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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.

It’s been a big year for Sharon Taylor, Managing Director of Omny Studio. With Triton Digital’s acquisition of Omny and a non-stop international travel schedule, she makes time to stop by again and break it all down.

Since its launch in 2017, Kellie Riordan has been instrumental with the ABC’s Audio Studios, a one-stop shop at the Australian public broadcaster to create new on-demand and linear audio shows.

Introducing Nicole Goodman, an Australian Podcast Awards winner, and BE’s newest producer. Nicole joins Nick and Chris to examine some of the winners of the latest podcast awards in Australia and overseas.

It was her own love of listening to podcasts that triggered marketing guru Carolyn Walker, CEO of Response Marketing, to approach her client McAfee with the idea of producing a branded podcast.

Respected expert and commentator on the future of podcasting and radio, James Cridland, joins Nick and Chris to discuss current issues in the world of podcasting.

How does a podcast stand out from a crowd of 700,000 or so that now exist?

Don’t do what everyone else is doing: quality production and a narrative form of storytelling helps build engagement from the get-go, according to Steve Pratt co-founder of Pacific Content, producers of some of the world’s best-known branded podcasts.

An often misunderstood and neglected part of podcasting is audio quality. Your podcast now is competing with increasing numbers of professionally-made and commercial quality shows. Attitudes of “close enough” is “good enough” won’t cut it anymore.

More than half of Americans have now listened to a podcast, pushing the medium firmly into the mainstream, according to latest results of The Infinite Dial 2019 from Edison Research and Triton Digital.

With a network of more than 8,000 radio stations and media partners in the US, it made sense for Westwood One to expand its presence into the on-demand space.

As Spotify prepares to invest up to $500 million in podcasting acquisitions in 2019, it’s already shaping up to be huge year in podcasting. What does this all this mean for brands looking to invest in an audio strategy?

Do you blow through a straw in the shower? Do you chew cud like a cow? Do you regularly stretch your articulators? If you’re not sure what all this means, then it’s likely you’re not warming up your voice properly.

A podcast produced in-house for a medical organisation has commanded a huge following and accolades since its debut in June 2015. Produced by Mic Cavazzini, Pomegranate Health is a podcast for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, a member association representing 25,000 medical and trainee specialists in Australia and New Zealand.

Increasing numbers of thought leaders are using podcasts to engage more deeply with their audience and to help build their personal brand. In this episode, Chris Ashmore hears from six thought leaders about why they have chosen to podcast to grow their tribe.

What should a brand think about before starting a podcast? What are some good examples of branded podcasts? What’s the future of podcasting and what is a good audio strategy?

To help position himself as a leader in the field of customer experience, RateIt’s CEO Michael Momsen teams up with Wavelength Creative’s Adam Jaffrey to produce Customer Experience Leaders, a fortnightly podcast to unpack the best practices in customer service.

Loop11 is a company which offers tools to test your website’s usability and navigation functionality. With such a niche product, how does the team at Loop 11 manage to create a buzz around what it offers?

Phil Sylvester is a former TV producer and FM radio broadcaster, who has brought his talent and skills across to World Nomads to create the company’s podcast, World Nomads Podcast.

Podcasting is proving to be a valuable tool to engage audiences on a much deeper level. Newspapers in particular are using podcasts to initiate a stronger conversation and explore issues in more depth than the written word.

Podcasting has come a long way in the last 12 months, as brands look to get involved by creating their own audio content or by advertising on existing podcasts.

Ex-ABC Producer Courtney Carthy took a plunge in the world of podcasting about 12 months ago when he started Nearly Media with fellow producer, Andy Bellairs.

Rob Walch is one of the world’s most influential people in podcasting. Rob manages the relations of 35,000+ podcast producers as VP of Podcaster Relations at Libsyn, the largest podcast hosting platform in the world.

There’s little doubt significant changes in podcasting have been made in the 12 months since the ABC’s inaugural podcasting conference. Held at the ABC’s Ultimo HQ in Sydney, OzPod 2017 brought speakers and podcasters from across the country and overseas to meet and learn from each other on the latest trends in the industry.

Content marketing is a long-term strategy to build credibility, awareness and trust, says former Fairfax journalist, Peter Gearin who founded online branded content magazine, Brand Tales.

Veteran radio broadcaster Kevin Turner combined his love of radio with his passion for real estate to create two successful podcasts, Real Estate Talk and Real Estate Uncut.

If you’re looking to build better brand engagement and brand awareness, podcasting might just be the medium to do that. That’s according to Josh Butt, executive producer of ‘Modern Babies’.