiled. Children from four Dorset schools have written and recorded an eight-part audio drama inspired by the true stories of local people who lived through the war.”

• New roundups for your podcast queue, curated by Evo Terra for The End: Out of One, Many Voices, a collection of finished audio fiction created and voiced by one person, and Anthologies & Short Stories.

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Creator Resources

• The Future Of Podcasting Is Here, And It Sucks by Alex Sujong Laughlin is a clarion call for creative bravery.

• Looking for sounds that are available under a Creative Commons license? Reddit user SignatureLabel has made a treasure trove of sounds available to you, at Signature Sounds.

• Don’t Say Rabbit, See Rabbit Rob Rosenthal discusses best practices in sound design for narrative podcasts.

• Talia Augustidis shares her reflections on how she maintains creativity in an industry that is struggling.

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Opportunities

• Casting call: Fantasy Fiction Podcast. “Note: Only Vancouver, BC talent will be considered.” Listing expires on the 31st of August.

• Casting call: Say It, Echo seeks talent in Atlanta, GA. Listing expires on the 1st of October.

• Casting call: Season 2 of "Who the F*k Killed My Sister." Listing expires on the 29th of August.

• Horror Podcast Seeking Audio Editors / Sound Designers, working with a USA-based team at Trevor Shand Productions Inc.

• The Creative Residency at Bloedel Reserve is a 3-week residency in Seattle, Washington, for emerging artists who want to explore the connection between humans and the environment. Housing and a $1000 stipend. Residents are asked to offer a workshop or a community engagement event. It costs $20 to apply. Applicants must be 21 or older. Deadline : 1st of September.

• The Ambies are international awards for excellence in audio. Categories include a Best DIY Podcast, for any podcast with a budget of $500 or less per month, Best Indie Podcast for self-financed projects by individuals or production teams of less than five, Best Fiction Podcast, and Best Scriptwriting, Fiction. The early bird deadline is the 8th September.

Milestones & Debuts

• Calling Alpha Station returns. a series of numbers are being broadcast every once in a while. anyone have any idea what its all about?

• The Bonds of Affection Guitar superstar, Rhett Liedecker dies at 33. Murder, says L.A. County Sheriffs. Rhett's very valuable guitar is missing too. The Sheriffs say it may be the murder weapon.

• A Murder in Montecito The author of a bestselling series of murder mystery novels finds herself trapped at a writers’ retreat during an unwavering tropical storm. When she uncovers a murder, she must turn to her writing skills to solve the mystery at hand before the rest of the guests find out that there’s a killer amongst them.

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