Professional Beauty magazine launches its own podcast

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The Pro Beauty Pod is a new podcast from the monthly business magazine, Professional Beauty.

The podcast will deliver insight and opinion on all the hottest trends and the biggest stories in beauty, spa, nails and aesthetics.

Acast Amplifier 2023 programme in Ireland winners revealed

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Blow-Ins, Queer as Fliuch, and I Think You Should Read are winners of the Acast Amplifier 2023 programme in Ireland.

After over 160 entries and a detailed judging process, Acast will now provide the three winning podcast ideas with a prize package worth up to €100,000, including funding, equipment, support and promotion to get their show off the ground.

Puffin Books launches summer special of Mission Imagination podcast

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The World of Peter Rabbit is a summer special of the Mission Imagination podcast being launched by Puffin Books.

Hosted by comedian and I’m A Celebrity star Babatunde Aléshé and two young Puffineers, the podcast will take young listeners to a magical world inspired by ‘Peter Rabbit: Head Over Tail’ by author Rachel Bright.

Two World Cup champions launch new series The RE-CAP Show

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Two-time World Cup champions Christen Press and Tobin Heath are launching a new series where they breakdown the 2023 WQomen’s World Cup.

For the first time in over a decade the pair will be watching the games rather than playing in them.

The RE–CAP Show debuts just in time for the highly-anticipated global sporting event. The series stems from the new media division of RE—INC, the brand they founded alongside fellow USWNT champions Meghan Klingenberg and Megan Rapinoe.

New daily podcast to be launched by BBC World Service

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A new daily news podcast primarily aimed at 16 to 24 year olds across the globe is being launched by the BBC World Service.

What in the World, launches on 31 July and will be available Mondays to Fridays, with each episode asking “What in the world is going on?”

New queer adventure podcast launches crowdfunding campaign

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Independent podcast collective Hug House Productions is to launch an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its upcoming fiction podcast Levian.

This highly-anticipated follow-up by creator Samy Souissi is a queer adventure story with cinematic storytelling and sound design, with stakes and energy familiar to those in Pirates of the Caribbean and Game of Thrones.

Levian is a new high fantasy audio drama by the creator of Desperado and Hug House Productions.

Made in Chelsea’s Emily Blackwell launches Mother Half podcast

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Made in Chelsea’s Emily Blackwell and her mum Rachel are launching a new podcast.

Emily joined the Made in Chelsea cast when she was just 20 and now eight years on, she’s a household name.

Mum Rachel is incredibly proud of her, but she wants in on the action and so together they are launching Emily Blackwell’s Mother Half.

New podcast goes inside inside Britain’s unique celebrity culture

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Terribly Famous is a new podcast taking listeners inside Britain’s unique celebrity culture to chart the lives of its most iconic stars.

From the career highs to controversies, meteoric rises to missteps, each season tells the story of one of our biggest stars, launching with best-selling artist Adele, with later seasons confirmed for Victoria Beckham, Zayn Malik and Lily Allen.
Hosting the Wondery and Amazon Music podcast are actor, improviser and stand-up comedian Emily Lloyd-Saini and fellow actor, comedian and writer Anna Leong Brophy.

Ex Banksy employee reveals never heard stories in Radio 4 podcast

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A new BBC Radio 4 podcast hears exclusively from an ex-employee of Banksy’s infamous Picture On Walls print shop.

With Banksy’s first ever retrospective opening at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art last month, the 10-part series of The Banksy Story, hears from Steph Warren who worked closely with the artist during a critical time in his career and recounts fascinating behind the scenes stories.

New podcast hears musician Paul Ryder tell his life story

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Before he passed away, Paul Ryder recorded a podcast about his life and the true, inside story of the Happy Mondays.

Paul recorded the podcast in the months leading up to his death, a year ago to the day. Throughout the recording he was determined to tell the whole truth, to correct the lies and reveal secrets and insight never heard before about the band.