HSBC UK renews headline sponsorship of The News Agents podcast

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HSBC UK has renewed its partnership with Global for The News Agents podcast.

Following the success of the banking group’s sponsorship of both chart-topping podcasts The News Agents and The News Agents USA since June 2023, HSBC UK will remain the headline sponsor of them for another 12 months.

Matt Richardson launches I Am Prime Minister podcast

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I Am Prime Minister is a podcast series bringing together comedians, celebrities, and political experts to deep dive into the world of hypothetical leadership.

Hosted by comedian Matt Richardson and expertly adjudicated by political whizz Lorin Bell Cross, each episode welcomes a well-known face who – for the duration of the show – is handed the keys to Number 10. It’s then up to them to deliver the policies – no matter how wild – they think would make Britain great again.

Visualised companion podcast The Traitors Uncloaked launches

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The Traitors Uncloaked, the visualised companion podcast for the second series of the TV show has launched.

Made by production company Listen, it’s set to be a first of its kind companion podcast, built for the fans while pushing the format forward.

Host Ed Gamble brings all the cliffhanger-reactions and detective-analysis to life. He’s joined by celebrity guests and past players to dissect the episode in all its detail and share their theories so far.

New pop culture podcast launches with Gen-Z perspective

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Banterly is a new podcast for pop culture fans who love engaging complex, critical conversations about all things media.

Produced by Immigrantly Media, the series is co-hosted by Aditi Misra and Aidan Taylor, who dissect the latest TikTok trends, contemporary films, and TV shows through cultural critique and media analysis from an unfiltered and socially conscious Gen-Z perspective.

ReelWorld appoints Durin Gleaves as AI Development Director

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ReelWorld has hired former Adobe’s Durin Gleaves in the newly created role of AI Development Director.

Durin brings over two decades of experience to his new role role including 18 years at Adobe where he played a pivotal role in developing professional audio production tools.

Edison Research reveals Top 25 Podcasts in UK for Q3 2023

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The Top 25 Podcasts in the UK for Q3 2023 based on total weekly audience reach as measured by Edison Podcast Metrics UK have been released.

The Joe Rogan Experience, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, and That Peter Crouch Podcast are the top three podcasts in the UK based on total weekly audience reach among weekly podcast listeners age 15+.

All-star cast to appear in Audible Original of George Orwell’s 1984

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Audible is to release a new audio thriller based on George Orwell’s 1984, featuring an all-star cast.

Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated actor Andrew Garfield leads the adaptation as Winston alongside Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winning and Oscar nominated actor Cynthia Erivo as Julia.

Alongside Garfield and Erivo, Tom Hardy voices Big Brother and Andrew Scott plays alluring, mysterious and dangerous O’Brien.

New podcast tells how first US black female prosecutor took down mobster

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The Godmother is the story of Eunice Carter, the first black woman to become a prosecutor in America.

Eunice was the woman responsible for bringing Lucky Luciano, one of American history’s most notorious mobsters, to justice. Like many black women who changed the course of history, her story has largely been forgotten – until now.

This is a different kind of mobster story.

New investigative podcast explores sports most fascinating discovery

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Sports journalist Chris Marshall-Bell presents a new investigative podcast delving into whether motors are used in competitive cycling more than we think.

In January 2016,19-year-old Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was caught with a collection of wires, motors and batteries buried deep inside her bike at the Cyclo-cross World Championships.

She was then suspended for six years and berated by global media