Ever wondered about the ‘Top Lists’ in podcast apps? Who selects them & how? What dark arts are going on back there and who’s responsible? Darian Muka is the Content Curator for Pocket Casts and listens to podcasts all day.

There are many things that go into developing a successful podcast, essential however are building strong relationships, creating great content and developing stand-out marketing.

Who better to talk to about this than Chief Marketing Officer Pam Kramer who has just spent four years with Cadence 13 in the US.

Due to its low barrier to entry, a successful podcast might seem easy to create. But for businesses developing a consumer-facing podcast or for internal purposes, the stakes are higher.

Matty Staudt has traversed the full landscape of audio production, from his days a radio DJ to his part in the early stages of podcast development at iHeart Media.

Podcasting officially began in 2004, the same year that Rob Greenlee, moved from radio into the podcast space. Today, Rob is VP of Content and Partnerships at Libsyn, co-host of the New Media Show, and an Inductee into the Podcast Hall of Fame.

If you’re involved in podcasting or want to be, Podcast Movement is the place to be. It’s the largest podcasting conference in the world, held this year in Orlando, Florida.

If you’re a festival organiser or you’re holding an event with talented speakers and intriguing topics, have you thought of recording the sessions for those who can’t attend?

A special treat this episode – first we hear from SoundCartel’s own executive producer, Heather Dawson, on what makes a great interview. Heather – a former BBC and ABC journalist – has interviewed thousands of guests in her career.

Editing is the least appealing part of making a podcast episode, but it’s crucial if you want listeners to be engaged. That’s according to Ran Levi, producer of Israel’s most listened to podcast, Making History.

Audiograms are proving to be highly effective to promote podcast episodes in social media feeds, like Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. We hear from Oliver Wellington, founder of Headliner, an increasingly popular online tool aimed at podcasters to generate and share videos.