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Vogue Williams hosts new podcast on parent and child relationships

The Apple & The Tree is a new series hosted by Vogue Williams, bringing together real, heartfelt conversations between parents and their adult children.

Each episode features a different family as they sit down to discuss something they’ve rarely – if ever – approached before. These are the intimate, revealing chats we’d all love to have – or wish we’d had – with our nearest and dearest.

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McFly’s Harry Judd to host BBC Sounds music mix for London Marathon

Musician and fitness enthusiast, Harry Judd is the host of BBC Sounds latest music offering, Pace Setter: Marathon Mix.

The Marathon Mix is 4.5 hours of specialist running music, hosted by Harry, with motivation and tips throughout, to give a soundtrack to the marathon experience.

Harry is taking part in the London Marathon this month and will help guide others on their own marathon journey from training sessions to completing the course.

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New podcast tells true story of two women’s battle over one island

A new seven-part original series hosted by Alice Levine charts the true story of two women’s battle over one island.

The story dates back to 2000 when Jayne Gaskin, a mother of three from Hampshire, stumbled across a new website called tropicalislands.com. An advert for a private island just off the coast of Nicaragua, at a surprisingly affordable price, caught her eye.

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Ben Bailey Smith returns to Shrink The Box podcast with new co-host

Shrink The Box, the hit podcast that looks into the psyches of iconic TV characters, is back for its second season.

The new series will see writer, actor, comedian and host Ben Bailey Smith joined by new co-host, broadcaster and psychotherapist Nemone Metaxas.

With a broadcasting career spanning over 25 years, Nemone is both a BBC Radio 6 Music presenter and a fully qualified psychotherapist.

New podcast about Manchester’s hospitality industry launched

Stalwart of the Manchester food scene, Salvi’s owner and Festa Italiana boss Maurizio Cecco has launched a brand-new podcast Becoming a Manc.

The podcast takes a sneak peek behind the scenes of the hospitality industry with a series of honest and open conversations with the owners of some of the city’s best concepts, brands, and venues.

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Independent Podcast Awards 2024 open for entry

The Independent Podcast Awards 2024 are now open for entry, with fees held at 2023 prices, and brand-new categories added.

Set up in 2023 by whynow Media and Em McGowan from the Verbal Diorama podcast, the Awards are for podcasts that are truly independent of corporate ties and celebrity hosts, with the aim of highlighting shows that other awards events often pass over.

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Podcast company launched by Steven Bartlett and former Acast execs

Flight Studio is a new podcast media and technology company launched by Steven Bartlett and two former Acast executives.

Alongside Bartlett, the new company will be led and co-founded by Georgie Holt, Acast’s former Regional Managing Director for the Americas, and former US Head of Sales and Brand Partnerships, Christiana Brenton. They will work across all areas of podcast development, creation, growth and monetisation.

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Emerald Hospitality Group co-founder Alberto Zandi launches podcast

Alberto Zandi, the co-founder of Emerald Hospitality Group, is launching a new podcast called 30 & Thriving.

The aim of the podcast is to inspire and provide insight into the world of business for the next generation of young entrepreneurs. It was inspired by Alberto’s inclusion in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2023, which recognises young founders, leaders, and entrepreneurs changing the world.

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Sony Music’s global podcast division acquires Neon Hum Media

Podcast production company Neon Hum has been acquired by Sony Music’s global podcast division.

The move will streamline the company’s U.S. creative division and broaden its work for hire services under Neon Hum Founder/CEO Jonathan Hirsch.